Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sucedo | |
| tú | sucedes | |
| él / ella / usted | sucede | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sucedemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sucedéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | suceden |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sucedí | |
| tú | sucediste | |
| él / ella / usted | sucedió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sucedimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sucedisteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sucedieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sucedía | |
| tú | sucedías | |
| él / ella / usted | sucedía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sucedíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sucedíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sucedían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sucederé | |
| tú | sucederás | |
| él / ella / usted | sucederá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sucederemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sucederéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sucederán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | sucedería | |
| tú | sucederías | |
| él / ella / usted | sucedería | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sucederíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sucederíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sucederían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | suceda | |
| tú | sucedas | |
| él / ella / usted | suceda | |
| nosotros / nosotras | sucedamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | sucedáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | sucedan |
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 happen, to befall, to occur
- to succeed to, to follow
- to succeed, to triumph
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