Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acerco | |
| tú | acercas | |
| él / ella / usted | acerca | |
| nosotros / nosotras | acercamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | acercáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | acercan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acerqué | |
| tú | acercaste | |
| él / ella / usted | acercó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | acercamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | acercasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | acercaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acercaba | |
| tú | acercabas | |
| él / ella / usted | acercaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | acercábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | acercabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | acercaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acercaré | |
| tú | acercarás | |
| él / ella / usted | acercará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | acercaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | acercaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | acercarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acercaría | |
| tú | acercarías | |
| él / ella / usted | acercaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | acercaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | acercaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | acercarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acerque | |
| tú | acerques | |
| él / ella / usted | acerque | |
| nosotros / nosotras | acerquemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | acerquéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | acerquen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to bring close
- to zoom in
- (reflexive) to approach, to get close, to come
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations