Alcanzar conjugation chart
Alcanzar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I reach | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you reach | |
| vos | you reach | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she reaches | |
| nosotros | we reach | |
| vosotros | you all reach | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they reach |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Alcanzar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I reached | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you reached | |
| vos | you reached | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she reached | |
| nosotros | we reached | |
| vosotros | you all reached | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they reached |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Alcanzar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to reach | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to reach | |
| vos | you used to reach | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to reach | |
| nosotros | we used to reach | |
| vosotros | you all used to reach | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to reach |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Alcanzar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will reach | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will reach | |
| vos | you will reach | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will reach | |
| nosotros | we will reach | |
| vosotros | you all will reach | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will reach |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Alcanzar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would reach | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would reach | |
| vos | you would reach | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would reach | |
| nosotros | we would reach | |
| vosotros | you all would reach | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would reach |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Alcanzar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I reach | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you reach | |
| vos | that you reach | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she reach | |
| nosotros | that we reach | |
| vosotros | that you all reach | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they reach |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Alcanzar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I reached | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you reached | |
| vos | if you reached | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she reached | |
| nosotros | if we reached | |
| vosotros | if you all reached | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they reached |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (alcanzase), more common in writing.
Alcanzar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | reach! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | reach! | |
| usted | reach! | |
| nosotros | let's reach! | |
| vosotros | reach! | |
| ustedes | reach! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: alcanza. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (alcance, alcancemos, alcancen).
Alcanzar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't reach! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't reach! | |
| usted | don't reach! | |
| nosotros | let's not reach! | |
| vosotros | don't reach! | |
| ustedes | don't reach! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + alcances, alcance…
Always the verb haber + the past participle alcanzado, which never changes.
Alcanzar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he alcanzado |
|---|---|
| tú | has alcanzado |
| vos | has alcanzado |
| él, ella, usted | ha alcanzado |
| nosotros | hemos alcanzado |
| vosotros | habéis alcanzado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han alcanzado |
Alcanzar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había alcanzado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías alcanzado |
| vos | habías alcanzado |
| él, ella, usted | había alcanzado |
| nosotros | habíamos alcanzado |
| vosotros | habíais alcanzado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían alcanzado |
Alcanzar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré alcanzado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás alcanzado |
| vos | habrás alcanzado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá alcanzado |
| nosotros | habremos alcanzado |
| vosotros | habréis alcanzado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán alcanzado |
Alcanzar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría alcanzado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías alcanzado |
| vos | habrías alcanzado |
| él, ella, usted | habría alcanzado |
| nosotros | habríamos alcanzado |
| vosotros | habríais alcanzado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían alcanzado |
Alcanzar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya alcanzado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas alcanzado |
| vos | hayas alcanzado |
| él, ella, usted | haya alcanzado |
| nosotros | hayamos alcanzado |
| vosotros | hayáis alcanzado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan alcanzado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Alcanzar is to reach and also to be enough: no me alcanza el dinero is “I don't have enough money.” In the preterite yo form, alcancé.
Examples with alcanzar
No me alcanza el dinero.
I don't have enough money.
Alcanzamos el tren por un minuto.
We caught the train with a minute to spare.
¿Me alcanzás la sal?
Can you pass me the salt?
Practice alcanzar
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