Coartar means to restrict, limit, or curb something, often referring to freedoms, rights, or actions. It is used when describing the act of imposing limitations.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coarto | No quiero coartar tu libertad. I don't want to restrict your freedom. | |
Tú | coartas | No debes coartar sus ideas. You shouldn't restrict his ideas. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coarta | El gobierno no debe coartar la prensa. The government should not restrict the press. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartamos | No vamos a coartar su creatividad. We are not going to restrict his creativity. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartáis | No coartéis la expresión libre. Don't restrict free expression. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coartan | Las reglas no deben coartar la innovación. Rules should not restrict innovation. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coarté | Ayer coarté mi libertad. Yesterday I restricted my freedom. | |
Tú | coartaste | Tú coartaste tus sueños. You restricted your dreams. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coartó | Él coartó sus impulsos. He restrained his impulses. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartamos | Nosotros coartamos nuestras acciones. We restrained our actions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartasteis | Vosotros coartasteis la libertad. You all restricted the freedom. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coartaron | Ellos coartaron sus deseos. They restrained their desires. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coartaba | Antes, coartaba mi libertad. Before, I used to restrict my freedom. | |
Tú | coartabas | Tú coartabas sus decisiones. You used to restrict his decisions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coartaba | Ella coartaba sus emociones. She used to restrain her emotions. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartábamos | Nosotros coartábamos nuestras opciones. We used to limit our options. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartabais | Vosotros coartabais la libertad. You all used to restrict freedom. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coartaban | Ellos coartaban sus movimientos. They used to restrain their movements. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | estoy coartando | Estoy coartando mis decisiones ahora mismo. I am restricting my decisions right now. | |
Tú | estás coartando | Estás coartando tu libertad constantemente. You are restricting your freedom constantly. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | está coartando | Ella está coartando sus emociones en público. She is restricting her emotions in public. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos coartando | Estamos coartando nuestras opciones ahora. We are restricting our options now. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis coartando | Vosotros estáis coartando la creatividad en el proyecto. You all are restricting creativity in the project. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están coartando | Ellos están coartando las libertades civiles. They are restricting civil liberties. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | voy a coartar | Voy a coartar mi libertad por miedo. I am going to restrict my freedom out of fear. | |
Tú | vas a coartar | ¿Vas a coartar tus sueños? Are you going to restrict your dreams? | |
Él / Ella / Usted | va a coartar | Ella va a coartar su expresión. She is going to restrict her expression. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a coartar | Vamos a coartar nuestras libertades. We are going to restrict our freedoms. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a coartar | Vosotros vais a coartar la creatividad. You all are going to restrict creativity. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a coartar | Ellos van a coartar la libertad. They are going to restrict freedom. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coartaré | Yo coartaré esa conducta en el futuro. I will restrict that behavior in the future. | |
Tú | coartará | Tú coartarás tus impulsos mañana. You will curb your impulses tomorrow. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coartará | Ella coartará sus palabras en la reunión. She will restrain her words in the meeting. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartaremos | Nosotros coartaremos el gasto excesivo. We will curb the excessive spending. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartaréis | Vosotros coartaréis la libertad de expresión. You all will restrict freedom of expression. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coartarán | Ellos coartarán las protestas pacíficas. They will suppress the peaceful protests. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coartaría | Yo coartaría esa conducta si pudiera. I would restrict that behavior if I could. | |
Tú | coartarías | Tú coartarías su libertad en esa situación. You would restrict his freedom in that situation. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coartaría | Ella coartaría sus opciones si fuera necesario. She would restrict her options if necessary. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartaríamos | Nosotros coartaríamos el acceso si fuera ilegal. We would restrict access if it were illegal. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartaríais | Vosotros coartaríais la libertad de expresión. You all would restrict freedom of expression. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coartarían | Ellos coartarían esas ideas si pudieran. They would restrict those ideas if they could. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | he coartado | He coartado mis ideas recientes. I have curtailed my recent ideas. | |
Tú | has coartado | Has coartado tus opiniones demasiado. You have curtailed your opinions too much. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | ha coartado | Ella ha coartado su libertad últimamente. She has curtailed her freedom lately. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hemos coartado | Hemos coartado nuestras acciones recientes. We have curtailed our recent actions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habéis coartado | Vosotros habéis coartado vuestras decisiones. You all have curtailed your decisions. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han coartado | Ellos han coartado sus libertades. They have curtailed their freedoms. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | había coartado | Ya había coartado mis impulsos. I had already restrained my impulses. | |
Tú | habías coartado | Tú habías coartado tus deseos antes. You had restrained your desires before. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | había coartado | Ella había coartado su libertad. She had restrained her freedom. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos coartado | Nosotros habíamos coartado nuestras expresiones. We had restrained our expressions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais coartado | Vosotros habíais coartado vuestras opiniones. You all had restrained your opinions. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían coartado | Ellos habían coartado sus derechos. They had restrained their rights. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | habré coartado | Para entonces, habré coartado sus movimientos. By then, I will have restricted his movements. | |
Tú | habrás coartado | Seguramente habrás coartado sus opciones. You will have restricted his options. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | habrá coartado | Ella habrá coartado sus decisiones. She will have restricted his decisions. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos coartado | Nosotros habremos coartado sus libertades. We will have restricted their freedoms. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis coartado | Vosotros habréis coartado sus movimientos. You all will have restricted their movements. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán coartado | Ellos habrán coartado sus opciones. They will have restricted their options. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | habría coartado | Yo habría coartado esa decisión. I would have restricted that decision. | |
Tú | habrías coartado | Tú habrías coartado sus acciones. You would have restricted his actions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | habría coartado | Él habría coartado el acceso. He would have restricted the access. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos coartado | Nosotros habríamos coartado esa libertad. We would have restricted that freedom. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais coartado | Vosotros habríais coartado sus movimientos. You all would have restricted their movements. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían coartado | Ellos habrían coartado las protestas. They would have restricted the protests. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coarte | Es importante que yo coarte mi comportamiento. It is important that I curb my behavior. | |
Tú | coartes | Espero que tú coartes tus palabras. I hope that you curb your words. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coarte | Es necesario que él coarte sus impulsos. It is necessary that he curb his impulses. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartemos | Queremos que nosotros coartemos nuestras acciones. We want us to curb our actions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartéis | Es posible que vosotros coartéis vuestras opiniones. It is possible that you all curb your opinions. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coarten | Dudo que ellas coarten su libertad. I doubt that they curb their freedom. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coartara | Esperaba que no coartara mi libertad. I hoped that he/she/it wouldn't restrict my freedom. | |
Tú | coartaras | Dudaba que tú coartaras sus decisiones. I doubted that you would restrict his/her decisions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coartara | No creía que él coartara sus emociones. I didn't believe that he would restrict his/her emotions. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartáramos | Si fuera necesario, coartáramos sus movimientos. If necessary, we would restrict his/her movements. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartárais | No pensaba que vosotros coartárais su libertad. I didn't think that you all would restrict his/her freedom. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coartaran | Era improbable que ellos coartaran sus derechos. It was unlikely that they would restrict his/her rights. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | coartare | Si alguien coartare su libertad, protestarán. If someone coartare their freedom, they will protest. | |
Tú | coartares | Cuando coartares tus derechos, lucharás. When you coartares your rights, you will fight. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | coartare | El gobierno coartare la libertad de expresión. The government coartare the freedom of expression. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | coartáremos | Nosotros coartáremos las restricciones si es necesario. We will coartáremos the restrictions if necessary. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | coartareis | Vosotros coartareis las decisiones sin consultar. You all will coartare the decisions without consulting. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coartaren | Ellos coartaren las libertades civiles en el futuro. They will coartaren civil liberties in the future. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | haya coartado | Espero que haya coartado sus límites. I hope he/she has restricted his/her limits. | |
Tú | hayas coartado | Es posible que hayas coartado tus decisiones. It's possible that you have restricted your decisions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | haya coartado | Es importante que haya coartado sus impulsos. It's important that he/she has restrained his/her impulses. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos coartado | Creemos que hayamos coartado sus opciones. We believe that we have restricted his/her options. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis coartado | No creo que hayáis coartado sus libertades. I don't think that you all have restricted his/her freedoms. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan coartado | Es probable que hayan coartado sus movimientos. It's likely that they have restricted their movements. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | hubiera coartado | Si hubiera coartado mis palabras, no habría causado malentendidos. If I had restrained my words, I wouldn't have caused misunderstandings. | |
Tú | hubieras coartado | Es posible que tú hubieras coartado tus opiniones. Maybe you had restrained your opinions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera coartado | Ella hubiera coartado su entusiasmo en ese momento. She had restrained her enthusiasm at that moment. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos coartado | Nosotros hubiéramos coartado nuestras acciones si supiéramos. We would have restrained our actions if we knew. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais coartado | Vosotros hubierais coartado las palabras si hubierais sabido. You all would have restrained the words if you had known. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran coartado | Ellos hubieran coartado sus decisiones si hubieran tenido más información. They would have restrained their decisions if they had more information. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | haya coartado | Es posible que haya coartado sus derechos. It is possible that I have restricted his rights. | |
Tú | hayas coartado | Espero que hayas coartado tus límites. I hope that you have restricted your limits. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | haya coartado | Es probable que haya coartado sus libertades. It is likely that he/she/you have restricted his/her/your freedoms. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos coartado | Quizá hayamos coartado sus opciones. Maybe we have restricted their options. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis coartado | No creo que hayáis coartado sus derechos. I don't think that you all have restricted their rights. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan coartado | Es posible que hayan coartado sus libertades. It is possible that they/you all have restricted their freedoms. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | — | No uses esa palabra en público. Don't use that word in public. | |
Tú | corta | ¡Corta esa discusión ahora! Stop that argument now! | |
Él / Ella / Usted | corte | Corte el césped, por favor. Mow the lawn, please. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | cortemos | Cortemos las restricciones pronto. Let's lift the restrictions soon. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | cortad | Cortad el papel en trozos pequeños. Cut the paper into small pieces. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corten | Corten las verduras en juliana. Slice the vegetables into julienne strips. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | no coarte | No coarte tu libertad. Don't restrict your freedom. | |
Tú | no coartes | No coartes tus ideas. Don't restrict your ideas. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | no coarte | No coarte su expresión. Don't restrict his/her expression. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | no coartemos | No coartemos la creatividad. Let's not restrict creativity. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | no coartéis | No coartéis la libertad de otros. Don't restrict others' freedom. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no coarten | No coarten sus decisiones. Don't restrict their decisions. |
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