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Satisfacer Conjugation

satisfacer means "to satisfy" in Spanish. Present: yo satisfago, tú satisfaces, él / ella / usted satisface, nosotros satisfacemos, vosotros (Spain) satisfacéis, ellos / ellas / ustedes satisfacen. Below: all 21 tenses we teach, with examples.

Present Presente

The base tense for habitual actions, general truths and things happening right now; formed by replacing the infinitive ending with the present endings.

yosatisfago
túsatisfaces
él / ella / ustedsatisface
nosotrossatisfacemos
vosotros (Spain)satisfacéis
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisfacen

Present continuous Presente progresivo

estar (present) + gerund; emphasizes an action happening right now, more vivid and immediate than the simple present.

yoestoy satisfaciendo
túestás satisfaciendo
él / ella / ustedestá satisfaciendo
nosotrosestamos satisfaciendo
vosotros (Spain)estáis satisfaciendo
ellos / ellas / ustedesestán satisfaciendo

Simple past (preterite) Pretérito indefinido (perfecto simple)

A completed action seen as a finished whole at a specific point in the past; the main narrative past tense.

yosatisfice
túsatisficiste
él / ella / ustedsatisfizo
nosotrossatisficimos
vosotros (Spain)satisficisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisficieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Describes ongoing or habitual past actions, background description, age and time in the past, with no defined endpoint.

yosatisfacía
túsatisfacías
él / ella / ustedsatisfacía
nosotrossatisfacíamos
vosotros (Spain)satisfacíais
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisfacían

Present perfect Pretérito perfecto compuesto

haber (present) + past participle; a past action linked to the present moment or a very recent past (strongly preferred over the preterite in Spain for "today" events).

yohe satisfecho
túhas satisfecho
él / ella / ustedha satisfecho
nosotroshemos satisfecho
vosotros (Spain)habéis satisfecho
ellos / ellas / ustedeshan satisfecho

Pluperfect Pretérito pluscuamperfecto

haber (imperfect) + past participle; a past action completed before another past action.

yohabía satisfecho
túhabías satisfecho
él / ella / ustedhabía satisfecho
nosotroshabíamos satisfecho
vosotros (Spain)habíais satisfecho
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabían satisfecho

Preterite anterior (literary) Pretérito anterior

haber (preterite) + past participle; a literary tense for an action completed immediately before another past action, used only after conjunctions like cuando, apenas, en cuanto in formal/literary writing; almost entirely replaced by the pluperfect or simple preterite in everyday speech.

yohube satisfecho
túhubiste satisfecho
él / ella / ustedhubo satisfecho
nosotroshubimos satisfecho
vosotros (Spain)hubisteis satisfecho
ellos / ellas / ustedeshubieron satisfecho

Simple future Futuro simple

Infinitive + future endings; predictions, promises and future facts; also used to express probability about the present ("será" = "it's probably").

yosatisfaré
túsatisfarás
él / ella / ustedsatisfará
nosotrossatisfaremos
vosotros (Spain)satisfaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisfarán

Periphrastic future (going to) Futuro perifrástico (ir a + infinitivo)

ir (present) + a + infinitive; the everyday way to talk about the future, especially near or planned future, far more common in speech than the simple future.

yovoy a satisfacer
túvas a satisfacer
él / ella / ustedva a satisfacer
nosotrosvamos a satisfacer
vosotros (Spain)vais a satisfacer
ellos / ellas / ustedesvan a satisfacer

Future perfect Futuro compuesto

haber (future) + past participle; an action that will be completed before a future point; also expresses probability about the past ("habrá hablado" = "he probably spoke").

yohabré satisfecho
túhabrás satisfecho
él / ella / ustedhabrá satisfecho
nosotroshabremos satisfecho
vosotros (Spain)habréis satisfecho
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabrán satisfecho

Conditional Condicional simple

Infinitive + conditional endings; hypothetical actions, polite requests, and "future in the past"; also expresses probability about the past ("sería" = "it was probably").

yosatisfaría
túsatisfarías
él / ella / ustedsatisfaría
nosotrossatisfaríamos
vosotros (Spain)satisfaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisfarían

Conditional perfect Condicional compuesto

haber (conditional) + past participle; what would have happened, used for hypothetical past actions, often with an imperfect-subjunctive "if" clause.

yohabría satisfecho
túhabrías satisfecho
él / ella / ustedhabría satisfecho
nosotroshabríamos satisfecho
vosotros (Spain)habríais satisfecho
ellos / ellas / ustedeshabrían satisfecho

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used for present or future subjective/uncertain actions in the dependent clause; triggered by verbs of wish, doubt, emotion and impersonal expressions, and after certain conjunctions.

yosatisfaga
túsatisfagas
él / ella / ustedsatisfaga
nosotrossatisfagamos
vosotros (Spain)satisfagáis
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisfagan

Imperfect subjunctive Pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra / -se)

Used for past subjective actions and in most contrary-to-fact "if" clauses. Spanish has two equally correct sets of endings, -ra and -se; the -ra form is more common in speech (and doubles as a literary alternative to the conditional), while -se is more common in formal writing, especially in Spain. Forms below show the -ra set; replace -ra- with -se- for the -se set (hablase, hablases, hablase, hablásemos, hablaseis, hablasen).

yosatisficiera
túsatisficieras
él / ella / ustedsatisficiera
nosotrossatisficiéramos
vosotros (Spain)satisficierais
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisficieran

Present perfect subjunctive Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo

haber (present subjunctive) + past participle; a subjective action seen as completed relative to the present or near future.

yohaya satisfecho
túhayas satisfecho
él / ella / ustedhaya satisfecho
nosotroshayamos satisfecho
vosotros (Spain)hayáis satisfecho
ellos / ellas / ustedeshayan satisfecho

Pluperfect subjunctive Pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo

haber (imperfect subjunctive) + past participle; a subjective action completed before another past action, and the standard form for the "if" clause of a past contrary-to-fact conditional (paired with the conditional perfect).

yohubiera satisfecho
túhubieras satisfecho
él / ella / ustedhubiera satisfecho
nosotroshubiéramos satisfecho
vosotros (Spain)hubierais satisfecho
ellos / ellas / ustedeshubieran satisfecho

Affirmative imperative Imperativo afirmativo

Direct commands and requests. tú/vos, usted, nosotros ('let's'), vosotros and ustedes all have their own forms; there is no yo form.

yo—
túsatisface
él / ella / ustedsatisfaga
nosotrossatisfagamos
vosotros (Spain)satisfaced
ellos / ellas / ustedessatisfagan

Negative imperative Imperativo negativo

Negative commands always use the present subjunctive form after no, for every person including tú.

yo—
túno satisfagas
él / ella / ustedno satisfaga
nosotrosno satisfagamos
vosotros (Spain)no satisfagáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesno satisfagan

Infinitive Infinitivo

The unconjugated dictionary form, ending in -ar, -er or -ir; used after prepositions and modal/auxiliary verbs.

satisfacer

Gerund Gerundio

-ando (-ar verbs) / -iendo (-er/-ir verbs); forms the progressive tenses with estar and expresses manner, cause or simultaneity on its own.

satisfaciendo

Past participle Participio

-ado (-ar verbs) / -ido (-er/-ir verbs); invariable in compound tenses with haber, but agrees like an adjective when used with ser/estar or as a modifier.

satisfecho

Examples

Este trabajo no me satisface del todo.This job doesn't fully satisfy me.
Espero que el resultado te satisfaga.I hope the result satisfies you.

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