votar

/boˈtaɾ/, [boˈt̪aɾ]

vote


Gerund: votando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular votado votada
Plural votados votadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo voto votaba voté votaré votaría
votas votabas votaste votarás votarías
él/ella/Ud. vota votaba votó votará votaría
nosotros votamos votábamos votamos votaremos votaríamos
vosotros votáis votabais votasteis votaréis votaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. votan votaban votaron votarán votarían
vos votás votabas votaste votarás votarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo vote votara votase votare
votes votaras votases votares
él/ella/Ud. vote votara votase votare
nosotros votemos votáramos votásemos votáremos
vosotros votéis votarais votaseis votareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. voten votaran votasen votaren
vos votés votaras votases votares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
vota no votes
Ud. vote no vote
nosotros votemos no votemos
vosotros votad no votéis
Uds. voten no voten
vos votá no votes

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


Examples
  • Tom se preguntó a quién tendría pensado votar Mary.

    Tom wondered who Mary was planning to vote for.

  • Tom tiene edad suficiente para votar.

    Tom is old enough to vote.

  • Podría votar por Tom.

    I might vote for Tom.

  • La nueva ley priva a las minorías religiosas de su derecho a votar.

    The new law will deprive religious minorities of their right to vote.

  • Ahora mismo hay 2 clases de españoles: los que están dispuestos a votar a corruptos e imputados y los que no.

    Right now there are 2 types of Spaniards: the ones who are willing to vote for corrupt and indicted politicians, and the ones that aren't.

  • En cualquier caso hay que votar sí en el referéndum del 18 de febrero.

    In any case, you need to vote "yes" in the February 18th referendum.

  • No olvides votar.

    Don't forget to vote.

  • Es una campaña para alentar a los jóvenes a votar.

    It is a campaign to encourage young people to vote.

  • Nació justo en la generación siguiente al fin de la esclavitud. Una época en la que no había coches en las carreteras ni aviones en el cielo, en la que alguien como ella no podía votar por dos razones: por ser mujer y debido al color de su piel.

    She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.

  • Si yo tuviera veinte, podría votar.

    If I were twenty, I could vote.

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