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Acordar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to agree (upon)”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acordar 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 agree (upon) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acordar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acordando) and past continuous (estaba acordando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. agreeing upon).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acordado and hubiera acordado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have agreed upon).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acordando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acordado |
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 agree upon” or “they agree upon”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acordo |
| Tú | acordas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acorda |
| Nosotros / as | acordamos |
| Vosotros / as | acordáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acordan |
| Vos | acordás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I agreed upon” or “she agreed upon” 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 | acordé | I agreed upon |
| Tú | acordaste | You agreed upon |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acordó | He / she / you agreed upon |
| Nosotros / as | acordamos | We agreed upon |
| Vosotros / as | acordasteis | You agreed upon |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acordaron | They / you agreed upon |
| Vos | acordaste | You agreed upon |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was agreeing upon” or “she was agreeing upon” 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 | acordaba | I was agreeing upon |
| Tú | acordabas | You were agreeing upon |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acordaba | He was / she was / you were agreeing upon |
| Nosotros / as | acordábamos | We were agreeing upon |
| Vosotros / as | acordabais | You were agreeing upon |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acordaban | They / you were agreeing upon |
| Vos | acordabas | You were agreeing upon |
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 agreed upon” and “she has agreed upon”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acordado | I have agreed upon |
| Tú | has acordado | You have agreed upon |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acordado | He has / she has / you have agreed upon |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acordado | We have agreed upon |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acordado | You have agreed upon |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acordado | They / you have agreed upon |
| Vos | has acordado | You have agreed upon |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would agree upon” or “she would agree upon”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acordaría | I would agree upon |
| Tú | acordarías | You would agree upon |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acordaría | He / she / you would agree upon |
| Nosotros / as | acordaríamos | We would agree upon |
| Vosotros / as | acordaríais | You would agree upon |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acordarían | They / you would agree upon |
| Vos | acordarías | You would agree upon |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will agree upon” or “they will agree upon”.
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 acordar” means “They are going to agree upon”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acordaré | I will agree upon |
| Tú | acordarás | You will agree upon |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acordará | He / she / you will agree upon |
| Nosotros / as | acordaremos | We will agree upon |
| Vosotros / as | acordaréis | You will agree upon |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acordarán | They / you will agree upon |
| Vos | acordarás | You will agree upon |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acorde |
| Tú | acordes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acorde |
| Nosotros / as | acordemos |
| Vosotros / as | acordéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acorden |
| Vos | acordes |
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 | acordara | acordase |
| Tú | acordaras | acordase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acordara | acordase |
| Nosotros / as | acordáramos | acordásemos |
| Vosotros / as | acordarais | acordaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acordaran | acordasen |
| Vos | acordaras | acordase |
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 | acordare |
| Tú | acordares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acordare |
| Nosotros / as | acordáremos |
| Vosotros / as | acordareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acordaren |
| Vos | acordares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “agree upon!” and “don’t agree upon!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acorda | no acordes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acorde | no acorde |
| Nosotros / as | acordemos | no acordemos |
| Vosotros / as | acordad | no acordéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acorden | no acorden |
| Vos | acordá | no acordes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acordado |
| Tú | hayas acordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acordado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acordado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acordado |
| Vos | hayas acordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acordado / hubiese acordado |
| Tú | hubieras acordado / hubieses acordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acordado / hubiese acordado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acordado / hubiésemos acordado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acordado / hubieseis acordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acordado / hubiesen acordado |
| Vos | hubieras acordado / hubieses acordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acordado |
| Tú | hubieres acordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acordado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acordado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acordado |
| Vos | hubieres acordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acordando |
| Tú | estés acordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acordando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acordando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acordando |
| Vos | estés acordando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acordando / estuviese acordando |
| Tú | estuvieras acordando / estuvieses acordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acordando / estuviese acordando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acordando / estuviésamos acordando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acordando / estuvieseis acordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acordando / estuviese acordando |
| Vos | estuvieras acordando / estuvieses acordando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acordando |
| Tú | estuvieres acordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acordando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acordando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acordando |
| Vos | estuvieres acordando |
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 acordás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acordaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acordabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acordarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acordarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acordes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acordaras / Vos acordase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acordá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acordes |