Hablar: Full Conjugation

Hablar means "to speak" or "to talk." It's one of the most frequently used verbs in Spanish and the textbook example of a completely regular -ar verb — no stem changes, no spelling irregularities, no surprises anywhere. If you learn hablar thoroughly, you know the pattern for hundreds of other regular -ar verbs.

Present Indicative

Preterite

Note that the nosotros form hablamos is identical in the present and preterite — context tells you which tense is meant.

Imperfect

Future

Conditional

Present Subjunctive

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Imperative

Non-Finite Forms

• Infinitive: hablar
• Gerund: hablando
• Past participle: hablado

Common Uses

Hablar takes different prepositions depending on meaning:

• hablar con — to talk with someone (most common in Latin America)
• hablar a — to address someone, speak to them
• hablar de — to talk about a topic
• hablar por teléfono — to talk on the phone
• hablar en
  • language — occasionally used, though hablar
    • language directly (no preposition) is more common for "to speak" a language