Spanish Verb Almorzar Conjugation

Almorzar Conjugation, Usage and Examples

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Dos amigas almuerzan en un restaurante de tapas. (Two friends have lunch at a tapas restaurant.). Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images
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Jocelly Meiners
Professor of Hispanic Linguistics
  • Ph.D., Hispanic Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
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Dr. Jocelly Meiners has taught language courses at the University of Texas at Austin since 2008. She holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic linguistics and an M.A. in French linguistics.
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Updated on January 30, 2019

Unlike English, in Spanish we have a single verb that means "to eat lunch" or "to have lunch"—the verb almorzar. When conjugating almorzar, remember that it is a stem-changing -ar verb. This means that when you conjugate it, sometimes there is a change in the stem of the verb (and not just in the ending). In this case, the o in almorzar changes to ue in some conjugations. For example, Ella siempre almuerza pasta (She always eats pasta for lunch).

The tables below contain the conjugations for almorzar in the indicative mood (present, past and future), subjunctive mood (present and past) as well as the imperative mood and other verb forms, such as the present and past participles.

Almorzar Present Indicative

In the present indicative tense, there is a stem change, o to ue, in all of the conjugations except nosotros and vosotros. 

Yo almuerzo I eat lunch Yo almuerzo a mediodía.
Tú almuerzas You eat lunch Tú almuerzas en el trabajo.
Usted/él/ella almuerza You/he/she eats lunch Ella almuerza en la escuela.
Nosotros almorzamos We eat lunch Nosotros almorzamos con nuestros amigos.
Vosotros almorzáis You eat lunch Vosotros almorzáis temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas almuerzan You/they eat lunch Ellos almuerzan una ensalada.

Almorzar Preterite Indicative

Remember that there are two forms of the past tense in Spanish. The preterit tense is normally used to talk about punctual events or events that have a defined ending in the past. There are no stem changes in the preterite indicative conjugations.

Yo almorcé I ate lunch Yo almorcé a mediodía.
Tú almorzaste You ate lunch Tú almorzaste en el trabajo.
Usted/él/ella almorzó You/he/she ate lunch Ella almorzó en la escuela.
Nosotros almorzamos We ate lunch Nosotros almorzamos con nuestros amigos.
Vosotros almorzasteis You ate lunch Vosotros almorzasteis temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas almorzaron You/they ate lunch Ellos almorzaron una ensalada.

Almorzar Imperfect Indicative

The imperfect tense is commonly used to talk about ongoing events in the past, and can be translated to English as "was eating lunch" or "used to eat lunch." There are no stem changes in the imperfect indicative conjugations either. 

Yo almorzaba I used to eat lunch Yo almorzaba a mediodía.
Tú almorzabas You used to eat lunch Tú almorzabas en el trabajo.
Usted/él/ella almorzaba You/he/she used to eat lunch Ella almorzaba en la escuela.
Nosotros almorzábamos We used to eat lunch Nosotros almorzábamos con nuestros amigos.
Vosotros almorzabais You used to eat lunch Vosotros almorzabais temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas almorzaban You/they used to eat lunch Ellos almorzaban una ensalada.

Almorzar Future Indicative

To form the future tense, we use the infinitive of the verb, almorzar, drop the -ar, and add the future tense endings (é, ás, án, emos, éis, án). There are no stem changes in the future tense.

Yo almorzaré I will eat lunch Yo almorzaré a mediodía.
Tú almorzarás You will eat lunch Tú almorzarás en el trabajo.
Usted/él/ella almorzarán You/he/she will eat lunch Ella almorzará en la escuela.
Nosotros almorzaremos We will eat lunch Nosotros almorzaremos con nuestros amigos.
Vosotros almorzaréis You will eat lunch Vosotros almorzaréis temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas almorzarán You/they will eat lunch Ellos almorzarán una ensalada.

Almorzar Periphrastic Future Indicative

Yo voy a almorzar I am going to eat lunch Yo voy a almorzar a mediodía.
Tú vas a almorzar You are going to eat lunch Tú vas a almorzar en el trabajo.
Usted/él/ella va a almorzar You/he/she is going to eat lunch Ella va a almorzar en la escuela.
Nosotros vamos a almorzar We are going to eat lunch Nosotros vamos a almorzar con nuestros amigos.
Vosotros vais a almorzar You are going to eat lunch Vosotros vais a almorzar temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas van a almorzar You/they are going to eat lunch Ellos van a almorzar una ensalada.

Almorzar Conditional Indicative

The conditional is formed similarly to the future tense, since we start with the infinitive form almorzar. However, the conditional endings are ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, and ían.

Yo almorzaría I would eat lunch Yo almorzaría a mediodía.
Tú almorzarías You would eat lunch Tú almorzarías en el trabajo.
Usted/él/ella almorzaría You/he/she would eat lunch Ella almorzaría en la escuela.
Nosotros almorzaríamos We would eat lunch Nosotros almorzaríamos con nuestros amigos.
Vosotros almorzaríais You would eat lunch Vosotros almorzaríais temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas almorzarían You/they would eat lunch Ellos almorzarían una ensalada.

Almorzar Present Progressive/Gerund Form

The progressive tenses in Spanish are formed using the verb estar followed by the present participle, which is also the gerund. For -ar verbs, drop the -ar and add the ending -ando. 

Present Progressive of Almorzar 

está almorzando 

She is eating lunch 

Ella está almorzando en el restaurante. 

Almorzar Past Participle

The past participle in Spanish is used to form compound verb tenses. For -ar verbs, the past participle is formed by dropping the -ar and adding the ending ando.

Present Perfect of Almorzar 

ha almorzado 

She has eaten lunch 

Ella ha almorzado en el restaurante.  

Almorzar Present Subjunctive

Similar to the present indicative tense, the present subjunctive tense has the stem change o to ue in all the conjugations except nosotros and vosotros.

Que yo almuerce That I eat lunch Esteban desea que yo almuerce a mediodía.
Que tú almuerces That you eat lunch Marta desea que tú almuerces en el trabajo.
Que usted/él/ella almuerce That you/he/she eat lunch Carlos desea que ella almuerce en la escuela.
Que nosotros almorcemos That we eat lunch Flavia desea que nosotros almorcemos con nuestros amigos.
Que vosotros almorcéis That you eat lunch Felipe desea que vosotros almorcéis temprano.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas almuercen That you/they eat lunch Laura desea que ellos almuercen una ensalada.

Almorzar Imperfect Subjunctive

The base for conjugating the imperfect subjunctive is the third person plural form of the verb in the preterite indicative (almorzaron). Since there is no stem change in the preterite form, then the imperfect subjunctive has no stem change. There are two different sets of endings for conjugating the imperfect subjunctive, which you can see in the tables below. 

Option 1

Que yo almorzara That I ate lunch Esteban deseaba que yo almorzara a mediodía.
Que tú almorzaras That you ate lunch Marta deseaba que tú almorzaras en el trabajo.
Que usted/él/ella almorzara That you/he/she ate lunch Carlos deseaba que ella almorzara en la escuela.
Que nosotros almorzáramos That we ate lunch Flavia deseaba que nosotros almorzáramos con nuestros amigos.
Que vosotros almorzarais That you ate lunch Felipe deseaba que vosotros almorzarais temprano.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas almorzaran That you/they ate lunch Laura deseaba que ellos almorzaran una ensalada.

Option 2

Que yo almorzase That I ate lunch Esteban deseaba que yo almorzase a mediodía.
Que tú almorzases That you ate lunch Marta deseaba que tú almorzases en el trabajo.
Que usted/él/ella almorzase That you/he/she ate lunch Carlos deseaba que ella almorzase en la escuela.
Que nosotros almorzásemos That we ate lunch Flavia deseaba que nosotros almorzásemos con nuestros amigos.
Que vosotros almorzaseis That you ate lunch Felipe deseaba que vosotros almorzaseis temprano.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas almorzasen That you/they ate lunch Laura deseaba que ellos almorzasen una ensalada.

Almorzar Imperative 

The imperative mood is used to give direct commands. Therefore, there are no imperative forms for yo, él/ella or ellos/ellas. Also, note that the positive and negative commands are different for the tú and vosotros forms.

Positive Commands

Tú almuerza Eat lunch! ¡Almuerza a mediodía!
Usted almuerce Eat lunch! ¡Almuerce en el trabajo!
Nosotros almorcemos Let's eat lunch! ¡Almorcemos en la escuela!
Vosotros almorzad Eat lunch! ¡Almorzad temprano!
Ustedes almuercen Eat lunch! ¡Almuercen una ensalada!

Negative Commands

Tú no almuerces Don't eat lunch! ¡No almuerces a mediodía!
Usted no almuerce Don't eat lunch! ¡No almuerce en el trabajo!
Nosotros no almorcemos Let's not eat lunch! ¡No almorcemos en la escuela!
Vosotros no almorcéis Don't eat lunch! ¡No almorcéis temprano!
Ustedes no almuercen Don't eat lunch! ¡No almuercen una ensalada!
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