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/aˈtaɾ/, [aˈt̪aɾ]

tie

Gerund: atando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	atado	atada
Plural	atados	atadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	ato	ataba	até	ataré	ataría
tú	atas	atabas	ataste	atarás	atarías
él/ella/Ud.	ata	ataba	ató	atará	ataría
nosotros	atamos	atábamos	atamos	ataremos	ataríamos
vosotros	atáis	atabais	atasteis	ataréis	ataríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	atan	ataban	ataron	atarán	atarían
vos	atás	atabas	ataste	atarás	atarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	ate	atara	atase	atare
tú	ates	ataras	atases	atares
él/ella/Ud.	ate	atara	atase	atare
nosotros	atemos	atáramos	atásemos	atáremos
vosotros	atéis	atarais	ataseis	atareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	aten	ataran	atasen	ataren
vos	atés	ataras	atases	atares

Imperative

Examples

Debería atar el perro para que no muerda.

I had better chain up the dog so that he won't bite.

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Tom no logra atar sus zapatos por sí mismo.

Tom can't tie his shoes by himself.

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Tom no se sabe atar los zapatos.

Tom doesn't know how to tie his shoelaces.

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¿Puedes mostrarme cómo atar una corbata?

Can you show me how to tie a tie?

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