Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sobrevivo | |
| tú | sobrevives | |
| él / ella / usted | sobrevive | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sobrevivimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sobrevivís | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sobreviven |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sobreviví | |
| tú | sobreviviste | |
| él / ella / usted | sobrevivió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sobrevivimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sobrevivisteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sobrevivieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sobrevivía | |
| tú | sobrevivías | |
| él / ella / usted | sobrevivía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sobrevivíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sobrevivíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sobrevivían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sobreviviré | |
| tú | sobrevivirás | |
| él / ella / usted | sobrevivirá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sobreviviremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sobreviviréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sobrevivirán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sobreviviría | |
| tú | sobrevivirías | |
| él / ella / usted | sobreviviría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sobreviviríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sobreviviríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sobrevivirían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sobreviva | |
| tú | sobrevivas | |
| él / ella / usted | sobreviva | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sobrevivamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sobreviváis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sobrevivan |
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 survive
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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