Haber means to have (helper verb). Learn five tenses, then practise each person.
Present:he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han.
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Haber in the present tense
Use the present for current states, habits and actions. The subject can be omitted when the verb makes it clear.
Vosotros is informal plural you in Spain. Ustedes uses the ellos/ellas form and is the usual plural you in Latin America.
Haber builds the perfect tenses: he comido, I have eaten. On its own, hay means there is or there are (hubo, había, habrá and habría in the other tenses).
heI have … (present)
hasyou have … (present)
hahe/she has … (present)
hemoswe have … (present)
habéisyou all (vosotros) have … (present)
hanthey have … (present)
Haber in the preterite tense
Use the preterite for a completed event in the past, viewed as a whole.
hubeI had … (preterite)
hubisteyou had … (preterite)
hubohe/she had … (preterite)
hubimoswe had … (preterite)
hubisteisyou all (vosotros) had … (preterite)
hubieronthey had … (preterite)
Haber in the imperfect tense
Use the imperfect for past habits, ongoing situations and background descriptions, without marking their endpoint.
habíaI had … (imperfect)
habíasyou had … (imperfect)
habíahe/she had … (imperfect)
habíamoswe had … (imperfect)
habíaisyou all (vosotros) had … (imperfect)
habíanthey had … (imperfect)
Haber in the future tense
Use the simple future for what will happen. Spanish also uses this tense for a guess about the present.
habréI will have … (future)
habrásyou will have … (future)
habráhe/she will have … (future)
habremoswe will have … (future)
habréisyou all (vosotros) will have … (future)
habránthey will have … (future)
Haber in the conditional tense
Use the conditional for what would happen, a polite request or a hypothetical situation.
habríaI would have … (conditional)
habríasyou would have … (conditional)
habríahe/she would have … (conditional)
habríamoswe would have … (conditional)
habríaisyou all (vosotros) would have … (conditional)
habríanthey would have … (conditional)
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Haber conjugation chart
All six persons. Blue, bold forms differ from regular endings, including spelling changes that preserve pronunciation.
Person
Present
Preterite
Imperfect
Future
Conditional
yo
he
hube
había
habré
habría
tú
has
hubiste
habías
habrás
habrías
él / ella / usted
ha
hubo
había
habrá
habría
nosotros / nosotras
hemos
hubimos
habíamos
habremos
habríamos
vosotros / vosotras
habéis
hubisteis
habíais
habréis
habríais
ellos / ellas / ustedes
han
hubieron
habían
habrán
habrían
Haber in the present tense
Person
Spanish
English
yo
he
I have …
tú
has
you have …
él / ella / usted
ha
he/she has …
nosotros / nosotras
hemos
we have …
vosotros / vosotras
habéis
you all (vosotros) have …
ellos / ellas / ustedes
han
they have …
Haber in the preterite tense
Person
Spanish
English
yo
hube
I had …
tú
hubiste
you had …
él / ella / usted
hubo
he/she had …
nosotros / nosotras
hubimos
we had …
vosotros / vosotras
hubisteis
you all (vosotros) had …
ellos / ellas / ustedes
hubieron
they had …
Haber in the imperfect tense
Person
Spanish
English
yo
había
I had …
tú
habías
you had …
él / ella / usted
había
he/she had …
nosotros / nosotras
habíamos
we had …
vosotros / vosotras
habíais
you all (vosotros) had …
ellos / ellas / ustedes
habían
they had …
Haber in the future tense
Person
Spanish
English
yo
habré
I will have …
tú
habrás
you will have …
él / ella / usted
habrá
he/she will have …
nosotros / nosotras
habremos
we will have …
vosotros / vosotras
habréis
you all (vosotros) will have …
ellos / ellas / ustedes
habrán
they will have …
Haber in the conditional tense
Person
Spanish
English
yo
habría
I would have …
tú
habrías
you would have …
él / ella / usted
habría
he/she would have …
nosotros / nosotras
habríamos
we would have …
vosotros / vosotras
habríais
you all (vosotros) would have …
ellos / ellas / ustedes
habrían
they would have …
Is haber irregular?
Haber differs from the regular endings in the present, preterite, future, conditional. Changed forms include present: he, has, ha; preterite: hube, hubiste, hubo; future: habré, habrás, habrá; conditional: habría, habrías, habría. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
Questions about haber
How do you conjugate haber in the present?
The present forms are he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han, in the order yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros and ellos/ellas/ustedes.
What is the preterite of haber?
hube, hubiste, hubo, hubimos, hubisteis, hubieron. For example, hube means “I had …”.
Is haber irregular?
Haber differs from the regular endings in the present, preterite, future, conditional. Changed forms include present: he, has, ha; preterite: hube, hubiste, hubo; future: habré, habrás, habrá; conditional: habría, habrías, habría. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
What is the difference between the preterite and imperfect of haber?
The preterite (hube) presents a completed event; the imperfect (había) gives a past habit or background situation. The English glosses are “I had …” and “I had …”, but context determines the best translation.
What are the future and conditional of haber?
The yo forms are habré (“I will have …”) and habría (“I would have …”). The full charts above include every person.
What does haber mean?
Haber means to have (helper verb). Haber builds the perfect tenses: he comido, I have eaten. On its own, hay means there is or there are (hubo, había, habrá and habría in the other tenses).