Masticar means ‘to chew’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (c becomes qu before e): mastico (present), mastiqué (preterite), masticado (past participle), masticando (gerund).
Masticar in use
Mastica bien antes de tragarChew properly before you swallow
No se puede masticar chicle en claseYou can't chew gum in class
El perro masticó mis zapatillasThe dog chewed my trainers
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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