tomarle

to take (something) from/for him, her, you (formal)

→ tomar

tomar to take + le his/her/your (formal), used to show whose body part is affected; Spanish often uses the definite article instead of a possessive

verb Rare #40,065

to take (something) from/for him, her, you (formal) Includes the indirect object pronoun “le” (= to/for him, her, or you formal). Often used with “una foto” to mean “take a photo of him/her.”

SP: Voy a tomarle una foto.

EN: I'm going to take a photo of him/her.

Conjugation of tomar

Indicative present

	Singular	Plural
First	tomo	tomamos
Second	tomas	—
Third	toma	toman

Subjunctive present

	Singular	Plural
First	tomo	tomamos
Second	tomas	—
Third	toma	toman

Imperative

	Singular	Plural
First	—	tomemos
Second	toma	tomad
Third	tome	tomen

tomate

	Singular	Plural
First	tomarme	tomarnos

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Indicative past

	Singular	Plural
First	tomé	tomamos
Second	tomaste	—
Third	tomó	tomaron

Indicative future

	Singular	Plural
First	tomaré	tomaremos
Second	tomarás	—
Third	tomará	tomarán

Subjunctive future

	Singular	Plural
First	tomaré	tomaremos
Second	tomarás	—
Third	tomará	tomarán

tomare

Present

tomando

Subjunctive

	Singular	Plural
Second	tomes	—

Conditional

	Singular	Plural
First	tomaría	—
Third	tomaría	—

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	tomaba	—
Second	tomabas	—
Third	tomaba	—

Subjunctive imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	tomaba	—
Second	tomabas	—
Third	tomaba	—

tomara

Past

tomado

Déjeme tomarle el pulso.

Let me take your pulse.

Me preocupaba otra cosa que tomarle el nombre a la gente.

I was worried about something other than taking people's names.

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)

Voy a tomarle la medida.

I'm going to take its measurements.

Déjeme tomarle las medidas, por favor.

Let me take your measurements, please.

Dios, debe tomarle tiempo recuperarse.

God, it must take him time to recover.

— TÁR (2022)

Permítame tomarle la presión.

Let me take your blood pressure.