Spanish verb causar conjugation

causar
to cause
regular verbPast participle: causadoGerund: causando

Causar means to bring about or produce a particular effect or result. It is used to indicate that something is the reason for a certain outcome.

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Complete conjugation of causar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocauso
Esto causa mucha preocupación.
This causes a lot of concern.
causas
¿Qué causa ese problema?
What causes that problem?
Él / Ella / Ustedcausa
La tormenta causa daños en la ciudad.
The storm causes damage in the city.
Nosotros / Nosotrascausamos
Nosotros causamos un impacto positivo.
We cause a positive impact.
Vosotros / Vosotrascausáis
Vosotros causáis muchas molestias.
You all cause a lot of trouble.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausan
Las decisiones causan cambios importantes.
Decisions cause important changes.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocausé
La tormenta causó muchos daños.
The storm caused a lot of damage.
causaste
Tú causaste el accidente.
You caused the accident.
Él / Ella / Ustedcausó
El ruido causó molestias.
The noise caused discomfort.
Nosotros / Nosotrascausamos
Nosotros causamos un retraso.
We caused a delay.
Vosotros / Vosotrascausasteis
Vosotros causasteis un problema.
You all caused a problem.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausaron
Ellos causaron un incendio.
They caused a fire.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocausaba
Causaba problemas en la escuela.
I used to cause problems at school.
causabas
Causabas mucho ruido ayer.
You used to cause a lot of noise yesterday.
Él / Ella / Ustedcausaba
Ella causaba confusión en clase.
She used to cause confusion in class.
Nosotros / Nosotrascausábamos
Nosotros causábamos problemas frecuentemente.
We used to cause problems frequently.
Vosotros / Vosotrascausabais
Vosotros causabais molestias siempre.
You all used to cause trouble always.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausaban
Ellos causaban muchos accidentes.
They used to cause many accidents.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoestoy causando
Estoy causando un problema sin querer.
I am causing a problem unintentionally.
estás causando
Estás causando molestias en la reunión.
You are causing disturbances in the meeting.
Él / Ella / Ustedestá causando
Ella está causando una gran impresión.
She is causing a big impression.
Nosotros / Nosotrasestamos causando
Estamos causando un retraso en el proyecto.
We are causing a delay in the project.
Vosotros / Vosotrasestáis causando
Vosotros estáis causando muchos problemas.
You all are causing many problems.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesestán causando
Los niños están causando un alboroto.
The children are causing a commotion.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yovoy a causar
Voy a causar un problema si insisto.
I am going to cause a problem if I insist.
vas a causar
¿Vas a causar un accidente?
Are you going to cause an accident?
Él / Ella / Ustedva a causar
Ella va a causar una confusión.
She is going to cause confusion.
Nosotros / Nosotrasvamos a causar
Vamos a causar un retraso.
We are going to cause a delay.
Vosotros / Vosotrasvais a causar
Vosotros vais a causar problemas.
You all are going to cause problems.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesvan a causar
Ellos van a causar una situación difícil.
They are going to cause a difficult situation.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocausaré
La tormenta causará daños en la ciudad.
The storm will cause damage in the city.
causarás
Tú causarás un gran impacto con esa decisión.
You will cause a big impact with that decision.
Él / Ella / Ustedcausará
El nuevo producto causará interés en los clientes.
The new product will cause interest among customers.
Nosotros / Nosotrascausaremos
Nosotros causaremos una buena impresión.
We will cause a good impression.
Vosotros / Vosotrascausaréis
Vosotros causaréis cambios importantes.
You all will cause important changes.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausarán
Ellos causarán problemas si no actúan.
They will cause problems if they don't act.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocausaría
Yo causaría más problemas si no tuviera cuidado.
I would cause more problems if I weren't careful.
causarías
Tú causarías un accidente sin querer.
You would cause an accident unintentionally.
Él / Ella / Ustedcausaría
Él causaría confusión en la reunión.
He would cause confusion at the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotrascausaríamos
Nosotros causaríamos problemas si no actuamos.
We would cause problems if we don't act.
Vosotros / Vosotrascausaríais
Vosotros causaríais retrasos sin querer.
You all would cause delays unintentionally.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausarían
Ellos causarían daños si no controlan la situación.
They would cause damage if they don't control the situation.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohe causado
Yo he causado un problema.
I have caused a problem.
has causado
Tú has causado mucho daño.
You have caused a lot of damage.
Él / Ella / Ustedha causado
Ella ha causado un accidente.
She has caused an accident.
Nosotros / Nosotrashemos causado
Nosotros hemos causado molestias.
We have caused inconveniences.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabéis causado
Vosotros habéis causado problemas.
You all have caused problems.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshan causado
Ellos han causado un retraso.
They have caused a delay.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabía causado
Yo había causado un problema antes de irme.
I had caused a problem before leaving.
habías causado
Tú habías causado un malentendido ayer.
You had caused a misunderstanding yesterday.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabía causado
Ella había causado molestias en la reunión.
She had caused trouble in the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabíamos causado
Nosotros habíamos causado un retraso en el proyecto.
We had caused a delay in the project.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabíais causado
Vosotros habíais causado confusión antes del anuncio.
You all had caused confusion before the announcement.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabían causado
Ellos habían causado problemas en la oficina.
They had caused problems in the office.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabré causado
Para entonces, ya habré causado un cambio.
By then, I will have caused a change.
habrás causado
Tú habrás causado un problema sin querer.
You will have caused a problem unintentionally.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabrá causado
Ella habrá causado una confusión.
She will have caused a confusion.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabremos causado
Nosotros habremos causado un impacto positivo.
We will have caused a positive impact.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabréis causado
Vosotros habréis causado un problema grande.
You all will have caused a big problem.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrán causado
Ellos habrán causado muchas molestias.
They will have caused many inconveniences.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabría causado
Yo habría causado un problema si hubiera llegado tarde.
I would have caused a problem if I had arrived late.
habrías causado
Tú habrías causado un accidente sin querer.
You would have caused an accident unintentionally.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabría causado
Ella habría causado molestias en la reunión.
She would have caused trouble at the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabríamos causado
Nosotros habríamos causado un retraso si no hubiéramos avisado.
We would have caused a delay if we hadn't warned.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabríais causado
Vosotros habríais causado problemas sin querer.
You all would have caused problems unintentionally.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrían causado
Ellos habrían causado daños si hubieran intervenido.
They would have caused damage if they had intervened.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocause
Es importante que cause un impacto positivo.
It is important that I cause a positive impact.
causes
Espero que causes una buena impresión.
I hope that you cause a good impression.
Él / Ella / Ustedcause
Es posible que cause problemas.
It is possible that he/she/you cause problems.
Nosotros / Nosotrascausemos
Queremos que causemos cambios.
We want that we cause changes.
Vosotros / Vosotrascauséis
Es necesario que causéis atención.
It is necessary that you all cause attention.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausen
Dudo que causen problemas.
I doubt that they/you all cause problems.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yo causara
Esperaba que yo causara menos problemas.
I hoped that I caused fewer problems.
causaras
No creía que tú causaras tanto daño.
I didn't believe that you caused so much harm.
Él / Ella / Usted causara
Pensaba que él causara el accidente.
I thought that he caused the accident.
Nosotros / Nosotras causáramos
Deseábamos que nosotros causáramos menos problemas.
We wished that we caused fewer problems.
Vosotros / Vosotras causárais
No sabían que vosotros causárais tanto ruido.
They didn't know that you caused so much noise.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes causaran
Era posible que ellos causaran el retraso.
It was possible that they caused the delay.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocausare
Si causare problemas, te avisaré.
If I cause problems, I will warn you.
causares
Cuando causares el daño, pagarás las consecuencias.
When you cause the damage, you will pay the consequences.
Él / Ella / Ustedcausare
El juez causare la sentencia mañana.
The judge will cause the sentence tomorrow.
Nosotros / Nosotrascausáremos
Nosotros causáremos un cambio importante.
We will cause an important change.
Vosotros / Vosotrascausareis
Vosotros causareis problemas si no tenéis cuidado.
You all will cause problems if you're not careful.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausaren
Ellos causaren una revolución en el país.
They will cause a revolution in the country.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya causado
Espero que haya causado una buena impresión.
I hope I have made a good impression.
hayas causado
Es posible que hayas causado un problema.
It's possible that you have caused a problem.
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya causado
Es importante que él haya causado esto.
It's important that he has caused this.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos causado
Creemos que hayamos causado un error.
We believe that we have caused a mistake.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis causado
¿Habéis causado algún problema?
Have you caused any problem?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan causado
Es probable que hayan causado daños.
It's likely that they have caused damages.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiera causado
Pensé que hubiera causado un problema.
I thought I had caused a problem.
hubieras causado
No creí que hubieras causado eso.
I didn't think you had caused that.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiera causado
Esperaba que él hubiera causado menos daño.
I hoped that he had caused less damage.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéramos causado
Pensábamos que habíamos causado el problema.
We thought we had caused the problem.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubierais causado
No creí que vosotros hubierais causado eso.
I didn't think you all had caused that.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieran causado
Dudaba que ellos hubieran causado el accidente.
I doubted that they had caused the accident.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya causado
Es posible que haya causado un problema.
It is possible that I have caused a problem.
hayas causado
No creo que hayas causado daño.
I don't think that you have caused harm.
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya causado
Es probable que él haya causado el accidente.
It's likely that he has caused the accident.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos causado
Quizá hayamos causado un malentendido.
Maybe we have caused a misunderstanding.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis causado
No creo que hayáis causado problemas.
I don't think that you all have caused problems.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan causado
Es posible que hayan causado molestias.
It's possible that they have caused inconveniences.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocausa
¡Causa un impacto positivo!
Create a positive impact!
causa
¡Causa un problema si no actúas!
Cause a problem if you don't act!
Él / Ella / Ustedcause
¡Cause un cambio en la comunidad!
Cause a change in the community!
Nosotros / Nosotrascausad
¡Causad un efecto duradero!
Cause a lasting effect!
Vosotros / Vosotrascausad
¡Causad un impacto ahora!
Cause an impact now!
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescausen
¡Causen un cambio en la ley!
Cause a change in the law!

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yono causes
No causes problemas innecesarios.
Don't cause unnecessary problems.
no causes
No causes molestias a tus vecinos.
Don't cause trouble for your neighbors.
Él / Ella / Ustedno cause
Por favor, no cause disturbios.
Please, don't cause disturbances.
Nosotros / Nosotrasno causemos
No causemos problemas en la reunión.
Let's not cause problems at the meeting.
Vosotros / Vosotrasno causeis
No causeis conflictos en clase.
Don't cause conflicts in class.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesno causen
Deben aprender a no causen problemas.
They should learn not to cause problems.

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