Buscar preterite conjugation
Buscar in the preterite: busqué, buscaste, buscó, buscamos, buscasteis, buscaron.
- to look for; to search; to pick up
- spelling change (c→qu)
- Participle: buscado
- Gerund: buscando
Preterite pretérito
| yo | busqué |
|---|---|
| tú | buscaste |
| él/ella/usted | buscó |
| nosotros | buscamos |
| vosotros | buscasteis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | buscaron |
How to use buscar in the preterite
In the preterite, buscar changes c to qu only in the yo form: busqué. The rest are regular: buscaste, buscó, buscamos, buscaron. Use it for completed searches: "Lo busqué por todas partes." It also reports pickups: "Me buscó a las ocho." The qu keeps the hard "k" sound before e.
Examples
Lo busqué por todas partes y no lo encontré.
I looked everywhere and didn't find it.
¿Buscaste el vuelo más barato?
Did you look for the cheapest flight?
Nos buscaron en el hotel a las seis.
They picked us up at the hotel at six.
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More buscar tenses
- All buscar tenses
- Buscar present
- Buscar imperfect
- Buscar future
- Buscar conditional
- Buscar present subjunctive
- Buscar affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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