colacionar means: to collate, to compare
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will learn how to inflect the verb colacionar in the Pretérito 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 colacionar verb conjugation. For an overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

We also have a Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Pretérito. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you will see more detailed information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Pretérito 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.

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Step by step instructions

Pretérito belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in Spanish language, where each conjugated form consists of two words.The verb colacionar has a completely regular conjugation in the Pretérito tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb just follows the basic rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without exceptions. The basis for the conjugation in this tense is the stem of the verb, so we need to start 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 and you have the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So in case of the verb colacionar it’s easy to see that:

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

Use the stem colacion- in each subject as the basis for conjugations, the common prefix or root 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. Notice both the shapes and colors 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 -é for the first person singular to create colacioné:

• yo colacioné – I collated

And once more add the regular ending -aste for the second person singular to create colacionaste:

• tú colacionaste – you collated

And add the regular ending -ó for the third person singular to create colacionó:

• él colacionó – he collated
• ella colacionó – she collated
• usted colacionó – (formal) you collated

Also as in the previous case add the regular ending -amos for the first person plural to create colacionamos:

• nosotros colacionamos – we collated
• nosotras colacionamos – (feminine) we collated

And once more add the regular ending -asteis for the second person plural to create colacionasteis:

• vosotros colacionasteis – (plural) you collated
• vosotras colacionasteis – (feminine, plural) you collated

And again add the regular ending -aron for the third person plural to create colacionaron:

• ellos colacionaron – they collated
• ellas colacionaron – (feminine) they collated
• ustedes colacionaron – (formal, plural) you collated

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

yo	colacioné	I collated
tú	colacionaste	you collated
él/ella/usted	colacionó	he/she/it collated
nosotros/nosotras	colacionamos	we collated
vosotros/vosotras	colacionasteis	you collated
ellos/ellas/ustedes	colacionaron	they collated

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Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your knowledge try this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PresenteImperfectoCondicionalFuturoPretérito 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 colacionar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for colacionar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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