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SPANISH VERB

mejorar

to improve

  • #411 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: mejorando
  • Past participle: mejorado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use mejorar

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

  1. Present

    Mi español mejora un poco cada semana.

    My Spanish improves a little every week.

  2. Past

    El tiempo mejoró mucho después del mediodía.

    The weather improved a lot after noon.

  3. Imperfect

    El paciente mejoraba día tras día.

    The patient was getting better day after day.

  4. Future

    Con práctica, tu pronunciación mejorará rápido.

    With practice, your pronunciation will improve quickly.

  5. Conditional

    Una ventana más grande mejoraría mucho esta cocina.

    A bigger window would improve this kitchen a lot.

  6. Present subjunctive

    ¡Que te mejores pronto, Ana!

    Get well soon, Ana!

  7. Past subjunctive

    Esperábamos que la economía mejorara este año.

    We were hoping the economy would improve this year.

  8. Imperative

    Mejora tu currículum antes de enviarlo, Luis.

    Improve your résumé before sending it, Luis.

Good to know

  • "Mejorar" is also to get better after an illness: ¡que te mejores!

Verbs like this one

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