What does comportar mean?
comportar means to involve in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to tolerate; to entail.
Spanish verb guide
Comportar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn comportar, meaning to involve, through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: comportandoparticiple: comportado
Principal forms of comportar
- Infinitive
- comportar
- Gerund
- comportando
- Past participle
- comportado
Comportar conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | comporto | comporté | comportaba | comportaré |
| tú | comportas | comportaste | comportabas | comportarás |
| él / ella / usted | comporta | comportó | comportaba | comportará |
| nosotros/as | comportamos | comportamos | comportábamos | comportaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | comportan | comportaron | comportaban | comportarán |
Pattern notes
- Comportar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with comportar
Él se comportó como un loco.He acted like a madman.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom se comporta un poco raro.Tom is acting a little strange.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
No te comportes como un imbécil.Don't act like a jerk.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate comportar for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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