cansar means: to fatigue, to fordo, to get tired, to haze, to pall, to tire, to tucker, to weary
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb cansar in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the cansar verb conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see the Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Presente. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you can get more detailed information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Presente to English

Notice that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

The Spanish Presente de Indicativo tense translates to one of the following:

• The English Present tense, for example:
  yo canso

  I fatigue
• The English Present Progressive (a.k.a. Present Continuous) tense, for example:
  en este momento vosotros cansáis

  (plural) you are fatigueing at the moment
  
  Notice however, that the Spanish equivalent of the Present Progressive also exists and is in common use – that’s Presente Progresivo (also called Presente Continuo).

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Step by step instructions

Presente belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each conjugated verb form consists of two words.The verb cansar has regular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means that this verb follows the basic rules for its group (-ar) without spelling corrections or exceptions. The basis for this conjugation is the stem of the verb, so we need to begin by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s very easy to do. Just remove two letters from the end of the infinitive form to get the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So for cansar:

• the stem is: cans-
• and the ending is: -ar

Use the stem cans- in each person as the basis for conjugations, the common prefix that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. Check out the image showing all the endings. Note the colors and shapes of the letters. They are arranged to help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings.Each grammatical person has a specific ending in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Add the regular ending -o for the first person singular to create canso:

• yo canso – I fatigue

And exactly as previously add the regular ending -as for the second person singular to create cansas:

• tú cansas – you fatigue

And add the regular ending -a for the third person singular to create cansa:

• él cansa – he fatigues
• ella cansa – she fatigues
• usted cansa – (formal) you fatigue

Similarly add the regular ending -amos for the first person plural to create cansamos:

• nosotros cansamos – we fatigue
• nosotras cansamos – (feminine) we fatigue

And again add the regular ending -áis for the second person plural to create cansáis:

• vosotros cansáis – (plural) you fatigue
• vosotras cansáis – (feminine, plural) you fatigue

And exactly as previously add the regular ending -an for the third person plural to create cansan:

• ellos cansan – they fatigue
• ellas cansan – (feminine) they fatigue
• ustedes cansan – (formal, plural) you fatigue

This is it! The conjugation is now complete. That’s the final result:

yo	canso	I fatigue
tú	cansas	you fatigue
él/ella/usted	cansa	he/she/it fatigues
nosotros/nosotras	cansamos	we fatigue
vosotros/vosotras	cansáis	you fatigue
ellos/ellas/ustedes	cansan	they fatigue

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Example sentences

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test yourself try this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PretéritoImperfectoCondicionalFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to cansar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for cansar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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