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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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incubo | Yo incubo ideas nuevas en mi trabajo. I incubate new ideas at my work. | |
| Tú | incubas | Tú incubas proyectos en tu mente. You incubate projects in your mind. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incuba | Ella incuba sueños en su corazón. She incubates dreams in her heart. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubamos | Nosotros incubamos ideas en equipo. We incubate ideas as a team. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubáis | Vosotros incubáis proyectos en la oficina. You all incubate projects in the office. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incuban | Ellos incuban nuevas startups. They incubate new startups. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incubé | Ayer incubé huevos de gallina. Yesterday I incubated chicken eggs. | |
| Tú | incubaste | Tú incubaste los huevos en la incubadora. You incubated the eggs in the incubator. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incubó | Ella incubó los huevos durante una semana. She incubated the eggs for a week. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubamos | Nosotros incubamos los huevos en la granja. We incubated the eggs on the farm. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubasteis | Vosotros incubasteis los huevos en la incubadora. You all incubated the eggs in the incubator. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incubaron | Ellos incubaron los huevos en el laboratorio. They incubated the eggs in the laboratory. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incubaba | El ave incubaba los huevos todos los días. The bird incubated the eggs every day. | |
| Tú | incubabas | Tú incubabas las semillas en la casa. You used to incubate the seeds at home. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incubaba | Ella incubaba las larvas en el laboratorio. She used to incubate the larvae in the laboratory. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubábamos | Nosotros incubábamos los huevos en la granja. We used to incubate the eggs on the farm. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubabais | Vosotros incubabais las ideas en la reunión. You all used to incubate ideas in the meeting. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incubaban | Los científicos incubaban las muestras en el laboratorio. The scientists used to incubate the samples in the laboratory. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy incubando | Estoy incubando huevos en la granja. I am incubating eggs on the farm. | |
| Tú | estás incubando | Estás incubando ideas nuevas en tu mente. You are incubating new ideas in your mind. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | está incubando | Ella está incubando un proyecto importante. She is incubating an important project. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos incubando | Estamos incubando huevos en el laboratorio. We are incubating eggs in the laboratory. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis incubando | Vosotros estáis incubando ideas para el negocio. You all are incubating ideas for the business. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están incubando | Ellos están incubando nuevas tecnologías. They are incubating new technologies. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a incubar | Voy a incubar los huevos mañana. I am going to incubate the eggs tomorrow. | |
| Tú | vas a incubar | Tú vas a incubar las semillas hoy. You are going to incubate the seeds today. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | va a incubar | Ella va a incubar las muestras esta tarde. She is going to incubate the samples this afternoon. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a incubar | Vamos a incubar los embriones en unos días. We are going to incubate the embryos in a few days. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a incubar | Vosotros vais a incubar las bacterias en el laboratorio. You all are going to incubate the bacteria in the lab. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a incubar | Ellos van a incubar los huevos en la granja. They are going to incubate the eggs on the farm. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incubará | La gallina incubará los huevos mañana. The hen will incubate the eggs tomorrow. | |
| Tú | incubarás | Tú incubarás las semillas en primavera. You will incubate the seeds in spring. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incubará | Él incubará las larvas en el laboratorio. He will incubate the larvae in the laboratory. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubaremos | Nosotros incubaremos las muestras esta semana. We will incubate the samples this week. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubaréis | Vosotros incubaréis las huevos en la incubadora. You all will incubate the eggs in the incubator. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incubarán | Ellos incubarán las embriones en el futuro. They will incubate the embryos in the future. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incubaría | Yo incubaría los huevos si tuviera gallinas. I would incubate the eggs if I had hens. | |
| Tú | incubarías | Tú incubarías las semillas en el invernadero. You would incubate the seeds in the greenhouse. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incubaría | Él incubaría las larvas en el laboratorio. He would incubate the larvae in the laboratory. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubaríamos | Nosotros incubaríamos las muestras en condiciones controladas. We would incubate the samples under controlled conditions. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubaríais | Vosotros incubaríais los huevos en el nido. You all would incubate the eggs in the nest. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incubarían | Ellos incubarían las semillas si tuvieran el equipo. They would incubate the seeds if they had the equipment. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | he incubado | Yo he incubado huevos en la granja. I have incubated eggs on the farm. | |
| Tú | has incubado | Tú has incubado muchas ideas nuevas. You have incubated many new ideas. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha incubado | Ella ha incubado huevos durante semanas. She has incubated eggs for weeks. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hemos incubado | Nosotros hemos incubado embriones en el laboratorio. We have incubated embryos in the lab. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habéis incubado | Vosotros habéis incubado muchas ideas innovadoras. You all have incubated many innovative ideas. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han incubado | Ellos han incubado huevos en la incubadora. They have incubated eggs in the incubator. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | había incubado | Yo había incubado los huevos antes de salir. I had incubated the eggs before leaving. | |
| Tú | habías incubado | Tú habías incubado las semillas ya. You had incubated the seeds already. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | había incubado | Ella había incubado los embriones antes del experimento. She had incubated the embryos before the experiment. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos incubado | Nosotros habíamos incubado las muestras correctamente. We had incubated the samples correctly. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais incubado | Vosotros habíais incubado las larvas ayer. You all had incubated the larvae yesterday. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían incubado | Ellos habían incubado las células antes del análisis. They had incubated the cells before the analysis. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré incubado | Para entonces, habré incubado la idea. By then, I will have incubated the idea. | |
| Tú | habrás incubado | Tú habrás incubado el virus. You will have incubated the virus. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habrá incubado | Él habrá incubado el huevo. He will have incubated the egg. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos incubado | Nosotros habremos incubado las muestras. We will have incubated the samples. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis incubado | Vosotros habréis incubado las semillas. You all will have incubated the seeds. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán incubado | Ellos habrán incubado las larvas. They will have incubated the larvae. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría incubado | Yo habría incubado los huevos si hubiera tenido tiempo. I would have incubated the eggs if I had had time. | |
| Tú | 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 / Usted | habría incubado | Ella habría incubado las larvas si hubiera sabido cómo. She would have incubated the larvae if she had known how. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos incubado | Nosotros habríamos incubado las aves si hubiéramos tenido el equipo. We would have incubated the birds if we had had the equipment. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais incubado | Vosotros habríais incubado las semillas si hubierais llegado antes. You all would have incubated the seeds if you had arrived earlier. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían incubado | Ellos habrían incubado los huevos si no hubiera llovido. They would have incubated the eggs if it hadn't rained. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incube | Es importante que incube en un ambiente adecuado. It is important that it incubates in an appropriate environment. | |
| Tú | incubes | Espero que incubes con éxito. I hope that you incubate successfully. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incube | Es posible que incube en esa incubadora. It is possible that he/she/you incubate in that incubator. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubemos | Queremos que incubemos las huevos pronto. We want us to incubate the eggs soon. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubéis | Es necesario que incubéis en condiciones higiénicas. It is necessary that you all incubate in hygienic conditions. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incuben | Dudo que incuben en ese lugar. I doubt that they/you all incubate in that place. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incubara | Esperaba que incubara una idea buena. I hoped that he/she incubated a good idea. | |
| Tú | incubaras | Pensaba que incubaras el proyecto. I thought that you incubated the project. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incubara | Dudaba que incubara la semilla. I doubted that he/she incubated the seed. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubáramos | Queríamos que incubáramos la idea. We wanted that we incubated the idea. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubárais | Esperabais que incubárais la propuesta. You all hoped that you incubated the proposal. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incubaran | No creía que incubaran la solución. I didn't believe that they incubated the solution. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incubare | Si el virus incubare, avisaremos a todos. If the virus incubate, we will notify everyone. | |
| Tú | incubares | Cuando incubares la idea, te lo diré. When you incubate the idea, I will tell you. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incubare | Es posible que incubare en condiciones ideales. It is possible that it incubate under ideal conditions. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubáremos | Nosotros incubáremos en el laboratorio mañana. We will incubate in the laboratory tomorrow. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubareis | Vuestro proyecto incubare en la incubadora. Your project will incubate in the incubator. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incubaren | Si las muestras incubaren, tendremos resultados pronto. If the samples incubate, we will have results soon. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya incubado | Espero que haya incubado la idea. I hope I have incubated the idea. | |
| Tú | hayas incubado | Es posible que hayas incubado el huevo. It's possible that you have incubated the egg. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya incubado | Es importante que haya incubado el embrión. It's important that he/she/you have incubated the embryo. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos incubado | Creemos que hayamos incubado la semilla. We believe that we have incubated the seed. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis incubado | ¿Habéis incubado el huevo todavía? Have you all incubated the egg yet? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan incubado | Es posible que hayan incubado el pollo. It's possible that they/you all have incubated the chicken. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera incubado | Si hubiera incubado los huevos, habrían salido pollitos. If I had incubated the eggs, chicks would have hatched. | |
| Tú | hubieras incubado | Es posible que hubieras incubado las semillas correctamente. You might have incubated the seeds correctly. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera incubado | Ella hubiera incubado las larvas si hubiera tenido tiempo. She would have incubated the larvae if she had had time. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos incubado | Nosotros hubiéramos incubado las muestras si hubiéramos sabido. We would have incubated the samples if we had known. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais incubado | Vosotros hubierais incubado las huevos si hubierais estado allí. You all would have incubated the eggs if you had been there. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran incubado | Ellos hubieran incubado las embriones si hubieran tenido la oportunidad. They would have incubated the embryos if they had had the chance. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere incubado | Cuando llegue, ya hubiere incubado la idea. When I arrive, I will have already incubated the idea. | |
| Tú | hubieres incubado | Si hubieres incubado el huevo, estará listo. If you will have incubated the egg, it will be ready. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere incubado | Cuando ella llegue, ya hubiere incubado el proyecto. When she arrives, she will have already incubated the project. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos incubado | Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos incubado la semilla. By then, we will have already incubated the seed. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis incubado | Cuando vosotros lleguéis, ya hubiereis incubado la idea. When you all arrive, you will have already incubated the idea. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren incubado | Para el fin del día, ellos hubieren incubado el huevo. By the end of the day, they will have already incubated the egg. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | incuba | ¡Incuba el huevo con cuidado! Incubate the egg carefully! | |
| Tú | incuba | ¡Incuba el pollo en la incubadora! Incubate the chicken in the incubator! | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incube | ¡Incube la muestra en el laboratorio! Incubate the sample in the laboratory! | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | incubemos | ¡Incubemos las huevos en la incubadora! Let's incubate the eggs in the incubator! | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | incubad | ¡Incubad las semillas en la caja! Incubate the seeds in the box! | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incuben | ¡Incuben las muestras en el laboratorio! Incubate the samples in the laboratory! |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | no incubes | No incubes en ese lugar peligroso. Don't incubate in that dangerous place. | |
| Tú | no incubes | No incubes esas ideas en tu mente. Don't incubate those ideas in your mind. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | no incube | No incube esa semilla en la incubadora. Don't incubate that seed in the incubator. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | no incubemos | No incubemos esas expectativas todavía. Let's not incubate those expectations yet. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | no incubéis | No incubéis esas ideas en la cabeza. Don't incubate those ideas in your head. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no incuben | No incuben esas larvas en el laboratorio. Don't incubate those larvae in the laboratory. |
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