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SPANISH VERB

acertar

to get it right, to be right

  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: acertando
  • Past participle: acertado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I get it right
  2. tú you get it right
  3. usted, él, ella he/she gets it right
  4. nosotros we get it right
  5. vosotros Spain you all get it right
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they get it right

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I got it right
  2. tú you got it right
  3. usted, él, ella he/she got it right
  4. nosotros we got it right
  5. vosotros Spain you all got it right
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they got it right

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to get it right
  2. tú you used to get it right
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to get it right
  4. nosotros we used to get it right
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to get it right
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to get it right

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will get it right
  2. tú you will get it right
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will get it right
  4. nosotros we will get it right
  5. vosotros Spain you all will get it right
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will get it right

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would get it right
  2. tú you would get it right
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would get it right
  4. nosotros we would get it right
  5. vosotros Spain you all would get it right
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would get it right

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I get it right
  2. tú (that) you get it right
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she get it right
  4. nosotros (that) we get it right
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all get it right
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they get it right

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I got it right
  2. tú (if) you got it right
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she got it right
  4. nosotros (if) we got it right
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all got it right
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they got it right

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú get it right!
  2. usted get it right! (formal)
  3. nosotros get it right! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain get it right! (all of you)
  5. ustedes get it right! (all of you)

How to use acertar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Con los partos casi nunca acierto la fecha.

    With births I almost never get the date right.

  2. Past

    Acertaste con el restaurante, se comía de maravilla.

    You got the restaurant right, the food was wonderful.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuela acertaba el tiempo mejor que la tele.

    My grandmother got the weather right better than the telly.

  4. Future

    Si eliges el rojo, seguro que acertarás.

    If you choose the red one, you'll surely get it right.

  5. Conditional

    Con tantas opciones, ¿quién acertaría a la primera?

    With so many options, who'd get it right first time?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que aciertes con el nombre del bebé.

    I hope you get the baby's name right.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si acertara los seis números, dejaría el hospital mañana.

    If I got all six numbers right, I'd leave the hospital tomorrow.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Acierta esta y te invito a una caña!

    Get this one right and I'll buy you a beer!

Good to know

  • "Acertar con" something is to hit on the right one: "Has acertado con el regalo." "Acertar a" plus an infinitive is to manage to: "No acertó a decir nada."

Where you hear acertar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Fluency Level 1

  • Con los partos, casi siempre acierto la hora. With births, I nearly always get the time right.
  • Dije que esta noche no habría levante, y acerté. I said there'd be no east wind tonight, and I was right.
  • Con tantos simulacros, en el examen acertaremos casi todo. With so many mock exams, we'll get almost everything right in the exam.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ar verb.