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Llegar Conjugation

Llegar means to arrive. Learn five tenses, then practise each person.

Present: llego, llegas, llega, llegamos, llegáis, llegan.

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Llegar in the present tense

Use the present for current states, habits and actions. The subject can be omitted when the verb makes it clear.

Vosotros is informal plural you in Spain. Ustedes uses the ellos/ellas form and is the usual plural you in Latin America.

  • llegoI arrive (present)
  • llegasyou arrive (present)
  • llegahe/she arrives (present)
  • llegamoswe arrive (present)
  • llegáisyou all (vosotros) arrive (present)
  • lleganthey arrive (present)
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Llegar conjugation chart

All six persons. Blue, bold forms differ from regular endings, including spelling changes that preserve pronunciation.

PersonPresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yollegolleguéllegaballegaréllegaría
túllegasllegastellegabasllegarásllegarías
él / ella / ustedllegallególlegaballegarállegaría
nosotros / nosotrasllegamosllegamosllegábamosllegaremosllegaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasllegáisllegasteisllegabaisllegaréisllegaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedeslleganllegaronllegabanllegaránllegarían

Llegar in the present tense

PersonSpanishEnglish
yollegoI arrive
túllegasyou arrive
él / ella / ustedllegahe/she arrives
nosotros / nosotrasllegamoswe arrive
vosotros / vosotrasllegáisyou all (vosotros) arrive
ellos / ellas / ustedeslleganthey arrive

Llegar in the preterite tense

PersonSpanishEnglish
yolleguéI arrived
túllegasteyou arrived
él / ella / ustedllegóhe/she arrived
nosotros / nosotrasllegamoswe arrived
vosotros / vosotrasllegasteisyou all (vosotros) arrived
ellos / ellas / ustedesllegaronthey arrived

Llegar in the imperfect tense

PersonSpanishEnglish
yollegabaI used to arrive
túllegabasyou used to arrive
él / ella / ustedllegabahe/she used to arrive
nosotros / nosotrasllegábamoswe used to arrive
vosotros / vosotrasllegabaisyou all (vosotros) used to arrive
ellos / ellas / ustedesllegabanthey used to arrive

Llegar in the future tense

PersonSpanishEnglish
yollegaréI will arrive
túllegarásyou will arrive
él / ella / ustedllegaráhe/she will arrive
nosotros / nosotrasllegaremoswe will arrive
vosotros / vosotrasllegaréisyou all (vosotros) will arrive
ellos / ellas / ustedesllegaránthey will arrive

Llegar in the conditional tense

PersonSpanishEnglish
yollegaríaI would arrive
túllegaríasyou would arrive
él / ella / ustedllegaríahe/she would arrive
nosotros / nosotrasllegaríamoswe would arrive
vosotros / vosotrasllegaríaisyou all (vosotros) would arrive
ellos / ellas / ustedesllegaríanthey would arrive

Is llegar irregular?

Llegar differs from the regular endings in the preterite. Changed forms include preterite: llegué. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.

Questions about llegar

How do you conjugate llegar in the present?

The present forms are llego, llegas, llega, llegamos, llegáis, llegan, in the order yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros and ellos/ellas/ustedes.

What is the preterite of llegar?

llegué, llegaste, llegó, llegamos, llegasteis, llegaron. For example, llegué means “I arrived”.

Is llegar irregular?

Llegar differs from the regular endings in the preterite. Changed forms include preterite: llegué. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.

What is the difference between the preterite and imperfect of llegar?

The preterite (llegué) presents a completed event; the imperfect (llegaba) gives a past habit or background situation. The English glosses are “I arrived” and “I used to arrive”, but context determines the best translation.

What are the future and conditional of llegar?

The yo forms are llegaré (“I will arrive”) and llegaría (“I would arrive”). The full charts above include every person.

What does llegar mean?

Llegar means to arrive.

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