Spanish verb incubar conjugation

incubar
to incubate
regular verbPast participle: incubadoGerund: incubando

Incubar means to keep eggs, germs, or other things at a suitable temperature for development. It can also be used metaphorically to refer to nurturing or fostering ideas or projects.

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Complete conjugation of incubar

Indicative Present

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincubo
Yo incubo ideas nuevas en mi trabajo.
I incubate new ideas at my work.
incubas
Tú incubas proyectos en tu mente.
You incubate projects in your mind.
Él / Ella / Ustedincuba
Ella incuba sueños en su corazón.
She incubates dreams in her heart.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubamos
Nosotros incubamos ideas en equipo.
We incubate ideas as a team.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubáis
Vosotros incubáis proyectos en la oficina.
You all incubate projects in the office.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincuban
Ellos incuban nuevas startups.
They incubate new startups.

Indicative Preterite

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincubé
Ayer incubé huevos de gallina.
Yesterday I incubated chicken eggs.
incubaste
Tú incubaste los huevos en la incubadora.
You incubated the eggs in the incubator.
Él / Ella / Ustedincubó
Ella incubó los huevos durante una semana.
She incubated the eggs for a week.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubamos
Nosotros incubamos los huevos en la granja.
We incubated the eggs on the farm.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubasteis
Vosotros incubasteis los huevos en la incubadora.
You all incubated the eggs in the incubator.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincubaron
Ellos incubaron los huevos en el laboratorio.
They incubated the eggs in the laboratory.

Indicative Imperfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincubaba
El ave incubaba los huevos todos los días.
The bird incubated the eggs every day.
incubabas
Tú incubabas las semillas en la casa.
You used to incubate the seeds at home.
Él / Ella / Ustedincubaba
Ella incubaba las larvas en el laboratorio.
She used to incubate the larvae in the laboratory.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubábamos
Nosotros incubábamos los huevos en la granja.
We used to incubate the eggs on the farm.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubabais
Vosotros incubabais las ideas en la reunión.
You all used to incubate ideas in the meeting.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincubaban
Los científicos incubaban las muestras en el laboratorio.
The scientists used to incubate the samples in the laboratory.

Indicative Present Continuous

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoestoy incubando
Estoy incubando huevos en la granja.
I am incubating eggs on the farm.
estás incubando
Estás incubando ideas nuevas en tu mente.
You are incubating new ideas in your mind.
Él / Ella / Ustedestá incubando
Ella está incubando un proyecto importante.
She is incubating an important project.
Nosotros / Nosotrasestamos incubando
Estamos incubando huevos en el laboratorio.
We are incubating eggs in the laboratory.
Vosotros / Vosotrasestáis incubando
Vosotros estáis incubando ideas para el negocio.
You all are incubating ideas for the business.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesestán incubando
Ellos están incubando nuevas tecnologías.
They are incubating new technologies.

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 incubar
Voy a incubar los huevos mañana.
I am going to incubate the eggs tomorrow.
vas a incubar
Tú vas a incubar las semillas hoy.
You are going to incubate the seeds today.
Él / Ella / Ustedva a incubar
Ella va a incubar las muestras esta tarde.
She is going to incubate the samples this afternoon.
Nosotros / Nosotrasvamos a incubar
Vamos a incubar los embriones en unos días.
We are going to incubate the embryos in a few days.
Vosotros / Vosotrasvais a incubar
Vosotros vais a incubar las bacterias en el laboratorio.
You all are going to incubate the bacteria in the lab.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesvan a incubar
Ellos van a incubar los huevos en la granja.
They are going to incubate the eggs on the farm.

Indicative Future

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincubará
La gallina incubará los huevos mañana.
The hen will incubate the eggs tomorrow.
incubarás
Tú incubarás las semillas en primavera.
You will incubate the seeds in spring.
Él / Ella / Ustedincubará
Él incubará las larvas en el laboratorio.
He will incubate the larvae in the laboratory.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubaremos
Nosotros incubaremos las muestras esta semana.
We will incubate the samples this week.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubaréis
Vosotros incubaréis las huevos en la incubadora.
You all will incubate the eggs in the incubator.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincubarán
Ellos incubarán las embriones en el futuro.
They will incubate the embryos in the future.

Indicative Conditional

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincubaría
Yo incubaría los huevos si tuviera gallinas.
I would incubate the eggs if I had hens.
incubarías
Tú incubarías las semillas en el invernadero.
You would incubate the seeds in the greenhouse.
Él / Ella / Ustedincubaría
Él incubaría las larvas en el laboratorio.
He would incubate the larvae in the laboratory.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubaríamos
Nosotros incubaríamos las muestras en condiciones controladas.
We would incubate the samples under controlled conditions.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubaríais
Vosotros incubaríais los huevos en el nido.
You all would incubate the eggs in the nest.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincubarían
Ellos incubarían las semillas si tuvieran el equipo.
They would incubate the seeds if they had the equipment.

Indicative Present Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohe incubado
Yo he incubado huevos en la granja.
I have incubated eggs on the farm.
has incubado
Tú has incubado muchas ideas nuevas.
You have incubated many new ideas.
Él / Ella / Ustedha incubado
Ella ha incubado huevos durante semanas.
She has incubated eggs for weeks.
Nosotros / Nosotrashemos incubado
Nosotros hemos incubado embriones en el laboratorio.
We have incubated embryos in the lab.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabéis incubado
Vosotros habéis incubado muchas ideas innovadoras.
You all have incubated many innovative ideas.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshan incubado
Ellos han incubado huevos en la incubadora.
They have incubated eggs in the incubator.

Indicative Past Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabía incubado
Yo había incubado los huevos antes de salir.
I had incubated the eggs before leaving.
habías incubado
Tú habías incubado las semillas ya.
You had incubated the seeds already.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabía incubado
Ella había incubado los embriones antes del experimento.
She had incubated the embryos before the experiment.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabíamos incubado
Nosotros habíamos incubado las muestras correctamente.
We had incubated the samples correctly.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabíais incubado
Vosotros habíais incubado las larvas ayer.
You all had incubated the larvae yesterday.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabían incubado
Ellos habían incubado las células antes del análisis.
They had incubated the cells before the analysis.

Indicative Future Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabré incubado
Para entonces, habré incubado la idea.
By then, I will have incubated the idea.
habrás incubado
Tú habrás incubado el virus.
You will have incubated the virus.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabrá incubado
Él habrá incubado el huevo.
He will have incubated the egg.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabremos incubado
Nosotros habremos incubado las muestras.
We will have incubated the samples.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabréis incubado
Vosotros habréis incubado las semillas.
You all will have incubated the seeds.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrán incubado
Ellos habrán incubado las larvas.
They will have incubated the larvae.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohabría incubado
Yo habría incubado los huevos si hubiera tenido tiempo.
I would have incubated the eggs if I had had time.
habrías incubado
Tú habrías incubado las semillas si hubieras estado en casa.
You would have incubated the seeds if you had been home.
Él / Ella / Ustedhabría incubado
Ella habría incubado las larvas si hubiera sabido cómo.
She would have incubated the larvae if she had known how.
Nosotros / Nosotrashabríamos incubado
Nosotros habríamos incubado las aves si hubiéramos tenido el equipo.
We would have incubated the birds if we had had the equipment.
Vosotros / Vosotrashabríais incubado
Vosotros habríais incubado las semillas si hubierais llegado antes.
You all would have incubated the seeds if you had arrived earlier.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshabrían incubado
Ellos habrían incubado los huevos si no hubiera llovido.
They would have incubated the eggs if it hadn't rained.

Subjunctive Present

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincube
Es importante que incube en un ambiente adecuado.
It is important that it incubates in an appropriate environment.
incubes
Espero que incubes con éxito.
I hope that you incubate successfully.
Él / Ella / Ustedincube
Es posible que incube en esa incubadora.
It is possible that he/she/you incubate in that incubator.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubemos
Queremos que incubemos las huevos pronto.
We want us to incubate the eggs soon.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubéis
Es necesario que incubéis en condiciones higiénicas.
It is necessary that you all incubate in hygienic conditions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincuben
Dudo que incuben en ese lugar.
I doubt that they/you all incubate in that place.

Subjunctive Imperfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincubara
Esperaba que incubara una idea buena.
I hoped that he/she incubated a good idea.
incubaras
Pensaba que incubaras el proyecto.
I thought that you incubated the project.
Él / Ella / Ustedincubara
Dudaba que incubara la semilla.
I doubted that he/she incubated the seed.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubáramos
Queríamos que incubáramos la idea.
We wanted that we incubated the idea.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubárais
Esperabais que incubárais la propuesta.
You all hoped that you incubated the proposal.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincubaran
No creía que incubaran la solución.
I didn't believe that they incubated the solution.

Subjunctive Future

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincubare
Si el virus incubare, avisaremos a todos.
If the virus incubate, we will notify everyone.
incubares
Cuando incubares la idea, te lo diré.
When you incubate the idea, I will tell you.
Él / Ella / Ustedincubare
Es posible que incubare en condiciones ideales.
It is possible that it incubate under ideal conditions.
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubáremos
Nosotros incubáremos en el laboratorio mañana.
We will incubate in the laboratory tomorrow.
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubareis
Vuestro proyecto incubare en la incubadora.
Your project will incubate in the incubator.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincubaren
Si las muestras incubaren, tendremos resultados pronto.
If the samples incubate, we will have results soon.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohaya incubado
Espero que haya incubado la idea.
I hope I have incubated the idea.
hayas incubado
Es posible que hayas incubado el huevo.
It's possible that you have incubated the egg.
Él / Ella / Ustedhaya incubado
Es importante que haya incubado el embrión.
It's important that he/she/you have incubated the embryo.
Nosotros / Nosotrashayamos incubado
Creemos que hayamos incubado la semilla.
We believe that we have incubated the seed.
Vosotros / Vosotrashayáis incubado
¿Habéis incubado el huevo todavía?
Have you all incubated the egg yet?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshayan incubado
Es posible que hayan incubado el pollo.
It's possible that they/you all have incubated the chicken.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiera incubado
Si hubiera incubado los huevos, habrían salido pollitos.
If I had incubated the eggs, chicks would have hatched.
hubieras incubado
Es posible que hubieras incubado las semillas correctamente.
You might have incubated the seeds correctly.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiera incubado
Ella hubiera incubado las larvas si hubiera tenido tiempo.
She would have incubated the larvae if she had had time.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéramos incubado
Nosotros hubiéramos incubado las muestras si hubiéramos sabido.
We would have incubated the samples if we had known.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubierais incubado
Vosotros hubierais incubado las huevos si hubierais estado allí.
You all would have incubated the eggs if you had been there.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieran incubado
Ellos hubieran incubado las embriones si hubieran tenido la oportunidad.
They would have incubated the embryos if they had had the chance.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yohubiere incubado
Cuando llegue, ya hubiere incubado la idea.
When I arrive, I will have already incubated the idea.
hubieres incubado
Si hubieres incubado el huevo, estará listo.
If you will have incubated the egg, it will be ready.
Él / Ella / Ustedhubiere incubado
Cuando ella llegue, ya hubiere incubado el proyecto.
When she arrives, she will have already incubated the project.
Nosotros / Nosotrashubiéremos incubado
Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos incubado la semilla.
By then, we will have already incubated the seed.
Vosotros / Vosotrashubiereis incubado
Cuando vosotros lleguéis, ya hubiereis incubado la idea.
When you all arrive, you will have already incubated the idea.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedeshubieren incubado
Para el fin del día, ellos hubieren incubado el huevo.
By the end of the day, they will have already incubated the egg.

Imperative Affirmative

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yoincuba
¡Incuba el huevo con cuidado!
Incubate the egg carefully!
incuba
¡Incuba el pollo en la incubadora!
Incubate the chicken in the incubator!
Él / Ella / Ustedincube
¡Incube la muestra en el laboratorio!
Incubate the sample in the laboratory!
Nosotros / Nosotrasincubemos
¡Incubemos las huevos en la incubadora!
Let's incubate the eggs in the incubator!
Vosotros / Vosotrasincubad
¡Incubad las semillas en la caja!
Incubate the seeds in the box!
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesincuben
¡Incuben las muestras en el laboratorio!
Incubate the samples in the laboratory!

Imperative Negative

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

PronounConjugationExampleAudio
Yono incubes
No incubes en ese lugar peligroso.
Don't incubate in that dangerous place.
no incubes
No incubes esas ideas en tu mente.
Don't incubate those ideas in your mind.
Él / Ella / Ustedno incube
No incube esa semilla en la incubadora.
Don't incubate that seed in the incubator.
Nosotros / Nosotrasno incubemos
No incubemos esas expectativas todavía.
Let's not incubate those expectations yet.
Vosotros / Vosotrasno incubéis
No incubéis esas ideas en la cabeza.
Don't incubate those ideas in your head.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesno incuben
No incuben esas larvas en el laboratorio.
Don't incubate those larvae in the laboratory.

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