Spanish Verb ACTUAR - to act. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb ACTUAR: to act

The Spanish verb actuar means 'to act ' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine Hugh Grant says, "If you ACT YOU ARE an actor!"

Actuar makes conjugation changes in the Present, Present Subjunctive and Imperative tenses by adding an accent to the u.
During the first part of November a new irregular UAR verb is featured each day to enable you to consolidate some of the AR verb families. You will learn other verbs with similar patterns such as continuar, evaluar, fluctuar, habituar, and others.

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Read on, below the ACTUAR verb table...

to act: actuar
Imagine Hugh Grant says,
"If you ACT YOU ARE an actor!"

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE actuar
Simple Tenses actuar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente act	actúo	actúas	actúa	actuamos	actuáis	actúan
Imperfect Imperfecto acted	actuaba	actuabas	actuaba	actuábamos	actuabais	actuaban
Preterit Pretérito acted	actué	actuaste	actuó	actuamos	actuasteis	actuaron
Future Futuro will act	actuaré	actuarás	actuará	actuaremos	actuaréis	actuarán
Conditional Condicional would act	actuaría	actuarías	actuaría	actuaríamos	actuaríais	actuarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may act	actúe	actúes	actúe	actuemos	actuéis	actúen
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may act	actuara	actuaras	actuara	actuáramos	actuarais	actuaran
	actuase	actuases	actuase	actuásemos	actuaseis	actuasen
Imperative Tenses actuar
Imperative Imperativo act!		¡actúa!	¡actúe!	¡actuemos!	¡actuad!	¡actúen!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't act!		¡no actúes!	¡no actúe!	¡no actuemos!	¡no actuéis!	¡no actúen!
Compound Tenses actuar
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have acted	he actuado	has actuado	ha actuado	hemos actuado	habéis actuado	han actuado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had acted	hube actuado	hubiste actuado	hubo actuado	hubimos actuado	hubisteis actuado	hubieron actuado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had acted	había actuado	habías actuado	había actuado	habíamos actuado	habíais actuado	habían actuado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have acted	haya actuado	hayas actuado	haya actuado	hayamos actuado	hayáis actuado	hayan actuado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have acted	habré actuado	habrás actuado	habrá actuado	habremos actuado	habréis actuado	habrán actuado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have acted	habría actuado	habrías actuado	habría actuado	habríamos actuado	habríais actuado	habrían actuado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have acted	hubiera actuado	hubieras actuado	hubiera actuado	hubiéramos actuado	hubierais actuado	hubieran actuado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have acted	hubiese actuado	hubieses actuado	hubiese actuado	hubiésemos actuado	hubieseis actuado	hubiesen actuado
Progressive Tenses actuar
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am acting	estoy actuando	estás actuando	está actuando	estamos actuando	está actuando	están actuando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was acting	estuve actuando	estuviste actuando	estuvo actuando	estuvimos actuando	estuvisteis actuando	estuvieron actuando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been acting	estaba actuando	estabas actuando	estaba actuando	estábamos actuando	estabais actuando	estaban actuando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be acting	estaré actuando	estarás actuando	estará actuando	estaremos actuando	estaréis actuando	estarán actuando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been acting	estaría actuando	estarías actuando	estabría actuando	estaríamos actuando	estaríais actuando	estarían actuando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been acting	que ~ actuando	que ~ actuando	que ~ actuando	que ~ actuando	que ~ actuando	que ~ actuando

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB actuar

actuar can also mean: to perform; to work (ie medicine), to serve (function).
forma de actuar: behaviour.
actuar en consecuencia: to act accordingly.

el actor / la actriz (nm/f): actor/actress.
actor de doblaje / reparto: voiceover / supporting actor.
actor civil: plaintiff.
la acción (nf): action.

actuando para la camara: acting for the camera.
actuando sin actuar: acting without acting.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos actuás
Presente de Subjuntivo: vos actúes (Central America)

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for act actuar is an Irregular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate actuar and it will reinforce this irregular pattern.
Do a series of verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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