pregustar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pregustāre.

Verb

pregustar (first-person singular present pregusto, first-person singular preterite pregusté, past participle pregustado)

  1. to eat a meal, generally before an important person, in order to check if it's poisoned

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pregustar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive pregustar
gerund pregustando
past participle masculine feminine
singular pregustado pregustada
plural pregustados pregustadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pregusto pregustastú
pregustásvos 		pregusta pregustamos pregustáis pregustan
imperfect pregustaba pregustabas pregustaba pregustábamos pregustabais pregustaban
preterite pregusté pregustaste pregustó pregustamos pregustasteis pregustaron
future pregustaré pregustarás pregustará pregustaremos pregustaréis pregustarán
conditional pregustaría pregustarías pregustaría pregustaríamos pregustaríais pregustarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present preguste pregustestú
pregustésvos2 		preguste pregustemos pregustéis pregusten
imperfect
(ra) 		pregustara pregustaras pregustara pregustáramos pregustarais pregustaran
imperfect
(se) 		pregustase pregustases pregustase pregustásemos pregustaseis pregustasen
future1 pregustare pregustares pregustare pregustáremos pregustareis pregustaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative pregustatú
pregustávos 		preguste pregustemos pregustad pregusten
negative no pregustes no preguste no pregustemos no pregustéis no pregusten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pregustar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive pregustar dative pregustarme pregustarte pregustarle, pregustarse pregustarnos pregustaros pregustarles, pregustarse
accusative pregustarme pregustarte pregustarlo, pregustarla, pregustarse pregustarnos pregustaros pregustarlos, pregustarlas, pregustarse
with gerund pregustando dative pregustándome pregustándote pregustándole, pregustándose pregustándonos pregustándoos pregustándoles, pregustándose
accusative pregustándome pregustándote pregustándolo, pregustándola, pregustándose pregustándonos pregustándoos pregustándolos, pregustándolas, pregustándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pregusta dative pregústame pregústate pregústale pregústanos not used pregústales
accusative pregústame pregústate pregústalo, pregústala pregústanos not used pregústalos, pregústalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pregustá dative pregustame pregustate pregustale pregustanos not used pregustales
accusative pregustame pregustate pregustalo, pregustala pregustanos not used pregustalos, pregustalas
with formal second-person singular imperative preguste dative pregústeme not used pregústele, pregústese pregústenos not used pregústeles
accusative pregústeme not used pregústelo, pregústela, pregústese pregústenos not used pregústelos, pregústelas
with first-person plural imperative pregustemos dative not used pregustémoste pregustémosle pregustémonos pregustémoos pregustémosles
accusative not used pregustémoste pregustémoslo, pregustémosla pregustémonos pregustémoos pregustémoslos, pregustémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pregustad dative pregustadme not used pregustadle pregustadnos pregustaos pregustadles
accusative pregustadme not used pregustadlo, pregustadla pregustadnos pregustaos pregustadlos, pregustadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pregusten dative pregústenme not used pregústenle pregústennos not used pregústenles, pregústense
accusative pregústenme not used pregústenlo, pregústenla pregústennos not used pregústenlos, pregústenlas, pregústense

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