The Spanish verb probar means "to try, taste". Below are its 8 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of probar is yo pruebo, tú pruebas, él/ella/usted prueba, nosotros probamos, vosotros probáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes prueban. It is irregular: 4 of its 6 present forms break the regular -ar pattern. The tables below cover 8 tenses, from the present to the present perfect. Every present form and 4 example sentences have a listen button.
Forms in orange break the regular -ar pattern.
| yo | pruebo (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | pruebas (irregular) | |
| él/ | prueba (irregular) | |
| nosotros | probamos | |
| vosotros | probáis | |
| ellos/ | prueban (irregular) |
| yo | probé |
|---|---|
| tú | probaste |
| él/ | probó |
| nosotros | probamos |
| vosotros | probasteis |
| ellos/ | probaron |
| yo | probaba |
|---|---|
| tú | probabas |
| él/ | probaba |
| nosotros | probábamos |
| vosotros | probabais |
| ellos/ | probaban |
| yo | probaré |
|---|---|
| tú | probarás |
| él/ | probará |
| nosotros | probaremos |
| vosotros | probaréis |
| ellos/ | probarán |
| yo | probaría |
|---|---|
| tú | probarías |
| él/ | probaría |
| nosotros | probaríamos |
| vosotros | probaríais |
| ellos/ | probarían |
| yo | pruebe (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | pruebes (irregular) |
| él/ | pruebe (irregular) |
| nosotros | probemos |
| vosotros | probéis |
| ellos/ | prueben (irregular) |
| tú | prueba (irregular) |
|---|---|
| usted | pruebe (irregular) |
| nosotros | probemos |
| vosotros | probad |
| ustedes | prueben (irregular) |
| yo | he probado |
|---|---|
| tú | has probado |
| él/ | ha probado |
| nosotros | hemos probado |
| vosotros | habéis probado |
| ellos/ | han probado |
Probar is irregular. The stem changes from o to ue in present forms such as pruebo, pruebas, and prueban, and in the present subjunctive such as pruebe. The nosotros and vosotros forms keep o, including probamos and probéis.
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Yes, probar is irregular. It changes o to ue in pruebo, pruebas, prueba, and prueban, but keeps o in probamos and probáis.
The forms are pruebe, pruebes, pruebe, probemos, probéis, and prueben. The o to ue change appears except in probemos and probéis.
The past participle is probado. The perfect uses forms of haber, such as he probado, has probado, and han probado.