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    Oscurecer conjugation in Spanish

    to get dark, to darken

    irregular gerund oscureciendopast participle oscurecido

    Here is the full oscurecer conjugation in Spanish, with audio for every form. How it changes: a regular -er verb, with the same endings as comer in every tense.

    Oscurecer conjugation chart

    Oscurecer present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI get dark
    túyou get dark
    vosyou get dark
    él, ella, ustedit gets dark
    nosotroswe get dark
    vosotrosyou all get dark
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey get dark

    Irregular only in the yo form, oscurezco; the rest has the same endings as comer.

    Oscurecer preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI got dark
    túyou got dark
    vosyou got dark
    él, ella, ustedit got dark
    nosotroswe got dark
    vosotrosyou all got dark
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey got dark

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Oscurecer imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

    yoI used to get dark
    túyou used to get dark
    vosyou used to get dark
    él, ella, ustedit used to get dark
    nosotroswe used to get dark
    vosotrosyou all used to get dark
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey used to get dark

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Oscurecer future

    futuro · I will speak

    yoI will get dark
    túyou will get dark
    vosyou will get dark
    él, ella, ustedit will get dark
    nosotroswe will get dark
    vosotrosyou all will get dark
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey will get dark

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Oscurecer conditional

    condicional · I would speak

    yoI would get dark
    túyou would get dark
    vosyou would get dark
    él, ella, ustedit would get dark
    nosotroswe would get dark
    vosotrosyou all would get dark
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey would get dark

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Oscurecer present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

    yothat I get dark
    túthat you get dark
    vosthat you get dark
    él, ella, ustedthat it get dark
    nosotrosthat we get dark
    vosotrosthat you all get dark
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthat they get dark

    Irregular stem oscurezc- (from the yo form oscurezco) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.

    Oscurecer imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

    yoif I got dark
    túif you got dark
    vosif you got dark
    él, ella, ustedif it got dark
    nosotrosif we got dark
    vosotrosif you all got dark
    ellos, ellas, ustedesif they got dark

    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 (oscureciese), more common in writing.

    Oscurecer affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    tú
    vos
    usted
    nosotros
    vosotros
    ustedes

    The tú form is the él form of the present: oscurece. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (oscurezca, oscurezcamos, oscurezcan).

    Oscurecer negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    tú
    vos
    usted
    nosotros
    vosotros
    ustedes

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + oscurezcas, oscurezca…

    Always the verb haber + the past participle oscurecido, which never changes.

    Oscurecer present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

    yohe oscurecido
    túhas oscurecido
    voshas oscurecido
    él, ella, ustedha oscurecido
    nosotroshemos oscurecido
    vosotroshabéis oscurecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshan oscurecido

    Oscurecer pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

    yohabía oscurecido
    túhabías oscurecido
    voshabías oscurecido
    él, ella, ustedhabía oscurecido
    nosotroshabíamos oscurecido
    vosotroshabíais oscurecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabían oscurecido

    Oscurecer future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

    yohabré oscurecido
    túhabrás oscurecido
    voshabrás oscurecido
    él, ella, ustedhabrá oscurecido
    nosotroshabremos oscurecido
    vosotroshabréis oscurecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrán oscurecido

    Oscurecer conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

    yohabría oscurecido
    túhabrías oscurecido
    voshabrías oscurecido
    él, ella, ustedhabría oscurecido
    nosotroshabríamos oscurecido
    vosotroshabríais oscurecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrían oscurecido

    Oscurecer present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

    yohaya oscurecido
    túhayas oscurecido
    voshayas oscurecido
    él, ella, ustedhaya oscurecido
    nosotroshayamos oscurecido
    vosotroshayáis oscurecido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshayan oscurecido

    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.

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