forestar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾesˈtaɾ/ [fo.ɾesˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fo‧res‧tar

Verb

forestar (first-person singular present foresto, first-person singular preterite foresté, past participle forestado)

1. to forest; to afforest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of forestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			forestar
gerund			forestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		forestado		forestada
		plural		forestados		forestadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	foresto	forestastú forestásvos	foresta	forestamos	forestáis	forestan
	imperfect	forestaba	forestabas	forestaba	forestábamos	forestabais	forestaban
	preterite	foresté	forestaste	forestó	forestamos	forestasteis	forestaron
	future	forestaré	forestarás	forestará	forestaremos	forestaréis	forestarán
	conditional	forestaría	forestarías	forestaría	forestaríamos	forestaríais	forestarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	foreste	forestestú forestésvos2	foreste	forestemos	forestéis	foresten
	imperfect (ra)	forestara	forestaras	forestara	forestáramos	forestarais	forestaran
	imperfect (se)	forestase	forestases	forestase	forestásemos	forestaseis	forestasen
	future1	forestare	forestares	forestare	forestáremos	forestareis	forestaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		forestatú forestávos	foreste	forestemos	forestad	foresten
	negative		no forestes	no foreste	no forestemos	no forestéis	no foresten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “forestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025