SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

atacar

to attack, to come at

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

atacar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoataco
túatacas
él / ella / ustedataca
nosotros / nosotrasatacamos
vosotros / vosotrasatacáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesatacan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

atacar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoataqué
túatacaste
él / ella / ustedatacó
nosotros / nosotrasatacamos
vosotros / vosotrasatacasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesatacaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

atacar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatacaba
túatacabas
él / ella / ustedatacaba
nosotros / nosotrasatacábamos
vosotros / vosotrasatacabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesatacaban

Future Futuro simple

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

atacar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatacaré
túatacarás
él / ella / ustedatacará
nosotros / nosotrasatacaremos
vosotros / vosotrasatacaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesatacarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

atacar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoatacaría
túatacarías
él / ella / ustedatacaría
nosotros / nosotrasatacaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasatacaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesatacarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

atacar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoataque
túataques
él / ella / ustedataque
nosotros / nosotrasataquemos
vosotros / vosotrasataquéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesataquen

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 attack, to come at
  • to engage (enter into conflicted with)
  • to assail

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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