To cancel in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: kan-SE-lar
IPA: /kan.’se.lar/

7 months ago

cancelar info.

Tips to remember the word “cancelar”:
– Link “cancelar” to its English counterpart “to cancel”; they sound similar and have the same meaning.
– Remember that “cancelar” ends in “-ar”, which is common for many regular infinitive verbs in Spanish.

Explanations:
“Cancelar” is a regular verb that means to cancel, annul, or void in English. It can refer to events, services, debts, or any agreement.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Abolir (to abolish)
– Anular (to annul)
– Suprimir (to suppress or eliminate)

Since “cancelar” is an infinitive, here are the different conjugations:

Present (indicative):
– Yo cancelo (I cancel)
– Tú cancelas (You cancel)
– Él/Ella/Usted cancela (He/She/You formal cancel)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cancelamos (We cancel)
– Vosotros/Vosotras canceláis (You all cancel) [Only used in Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cancelan (They/You all formal cancel)

Preterite (simple past):
– Yo cancelé (I canceled)
– Tú cancelaste (You canceled)
– Él/Ella/Usted canceló (He/She/You formal canceled)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cancelamos (We canceled)
– Vosotros/Vosotras cancelasteis (You all canceled) [Only used in Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cancelaron (They/You all formal canceled)

Imperfect (past):
– Yo cancelaba (I was canceling)
– Tú cancelabas (You were canceling)
– Él/Ella/Usted cancelaba (He/She/You formal was canceling)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cancelábamos (We were canceling)
– Vosotros/Vosotras cancelabais (You all were canceling) [Only used in Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cancelaban (They/You all formal were canceling)

Future:
– Yo cancelaré (I will cancel)
– Tú cancelarás (You will cancel)
– Él/Ella/Usted cancelará (He/She/You formal will cancel)
– Nosotros/Nosotras cancelaremos (We will cancel)
– Vosotros/Vosotras cancelaréis (You all will cancel) [Only used in Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cancelarán (They/You all formal will cancel)

Examples of sentences that use “cancelar”:
– Necesito cancelar mi cita con el dentista. (I need to cancel my appointment with the dentist.)
– Si continúa lloviendo, van a cancelar el partido de fútbol. (If it keeps raining, they are going to cancel the soccer match.)
– Ayer tuvimos que cancelar nuestros planes debido a una emergencia. (Yesterday we had to cancel our plans due to an emergency.)
– Cancelamos la reserva del hotel sin ningún cargo. (We canceled the hotel reservation without any charge.)
– Por la huelga, muchas aerolíneas tuvieron que cancelar sus vuelos. (Because of the strike, many airlines had to cancel their flights.)

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