SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

conseguir

to achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish, attain

-ir verbForm or spelling changes

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

conseguir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsigo
túconsigues
él / ella / ustedconsigue
nosotros / nosotrasconseguimos
vosotros / vosotrasconseguís
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsiguen

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

conseguir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconseguí
túconseguiste
él / ella / ustedconsiguió
nosotros / nosotrasconseguimos
vosotros / vosotrasconseguisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsiguieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

conseguir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconseguía
túconseguías
él / ella / ustedconseguía
nosotros / nosotrasconseguíamos
vosotros / vosotrasconseguíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconseguían

Future Futuro simple

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

conseguir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconseguiré
túconseguirás
él / ella / ustedconseguirá
nosotros / nosotrasconseguiremos
vosotros / vosotrasconseguiréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconseguirán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

conseguir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconseguiría
túconseguirías
él / ella / ustedconseguiría
nosotros / nosotrasconseguiríamos
vosotros / vosotrasconseguiríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconseguirían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

conseguir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconsiga
túconsigas
él / ella / ustedconsiga
nosotros / nosotrasconsigamos
vosotros / vosotrasconsigáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconsigan

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 achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish, attain
  • to get, obtain, acquire, find, gain, procure, extract, get to
  • to ensure, secure

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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