Verbo care en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to care significa «importar/cuidar» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de care en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | care |
| you | care |
| he/she/it | cares |
| we | care |
| they | care |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am caring |
| you | are caring |
| he/she/it | is caring |
| we | are caring |
| they | are caring |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have cared |
| you | have cared |
| he/she/it | has cared |
| we | have cared |
| they | have cared |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | cared |
| you | cared |
| he/she/it | cared |
| we | cared |
| they | cared |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was caring |
| you | were caring |
| he/she/it | was caring |
| we | were caring |
| they | were caring |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had cared |
| you | had cared |
| he/she/it | had cared |
| we | had cared |
| they | had cared |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will care |
| you | will care |
| he/she/it | will care |
| we | will care |
| they | will care |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have cared |
| you | will have cared |
| he/she/it | will have cared |
| we | will have cared |
| they | will have cared |
Conjugación de care en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would care |
| you | would care |
| he/she/it | would care |
| we | would care |
| they | would care |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have cared |
| you | would have cared |
| he/she/it | would have cared |
| we | would have cared |
| they | would have cared |
Conjugación de care en imperativo
Conjugación de care en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | caring |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | cared |
Ejemplos
I care every day.
Yo importo todos los días.
He cares regularly.
Él importa regularmente.
We care together.
Nosotros importamos juntos.
I cared yesterday.
Yo importé ayer.
I have cared.
Yo he importado.
I will care tomorrow.
Yo importaré mañana.
I am caring right now.
Yo estoy importando ahora mismo.
I like to care.
Me gusta importar/cuidar.
You should care more often.
Deberías importar/cuidar más a menudo.
Can you care?
¿Puedes importar/cuidar?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He care en vez de He cares
Correcto: He/She/It cares
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Pronunciar la -ed como sílaba separada en todos los casos
Correcto: La -ed solo se pronuncia como sílaba extra (/ɪd/) tras t o d. Tras consonante sorda suena /t/, tras sonora /d/.
En español todas las sílabas se pronuncian, pero en inglés -ed no siempre es una sílaba: walked = /wɔːkt/ (una sílaba), wanted = /ˈwɒntɪd/ (dos sílabas).
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You care? en vez de Do you care?
Correcto: Do you care? / Does he/she care?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I care vs I am caring
Correcto: Hábito/general → I care | Ahora mismo → I am caring
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I care | yo importo |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she cares | él/ella importa |
| Present continuous | I am caring | yo estoy importando |
| Past simple | I careed | yo importé |
| Present perfect | I have careed | yo he importado |
| Future simple | I will care | yo importaré |
| Negative | I don't care | yo no importo |
| Question | Do you care? | ¿tú importas? |