Acceder Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb acceder means to agree, to gain access, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Acceder means to agree or to gain access, and the two senses share the idea of entering or giving way: you agree to a proposal, you gain access to a building, a system or a website. It takes a for both senses, as in acceder a la propuesta and acceder al sistema. Like every Spanish verb, acceder changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say accedo al edificio con la tarjeta, and in the preterite you say accedí al sistema con mi contraseña. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: acceder
  • English: to agree, to gain access
  • Verb type: regular -er verb
  • Ending: -er
  • Gerund: accediendo
  • Past participle: accedido
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + accedido)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for acceder, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Acceder always takes a: acceder a algo. Do not use en or de after it.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for acceder. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Present indicative

Person Form
yo accedo
tú accedes
él/ella/Ud. accede
nosotros/as accedemos
vosotros/as accedéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. acceden

Preterite

Person Form
yo accedí
tú accediste
él/ella/Ud. accedió
nosotros/as accedimos
vosotros/as accedisteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. accedieron

Imperfect

Person Form
yo accedía
tú accedías
él/ella/Ud. accedía
nosotros/as accedíamos
vosotros/as accedíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. accedían

Future

Person Form
yo accederé
tú accederás
él/ella/Ud. accederá
nosotros/as accederemos
vosotros/as accederéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. accederán

Conditional

Person Form
yo accedería
tú accederías
él/ella/Ud. accedería
nosotros/as accederíamos
vosotros/as accederíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. accederían

Present perfect

Person Form
yo he accedido
tú has accedido
él/ella/Ud. ha accedido
nosotros/as hemos accedido
vosotros/as habéis accedido
ellos/ellas/Uds. han accedido

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había accedido
tú habías accedido
él/ella/Ud. había accedido
nosotros/as habíamos accedido
vosotros/as habíais accedido
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían accedido

Future perfect

Person Form
yo habré accedido
tú habrás accedido
él/ella/Ud. habrá accedido
nosotros/as habremos accedido
vosotros/as habréis accedido
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán accedido

Conditional perfect

Person Form
yo habría accedido
tú habrías accedido
él/ella/Ud. habría accedido
nosotros/as habríamos accedido
vosotros/as habríais accedido
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían accedido

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo acceda
tú accedas
él/ella/Ud. acceda
nosotros/as accedamos
vosotros/as accedáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. accedan

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo accediera
tú accedieras
él/ella/Ud. accediera
nosotros/as accediéramos
vosotros/as accedierais
ellos/ellas/Uds. accedieran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú accede
él/ella/Ud. acceda
nosotros/as accedamos
vosotros/as acceded
ellos/ellas/Uds. accedan

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú accedas
él/ella/Ud. acceda
nosotros/as accedamos
vosotros/as accedáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. accedan

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund accediendo with estar for the progressive: estoy accediendo
Past participle accedido with haber for the perfect tenses: he accedido

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Accedo al edificio con la tarjeta. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, accedí a internet desde el móvil. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, accedía al sistema con mi contraseña. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, accederé a la biblioteca con mi carné. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Accedería al edificio con la tarjeta si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he accedido a internet desde el móvil. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había accedido al sistema con mi contraseña antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré accedido a la biblioteca con mi carné. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría accedido al edificio con la tarjeta con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él acceda a internet desde el móvil. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él accediera al sistema con mi contraseña, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡accede a la biblioteca con mi carné! Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For acceder, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No accedas al edificio con la tarjeta. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with acceder, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Accedo al edificio con la tarjeta. — I agree the building with the card.
  2. Accede a internet desde el móvil. — He/she agrees the internet from my phone.
  3. Ayer, accedí al sistema con mi contraseña. — Yesterday, I agreed the system with my password.
  4. Antes, nosotros accedíamos a la biblioteca con mi carné. — Before, we used to agree the library with my card.
  5. Mañana, tú accederás al edificio con la tarjeta. — Tomorrow, you will agree the building with the card.
  6. Yo accedería a internet desde el móvil si tuviera más tiempo. — I would agree the internet from my phone if I had more time.
  7. Él ha accedido al sistema con mi contraseña. — He has agreed the system with my password.
  8. Espero que él acceda a la biblioteca con mi carné. — I hope he agrees the library with my card.
  9. Yo ya había accedido al edificio con la tarjeta antes de salir. — I had already agreed the building with the card before leaving.
  10. Ellos accedían a internet desde el móvil cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to agree the internet from my phone when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo accede al edificio con la tarjeta. — Right: Yo accedo al edificio con la tarjeta. — The person matters: accede is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is accedo. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Treating acceder and entrar as identical in every context. — Right: Acceder means to agree, to gain access, while entrar means to enter a place. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: acceder fits sentences such as Accedo al edificio con la tarjeta, while entrar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  3. Wrong: Yo soy accedido a internet desde el móvil. — Right: Yo he accedido a internet desde el móvil. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he accedido, has accedido, ha accedido. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo accedí al sistema con mi contraseña todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo accedía al sistema con mi contraseña todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (accedía), not the preterite. The preterite (accedí) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on acceder. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ al edificio con la tarjeta. (present tense) A. accedo B. accedes C. accede D. accedemos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ a internet desde el móvil. (preterite) A. accedí B. accediste C. accedieron D. accedió

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ al sistema con mi contraseña. (imperfect) A. accedías B. accedían C. accedíamos D. accedía

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ a la biblioteca con mi carné. (future) A. accederemos B. accederás C. accederé D. accederá

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ al edificio con la tarjeta si pudiera. (conditional) A. accedería B. accederías C. accederían D. accedo

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a internet desde el móvil. (present subjunctive) A. accedas B. accedamos C. accedo D. acceda

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ al sistema con mi contraseña, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. accediéramos B. accedo C. accediera D. accedieras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ a la biblioteca con mi carné. (present perfect) A. han accedido B. hemos accedido C. he accedido D. has accedido

  9. Complete the command: ¡___ al edificio con la tarjeta! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. accede B. acceda C. accedamos D. acceded

  10. Which is the gerund of acceder, used with estar for the progressive? A. accedido B. accedo C. accedí D. accediendo

Answer key

  1. accedo — The first-person present of acceder is accedo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. accedió — The third-person preterite of acceder is accedió, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. accedíamos — The nosotros imperfect of acceder is accedíamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. accederás — The second-person future of acceder is accederás.
  5. accedería — The first-person conditional of acceder is accedería, the form for what would happen.
  6. acceda — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of acceder is acceda.
  7. accediera — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of acceder is accediera.
  8. hemos accedido — The nosotros present perfect of acceder is hemos accedido: hemos + accedido.
  9. accede — The affirmative tú imperative of acceder is accede.
  10. accediendo — The gerund of acceder is accediendo: estoy accediendo. The participle accedido is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does acceder mean in English?

Acceder means to agree, to gain access. It is used in everyday situations such as Accedo al edificio con la tarjeta. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is acceder regular or irregular?

Acceder is a fully regular -er verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including accedo in the present and accedí in the preterite.

What is the difference between acceder and entrar?

Acceder means to agree, to gain access, while entrar means to enter a place. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use acceder when you mean to agree, to gain access, as in Accedo al edificio con la tarjeta, and use entrar for to enter a place. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I agree” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo accedí a internet desde el móvil. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo accedía al sistema con mi contraseña. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he accedido a internet desde el móvil.

How do I practise acceder?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the acceder examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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