Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sacrifico | |
| tú | sacrificas | |
| él / ella / usted | sacrifica | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sacrificamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sacrificáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sacrifican |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sacrifiqué | |
| tú | sacrificaste | |
| él / ella / usted | sacrificó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sacrificamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sacrificasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sacrificaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sacrificaba | |
| tú | sacrificabas | |
| él / ella / usted | sacrificaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sacrificábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sacrificabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sacrificaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sacrificaré | |
| tú | sacrificarás | |
| él / ella / usted | sacrificará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sacrificaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sacrificaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sacrificarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sacrificaría | |
| tú | sacrificarías | |
| él / ella / usted | sacrificaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sacrificaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sacrificaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sacrificarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sacrifique | |
| tú | sacrifiques | |
| él / ella / usted | sacrifique | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sacrifiquemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sacrifiquéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sacrifiquen |
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 sacrifice
- to put down, euthanize (an animal)
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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