To take/drink in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: to-MAR

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tomar info.

Tips to remember “tomar”:
– Associate “tomar” with both “to take” and “to drink” in English, as it can mean either action depending on the context.
– Think of “to take” a ride or “to take” a drink, “tomar” can encompass both.
– You might also connect it with the English word “tomato” to remember that “tomar” starts with “tom.”

Explanations:
– “Tomar” is often used when referring to consuming a beverage. Example: “Voy a tomar agua” (I’m going to drink water).
– It can also mean “to take” in a broader sense, such as taking a bus, taking a pill, etc. Example: “Voy a tomar el autobús” (I’m going to take the bus).

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Beber: to drink, specifically
– Coger (in some Spanish-speaking regions, but be aware it has other meanings in different places): to take/grab
– Agarrar: to grab or sometimes to take

Infinitive: Tomar

Conjugations:
Present:
– Yo tomo (I take/drink)
– Tú tomas (You take/drink)
– Él/Ella/Usted toma (He/She/You formal take/drink)
– Nosotros/as tomamos (We take/drink)
– Vosotros/as tomáis (You all take/drink) [Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes toman (They/You all formal take/drink)

Preterite (Simple past):
– Yo tomé (I took/drank)
– Tú tomaste (You took/drank)
– Él/Ella/Usted tomó (He/She/You formal took/drank)
– Nosotros/as tomamos (We took/drank)
– Vosotros/as tomasteis (You all took/drank) [Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tomaron (They/You all formal took/drank)

Imperfect (Past continuous):
– Yo tomaba (I used to take/drink)
– Tú tomabas (You used to take/drink)
– Él/Ella/Usted tomaba (He/She/You formal used to take/drink)
– Nosotros/as tomábamos (We used to take/drink)
– Vosotros/as tomabais (You all used to take/drink) [Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tomaban (They/You all formal used to take/drink)

Future:
– Yo tomaré (I will take/drink)
– Tú tomarás (You will take/drink)
– Él/Ella/Usted tomará (He/She/You formal will take/drink)
– Nosotros/as tomaremos (We will take/drink)
– Vosotros/as tomaréis (You all will take/drink) [Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tomarán (They/You all formal will take/drink)

Conditional:
– Yo tomaría (I would take/drink)
– Tú tomarías (You would take/drink)
– Él/Ella/Usted tomaría (He/She/You formal would take/drink)
– Nosotros/as tomaríamos (We would take/drink)
– Vosotros/as tomaríais (You all would take/drink) [Spain]
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tomarían (They/You all formal would take/drink)

Examples of sentences:
– Voy a tomar un café. (I’m going to drink a coffee.)
– Ella tomó el tren a Madrid ayer. (She took the train to Madrid yesterday.)
– Tomaremos una decisión mañana. (We will make a decision tomorrow.)
– Si estuvieras enfermo, ¿tomarías la medicina? (If you were sick, would you take the medicine?)
– Ayer tomaba sol en la playa. (I was sunbathing at the beach yesterday.)

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tomar info.

Tips to remember “tomar”:
– Associate “tomar” with “to take” or “to drink,” imagining a scene where you either take an object or take a sip of a drink.
– Think of the English phrase “Tom, are you going to take that?” as a mnemonic, where “Tom” sounds like “tom-” and “-ar” is a common ending for infinitives in Spanish.

Explanations:
– “Tomar” can mean both “to take” (in the sense of choosing or picking up something) and “to drink” (particularly when it relates to a beverage).

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Beber (to drink)

Conjugations of “tomar”:

Infinitive: tomar

Present:
– yo tomo (I take/drink)
– tú tomas (you take/drink)
– él/ella/usted toma (he/she/you formal take/drink)
– nosotros/nosotras tomamos (we take/drink)
– vosotros/vosotras tomáis (you all take/drink)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes toman (they/you all formal take/drink)

Preterite (simple past):
– yo tomé (I took/drank)
– tú tomaste (you took/drank)
– él/ella/usted tomó (he/she/you formal took/drank)
– nosotros/nosotras tomamos (we took/drank)
– vosotros/vosotras tomasteis (you all took/drank)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tomaron (they/you all formal took/drank)

Imperfect:
– yo tomaba (I was taking/drinking)
– tú tomabas (you were taking/drinking)
– él/ella/usted tomaba (he/she/you formal were taking/drinking)
– nosotros/nosotras tomábamos (we were taking/drinking)
– vosotros/vosotras tomabais (you all were taking/drinking)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tomaban (they/you all formal were taking/drinking)

Future:
– yo tomaré (I will take/drink)
– tú tomarás (you will take/drink)
– él/ella/usted tomará (he/she/you formal will take/drink)
– nosotros/nosotras tomaremos (we will take/drink)
– vosotros/vosotras tomaréis (you all will take/drink)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tomarán (they/you all formal will take/drink)

Examples of sentences:
– Voy a tomar un café. (I am going to drink a coffee.)
– Ayer tomé la decisión equivocada. (Yesterday, I made the wrong decision.)
– Ella tomará el tren de las cinco. (She will take the five o’clock train.)
– Tomemos asiento antes de que empiece la película. (Let’s take a seat before the movie starts.)
– Nosotros tomamos agua durante la cena. (We drink water during dinner.)
– Tomaban el sol en la playa todos los días. (They used to sunbathe on the beach every day.)

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