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Acceder is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to accede, agree, consent”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acceder in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to accede, agree, consent |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acceder |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está accediendo) and past continuous (estaba accediendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. consenting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he accedido and hubiera accedido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have consented).
| Gerundio / Gerund | accediendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | accedido |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I consent” or “they consent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | accedo |
| Tú | accedes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accede |
| Nosotros / as | accedemos |
| Vosotros / as | accedéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acceden |
| Vos | accedés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I consented” or “she consented” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | accedí | I consented |
| Tú | accediste | You consented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accedió | He / she / you consented |
| Nosotros / as | accedimos | We consented |
| Vosotros / as | accedisteis | You consented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accedieron | They / you consented |
| Vos | accediste | You consented |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was consenting” or “she was consenting” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | accedía | I was consenting |
| Tú | accedías | You were consenting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accedía | He was / she was / you were consenting |
| Nosotros / as | accedíamos | We were consenting |
| Vosotros / as | accedíais | You were consenting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accedían | They / you were consenting |
| Vos | accedías | You were consenting |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have consented” and “she has consented”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he accedido | I have consented |
| Tú | has accedido | You have consented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha accedido | He has / she has / you have consented |
| Nosotros / as | hemos accedido | We have consented |
| Vosotros / as | habéis accedido | You have consented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han accedido | They / you have consented |
| Vos | has accedido | You have consented |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would consent” or “she would consent”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | accedería | I would consent |
| Tú | accederías | You would consent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accedería | He / she / you would consent |
| Nosotros / as | accederíamos | We would consent |
| Vosotros / as | accederíais | You would consent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accederían | They / you would consent |
| Vos | accederías | You would consent |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will consent” or “they will consent”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a acceder” means “They are going to consent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | accederé | I will consent |
| Tú | accederás | You will consent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accederá | He / she / you will consent |
| Nosotros / as | accederemos | We will consent |
| Vosotros / as | accederéis | You will consent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accederán | They / you will consent |
| Vos | accederás | You will consent |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acceda |
| Tú | accedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acceda |
| Nosotros / as | accedamos |
| Vosotros / as | accedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accedan |
| Vos | accedas |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | accediera | accediese |
| Tú | accedieras | accediese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accediera | accediese |
| Nosotros / as | accediéramos | accediésemos |
| Vosotros / as | accedierais | accedieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accedieran | accediesen |
| Vos | accedieras | accediese |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | accediere |
| Tú | accedieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accediere |
| Nosotros / as | accediéremos |
| Vosotros / as | accediereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accedieren |
| Vos | accedieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “consent!” and “don’t consent!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | accede | no accedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acceda | no acceda |
| Nosotros / as | accedamos | no accedamos |
| Vosotros / as | acceded | no accedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accedan | no accedan |
| Vos | accedé | no accedas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya accedido |
| Tú | hayas accedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya accedido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos accedido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis accedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan accedido |
| Vos | hayas accedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera accedido / hubiese accedido |
| Tú | hubieras accedido / hubieses accedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera accedido / hubiese accedido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos accedido / hubiésemos accedido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais accedido / hubieseis accedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran accedido / hubiesen accedido |
| Vos | hubieras accedido / hubieses accedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere accedido |
| Tú | hubieres accedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere accedido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos accedido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis accedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren accedido |
| Vos | hubieres accedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté accediendo |
| Tú | estés accediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté accediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos accediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis accediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén accediendo |
| Vos | estés accediendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera accediendo / estuviese accediendo |
| Tú | estuvieras accediendo / estuvieses accediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera accediendo / estuviese accediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos accediendo / estuviésamos accediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais accediendo / estuvieseis accediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera accediendo / estuviese accediendo |
| Vos | estuvieras accediendo / estuvieses accediendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere accediendo |
| Tú | estuvieres accediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere accediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos accediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis accediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere accediendo |
| Vos | estuvieres accediendo |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos accedés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos accediste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos accedías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos accederías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos accederás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos accedas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos accedieras / Vos accediese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos accedé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no accedas |