A modal verb (also modal, modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary) is a type of

auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality. The use of auxiliary verbs to express
modality is a characteristic of Germanic languages. In the English language, a modal
verb is an auxiliary verb that can be used to change the modality of a sentence. The key
way to identify a modal verb is by its defectiveness (they have neither participles nor
infinitives). In addition, modal verbs do not take the inflection -s or -es in the third
person singular, unlike other verbs.

funcionModal auxiliary verbs give more information about the function of the main
verb that follows it. Although having a great variety of communicative functions

Los verbos modales son verbos diferentes al resto de los verbos. Tienen una
serie de características especiales. Estos verbos pueden expresar: obligación,
necesidad, prohibición, ausencia de necesidad, probabilidad, posibilidad,
habilidad…