Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I land
- tú you land
- usted, él, ella he/she lands
- nosotros we land
- vosotros Spain you all land
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they land
SPANISH VERB
aterrizar
to land
- #383 most used
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: aterrizando
- Past participle: aterrizado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I landed
- tú you landed
- usted, él, ella he/she landed
- nosotros we landed
- vosotros Spain you all landed
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they landed
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to land
- tú you used to land
- usted, él, ella he/she used to land
- nosotros we used to land
- vosotros Spain you all used to land
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to land
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will land
- tú you will land
- usted, él, ella he/she will land
- nosotros we will land
- vosotros Spain you all will land
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will land
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would land
- tú you would land
- usted, él, ella he/she would land
- nosotros we would land
- vosotros Spain you all would land
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would land
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I land
- tú (that) you land
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she land
- nosotros (that) we land
- vosotros Spain (that) you all land
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they land
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I landed
- tú (if) you landed
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she landed
- nosotros (if) we landed
- vosotros Spain (if) you all landed
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they landed
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú land!
- usted land! (formal)
- nosotros land! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain land! (all of you)
- ustedes land! (all of you)
How to use aterrizar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
El vuelo de Monterrey aterriza a las nueve y media.
The Monterrey flight lands at nine thirty.
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Past
Aterricé en Cancún con una tormenta tremenda.
I landed in Cancun in a tremendous storm.
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Imperfect
Los aviones aterrizaban justo encima de nuestra casa.
The planes used to land right over our house.
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Future
¿A qué hora aterrizarán tus papás mañana?
What time will your parents land tomorrow?
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Conditional
Con esta niebla, ningún piloto aterrizaría aquí.
In this fog, no pilot would land here.
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Present subjunctive
Te llamo en cuanto aterrice el avión.
I'll call you as soon as the plane lands.
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Past subjunctive
Esperamos dos horas a que aterrizara el vuelo.
We waited two hours for the flight to land.
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Imperative
¡Aterriza, por favor, y pon los pies en la tierra!
Come down to earth, please, and be realistic!
Good to know
- "Aterrizar" is also for people coming back down to earth: ¡aterriza! means get real.
Where you hear aterrizar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 3
- Siempre me despierto cuando el avión aterriza. I always wake up when the plane lands.
- Aterrizamos a las ocho, y la maleta tardó una hora. We landed at eight, and the suitcase took an hour.
- Su avión va a aterrizar en cinco minutos. Their plane is going to land in five minutes.
Spanish · Advanced Level 1
- El avión aterriza en Boston. The plane lands in Boston.
- Aterrizamos ayer por la tarde. We landed yesterday afternoon.
- Vamos a aterrizar dentro de una hora. We're going to land in an hour.
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We've Just Landed
Free
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Intermediate Level 3 · aterrizar
Look After Yourselves
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11
Advanced Level 1 · cuando aterricéis
Unless I Fall in Love with Sushi
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Advanced Level 2 · cuando aterrices
Not That Bad
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Advanced Level 3 · aterrizaremos · aterrizado
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.