Spanish Verb CALIFICAR - to qualify. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb CALIFICAR: to qualify

The Spanish verb calificar means 'to qualify' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine you QUALIFY to live in CALIFORNIA!

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to qualify: calificar
Imagine you QUALIFY to live in CALIFORNIA!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE CALIFICAR - to qualify
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb calificar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente qualify	califico	calificas	califica	calificamos	calificáis	califican
Imperfect Imperfecto qualified	calificaba	calificabas	calificaba	calificábamos	calificabais	calificaban
Preterit Pretérito qualified	califiqué	calificaste	calificó	calificamos	calificasteis	calificaron
Future Futuro will qualify	calificaré	calificarás	calificará	calificaremos	calificaréis	calificarán
Conditional Condicional would qualify	calificaría	calificarías	calificaría	calificaríamos	calificaríais	calificarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may qualify	califique	califiques	califique	califiquemos	califiquéis	califiquen
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might qualify	calificara	calificaras	calificara	calificáramos	calificarais	calificaran
	calificase	calificases	calificase	calificásemos	calificaseis	calificasen
Imperatives Spanish Verb calificar - to qualify
Imperative Imperativo qualify!		¡califica!	¡califique!	¡califiquemos!	¡calificad!	¡califiquen!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't qualify!		¡no califiques!	¡no califique!	¡no califiquemos!	¡no califiquéis!	¡no califiquen!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb CALIFICAR Past Participle: calificado - qualified
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have qualified	he calificado	has calificado	ha calificado	hemos calificado	habéis calificado	han calificado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had qualified	hube calificado	hubiste calificado	hubo calificado	hubimos calificado	hubisteis calificado	hubieron calificado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had qualified	había calificado	habías calificado	había calificado	habíamos calificado	habíais calificado	habían calificado
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have qualified	haya calificado	hayas calificado	haya calificado	hayamos calificado	hayáis calificado	hayan calificado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have qualified	habré calificado	habrás calificado	habrá calificado	habremos calificado	habréis calificado	habrán calificado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have qualified	habría calificado	habrías calificado	habría calificado	habríamos calificado	habríais calificado	habrían calificado
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have qualified	hubiera calificado	hubieras calificado	hubiera calificado	hubiéramos calificado	hubierais calificado	hubieran calificado
	hubiese calificado	hubieses calificado	hubiese calificado	hubiésemos calificado	hubieseis calificado	hubiesen calificado
Progressive Tenses CALIFICAR Present Participle: calificando - qualifying
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am qualifying	estoy calificando	estás calificando	está calificando	estamos calificando	está calificando	están calificando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was qualifying	estuve calificando	estuviste calificando	estuvo calificando	estuvimos calificando	estuvisteis calificando	estuvieron calificando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been qualifying	estaba calificando	estabas calificando	estaba calificando	estábamos calificando	estabais calificando	estaban calificando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be qualifying	estaré calificando	estarás calificando	estará calificando	estaremos calificando	estaréis calificando	estarán calificando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría calificando	estarías calificando	estabría calificando	estaríamos calificando	estaríais calificando	estarían calificando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been qualifying	que ~ calificando	que ~ calificando	que ~ calificando	que ~ calificando	que ~ calificando	que ~ calificando

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USING the SPANISH VERB CALIFICAR

calificar can mean: to determine, to rate.
calificar algo/a alguien de algo: to describe something/somebody as something.
calificar a alguien para + infinitive: to qualify somebody to + infinitive.

la calificación (nf): qualification, grade, rating.
calificado, a: skilled, qualified.
el calificativo: word, expression.

Sólo merece el calificativo de...: The only way to describe him is...
Este profesor califica muy bajo: This teacher gives very low marks.

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 calificás
Imperativo: ¡calificá!

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