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SPANISH VERB

conducir

to drive, in Spain

  • #214 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: conduciendo
  • Past participle: conducido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use conducir

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

  1. Present

    Conduzco al trabajo todos los días menos el viernes.

    I drive to work every day except Friday.

  2. Past

    ¿Quién condujo anoche de vuelta a casa?

    Who drove back home last night?

  3. Imperfect

    Mi padre conducía muy despacio por la montaña.

    My dad used to drive very slowly through the mountains.

  4. Future

    Esta vez conduciré yo y tú descansas.

    This time I'll drive and you rest.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no conduciría con tanta niebla.

    I wouldn't drive in this much fog.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es mejor que conduzcas tú, yo estoy cansado.

    It's better that you drive, I'm tired.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mi madre no quería que condujera de noche.

    My mom didn't want me to drive at night.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Conduce con cuidado, que está lloviendo!

    Drive carefully, it's raining!

Good to know

  • In Spain you "conduces"; in Mexico you "manejas". Both are understood everywhere.

Verbs like this one

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