SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

recordar

to remember, to recollect

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

recordar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yorecuerdo
túrecuerdas
él / ella / ustedrecuerda
nosotros / nosotrasrecordamos
vosotros / vosotrasrecordáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrecuerdan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

recordar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yorecordé
túrecordaste
él / ella / ustedrecordó
nosotros / nosotrasrecordamos
vosotros / vosotrasrecordasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrecordaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

recordar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yorecordaba
túrecordabas
él / ella / ustedrecordaba
nosotros / nosotrasrecordábamos
vosotros / vosotrasrecordabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesrecordaban

Future Futuro simple

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

recordar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yorecordaré
túrecordarás
él / ella / ustedrecordará
nosotros / nosotrasrecordaremos
vosotros / vosotrasrecordaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrecordarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

recordar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yorecordaría
túrecordarías
él / ella / ustedrecordaría
nosotros / nosotrasrecordaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasrecordaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesrecordarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

recordar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yorecuerde
túrecuerdes
él / ella / ustedrecuerde
nosotros / nosotrasrecordemos
vosotros / vosotrasrecordéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesrecuerden

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 remember, to recollect
  • to remember
  • to recall, remind of

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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