significar
to mean, to signify
¿Qué significa esta palabra?
What does this word mean?
significar present indicative
Habitual and ongoing actions in the present.
significar present continuous
Action in progress right now. Periphrastic: estar (present) + gerund.
significar preterite
Completed actions at a specific moment in the past.
significar imperfect
Habitual past actions, descriptions, background.
significar present perfect
Completed actions with present relevance. Auxiliary haber + participle.
significar future
Actions yet to happen.
significar informal future
Near-future plans. Periphrastic: ir (present) + a + infinitive.
significar future perfect
Action that will have been completed by a future moment. Auxiliary haber (future) + participle.
significar conditional
Hypothetical or polite would-actions.
significar conditional perfect
Hypothetical past: would have done. Auxiliary haber (conditional) + participle.
significar pluperfect
An action completed before another past action.
significar subjunctive present
Desires, doubts, and hypotheticals in the present.
significar subjunctive imperfect
Past subjunctive: desires, doubts, hypotheticals in the past.
significar subjunctive present perfect
Completed actions in subjunctive contexts.
significar subjunctive pluperfect
Past-perfect actions in subjunctive contexts.
significar imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands.
significar imperative (negative)
Negative commands: borrows subjunctive present.