Recordar means to remember, to remind. Learn five tenses, then practise each person.
Present: recuerdo, recuerdas, recuerda, recordamos, recordáis, recuerdan.
Recordar 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.
Recordar in the preterite tense
Use the preterite for a completed event in the past, viewed as a whole.
Recordar in the imperfect tense
Use the imperfect for past habits, ongoing situations and background descriptions, without marking their endpoint.
Recordar in the future tense
Use the simple future for what will happen. Spanish also uses this tense for a guess about the present.
Recordar in the conditional tense
Use the conditional for what would happen, a polite request or a hypothetical situation.
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All six persons. Blue, bold forms differ from regular endings, including spelling changes that preserve pronunciation.
| Person | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | recuerdo | recordé | recordaba | recordaré | recordaría |
| tú | recuerdas | recordaste | recordabas | recordarás | recordarías |
| él / ella / usted | recuerda | recordó | recordaba | recordará | recordaría |
| nosotros / nosotras | recordamos | recordamos | recordábamos | recordaremos | recordaríamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | recordáis | recordasteis | recordabais | recordaréis | recordaríais |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | recuerdan | recordaron | recordaban | recordarán | recordarían |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | recuerdo | I remember |
| tú | recuerdas | you remember |
| él / ella / usted | recuerda | he/she remembers |
| nosotros / nosotras | recordamos | we remember |
| vosotros / vosotras | recordáis | you all (vosotros) remember |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | recuerdan | they remember |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | recordé | I remembered |
| tú | recordaste | you remembered |
| él / ella / usted | recordó | he/she remembered |
| nosotros / nosotras | recordamos | we remembered |
| vosotros / vosotras | recordasteis | you all (vosotros) remembered |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | recordaron | they remembered |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | recordaba | I used to remember |
| tú | recordabas | you used to remember |
| él / ella / usted | recordaba | he/she used to remember |
| nosotros / nosotras | recordábamos | we used to remember |
| vosotros / vosotras | recordabais | you all (vosotros) used to remember |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | recordaban | they used to remember |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | recordaré | I will remember |
| tú | recordarás | you will remember |
| él / ella / usted | recordará | he/she will remember |
| nosotros / nosotras | recordaremos | we will remember |
| vosotros / vosotras | recordaréis | you all (vosotros) will remember |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | recordarán | they will remember |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | recordaría | I would remember |
| tú | recordarías | you would remember |
| él / ella / usted | recordaría | he/she would remember |
| nosotros / nosotras | recordaríamos | we would remember |
| vosotros / vosotras | recordaríais | you all (vosotros) would remember |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | recordarían | they would remember |
Recordar differs from the regular endings in the present. Changed forms include present: recuerdo, recuerdas, recuerda. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
The present forms are recuerdo, recuerdas, recuerda, recordamos, recordáis, recuerdan, in the order yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros and ellos/ellas/ustedes.
recordé, recordaste, recordó, recordamos, recordasteis, recordaron. For example, recordé means “I remembered”.
Recordar differs from the regular endings in the present. Changed forms include present: recuerdo, recuerdas, recuerda. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
The preterite (recordé) presents a completed event; the imperfect (recordaba) gives a past habit or background situation. The English glosses are “I remembered” and “I used to remember”, but context determines the best translation.
The yo forms are recordaré (“I will remember”) and recordaría (“I would remember”). The full charts above include every person.
Recordar means to remember, to remind.
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