Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Not every form is used. An impersonal weather verb: it is only used in the third person singular (llueve, nieva). The third person plural appears only in figurative use (llueven críticas). Forms that are not used are shown as "-".

Present

nevar: Present
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednieva
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
Stem change
e → ie in yo, tú, él, ellos: nievo, nievas, nieva, nievan.

Preterite

nevar: Preterite
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednevó
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

Imperfect

nevar: Imperfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednevaba
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

Future

nevar: Future
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednevará
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

Conditional

nevar: Conditional
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednevaría
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

Gerund and past participle

nevando
used in the present progressive
nevado
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

nevar: Present perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedha nevado
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
nevar: Present subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednieve
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
nevar: Imperative
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

More tenses

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.

Past perfect

nevar: Past perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhabía nevado
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

Future perfect

nevar: Future perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhabrá nevado
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
nevar: Conditional perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhabría nevado
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
nevar: Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednevara
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain
nevar: Imperfect subjunctive (-se)
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustednevase
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
nevar: Present perfect subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhaya nevado
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
nevar: Pluperfect subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhubiera nevado
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

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More examples with nevar

  • dejó de nevarit stopped snowing

Practice: nevar to snow

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses