Introduction
Lograr means «to achieve, to manage to». Lograr means to achieve or to manage to do something: your goal, success, finishing on time. It is a regular -ar verb, followed by an infinitive, and it carries a sense of effort rewarded — you lograr something you worked for. It is a regular -ar verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of lograr in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example: «Yo logro mi objetivo todos los días.» — I achieve my goal every day.
Quick facts
| Infinitive | lograr |
| English | to achieve, to manage to |
| Verb type | Regular -ar verb |
| Gerund | logrando |
| Past participle | logrado |
| Auxiliary verb | haber |
Full conjugation tables
Gerund: logrando · Past participle: logrado
Present Indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | logro |
| tú | logras |
| él/ella/Ud. | logra |
| nosotros/as | logramos |
| vosotros/as | lográis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | logran |
The present tense describes habits, facts and what is happening now. For lograr, the yo form is logro, as in «Yo logro» in the examples below. Use the present for routines («todos los días») and for general truths.
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | logré |
| tú | lograste |
| él/ella/Ud. | logró |
| nosotros/as | logramos |
| vosotros/as | lograsteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | lograron |
The preterite describes completed actions in the past — things that started and finished. «Ayer yo logré» is the classic use. Do not confuse it with the imperfect: the preterite moves the story forward, one finished event at a time.
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | lograba |
| tú | lograbas |
| él/ella/Ud. | lograba |
| nosotros/as | lográbamos |
| vosotros/as | lograbais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | lograban |
The imperfect describes the past as background: habits, descriptions and actions in progress. «De pequeño, yo lograba» shows the habitual use. It sets the scene while the preterite reports what happened inside it.
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | lograré |
| tú | lograrás |
| él/ella/Ud. | logrará |
| nosotros/as | lograremos |
| vosotros/as | lograréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | lograrán |
The future tense states what will happen. For lograr the future is built on the infinitive: «Mañana yo lograré». It is also used for predictions and promises, and in spoken Spanish it often alternates with ir a + infinitive.
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | lograría |
| tú | lograrías |
| él/ella/Ud. | lograría |
| nosotros/as | lograríamos |
| vosotros/as | lograríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | lograrían |
The conditional expresses what would happen: wishes, polite requests and hypothetical results. «Si tuviera más tiempo, yo lograría» is the typical pattern. It shares its stem with the future and changes only the endings.
Present Perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he logrado |
| tú | has logrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha logrado |
| nosotros/as | hemos logrado |
| vosotros/as | habéis logrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han logrado |
The present perfect connects the past with the present: something that has happened, often today or recently. It is haber in the present plus the past participle: «Hoy yo he logrado». In Spain it is used for anything that happened today; in Latin America the preterite is often preferred.
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había logrado |
| tú | habías logrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había logrado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos logrado |
| vosotros/as | habíais logrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían logrado |
The pluperfect describes an event that happened before another past event: «Cuando llegué, ya había logrado». It is haber in the imperfect plus the past participle, and it is the tense for explaining what had already happened when something else took place.
Future Perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré logrado |
| tú | habrás logrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá logrado |
| nosotros/as | habremos logrado |
| vosotros/as | habréis logrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán logrado |
The future perfect looks back from a future point: by then, something will already have happened. «Para mañana, yo habré logrado» is the pattern — haber in the future plus the past participle. It is less common in speech but regular in formal writing.
Conditional Perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría logrado |
| tú | habrías logrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría logrado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos logrado |
| vosotros/as | habríais logrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían logrado |
The conditional perfect expresses what would have happened: «Yo habría logrado si hubiera podido». It is haber in the conditional plus the past participle, and it is the tense for regrets and missed chances.
Present Subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | logre |
| tú | logres |
| él/ella/Ud. | logre |
| nosotros/as | logremos |
| vosotros/as | logréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | logren |
The present subjunctive appears after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions: «Espero que él logre». The trigger is in the main clause; the subjunctive is the mood of uncertainty, desire and influence. Learn the yo form first — most of the table follows from it.
Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | lograra |
| tú | lograras |
| él/ella/Ud. | lograra |
| nosotros/as | lográramos |
| vosotros/as | lograrais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | lograran |
The imperfect subjunctive is the past partner of the present subjunctive, used after past-tense triggers and in si-clauses: «Si él lograra, todo sería distinto». The table above shows the -ra forms, the ones you will hear most often. There is also a less common -se set built on the same stem.
Imperative — Affirmative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | logra |
| él/ella/Ud. | logre |
| nosotros/as | logremos |
| vosotros/as | lograd |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | logren |
There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.
The affirmative imperative gives direct commands and instructions: «¡Logra!». There is no yo form — you cannot command yourself. The tú form is the one you will use with friends and family, and the usted form with people you address formally.
Imperative — Negative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | logres |
| él/ella/Ud. | logre |
| nosotros/as | logremos |
| vosotros/as | logréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | logren |
There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.
The negative imperative tells someone not to do something: «¡No logres!». Unlike the affirmative imperative, the negative forms come from the present subjunctive, which is why they look different. Never use the affirmative form after no.
Example sentences
- Yo logro mi objetivo todos los días. — I achieve my goal every day.
- Mi hermana logra mi objetivo mucho. — My sister achieves my goal a lot.
- Ayer yo logré mi objetivo por la tarde. — Yesterday I achieved my goal in the afternoon.
- De pequeño, yo lograba mi objetivo muchas veces. — As a child, I used to achieve my goal often.
- Mañana yo lograré mi objetivo sin falta. — Tomorrow I will achieve my goal without fail.
- Si tuviera más tiempo, yo lograría mi objetivo ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would achieve my goal right now.
- Hoy yo he logrado el éxito dos veces. — Today I have achieved success twice.
- Espero que él logre mi objetivo pronto. — I hope he achieves my goal soon.
- ¡Logra tu objetivo este año! — Achieve your goal this year!
- Ahora mismo estoy logrando mi objetivo. — Right now I am achieving my goal.
Common mistakes
1. Forgetting the accent in the preterite
Wrong: logre
Right: logré
The yo preterite of lograr carries a written accent: logré. Without it, logre is the present subjunctive yo form, a completely different tense.
2. Using the imperfect for a finished event
Wrong: Ayer yo lograba mi objetivo.
Right: Ayer yo logré mi objetivo.
Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, logré. The imperfect lograba describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.
3. Confusing it with a similar verb
Wrong: *Logro a mi objetivo.
Right: Logro mi objetivo.
Lograr takes a direct object with no preposition: logro mi objetivo, logro el éxito.
4. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
Wrong: Espero que tú logras mi objetivo.
Right: Espero que tú logres mi objetivo.
After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: logres, not the indicative logras. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.
5. Using the affirmative imperative after no
Wrong: No logra mi objetivo.
Right: No logres mi objetivo.
Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no logres. The affirmative logra can never follow no.
Quiz
Test yourself on the forms above. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.
1. What is the yo form of lograr in the present tense?
- (a) logra
- (b) logramos
- (c) logras
- (d) logro
2. What is the él/ella form of lograr in the preterite?
- (a) logramos
- (b) lograste
- (c) logré
- (d) logró
3. What is the nosotros form of lograr in the imperfect?
- (a) lograba
- (b) lograbas
- (c) lográbamos
4. What is the tú form of lograr in the future tense?
- (a) lograremos
- (b) logrará
- (c) lograrás
- (d) lograré
5. What is the ellos form of lograr in the conditional?
- (a) lograría
- (b) lograrían
- (c) lograrías
6. What is the yo form of lograr in the present perfect?
- (a) ha logrado
- (b) has logrado
- (c) he logrado
- (d) hemos logrado
7. After «Espero que…», what is the tú form of lograr?
- (a) logre
- (b) logremos
- (c) logres
8. What is the nosotros form of lograr in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra)?
- (a) lograra
- (b) lográramos
- (c) lograras
9. What is the gerund of lograr?
- (a) logrado
- (b) logrando
- (c) lograr
- (d) logro
10. What is the past participle of lograr?
- (a) logrado
- (b) logrando
- (c) lograr
- (d) logré
Answer key
1. (d) logro — In the present, the yo form of lograr is logro. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
2. (d) logró — In the preterite, the el form of lograr is logró. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
3. (c) lográbamos — In the imperfect, the nosotros form of lograr is lográbamos. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
4. (c) lograrás — In the future, the tu form of lograr is lograrás. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
5. (b) lograrían — In the conditional, the ellos form of lograr is lograrían. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
6. (c) he logrado — In the present perfect, the yo form of lograr is he logrado. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
7. (c) logres — In the present subjunctive, the tu form of lograr is logres. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
8. (b) lográramos — In the imperfect subjunctive, the nosotros form of lograr is lográramos. The other options are the same tense but different persons.
9. (b) logrando — The gerund of lograr is logrando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy logrando».
10. (a) logrado — The past participle of lograr is logrado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he logrado».
Frequently asked questions
Is lograr regular or irregular?
Yes, lograr is a regular -ar verb. Every tense follows the standard -ar endings, so once you know the pattern you can generate the whole table. The only thing to watch is choosing the right tense, not the forms themselves.
What are the gerund and past participle of lograr?
The gerund is logrando and the past participle is logrado. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy logrando») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he logrado»).
What is the difference between lograr and conseguir?
Lograr and conseguir are often confused. Conseguir is to get or obtain something; lograr is to achieve it through effort.
How do I say «I achieve» in Spanish?
Say «Yo logro». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.
Which tense do learners find hardest with lograr?
Most learners struggle with choosing between the preterite and the imperfect, not with the forms themselves. Use the preterite (logré) for a single finished event and the imperfect (lograba) for habits and background. After that, the subjunctive is the next step.
Related links
- Practise this verb in one tense: lograr-present-tense
- More examples and a quiz: lograr-examples-and-quiz
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