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SPANISH VERB

empeorar

to get worse

  • #355 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: empeorando
  • Past participle: empeorado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use empeorar

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

  1. Present

    El tráfico empeora cada vez que llueve.

    Traffic gets worse every time it rains.

  2. Past

    Su tos empeoró durante la noche.

    His cough got worse during the night.

  3. Imperfect

    La situación empeoraba y nadie hacía nada.

    The situation was getting worse and nobody did anything.

  4. Future

    ¿Crees que el tiempo empeorará por la tarde?

    Do you think the weather will get worse in the afternoon?

  5. Conditional

    Sin lluvia, la sequía empeoraría mucho este verano.

    Without rain, the drought would get much worse this summer.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ve al médico antes de que empeore el dolor.

    Go to the doctor before the pain gets worse.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Temíamos que la economía empeorara después de las elecciones.

    We feared the economy would get worse after the elections.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No empeores las cosas con otra mentira!

    Don't make things worse with another lie!

Verbs like this one

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