crear means: to create
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to inflect the verb crear 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 crear verb conjugation. For an overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see 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 will see more detailed information on conjugation in this tense as well as 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:
  él crea

  he creates
• The English Present Progressive (or Present Continuous) tense, for example:
  en este momento nosotras creamos

  (feminine) we are creating at the moment
  
  However, the Spanish equivalent of the Present Progressive also exists and is in common use – that’s Presente Progresivo (a.k.a. Presente Continuo).

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Step by step instructions

Presente belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of the inflected 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 crear has regular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb just follows the basic rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without any exceptions, spelling corrections and the like. 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 really 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 for our verb:

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

Use the stem cre- 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. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note 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 -o for the first person singular to create creo:

• yo creo – I create

Similarly add the regular ending -as for the second person singular to create creas:

• tú creas – you create

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

• él crea – he creates
• ella crea – she creates
• usted crea – (formal) you create

Like in the previous case add the regular ending -amos for the first person plural to create creamos:

• nosotros creamos – we create
• nosotras creamos – (feminine) we create

And exactly as previously add the regular ending -áis for the second person plural to create creáis:

• vosotros creáis – (plural) you create
• vosotras creáis – (feminine, plural) you create

As before add the regular ending -an for the third person plural to create crean:

• ellos crean – they create
• ellas crean – (feminine) they create
• ustedes crean – (formal, plural) you create

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

yo	creo	I create
tú	creas	you create
él/ella/usted	crea	he/she/it creates
nosotros/nosotras	creamos	we create
vosotros/vosotras	creáis	you create
ellos/ellas/ustedes	crean	they create

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Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your knowledge check 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 crear visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for crear visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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