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Lograr is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to achieve”.
Below are all of the conjugations for lograr 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 achieve |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | lograr |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está logrando) and past continuous (estaba logrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. achieving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he logrado and hubiera logrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have achieved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | logrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | logrado |
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 achieve” or “they achieve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | logro |
| Tú | logras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | logra |
| Nosotros / as | logramos |
| Vosotros / as | lográis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | logran |
| Vos | lográs |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I achieved” or “she achieved” 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 | logré | I achieved |
| Tú | lograste | You achieved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | logró | He / she / you achieved |
| Nosotros / as | logramos | We achieved |
| Vosotros / as | lograsteis | You achieved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lograron | They / you achieved |
| Vos | lograste | You achieved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was achieving” or “she was achieving” 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 | lograba | I was achieving |
| Tú | lograbas | You were achieving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lograba | He was / she was / you were achieving |
| Nosotros / as | lográbamos | We were achieving |
| Vosotros / as | lograbais | You were achieving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lograban | They / you were achieving |
| Vos | lograbas | You were achieving |
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 achieved” and “she has achieved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he logrado | I have achieved |
| Tú | has logrado | You have achieved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha logrado | He has / she has / you have achieved |
| Nosotros / as | hemos logrado | We have achieved |
| Vosotros / as | habéis logrado | You have achieved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han logrado | They / you have achieved |
| Vos | has logrado | You have achieved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would achieve” or “she would achieve”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lograría | I would achieve |
| Tú | lograrías | You would achieve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lograría | He / she / you would achieve |
| Nosotros / as | lograríamos | We would achieve |
| Vosotros / as | lograríais | You would achieve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lograrían | They / you would achieve |
| Vos | lograrías | You would achieve |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will achieve” or “they will achieve”.
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 lograr” means “They are going to achieve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lograré | I will achieve |
| Tú | lograrás | You will achieve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | logrará | He / she / you will achieve |
| Nosotros / as | lograremos | We will achieve |
| Vosotros / as | lograréis | You will achieve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lograrán | They / you will achieve |
| Vos | lograrás | You will achieve |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | logre |
| Tú | logres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | logre |
| Nosotros / as | logremos |
| Vosotros / as | logréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | logren |
| Vos | logres |
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 | lograra | lograse |
| Tú | lograras | lograse |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lograra | lograse |
| Nosotros / as | lográramos | lográsemos |
| Vosotros / as | lograrais | lograseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lograran | lograsen |
| Vos | lograras | lograse |
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 | lograre |
| Tú | lograres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lograre |
| Nosotros / as | lográremos |
| Vosotros / as | lograreis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lograren |
| Vos | lograres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “achieve!” and “don’t achieve!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | logra | no logres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | logre | no logre |
| Nosotros / as | logremos | no logremos |
| Vosotros / as | lograd | no logréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | logren | no logren |
| Vos | lográ | no logres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya logrado |
| Tú | hayas logrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya logrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos logrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis logrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan logrado |
| Vos | hayas logrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera logrado / hubiese logrado |
| Tú | hubieras logrado / hubieses logrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera logrado / hubiese logrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos logrado / hubiésemos logrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais logrado / hubieseis logrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran logrado / hubiesen logrado |
| Vos | hubieras logrado / hubieses logrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere logrado |
| Tú | hubieres logrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere logrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos logrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis logrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren logrado |
| Vos | hubieres logrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté logrando |
| Tú | estés logrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté logrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos logrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis logrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén logrando |
| Vos | estés logrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera logrando / estuviese logrando |
| Tú | estuvieras logrando / estuvieses logrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera logrando / estuviese logrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos logrando / estuviésamos logrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais logrando / estuvieseis logrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera logrando / estuviese logrando |
| Vos | estuvieras logrando / estuvieses logrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere logrando |
| Tú | estuvieres logrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere logrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos logrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis logrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere logrando |
| Vos | estuvieres logrando |
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 lográs |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos lograste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos lograbas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos lograrías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos lograrás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos logres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos lograras / Vos lograse |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos lográ |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no logres |
