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SPANISH VERB

subir

to climb, to go up

  • #96 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: subiendo
  • Past participle: subido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use subir

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

  1. Present

    Subo las escaleras para hacer ejercicio.

    I take the stairs to get exercise.

  2. Past

    Subimos la pirámide bajo un sol terrible.

    We climbed the pyramid under a terrible sun.

  3. Imperfect

    Los precios subían cada mes en esa época.

    Prices went up every month back then.

  4. Future

    ¿Subirás al cerro con nosotros el domingo?

    Will you climb the hill with us on Sunday?

  5. Conditional

    Yo subiría en elevador, son doce pisos.

    I'd take the elevator, it's twelve floors.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que no suba la renta este año.

    I hope the rent doesn't go up this year.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si subieras más despacio, no te cansarías tanto.

    If you climbed more slowly, you wouldn't get so tired.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Súbete al coche, que ya nos vamos!

    Get in the car, we're leaving!

Good to know

  • "Subir" is also to get on a bus or in a car: "súbete al coche".

Where you hear subir

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

Spanish · Beginner Level 2

  • Siempre sube a los árboles. He's always climbing trees.
  • Subimos la montaña. We climbed the mountain.
  • Vamos a subir a la pirámide. We're going to climb the pyramid.

Spanish · Beginner Level 3

  • Ya no se puede subir. You can't climb it any more.
  • Subimos las escaleras del cenote. We climbed the stairs of the cenote.
  • Vamos a subir al templo. We're going to go up to the temple.
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When I Was a Child

Beginner Level 2 · sube · subía · subir

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We Climbed the Mountain

Beginner Level 2 · subimos

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Two Thousand Years Ago

Beginner Level 2 · subir · subían

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Everybody Was Dancing

Beginner Level 2 · subiendo

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The Pyramid

Beginner Level 3 · subir

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No Water

Intermediate Level 1 · se sube a la azotea

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If I Were You

Intermediate Level 1 · no subiría · subirías

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Let Us Look After You

Advanced Level 2 · no subas

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Not Out Loud

Advanced Level 3 · se suba al avión

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The Last Birth

Advanced Level 3 · sube

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The Years Don't Go By

Fluency Level 2 · Yo subo.

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