Hablar Conjugation | How to Conjugate the Verb Hablar in Spanish

¡Hola! ¿Quieres hablar español? In this article, I’ll show you all conjugations for the verb hablar. You’ll learn how to conjugate the Spanish verb hablar in the different tenses, and we’ll go over some example sentences to help you practice.

Hablar is a regular “-ar” verb that means “to speak” or “to talk.” You will see it used as “to speak” when a speaker is delivering a message, and as “to talk” when referring to a conversation between two people. You can use it to tell others that you spoke to someone or describe the topic you spoke about. For example, you can say “Él habló sobre su deseo de permanecer en España” which means, “He spoke about his wish to remain in Spain.”

The table below shows three common verb conjugations of hablar: the infinitive, the gerund, and the past participle.

Here are three example sentences that use the conjugations of hablar from the table above:

• Infinitive: Siempre es mejor hablar con claridad. (It’s always best to speak clearly)
• Gerund: Hablando de tormentas, escuché que una se aproxima. (Speaking about storms, I heard there’s one approaching.)
• Past Participle: No has hablado de lo que pasó en Rusia. (You haven’t spoken about what happened in Russia.)

Now I will conjugate hablar in the different Spanish tenses. The table below shows all the Spanish verb tenses. You can click on each one to see hablar conjugated in that tense.

How to Conjugate Hablar in Indicative Tense

In Spanish, we use the indicative tense to talk about habits, descriptions, and facts. This is the most common mood in the Spanish language, and you will see it applied in statements in the past, present, and future tense. Hablar is used in this tense to indicate who is speaking or what they are speaking about. We’ll cover the next indicative tenses: indicative present, indicative future, indicative preterite, indicative imperfect, and indicative conditional.

Indicative Present

The indicative present tense is used to discuss present events. You can use hablar in this tense to inform others about what you are speaking or who you are talking to at the current time. Because the indicative mood states facts and habits, you can also conjugate hablar to tell people about the languages you speak! For example, you can say “Vos le hablás en alemán a tu tío” which means, “You speak in German to your uncle.”

You can find the conjugation table for hablar in the indicative present tense right below:

Pronoun	Hablar Conjugation	English Meaning
Yo	hablo	I speak
Tú	hablas	You speak
Vos	hablás	You speak
Él/Ella/Usted	habla	He/She speaks, You speak
Nosotros	hablamos	We speak
Vosotros	habláis	You speak
Ellos/Ellas/ Ustedes	hablan	They/You speak

Here are some example sentences showing how to conjugate hablar in the indicative present tense:

• Nosotros hablamos despacio para que los niños entiendan. / We speak slowly so the kids can understand.
• Usted habla con mucha claridad. / You speak very clearly.
• Vosotros habláis con un acento diferente. / You speak with a different accent.

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Indicative Future

With the indicative future tense, we can describe actions that will happen. Hablar can be used in the indicative future to plan out who will speak and what they will speak about in the future. For example, you can say “Nosotros hablaremos sobre la campaña global de eduación” which means, “We will speak about the global education campaign.”

Here’s the conjugation table for hablar in the indicative future tense:

Pronoun	Hablar Conjugation	English Meaning
Yo	hablaré	I will speak
Tú	hablarás	You will speak
Vos	hablarás	You will speak
Él/Ella/Usted	hablará	He/She/You will speak
Nosotros	hablaremos	We will speak
Vosotros	hablar�