What does dar mean?
dar means to give in English. It is a irregular short verb and one of the verbs Spanish learners should recognize quickly because it appears in everyday speech, stories, instructions, and classroom practice.
Learning a verb well means more than memorizing one form. You need to see how the verb changes with different subjects, how it behaves in the past, and how it sounds in practical sentences. This page gives you a compact reference for dar and connects it to related VerbyGo practice pages.
dar conjugation table
Use this table as a starting point for active recall. Cover one column, say the pronoun, and try to produce the form before checking the answer.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|
| yo |
doy |
di |
daba |
daré |
| tú |
das |
diste |
dabas |
darás |
| él / ella / usted |
da |
dio |
daba |
dará |
| nosotros/as |
damos |
dimos |
dábamos |
daremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes |
dan |
dieron |
daban |
darán |
Examples with dar
- Doy una respuestá clara. I give a clear answer.
- Ella daba consejos útiles. She used to give useful advice.
- Daremos otro ejemplo. We will give another example.
Read each example as a full sentence. This helps you connect the form to meaning, not just to a chart. If a form feels difficult, practice it with several pronouns before moving to a new tense.
Practice prompts
- Conjugate dar for yo in the present.
- Conjugate dar for ella in the preterite.
- Conjugate dar for nosotros/as in the imperfect.
- Write one sentence using dar in the future.
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