Otorgar means ‘to grant/award’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (g becomes gu before e): otorgo (present), otorgué (preterite), otorgado (past participle), otorgando (gerund).
Otorgar in use
El jurado otorgó el primer premio a una joven pintoraThe jury awarded first prize to a young painter
Esta ley otorga más derechos a los inquilinosThis law gives tenants more rights
Es probable que el ayuntamiento otorgue la licencia al bar este mesThe council is likely to grant the bar its licence this month
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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