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SPANISH VERB

lograr

to manage, to achieve

  • #70 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: logrando
  • Past participle: logrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use lograr

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

  1. Present

    Nunca logro despertarme antes de las siete.

    I never manage to wake up before seven.

  2. Past

    ¡Lo logramos! Por fin abrimos el restaurante.

    We did it! We finally opened the restaurant.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi papá no lograba entender el menú sin ayuda.

    My dad couldn't manage to understand the menu without help.

  4. Future

    ¿Lograrás terminar la tesis antes de la boda?

    Will you manage to finish your thesis before the wedding?

  5. Conditional

    Con un poco más de práctica, lograrías hablar sin miedo.

    With a bit more practice, you'd manage to speak without fear.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que logres el trabajo que quieres.

    I hope you get the job you want.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si lograra ahorrar, compraría un terreno en la costa.

    If I managed to save, I'd buy a plot of land on the coast.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Logra tu sueño y luego ayuda a otros a lograrlo!

    Achieve your dream and then help others achieve theirs!

Good to know

  • "Lograr" plus a verb, no preposition: logré terminar. "¡Lo logramos!" is "we did it!".

Where you hear lograr

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 2

  • Cada día logro estudiar dos horas. Every day I manage to study for two hours.
  • Lo logré en tres meses. I managed it in three months.
  • Vas a lograr todo lo que quieras. You're going to achieve everything you want.
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As If It Had Always Been Here

Intermediate Level 2 · lo lograste

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