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Acudir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to attend, be present, go, come to the rescue”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acudir 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 attend, be present, go, come to the rescue |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acudir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acudiendo) and past continuous (estaba acudiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. attending).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acudido and hubiera acudido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have attended).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acudiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acudido |
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 attend” or “they attend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acudo |
| Tú | acudes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acude |
| Nosotros / as | acudimos |
| Vosotros / as | acudís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acuden |
| Vos | acudís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I attended” or “she attended” 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 | acudí | I attended |
| Tú | acudiste | You attended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acudió | He / she / you attended |
| Nosotros / as | acudimos | We attended |
| Vosotros / as | acudisteis | You attended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudieron | They / you attended |
| Vos | acudiste | You attended |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was attending” or “she was attending” 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 | acudía | I was attending |
| Tú | acudías | You were attending |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acudía | He was / she was / you were attending |
| Nosotros / as | acudíamos | We were attending |
| Vosotros / as | acudíais | You were attending |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudían | They / you were attending |
| Vos | acudías | You were attending |
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 attended” and “she has attended”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acudido | I have attended |
| Tú | has acudido | You have attended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acudido | He has / she has / you have attended |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acudido | We have attended |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acudido | You have attended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acudido | They / you have attended |
| Vos | has acudido | You have attended |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would attend” or “she would attend”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acudiría | I would attend |
| Tú | acudirías | You would attend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acudiría | He / she / you would attend |
| Nosotros / as | acudiríamos | We would attend |
| Vosotros / as | acudiríais | You would attend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudirían | They / you would attend |
| Vos | acudirías | You would attend |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will attend” or “they will attend”.
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 acudir” means “They are going to attend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acudiré | I will attend |
| Tú | acudirás | You will attend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acudirá | He / she / you will attend |
| Nosotros / as | acudiremos | We will attend |
| Vosotros / as | acudiréis | You will attend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudirán | They / you will attend |
| Vos | acudirás | You will attend |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acuda |
| Tú | acudas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acuda |
| Nosotros / as | acudamos |
| Vosotros / as | acudáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudan |
| Vos | acudas |
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 | acudiera | acudiese |
| Tú | acudieras | acudiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acudiera | acudiese |
| Nosotros / as | acudiéramos | acudiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | acudierais | acudieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudieran | acudiesen |
| Vos | acudieras | acudiese |
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 | acudiere |
| Tú | acudieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acudiera |
| Nosotros / as | acudiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | acudiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudieren |
| Vos | acudieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “attend!” and “don’t attend!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acude | no acudas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acuda | no acuda |
| Nosotros / as | acudamos | no acudamos |
| Vosotros / as | acudid | no acudáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acudan | no acudan |
| Vos | acudí | no acudas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acudido |
| Tú | hayas acudido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acudido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acudido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acudido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acudido |
| Vos | hayas acudido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acudido / hubiese acudido |
| Tú | hubieras acudido / hubieses acudido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acudido / hubiese acudido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acudido / hubiésemos acudido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acudido / hubieseis acudido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acudido / hubiesen acudido |
| Vos | hubieras acudido / hubieses acudido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acudido |
| Tú | hubieres acudido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acudido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acudido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acudido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acudido |
| Vos | hubieres acudido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acudiendo |
| Tú | estés acudiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acudiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acudiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acudiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acudiendo |
| Vos | estés acudiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acudiendo / estuviese acudiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras acudiendo / estuvieses acudiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acudiendo / estuviese acudiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acudiendo / estuviésamos acudiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acudiendo / estuvieseis acudiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acudiendo / estuviese acudiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras acudiendo / estuvieses acudiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acudiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres acudiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acudiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acudiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acudiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acudiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres acudiendo |
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 acudís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acudiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acudías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acudirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acudirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acudas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acudieras / Vos acudiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acudí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acudas |