Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Not every form is used. Soler is a defective verb: it is used in the present (suelo), the imperfect (solía), the present subjunctive (suela) and the present perfect (he solido). The preterite (solí) is rare. It has no future, conditional or imperative. Forms that are not used are shown as "-".

Present

soler: Present
yosuelo
túsueles
él/ella/ustedsuele
nosotrossolemos
vosotrossoléis
ellos/ellas/ustedessuelen
Stem change
o → ue in yo, tú, él, ellos: suelo, sueles, suele, suelen.
soler: Preterite
yosolí
túsoliste
él/ella/ustedsolió
nosotrossolimos
vosotrossolisteis
ellos/ellas/ustedessolieron

Imperfect

soler: Imperfect
yosolía
túsolías
él/ella/ustedsolía
nosotrossolíamos
vosotrossolíais
ellos/ellas/ustedessolían
soler: Future
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
soler: Conditional
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

Gerund and past participle

-
used in the present progressive
solido
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

soler: Present perfect
yohe solido
túhas solido
él/ella/ustedha solido
nosotroshemos solido
vosotroshabéis solido
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan solido
soler: Present subjunctive
yosuela
túsuelas
él/ella/ustedsuela
nosotrossolamos
vosotrossoláis
ellos/ellas/ustedessuelan
soler: 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.

soler: Past perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
soler: Future perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
soler: Conditional perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
soler: Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
soler: Imperfect subjunctive (-se)
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
soler: Present perfect subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-
soler: Pluperfect subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

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More examples with soler

  • Solía serIt used to be
  • Como suele pasarAs usually happens

Practice: soler to usually do

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses