Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | adquiero | |
| tú | adquieres | |
| él / ella / usted | adquiere | |
| nosotros / nosotras | adquirimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | adquirís | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | adquieren |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | adquirí | |
| tú | adquiriste | |
| él / ella / usted | adquirió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | adquirimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | adquiristeis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | adquirieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | adquiría | |
| tú | adquirías | |
| él / ella / usted | adquiría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | adquiríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | adquiríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | adquirían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | adquiriré | |
| tú | adquirirás | |
| él / ella / usted | adquirirá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | adquiriremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | adquiriréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | adquirirán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | adquiriría | |
| tú | adquirirías | |
| él / ella / usted | adquiriría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | adquiriríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | adquiriríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | adquirirían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | adquiera | |
| tú | adquieras | |
| él / ella / usted | adquiera | |
| nosotros / nosotras | adquiramos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | adquiráis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | adquieran |
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 acquire
- to buy
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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