Acudir Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb acudir means to go, to come, to attend, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Acudir means to go, to come or to attend, and it is a formal verb for going somewhere for a purpose: you attend a meeting, go to a doctor, come to an appointment, turn to someone for help. It takes a for the destination, as in acudir a la reunión. Like every Spanish verb, acudir 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 acudo a la reunión de trabajo, and in the preterite you say acudí a la cita con el abogado. 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: acudir
- English: to go, to come, to attend
- Verb type: regular -ir verb
- Ending: -ir
- Gerund: acudiendo
- Past participle: acudido
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + acudido)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for acudir, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Acudir is more formal than ir: acudir a una reunión sounds official, while ir a una reunión is everyday. Both take a.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for acudir. 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 | acudo |
| tú | acudes |
| él/ella/Ud. | acude |
| nosotros/as | acudimos |
| vosotros/as | acudís |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acuden |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | acudí |
| tú | acudiste |
| él/ella/Ud. | acudió |
| nosotros/as | acudimos |
| vosotros/as | acudisteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudieron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | acudía |
| tú | acudías |
| él/ella/Ud. | acudía |
| nosotros/as | acudíamos |
| vosotros/as | acudíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudían |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | acudiré |
| tú | acudirás |
| él/ella/Ud. | acudirá |
| nosotros/as | acudiremos |
| vosotros/as | acudiréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudirán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | acudiría |
| tú | acudirías |
| él/ella/Ud. | acudiría |
| nosotros/as | acudiríamos |
| vosotros/as | acudiríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudirían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he acudido |
| tú | has acudido |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha acudido |
| nosotros/as | hemos acudido |
| vosotros/as | habéis acudido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han acudido |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había acudido |
| tú | habías acudido |
| él/ella/Ud. | había acudido |
| nosotros/as | habíamos acudido |
| vosotros/as | habíais acudido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían acudido |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré acudido |
| tú | habrás acudido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá acudido |
| nosotros/as | habremos acudido |
| vosotros/as | habréis acudido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán acudido |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría acudido |
| tú | habrías acudido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría acudido |
| nosotros/as | habríamos acudido |
| vosotros/as | habríais acudido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían acudido |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | acuda |
| tú | acudas |
| él/ella/Ud. | acuda |
| nosotros/as | acudamos |
| vosotros/as | acudáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudan |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | acudiera |
| tú | acudieras |
| él/ella/Ud. | acudiera |
| nosotros/as | acudiéramos |
| vosotros/as | acudierais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudieran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | acude |
| él/ella/Ud. | acuda |
| nosotros/as | acudamos |
| vosotros/as | acudid |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudan |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | acudas |
| él/ella/Ud. | acuda |
| nosotros/as | acudamos |
| vosotros/as | acudáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | acudan |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | acudiendo | with estar for the progressive: estoy acudiendo |
| Past participle | acudido | with haber for the perfect tenses: he acudido |
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 acudir, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Acudo a la reunión de trabajo. 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 acudir, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, acudí a clase cada día. 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 acudir, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, acudía a la cita con el abogado. 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 acudir, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, acudiré al curso los lunes. 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 acudir, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Acudiría a la reunión de trabajo 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 acudir, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he acudido a clase cada día. 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 acudir, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había acudido a la cita con el abogado 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 acudir, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré acudido al curso los lunes. 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 acudir, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría acudido a la reunión de trabajo 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 acudir, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él acuda a clase cada día. 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 acudir, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él acudiera a la cita con el abogado, 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 acudir, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡acude al curso los lunes! 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 acudir, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No acudas a la reunión de trabajo. 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 acudir, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Acudo a la reunión de trabajo. — I attend the work meeting.
- Acude a clase cada día. — He/she attends class every day.
- Ayer, acudí a la cita con el abogado. — Yesterday, I attended the appointment with the lawyer.
- Antes, nosotros acudíamos al curso los lunes. — Before, we used to attend the course on Mondays.
- Mañana, tú acudirás a la reunión de trabajo. — Tomorrow, you will attend the work meeting.
- Yo acudiría a clase cada día si tuviera más tiempo. — I would attend class every day if I had more time.
- Él ha acudido a la cita con el abogado. — He has attended the appointment with the lawyer.
- Espero que él acuda al curso los lunes. — I hope he attends the course on Mondays.
- Yo ya había acudido a la reunión de trabajo antes de salir. — I had already attended the work meeting before leaving.
- Ellos acudían a clase cada día cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to attend class every day when they were young.
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Yo acude a la reunión de trabajo. — Right: Yo acudo a la reunión de trabajo. — The person matters: acude is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is acudo. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
- Wrong: Treating acudir and ir as identical in every context. — Right: Acudir means to go, to come, to attend, while ir means to go somewhere. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: acudir fits sentences such as Acudo a la reunión de trabajo, while ir belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
- Wrong: Yo soy acudido a clase cada día. — Right: Yo he acudido a clase cada día. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he acudido, has acudido, ha acudido. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: De niño, yo acudí a la cita con el abogado todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo acudía a la cita con el abogado todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (acudía), not the preterite. The preterite (acudí) is for one finished action.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on acudir. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a la reunión de trabajo. (present tense) A. acudo B. acudes C. acude D. acudimos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ a clase cada día. (preterite) A. acudí B. acudiste C. acudieron D. acudió
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ a la cita con el abogado. (imperfect) A. acudías B. acudían C. acudíamos D. acudía
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ al curso los lunes. (future) A. acudiremos B. acudirás C. acudiré D. acudirá
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a la reunión de trabajo si pudiera. (conditional) A. acudiría B. acudirías C. acudirían D. acudo
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a clase cada día. (present subjunctive) A. acudas B. acudamos C. acudo D. acuda
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ a la cita con el abogado, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. acudiéramos B. acudo C. acudiera D. acudieras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ al curso los lunes. (present perfect) A. han acudido B. hemos acudido C. he acudido D. has acudido
Complete the command: ¡___ a la reunión de trabajo! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. acude B. acuda C. acudamos D. acudid
Which is the gerund of acudir, used with estar for the progressive? A. acudido B. acudo C. acudí D. acudiendo
Answer key
- acudo — The first-person present of acudir is acudo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
- acudió — The third-person preterite of acudir is acudió, the form for a single finished action in the past.
- acudíamos — The nosotros imperfect of acudir is acudíamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
- acudirás — The second-person future of acudir is acudirás.
- acudiría — The first-person conditional of acudir is acudiría, the form for what would happen.
- acuda — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of acudir is acuda.
- acudiera — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of acudir is acudiera.
- hemos acudido — The nosotros present perfect of acudir is hemos acudido: hemos + acudido.
- acude — The affirmative tú imperative of acudir is acude.
- acudiendo — The gerund of acudir is acudiendo: estoy acudiendo. The participle acudido is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does acudir mean in English?
Acudir means to go, to come, to attend. It is used in everyday situations such as Acudo a la reunión de trabajo. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is acudir regular or irregular?
Acudir is a fully regular -ir 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 acudo in the present and acudí in the preterite.
What is the difference between acudir and ir?
Acudir means to go, to come, to attend, while ir means to go somewhere. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use acudir when you mean to go, to come, to attend, as in Acudo a la reunión de trabajo, and use ir for to go somewhere. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I go” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo acudí a clase cada día. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo acudía a la cita con el abogado. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he acudido a clase cada día.
How do I practise acudir?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the acudir examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Acudir in the present tense — the full present-tense table for acudir.
- Acudir examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for acudir.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Abatir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with acudir.
- Añadir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with acudir.
- Aplaudir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with acudir.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.