SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

subir

to go up or come up

-ir verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

subir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yosubo
túsubes
él / ella / ustedsube
nosotros / nosotrassubimos
vosotros / vosotrassubís
ellos / ellas / ustedessuben

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

subir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yosubí
túsubiste
él / ella / ustedsubió
nosotros / nosotrassubimos
vosotros / vosotrassubisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedessubieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

subir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yosubía
túsubías
él / ella / ustedsubía
nosotros / nosotrassubíamos
vosotros / vosotrassubíais
ellos / ellas / ustedessubían

Future Futuro simple

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

subir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yosubiré
túsubirás
él / ella / ustedsubirá
nosotros / nosotrassubiremos
vosotros / vosotrassubiréis
ellos / ellas / ustedessubirán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

subir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yosubiría
túsubirías
él / ella / ustedsubiría
nosotros / nosotrassubiríamos
vosotros / vosotrassubiríais
ellos / ellas / ustedessubirían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

subir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuba
túsubas
él / ella / ustedsuba
nosotros / nosotrassubamos
vosotros / vosotrassubáis
ellos / ellas / ustedessuban

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 go up or come up
  • to raise
  • to climb

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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