Spanish verbs fall into different groups, and each group is conjugated a little differently. If you’re going to master Spanish verbs like invitar, you need to be able to identify which group a verb belongs to: regular (follows regular conjugation rules for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs), stem-changing (morphs depending on how you use it in a sentence), spelling-changing (has consonant-spelling changes in some forms to follow pronunciation rules), or reflexive (reflects the action back on the subject of the sentence).
Invitar (een-bvee-tahr) (to invite) is a regular -ar verb, so its conjugation is pretty easy. Here it is in the present tense:
| Conjugation | Translation |
|---|---|
| yo invite | I invite |
| tú invitas | You (informal) invite |
| él/ella/ello/uno invita | He/she/one invites |
| usted invita | You (formal) invite |
| nosotros invitamos | We invite |
| vosotros invitáis | You all (informal) invite |
| ellos/ellas invitan | They invite |
| ustedes invitan | You all (formal) invite |
The following examples show you invitar in action:
¿Me invitas a tu fiesta? (Can you invite me to your party?)
Sí. Te invito, y trae a tus amigos. (Yes. I invite you, and bring your friends.)
Need to know how to conjugate invitar in another tense? The following tables show you the preterit, imperfect, and future forms.
| Conjugation | Translation |
|---|---|
| yo invite | I invited |
| tú invitaste | You (informal) invited |
| él/ella/ello/uno invitó | He/she/one invited |
| usted invite | You (formal) invited |
| nosotros invitamos | We invited |
| vosotros invitasteis | You all (informal) invited |
| ellos/ellas invitaron | They invited |
| ustedes invitaron | You all (formal) invited |
You use the preterit tense like this:
¿Nos invitaron ellos a comer? (Did they invite us to eat?)
No. Nos invitaron a beber. (No. They invited us to drink.)
| Conjugation | Translation |
|---|---|
| yo invitaba | I used to invite |
| tú invitabas | You (informal) used to invite |
| él/ella/ello/uno invitaba | He/she/one used to invite |
| usted invitaba | You (formal) used to invite |
| nosotros invitábamos | We used to invite |
| vosotros invitabeis | You all (informal) used to invite |
| ellos/ellas invitaban | They used to invite |
| ustedes invitaban | You all (formal) used to invite |
Here are some examples of the imperfect tense:
¿Invitabas a tus amigos a tu fiesta de cumpleaños? (Did you use to invite your friends to your birthday party?)
Sí. Pero solo invitaba a veinte amigos. (Yes. But I used to invite only twenty friends.)
| Conjugation | Translation |
|---|---|
| yo invitaré | I will invite |
| tú invitarás | You (informal) will invite |
| él/ella/ello/uno invitará | He/she/one will invite |
| usted invitará | You (formal) will invite |
| nosotros invitaremos | We will invite |
| vosotros invitaréis | You all (informal) will invite |
| ellos/ellas invitarán | They will invite |
| ustedes invitarán | You all (formal) will invite |
The following samples put the future tense to work:
Te invitaré a mi casa en Texas. (I will invite you to my house in Texas.)
Y yo te invitaré a mi casa en Orlando. (And I will invite to my house in Orlando.)