Crear Conjugation: All Spanish Tenses

Crear (to create, to make, to set up a company) is a very common Spanish verb and it is completely regular: it follows the -ar verb pattern in every tense. Do not confuse it with creer (to believe), which is an irregular -er verb.

Indicative Tenses of Crear

Crear in the Present (Presente)

Habits, current facts and general truths: Creo contenido para redes sociales (I create content for social media).

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Crear in the Preterite (Pretérito indefinido)

Completed actions at a specific moment in the past: El año pasado creé mi propia empresa (Last year I set up my own company).

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Crear in the Present Perfect (Pretérito perfecto)

Past connected to the present: Este mes he creado tres diseños nuevos (This month I have created three new designs).

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Crear in the Imperfect (Pretérito imperfecto)

Habitual or ongoing actions in the past: De joven creaba personajes para mis cómics (As a young person I used to create characters for my comics).

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Crear in the Past Perfect (Pluscuamperfecto)

An action before another past action: Cuando llegué, ya habían creado el equipo (When I arrived, they had already created the team).

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Crear in the Future (Futuro simple)

Plans and predictions: Mañana crearé una nueva campaña (Tomorrow I will create a new campaign).

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Crear in the Future Perfect (Futuro perfecto)

An action that will be completed in the future: Para diciembre ya habremos creado el prototipo (By December we will have created the prototype).

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Crear in the Conditional (Condicional simple)

Advice and hypothetical situations: Yo en tu lugar crearía un blog propio (If I were you, I would create my own blog).

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Crear in the Conditional Perfect (Condicional compuesto)

Hypotheses about the past: Habría creado la web, pero no tuve tiempo (I would have created the website, but I didn't have time).

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Subjunctive Tenses of Crear

Present Subjunctive of Crear (Presente de subjuntivo)

Wishes, doubts and emotions: Quiero que crees un logo para la marca (I want you to create a logo for the brand).

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Present Perfect Subjunctive of Crear (Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo)

Evaluating a recent past action: Espero que hayas creado la cuenta a tiempo (I hope you have created the account in time).

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Imperfect Subjunctive of Crear (Pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Hypothetical conditions: Si crearas un buen plan, todo saldría mejor (If you created a good plan, everything would turn out better).

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Past Perfect Subjunctive of Crear (Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Unreal hypotheses about the past: Si hubieras creado un respaldo, no perderías los datos (If you had created a backup, you would not lose the data).

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Imperative of Crear

Affirmative Commands of Crear (Imperativo afirmativo)

Orders and requests: ¡Crea algo original! (Create something original!)

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Negative Commands of Crear (Imperativo negativo)

Prohibitions and negative advice: No crees falsas expectativas (Don't create false expectations).

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Expressions with Crear

• Crear una empresa - to set up a business from scratch
• Crear contenido - to produce content for websites or social media
• Crear empleo - to create jobs
• Crear problemas - to cause problems or trouble
• Crearse expectativas - to build up expectations, to get one's hopes up