Mejorar Conjugation in Spanish
mejorar means "to improve, to get better" in English, and it is one of the Spanish verbs you will use again and again in everyday conversation. It is used for talking about improving — your Spanish, your health, your grades, your work or any situation, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of mejorar in every tense and mood — present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, the four perfect tenses, both subjunctive tenses and the imperative — with all six persons, plus the gerund and the past participle. Every form below comes from VerbFlow's verified conjugation tables, so you can trust the accents and the irregular forms. Mejorar is a regular -ar verb verb, and the notes under each tense explain exactly where it follows the rules and where it breaks them. To hear it in a real sentence: Yo mejoro mi español cada día. — "I improve my Spanish every day.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: mejorar
- English: to improve, to get better
- Verb type: Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: mejorando
- Past participle: mejorado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + mejorado)
Full conjugation table
Every tense of mejorar with all six persons. The gerund is mejorando and the past participle is mejorado.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mejoro |
| tú | mejoras |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejora |
| nosotros/as | mejoramos |
| vosotros/as | mejoráis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejoran |
Preterite (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mejoré |
| tú | mejoraste |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejoró |
| nosotros/as | mejoramos |
| vosotros/as | mejorasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejoraron |
Imperfect (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mejoraba |
| tú | mejorabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejoraba |
| nosotros/as | mejorábamos |
| vosotros/as | mejorabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejoraban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mejoraré |
| tú | mejorarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejorará |
| nosotros/as | mejoraremos |
| vosotros/as | mejoraréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejorarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mejoraría |
| tú | mejorarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejoraría |
| nosotros/as | mejoraríamos |
| vosotros/as | mejoraríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejorarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he mejorado |
| tú | has mejorado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha mejorado |
| nosotros/as | hemos mejorado |
| vosotros/as | habéis mejorado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han mejorado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había mejorado |
| tú | habías mejorado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había mejorado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos mejorado |
| vosotros/as | habíais mejorado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían mejorado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré mejorado |
| tú | habrás mejorado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá mejorado |
| nosotros/as | habremos mejorado |
| vosotros/as | habréis mejorado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán mejorado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría mejorado |
| tú | habrías mejorado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría mejorado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos mejorado |
| vosotros/as | habríais mejorado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían mejorado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mejore |
| tú | mejores |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejore |
| nosotros/as | mejoremos |
| vosotros/as | mejoréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejoren |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mejorara |
| tú | mejoraras |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejorara |
| nosotros/as | mejoráramos |
| vosotros/as | mejorarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejoraran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | mejora |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejore |
| nosotros/as | mejoremos |
| vosotros/as | mejorad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejoren |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | mejores |
| él/ella/Ud. | mejore |
| nosotros/as | mejoremos |
| vosotros/as | mejoréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mejoren |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | mejorando |
| Past participle | mejorado |
How to use each tense
Each tense below explains when to use it with mejorar, with one example sentence. The example forms are taken from the tables above.
Present indicative
The present tense talks about what happens now, habits, routines and general truths. It is the first tense every learner needs, because it covers daily life: what you do, what you like, where you live. For most verbs the present is also the base for the present subjunctive, so learning it well pays off twice.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo mejoro mi español.
Preterite (past)
The preterite talks about finished actions in the past — things that started and ended at a specific moment. Use it for events, for what happened yesterday, last year, or at a particular time. It answers the question "what happened?" and it is the tense of stories told as a sequence of events.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Ayer yo mejoré mi español.
Imperfect (past)
The imperfect talks about the past as background: habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that were in progress when something else happened. Use it for "used to", for setting a scene, and for age, time and weather in the past. It answers "what was going on?" rather than "what happened?".
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: En aquella época, yo mejoraba mi español.
Future
The future tense talks about what will happen: plans, predictions and promises. In everyday speech Spanish speakers often use "ir a + infinitive" instead, but the future tense is essential for formal writing, for promises, and for guessing about the present ("¿Dónde estará?").
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Mañana yo mejoraré mi español.
Conditional
The conditional talks about what would happen: hypothetical situations, polite requests, and advice. It pairs with the imperfect subjunctive in "if" sentences ("Si pudiera, lo haría"). It is also the polite way to ask for things and to soften opinions.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo mejoraría mi español si pudiera.
Present perfect
The present perfect (haber + past participle) talks about the recent past and about experience: what you have done, what has just happened, what you have never tried. It connects the past to the present moment, so it often appears with "hoy", "esta semana", "ya" and "todavía no".
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo ya he mejorado mi español.
Pluperfect
The pluperfect (había + past participle) talks about the past before the past: what had already happened when something else happened. Use it to order two past events — the pluperfect one comes first in time. It appears constantly in stories and explanations.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo ya había mejorado mi español antes.
Future perfect
The future perfect (habré + past participle) talks about something that will already be finished by a future moment: "Para mañana ya habré terminado". It is also used to guess about the past: "¿Dónde habrá ido?". It is less common in speech but regular in writing.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Para mañana yo ya habré mejorado mi español.
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect (habría + past participle) talks about what would have happened: the past of the conditional. It appears in "if" sentences about a past that did not happen ("Si hubiera sabido, habría venido") and in polite regrets and reproaches.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo habría mejorado mi español si hubiera podido.
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is the mood of wishes, doubts, emotions and influence: what you want, hope, doubt or demand. It appears after "quiero que", "espero que", "es posible que", "ojalá" and after verbs of emotion and doubt. It never stands alone — a trigger in the main clause calls for it.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Espero que él mejore mi español.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive is the past of the subjunctive: it follows past-tense triggers ("Quería que vinieras") and it is the tense of "if" clauses about unlikely or impossible situations ("Si tuviera dinero, viajaría"). The -ra forms shown here are the standard ones; -se forms exist too but -ra is far more common in speech.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Si él mejorara mi español, sería perfecto.
Imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands tell someone to do something: "¡Ven aquí!", "¡Siéntate!". The tú and vosotros forms are the ones you will use most, and they are also the ones that break the regular pattern most often — the tú affirmative command comes from the él/ella present form, not from the infinitive.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: ¡Mejora mi español!
Imperative (negative)
Negative commands tell someone not to do something: "¡No hables!", "¡No te vayas!". Unlike affirmative commands, negative commands always use the subjunctive forms, for every person. If you know the present subjunctive, you already know the negative imperative.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: No mejores mi español.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with mejorar, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.
- Yo mejoro mi español cada día. — "I improve my Spanish every day."
- ¿Tú mejoras mi español conmigo? — "Will you improve my Spanish with me?"
- Ayer mejoré mi español mucho. — "Yesterday I improved my Spanish a lot."
- Ella mejoraba mi español poco a poco. — "She used to improve my Spanish little by little."
- Mañana mejoraré mi español con práctica. — "Tomorrow I will improve my Spanish with practice."
- Yo mejoraría mi español si estudiara más. — "I would improve my Spanish if I studied more."
- Ya he mejorado mi español este año. — "I have already improved my Spanish this year."
- Espero que mejore mi español pronto. — "I hope he improves my Spanish soon."
Common mistakes
The errors learners actually make with mejorar — and how to fix them.
- Wrong: *Yo mejoré mi español — learners often write mejore without the accent. → Right: Yo mejoré mi español.. The preterite yo form is mejoré, with an accent on the final e. Mejorar is regular, so the accent is the only spelling point.
- Wrong: *Espero que tú mejoras mi español. → Right: Espero que tú mejores mi español.. After espero que, use the subjunctive mejores, not the indicative mejoras.
- Wrong: *Mi español está mejorando — learners sometimes write mejorando as mejorendo; the gerund is mejorando. → Right: Mi español está mejorando.. The gerund is mejorando, from mejorar + -ando. It is completely regular, so there is no stem change to remember.
- Wrong: *Yo he mejorado mi español — some learners write he mejoro instead of the participle. → Right: Yo he mejorado mi español.. The perfect tenses use the participle mejorado after haber: he mejorado, not he mejoro.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on mejorar. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.
What is the yo form of mejorar in the present indicative?
- a) mejoramos
- b) mejoras
- c) mejora
- d) mejoro
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of mejorar in the preterite (past)?
- a) mejoré
- b) mejoraste
- c) mejoró
- d) mejoramos
What is the nosotros/as form of mejorar in the imperfect (past)?
- a) mejoraba
- b) mejoraba
- c) mejorábamos
- d) mejorabas
What is the tú form of mejorar in the future?
- a) mejoraré
- b) mejorará
- c) mejoraremos
- d) mejorarás
What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of mejorar in the conditional?
- a) mejorarías
- b) mejoraría
- c) mejorarían
- d) mejoraría
What is the yo form of mejorar in the present subjunctive?
- a) mejore
- b) mejores
- c) mejore
- d) mejoremos
What is the gerund of mejorar?
- a) mejorado
- b) mejora
- c) mejorando
- d) mejorar
What is the past participle of mejorar?
- a) mejorando
- b) he mejorado
- c) mejoro
- d) mejorado
What does mejorar mean in English?
- a) to hear
- b) to create
- c) to get stressed
- d) to improve, to get better
The form mejoré belongs to which tense?
- a) Preterite
- b) Imperfect
- c) Present
- d) Future
Answer key
- mejoro — The yo form in the present indicative is mejoro — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- mejoró — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is mejoró — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- mejorábamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is mejorábamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- mejorarás — The tú form in the future is mejorarás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- mejorarían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is mejorarían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- mejore — The yo form in the present subjunctive is mejore — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- mejorando — The gerund is mejorando — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy mejorando). The past participle is mejorado.
- mejorado — The past participle is mejorado — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he mejorado).
- to improve, to get better — mejorar means "to improve, to get better".
- Preterite — mejoré is the yo form of the preterite of mejorar — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is mejoraba.
Frequently asked questions
Is mejorar regular?
Yes, mejorar is a completely regular -ar verb: mejoro, mejoras, mejora, mejoramos, mejoráis, mejoran. The preterite is mejoré, mejoraste, mejoró, and the participle is mejorado.
What is the difference between mejorar and mejorarse?
Mejorar means to improve something (Mejoro mi español), while mejorarse means to get better, usually of health (Me estoy mejorando, Ya me he mejorado). For health, use mejorarse; for skills, use mejorar.
How do you say "to get better" in Spanish?
Mejorarse — for health: Me estoy mejorando. For skills or situations, use mejorar: Mi español está mejorando. Both use the same conjugation; only the pronoun changes.
Does mejorar take a preposition?
No. Mejorar takes a direct object: mejorar mi español, mejorar la situación. With en, it can mean to improve at something: He mejorado en matemáticas.
Related pages
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- Mejorar examples and quiz — more everyday sentences with mejorar and a second quiz.
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