buscar

/busˈkaɾ/, [busˈkaɾ]

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Gerund: buscando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular buscado buscada
Plural buscados buscadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo busco buscaba busqué buscaré buscaría
buscas buscabas buscaste buscarás buscarías
él/ella/Ud. busca buscaba buscó buscará buscaría
nosotros buscamos buscábamos buscamos buscaremos buscaríamos
vosotros buscáis buscabais buscasteis buscaréis buscaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. buscan buscaban buscaron buscarán buscarían
vos buscás buscabas buscaste buscarás buscarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo busque buscara buscase buscare
busques buscaras buscases buscares
él/ella/Ud. busque buscara buscase buscare
nosotros busquemos buscáramos buscásemos buscáremos
vosotros busquéis buscarais buscaseis buscareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. busquen buscaran buscasen buscaren
vos busqués buscaras buscases buscares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
busca no busques
Ud. busque no busque
nosotros busquemos no busquemos
vosotros buscad no busquéis
Uds. busquen no busquen
vos buscá no busques

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Los vehículos, al menos cada tres meses, se inspeccionan para buscar defectos.

    The vehicles are inspected for defects at least every three months.

  • Mi doctor piensa que es canceroso pero me dijo que me sintiera libre de buscar una segunda opinión.

    My doctor thinks it's cancerous but told me to feel free to get a second opinion.

  • Entre los intérpretes de oboe hay aquellos que en lugar de buscar una caña que les acomode, encuentran más rápido hacerse una propia.

    Heck, with oboe players there are those who, rather than search for a reed that suits them, find it faster to make their own.

  • Se pueden buscar oraciones con palabras determinadas y obtener traducciones para esas oraciones.

    You can search sentences containing a certain word and get translations for these sentences.

  • Fuimos al bosque a buscar insectos.

    We went into the woods in search of insects.

  • En caso de persecución, toda persona tiene derecho a buscar asilo, y a disfrutar de él, en cualquier país.

    Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

  • No consigue decidirse entre buscar trabajo o ir a la universidad.

    She can't make up her mind whether to get a job or to go on to college.

  • Después de la construcción de una o dos grandes fábricas en una ciudad o cerca de ella, la gente viene a buscar trabajo, y pronto comienza a desarrollarse un área industrial.

    After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to develop.

  • El pulpo solo sale de su guarida para buscar comida o con fines de reproducción.

    The octopus only exits its lair to look for food or for reproductive purposes.

  • Tom dice que va a pasar a buscar a Mary a las 2:30.

    Tom says that he'll pick Mary up at 2:30.

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