Spanish verb coartar conjugation

coartar
to restrict or to curb
regular verbPast participle: coartadoGerund: coartando

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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Complete conjugation of coartar

Indicative Present

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoarto
No quiero coartar tu libertad.
I don't want to restrict your freedom.
coartas
No debes coartar sus ideas.
You shouldn't restrict his ideas.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoarta
El gobierno no debe coartar la prensa.
The government should not restrict the press.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartamos
No vamos a coartar su creatividad.
We are not going to restrict his creativity.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartáis
No coartéis la expresión libre.
Don't restrict free expression.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoartan
Las reglas no deben coartar la innovación.
Rules should not restrict innovation.

Indicative Preterite

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoarté
Ayer coarté mi libertad.
Yesterday I restricted my freedom.
coartaste
Tú coartaste tus sueños.
You restricted your dreams.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoartó
Él coartó sus impulsos.
He restrained his impulses.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartamos
Nosotros coartamos nuestras acciones.
We restrained our actions.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartasteis
Vosotros coartasteis la libertad.
You all restricted the freedom.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoartaron
Ellos coartaron sus deseos.
They restrained their desires.

Indicative Imperfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoartaba
Antes, coartaba mi libertad.
Before, I used to restrict my freedom.
coartabas
Tú coartabas sus decisiones.
You used to restrict his decisions.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoartaba
Ella coartaba sus emociones.
She used to restrain her emotions.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartábamos
Nosotros coartábamos nuestras opciones.
We used to limit our options.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartabais
Vosotros coartabais la libertad.
You all used to restrict freedom.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoartaban
Ellos coartaban sus movimientos.
They used to restrain their movements.

Indicative Present Continuous

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoestoy coartando
Estoy coartando mis decisiones ahora mismo.
I am restricting my decisions right now.
estás coartando
Estás coartando tu libertad constantemente.
You are restricting your freedom constantly.
Él / Ella / Ustedestá coartando
Ella está coartando sus emociones en público.
She is restricting her emotions in public.
Nosotros / Nosotrasestamos coartando
Estamos coartando nuestras opciones ahora.
We are restricting our options now.
Vosotros / Vosotrasestáis coartando
Vosotros estáis coartando la creatividad en el proyecto.
You all are restricting creativity in the project.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesestán coartando
Ellos están coartando las libertades civiles.
They are restricting civil liberties.

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 coartar
Voy a coartar mi libertad por miedo.
I am going to restrict my freedom out of fear.
vas a coartar
¿Vas a coartar tus sueños?
Are you going to restrict your dreams?
Él / Ella / Ustedva a coartar
Ella va a coartar su expresión.
She is going to restrict her expression.
Nosotros / Nosotrasvamos a coartar
Vamos a coartar nuestras libertades.
We are going to restrict our freedoms.
Vosotros / Vosotrasvais a coartar
Vosotros vais a coartar la creatividad.
You all are going to restrict creativity.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesvan a coartar
Ellos van a coartar la libertad.
They are going to restrict freedom.

Indicative Future

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoartaré
Yo coartaré esa conducta en el futuro.
I will restrict that behavior in the future.
coartará
Tú coartarás tus impulsos mañana.
You will curb your impulses tomorrow.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoartará
Ella coartará sus palabras en la reunión.
She will restrain her words in the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartaremos
Nosotros coartaremos el gasto excesivo.
We will curb the excessive spending.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartaréis
Vosotros coartaréis la libertad de expresión.
You all will restrict freedom of expression.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoartarán
Ellos coartarán las protestas pacíficas.
They will suppress the peaceful protests.

Indicative Conditional

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoartaría
Yo coartaría esa conducta si pudiera.
I would restrict that behavior if I could.
coartarías
Tú coartarías su libertad en esa situación.
You would restrict his freedom in that situation.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoartaría
Ella coartaría sus opciones si fuera necesario.
She would restrict her options if necessary.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartaríamos
Nosotros coartaríamos el acceso si fuera ilegal.
We would restrict access if it were illegal.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartaríais
Vosotros coartaríais la libertad de expresión.
You all would restrict freedom of expression.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoartarían
Ellos coartarían esas ideas si pudieran.
They would restrict those ideas if they could.

Indicative Present Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohe coartado
He coartado mis ideas recientes.
I have curtailed my recent ideas.
has coartado
Has coartado tus opiniones demasiado.
You have curtailed your opinions too much.
Él / Ella / Ustedha coartado
Ella ha coartado su libertad últimamente.
She has curtailed her freedom lately.
Nosotros / Nosotrashemos coartado
Hemos coartado nuestras acciones recientes.
We have curtailed our recent actions.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabéis coartado
Vosotros habéis coartado vuestras decisiones.
You all have curtailed your decisions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshan coartado
Ellos han coartado sus libertades.
They have curtailed their freedoms.

Indicative Past Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabía coartado
Ya había coartado mis impulsos.
I had already restrained my impulses.
habías coartado
Tú habías coartado tus deseos antes.
You had restrained your desires before.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabía coartado
Ella había coartado su libertad.
She had restrained her freedom.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabíamos coartado
Nosotros habíamos coartado nuestras expresiones.
We had restrained our expressions.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabíais coartado
Vosotros habíais coartado vuestras opiniones.
You all had restrained your opinions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabían coartado
Ellos habían coartado sus derechos.
They had restrained their rights.

Indicative Future Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabré coartado
Para entonces, habré coartado sus movimientos.
By then, I will have restricted his movements.
habrás coartado
Seguramente habrás coartado sus opciones.
You will have restricted his options.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabrá coartado
Ella habrá coartado sus decisiones.
She will have restricted his decisions.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabremos coartado
Nosotros habremos coartado sus libertades.
We will have restricted their freedoms.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabréis coartado
Vosotros habréis coartado sus movimientos.
You all will have restricted their movements.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrán coartado
Ellos habrán coartado sus opciones.
They will have restricted their options.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabría coartado
Yo habría coartado esa decisión.
I would have restricted that decision.
habrías coartado
Tú habrías coartado sus acciones.
You would have restricted his actions.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabría coartado
Él habría coartado el acceso.
He would have restricted the access.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabríamos coartado
Nosotros habríamos coartado esa libertad.
We would have restricted that freedom.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabríais coartado
Vosotros habríais coartado sus movimientos.
You all would have restricted their movements.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrían coartado
Ellos habrían coartado las protestas.
They would have restricted the protests.

Subjunctive Present

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoarte
Es importante que yo coarte mi comportamiento.
It is important that I curb my behavior.
coartes
Espero que tú coartes tus palabras.
I hope that you curb your words.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoarte
Es necesario que él coarte sus impulsos.
It is necessary that he curb his impulses.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartemos
Queremos que nosotros coartemos nuestras acciones.
We want us to curb our actions.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartéis
Es posible que vosotros coartéis vuestras opiniones.
It is possible that you all curb your opinions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoarten
Dudo que ellas coarten su libertad.
I doubt that they curb their freedom.

Subjunctive Imperfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoartara
Esperaba que no coartara mi libertad.
I hoped that he/she/it wouldn't restrict my freedom.
coartaras
Dudaba que tú coartaras sus decisiones.
I doubted that you would restrict his/her decisions.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoartara
No creía que él coartara sus emociones.
I didn't believe that he would restrict his/her emotions.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartáramos
Si fuera necesario, coartáramos sus movimientos.
If necessary, we would restrict his/her movements.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartárais
No pensaba que vosotros coartárais su libertad.
I didn't think that you all would restrict his/her freedom.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoartaran
Era improbable que ellos coartaran sus derechos.
It was unlikely that they would restrict his/her rights.

Subjunctive Future

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yocoartare
Si alguien coartare su libertad, protestarán.
If someone coartare their freedom, they will protest.
coartares
Cuando coartares tus derechos, lucharás.
When you coartares your rights, you will fight.
Él / Ella / Ustedcoartare
El gobierno coartare la libertad de expresión.
The government coartare the freedom of expression.
Nosotros / Nosotrascoartáremos
Nosotros coartáremos las restricciones si es necesario.
We will coartáremos the restrictions if necessary.
Vosotros / Vosotrascoartareis
Vosotros coartareis las decisiones sin consultar.
You all will coartare the decisions without consulting.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescoartaren
Ellos coartaren las libertades civiles en el futuro.
They will coartaren civil liberties in the future.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya coartado
Espero que haya coartado sus límites.
I hope he/she has restricted his/her limits.
hayas coartado
Es posible que hayas coartado tus decisiones.
It's possible that you have restricted your decisions.
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya coartado
Es importante que haya coartado sus impulsos.
It's important that he/she has restrained his/her impulses.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos coartado
Creemos que hayamos coartado sus opciones.
We believe that we have restricted his/her options.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis coartado
No creo que hayáis coartado sus libertades.
I don't think that you all have restricted his/her freedoms.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan coartado
Es probable que hayan coartado sus movimientos.
It's likely that they have restricted their movements.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiera coartado
Si hubiera coartado mis palabras, no habría causado malentendidos.
If I had restrained my words, I wouldn't have caused misunderstandings.
hubieras coartado
Es posible que tú hubieras coartado tus opiniones.
Maybe you had restrained your opinions.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiera coartado
Ella hubiera coartado su entusiasmo en ese momento.
She had restrained her enthusiasm at that moment.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéramos coartado
Nosotros hubiéramos coartado nuestras acciones si supiéramos.
We would have restrained our actions if we knew.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubierais coartado
Vosotros hubierais coartado las palabras si hubierais sabido.
You all would have restrained the words if you had known.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieran coartado
Ellos hubieran coartado sus decisiones si hubieran tenido más información.
They would have restrained their decisions if they had more information.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya coartado
Es posible que haya coartado sus derechos.
It is possible that I have restricted his rights.
hayas coartado
Espero que hayas coartado tus límites.
I hope that you have restricted your limits.
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya coartado
Es probable que haya coartado sus libertades.
It is likely that he/she/you have restricted his/her/your freedoms.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos coartado
Quizá hayamos coartado sus opciones.
Maybe we have restricted their options.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis coartado
No creo que hayáis coartado sus derechos.
I don't think that you all have restricted their rights.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan coartado
Es posible que hayan coartado sus libertades.
It is possible that they/you all have restricted their freedoms.

Imperative Affirmative

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yo
No uses esa palabra en público.
Don't use that word in public.
corta
¡Corta esa discusión ahora!
Stop that argument now!
Él / Ella / Ustedcorte
Corte el césped, por favor.
Mow the lawn, please.
Nosotros / Nosotrascortemos
Cortemos las restricciones pronto.
Let's lift the restrictions soon.
Vosotros / Vosotrascortad
Cortad el papel en trozos pequeños.
Cut the paper into small pieces.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedescorten
Corten las verduras en juliana.
Slice the vegetables into julienne strips.

Imperative Negative

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yono coarte
No coarte tu libertad.
Don't restrict your freedom.
no coartes
No coartes tus ideas.
Don't restrict your ideas.
Él / Ella / Ustedno coarte
No coarte su expresión.
Don't restrict his/her expression.
Nosotros / Nosotrasno coartemos
No coartemos la creatividad.
Let's not restrict creativity.
Vosotros / Vosotrasno coartéis
No coartéis la libertad de otros.
Don't restrict others' freedom.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesno coarten
No coarten sus decisiones.
Don't restrict their decisions.

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