Llegar conjugation chart
Llegar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I arrive | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you arrive | |
| vos | you arrive | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she arrives | |
| nosotros | we arrive | |
| vosotros | you all arrive | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they arrive |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Llegar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I arrived | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you arrived | |
| vos | you arrived | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she arrived | |
| nosotros | we arrived | |
| vosotros | you all arrived | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they arrived |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Llegar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to arrive | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to arrive | |
| vos | you used to arrive | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to arrive | |
| nosotros | we used to arrive | |
| vosotros | you all used to arrive | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to arrive |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Llegar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will arrive | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will arrive | |
| vos | you will arrive | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will arrive | |
| nosotros | we will arrive | |
| vosotros | you all will arrive | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will arrive |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Llegar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would arrive | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would arrive | |
| vos | you would arrive | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would arrive | |
| nosotros | we would arrive | |
| vosotros | you all would arrive | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would arrive |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Llegar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I arrive | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you arrive | |
| vos | that you arrive | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she arrive | |
| nosotros | that we arrive | |
| vosotros | that you all arrive | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they arrive |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Llegar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I arrived | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you arrived | |
| vos | if you arrived | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she arrived | |
| nosotros | if we arrived | |
| vosotros | if you all arrived | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they arrived |
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 (llegase), more common in writing.
Llegar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | arrive! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | arrive! | |
| usted | arrive! | |
| nosotros | let's arrive! | |
| vosotros | arrive! | |
| ustedes | arrive! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: llega. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (llegue, lleguemos, lleguen).
Llegar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't arrive! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't arrive! | |
| usted | don't arrive! | |
| nosotros | let's not arrive! | |
| vosotros | don't arrive! | |
| ustedes | don't arrive! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + llegues, llegue…
Always the verb haber + the past participle llegado, which never changes.
Llegar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he llegado |
|---|---|
| tú | has llegado |
| vos | has llegado |
| él, ella, usted | ha llegado |
| nosotros | hemos llegado |
| vosotros | habéis llegado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han llegado |
Llegar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había llegado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías llegado |
| vos | habías llegado |
| él, ella, usted | había llegado |
| nosotros | habíamos llegado |
| vosotros | habíais llegado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían llegado |
Llegar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré llegado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás llegado |
| vos | habrás llegado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá llegado |
| nosotros | habremos llegado |
| vosotros | habréis llegado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán llegado |
Llegar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría llegado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías llegado |
| vos | habrías llegado |
| él, ella, usted | habría llegado |
| nosotros | habríamos llegado |
| vosotros | habríais llegado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían llegado |
Llegar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya llegado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas llegado |
| vos | hayas llegado |
| él, ella, usted | haya llegado |
| nosotros | hayamos llegado |
| vosotros | hayáis llegado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan llegado |
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
The spelling adds a u before e to keep the hard g: llegué, llegue. And you arrive a a place, never “en”: llegué a casa.
Examples with llegar
Llego en diez minutos.
I'll be there in ten minutes.
Llegué tarde a clase.
I was late to class.
Cuando llegues, me avisás.
When you get there, let me know.
Practice llegar
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