SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

acusar

to accuse, charge, indict

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

acusar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoacuso
túacusas
él / ella / ustedacusa
nosotros / nosotrasacusamos
vosotros / vosotrasacusáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesacusan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

acusar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoacusé
túacusaste
él / ella / ustedacusó
nosotros / nosotrasacusamos
vosotros / vosotrasacusasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesacusaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

acusar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoacusaba
túacusabas
él / ella / ustedacusaba
nosotros / nosotrasacusábamos
vosotros / vosotrasacusabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesacusaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

acusar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoacusaré
túacusarás
él / ella / ustedacusará
nosotros / nosotrasacusaremos
vosotros / vosotrasacusaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesacusarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

acusar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoacusaría
túacusarías
él / ella / ustedacusaría
nosotros / nosotrasacusaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasacusaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesacusarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

acusar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoacuse
túacuses
él / ella / ustedacuse
nosotros / nosotrasacusemos
vosotros / vosotrasacuséis
ellos / ellas / ustedesacusen

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 accuse, charge, indict
  • to criminate
  • to arraign

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

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