gastar means: to spend, to use up, to wear out
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In this conjugation lesson we will see how to conjugate the verb gastar in the Condicional 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 gastar conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

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

How to translate Condicional to English

Notice that the phrases in English 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.

Step by step instructions

Condicional 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 the Spanish language, where each conjugated form consists of two words.The verb gastar has an entirely regular conjugation in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means that this verb just follows the general rules for its group (-ar) without spelling corrections or exceptions. The basis for this conjugation is the infinitive of this verb, so it’s really simple to create, and only a few exceptions exist.Use the infinitive gastar in each person. Next, add to the infinitive the endings specific to each person. In this tense we use the exact same endings in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Check out the image showing all the endings. Note both the shapes and colors of the letters. It will help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings. Add the regular ending -ía for the first person singular to create gastaría:

• yo gastaría – I would spend

And one more time add the regular ending -ías for the second person singular to create gastarías:

• tú gastarías – you would spend

Once more add the regular ending -ía for the third person singular to create gastaría:

• él gastaría – he would spend
• ella gastaría – she would spend
• usted gastaría – (formal) you would spend

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

• nosotros gastaríamos – we would spend
• nosotras gastaríamos – (feminine) we would spend

One more time add the regular ending -íais for the second person plural to create gastaríais:

• vosotros gastaríais – (plural) you would spend
• vosotras gastaríais – (feminine, plural) you would spend

Similarly add the regular ending -ían for the third person plural to create gastarían:

• ellos gastarían – they would spend
• ellas gastarían – (feminine) they would spend
• ustedes gastarían – (formal, plural) you would spend

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

yo	gastaría	I would spend
tú	gastarías	you would spend
él/ella/usted	gastaría	he/she/it would spend
nosotros/nosotras	gastaríamos	we would spend
vosotros/vosotras	gastaríais	you would spend
ellos/ellas/ustedes	gastarían	they would spend

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But do not end your session yet – it’s important to repeat and practice the material in order to retain it. Check below for some links.

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

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