Nacer conjugation chart
Nacer present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I am born | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you are born | |
| vos | you are born | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she is born | |
| nosotros | we are born | |
| vosotros | you all are born | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they are born |
Irregular only in the yo form, nazco; the rest has the same endings as comer.
Nacer preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I was born | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you were born | |
| vos | you were born | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she was born | |
| nosotros | we were born | |
| vosotros | you all were born | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they were born |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Nacer imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I was born | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you were born | |
| vos | you were born | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she was born | |
| nosotros | we were born | |
| vosotros | you all were born | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they were born |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Nacer future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will be born | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will be born | |
| vos | you will be born | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will be born | |
| nosotros | we will be born | |
| vosotros | you all will be born | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will be born |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Nacer conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would be born | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would be born | |
| vos | you would be born | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would be born | |
| nosotros | we would be born | |
| vosotros | you all would be born | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would be born |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Nacer present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I be born | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you be born | |
| vos | that you be born | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she be born | |
| nosotros | that we be born | |
| vosotros | that you all be born | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they be born |
Irregular stem nazc- (from the yo form nazco) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Nacer imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I were born | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you were born | |
| vos | if you were born | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she were born | |
| nosotros | if we were born | |
| vosotros | if you all were born | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they were born |
Regular: same endings as comer.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (naciese), more common in writing.
Nacer affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | ||
|---|---|---|
| vos | ||
| usted | ||
| nosotros | ||
| vosotros | ||
| ustedes |
The tú form is the él form of the present: nace. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (nazca, nazcamos, nazcan).
Nacer negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | ||
|---|---|---|
| vos | ||
| usted | ||
| nosotros | ||
| vosotros | ||
| ustedes |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + nazcas, nazca…
Always the verb haber + the past participle nacido, which never changes.
Nacer present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he nacido |
|---|---|
| tú | has nacido |
| vos | has nacido |
| él, ella, usted | ha nacido |
| nosotros | hemos nacido |
| vosotros | habéis nacido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han nacido |
Nacer pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había nacido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías nacido |
| vos | habías nacido |
| él, ella, usted | había nacido |
| nosotros | habíamos nacido |
| vosotros | habíais nacido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían nacido |
Nacer future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré nacido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás nacido |
| vos | habrás nacido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá nacido |
| nosotros | habremos nacido |
| vosotros | habréis nacido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán nacido |
Nacer conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría nacido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías nacido |
| vos | habrías nacido |
| él, ella, usted | habría nacido |
| nosotros | habríamos nacido |
| vosotros | habríais nacido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían nacido |
Nacer present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya nacido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas nacido |
| vos | hayas nacido |
| él, ella, usted | haya nacido |
| nosotros | hayamos nacido |
| vosotros | hayáis nacido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan nacido |
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
English says “I was born,” but Spanish uses one active verb in the preterite: nací en Texas. Never “fui nacido.”
Examples with nacer
Nací en São Paulo.
I was born in São Paulo.
Mi sobrino nació en marzo.
My nephew was born in March.
¿Dónde naciste?
Where were you born?
Practice nacer
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Verbs like nacer
Yo-zco verbs (nacer → nazco). Same pattern: