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lavar

to wash, wash

Gerund: lavando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular lavado lavada
Plural lavados lavadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo lavo lavaba lavé lavaré lavaría
tú lavas lavabas lavaste lavarás lavarías
él/ella/Ud. lava lavaba lavó lavará lavaría
nosotros lavamos lavábamos lavamos lavaremos lavaríamos
vosotros laváis lavabais lavasteis lavaréis lavaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. lavan lavaban lavaron lavarán lavarían
vos lavás lavabas lavaste lavarás lavarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo lave lavara lavase lavare
tú laves lavaras lavases lavares
él/ella/Ud. lave lavara lavase lavare
nosotros lavemos laváramos lavásemos laváremos
vosotros lavéis lavarais lavaseis lavareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. laven lavaran lavasen lavaren
vos lavés lavaras lavases lavares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú lava no laves
Ud. lave no lave
nosotros lavemos no lavemos
vosotros lavad no lavéis
Uds. laven no laven
vos lavá no laves

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

Examples

  • Todo lo que tienes que hacer es lavar los platos.

    All you have to do is wash the dishes.

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  • La habitación no se ve muy bien después de que Tom la pintó, ya que previamente ni siquiera se preocupó por lavar las paredes o el techo.

    The room didn't look very good after Tom painted it, because he didn't even bother to wash the walls or ceiling first.

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  • Jane tiene un montón de ropa para lavar.

    Jane has a lot of clothes to wash.

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  • Tom ayudó a Mary a lavar los platos.

    Tom helped Mary wash the dishes.

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  • Después de lavar la vajilla, la aclaro.

    After cleaning the dishes, I rinse them.

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  • Tengo que lavar los trastes.

    I have to wash the dishes.

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  • Lavar una bicicleta es un trabajo aburrido.

    It's a dull job to clean a bike.

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  • Lavar, cortar y secar, por favor.

    Cut, wash and dry, please.

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  • Mi trabajo es lavar el coche de mi padre.

    My work is to wash my father's car.

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  • ¿Me puede ayudar a lavar los platos?

    Can you help me wash these dishes?

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