Producir Conjugation in Spanish
producir means “produce” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Spanish learners meet — it sits at number 45 in VerbFlow’s frequency list. You use it for producing noise or fruit, for producing energy, and for making products. Because it comes up in everyday conversation so often, learning its forms properly pays off from the very first week. This page gives you the complete conjugation of producir — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Yo produzco mucho ruido todos los días.” — “I produce a lot of noise every day.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: producir
- English: to produce
- Verb type: Irregular — spelling-changing
- Irregular in: present, preterite, present-subjunctive, imperfect-subjunctive, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative
- Gerund: produciendo
- Past participle: producido
- Auxiliary: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + the past participle)
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for producir. Learn the present tense first, then the preterite and the imperfect, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | produzco |
| tú | produces |
| él/ella/Ud. | produce |
| nosotros/as | producimos |
| vosotros/as | producís |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | producen |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | produje |
| tú | produjiste |
| él/ella/Ud. | produjo |
| nosotros/as | produjimos |
| vosotros/as | produjisteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | produjeron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | producía |
| tú | producías |
| él/ella/Ud. | producía |
| nosotros/as | producíamos |
| vosotros/as | producíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | producían |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | produciré |
| tú | producirás |
| él/ella/Ud. | producirá |
| nosotros/as | produciremos |
| vosotros/as | produciréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | producirán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | produciría |
| tú | producirías |
| él/ella/Ud. | produciría |
| nosotros/as | produciríamos |
| vosotros/as | produciríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | producirían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he producido |
| tú | has producido |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha producido |
| nosotros/as | hemos producido |
| vosotros/as | habéis producido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han producido |
Pluperfect (past perfect)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había producido |
| tú | habías producido |
| él/ella/Ud. | había producido |
| nosotros/as | habíamos producido |
| vosotros/as | habíais producido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían producido |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré producido |
| tú | habrás producido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá producido |
| nosotros/as | habremos producido |
| vosotros/as | habréis producido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán producido |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría producido |
| tú | habrías producido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría producido |
| nosotros/as | habríamos producido |
| vosotros/as | habríais producido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían producido |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | produzca |
| tú | produzcas |
| él/ella/Ud. | produzca |
| nosotros/as | produzcamos |
| vosotros/as | producáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | produzcan |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | produjera |
| tú | produjeras |
| él/ella/Ud. | produjera |
| nosotros/as | produjéramos |
| vosotros/as | produjerais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | produjeran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | produce |
| él/ella/Ud. | produzca |
| nosotros/as | produzcamos |
| vosotros/as | producid |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | produzcan |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | produzcas |
| él/ella/Ud. | produzca |
| nosotros/as | produzcamos |
| vosotros/as | producáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | produzcan |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | produciendo |
| Past participle | producido |
When to use each tense
Present indicative
The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. With producir this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Yo produzco mucho ruido todos los días.” — “I produce a lot of noise every day.”
Preterite
The preterite is used for completed actions in the past. With producir this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Tú produjiste fruta en verano ayer.” — “You produced fruit in summer yesterday.”
Imperfect
The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and background description. For example: “Él producía energía con el sol antes.” — “He used to produce energy from the sun before.”
Future
The future is used for what will happen, predictions and probability. For example: “Yo produciré mucho ruido mañana.” — “I will produce a lot of noise tomorrow.”
Conditional
The conditional is used for what would happen, polite requests and hypothetical situations. For example: “Tú producirías fruta en verano algún día.” — “You would produce fruit in summer someday.”
Present perfect
The present perfect is used for recent past actions and life experience, formed with haber + the past participle. For example: “Él ha producido energía con el sol esta semana.” — “He has produced energy from the sun this week.”
Pluperfect (past perfect)
The pluperfect (past perfect) is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Yo había producido mucho ruido antes de la fiesta.” — “I had produced a lot of noise before the party.”
Future perfect
The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Tú habrás producido fruta en verano para mañana.” — “You will have produced fruit in summer by tomorrow.”
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Él habría producido energía con el sol ayer.” — “He would have produced energy from the sun yesterday.”
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. With producir this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Es importante que yo produzca mucho ruido.” — “It is important that i produce a lot of noise.”
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive (-ra) is used for the past subjunctive: wishes and hypotheticals about the past, and clauses after a past-tense trigger. With producir this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “Ojalá tú produjeras fruta en verano.” — “I wish you produced fruit in summer.”
Imperative (affirmative)
The imperative (affirmative) is used for direct commands and instructions. With producir this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “¡Produce energía con el sol!” — “Produce energy from the sun!”
Imperative (negative)
The imperative (negative) is used for prohibitions and negative commands. With producir this tense is irregular, so the forms do not follow the regular pattern — learn them as a set rather than guessing from the infinitive. For example: “No produzcas mucho ruido.” — “Do not produce a lot of noise.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with producir, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Spanish and try to produce it from the English.
- “Yo produzco mucho ruido todos los días.” — “I produce a lot of noise every day.”
- “Tú produjiste fruta en verano ayer.” — “You produced fruit in summer yesterday.”
- “Él producía energía con el sol antes.” — “He used to produce energy from the sun before.”
- “Yo produciré fruta en verano mañana.” — “I will produce fruit in summer tomorrow.”
- “Tú producirías mucho ruido algún día.” — “You would produce a lot of noise someday.”
- “Él ha producido energía con el sol esta semana.” — “He has produced energy from the sun this week.”
- “Yo había producido mucho ruido antes de la fiesta.” — “I had produced a lot of noise before the party.”
- “Tú habrás producido fruta en verano para mañana.” — “You will have produced fruit in summer by tomorrow.”
- “Es importante que él produzca energía con el sol.” — “It is important that he produce energy from the sun.”
- “¡Produce mucho ruido!” — “Produce a lot of noise!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Yo producir mucho ruido.”
✓ Right: “Yo produzco mucho ruido.”
The infinitive producir never takes a subject. After yo you need the conjugated present form produzco.
2. Confusing producir with hacer
✗ Wrong: “Yo hago mucho ruido.”
✓ Right: “Yo produzco mucho ruido.”
Producir is to produce; hacer is the general verb for to do or make.
3. Using the wrong auxiliary in perfect tenses
✗ Wrong: “Yo soy producido mucho ruido.”
✓ Right: “Yo he producido mucho ruido.”
Spanish perfect tenses are always built with haber, never with ser. The correct form is he + the participle producido.
4. Dropping the written accent
✗ Wrong: “producire”
✓ Right: “produciré”
The accent on produciré is part of the spelling in the future. Without it the form looks like a different word, so always write the accent.
5. Using the regular preterite stem
✗ Wrong: “Yo producí.”
✓ Right: “Yo produje.”
producir has an irregular preterite stem, so the yo form is produje, not the regular ending.
6. Using the preterite for a habitual past action
✗ Wrong: “Yo produje mucho ruido antes.” (said of a repeated habit)
✓ Right: “Yo producía mucho ruido antes.”
The preterite produje describes one finished action. For something you did regularly in the past, use the imperfect producía.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on producir. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the yo form of producir in the Present indicative?
- A) produces
- B) produce
- C) producimos
- D) produzco
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of producir in the Preterite?
- A) produjiste
- B) produjimos
- C) produjo
- D) produje
What is the nosotros/as form of producir in the Imperfect?
- A) producíais
- B) producíamos
- C) producía
- D) producías
What is the tú form of producir in the Future?
- A) producirás
- B) produciré
- C) producirá
- D) produciremos
What is the yo form of producir in the Conditional?
- A) producirías
- B) produciríamos
- C) produciríais
- D) produciría
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of producir in the Present subjunctive?
- A) produzcamos
- B) producáis
- C) produzca
- D) produzcas
What is the yo form of producir in the Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)?
- A) produjerais
- B) produjera
- C) produjeras
- D) produjéramos
What is the gerund of producir?
- A) produciendo
- B) perdiendo
- C) ocurriendo
- D) entendiendo
What is the past participle of producir?
- A) perdido
- B) ocurrido
- C) entendido
- D) producido
What does producir mean in English?
- A) to happen
- B) to understand
- C) to produce
- D) to lose
Answer key
- D) produzco — the yo form of producir in the present indicative is produzco. The other options (produces, produce, producimos) are the same tense for different persons.
- C) produjo — the él/ella/Ud. form of producir in the preterite is produjo. The other options (produje, produjiste, produjimos) are the same tense for different persons.
- B) producíamos — the nosotros/as form of producir in the imperfect is producíamos. The other options (producía, producías, producía) are the same tense for different persons.
- A) producirás — the tú form of producir in the future is producirás. The other options (produciré, producirá, produciremos) are the same tense for different persons.
- D) produciría — the yo form of producir in the conditional is produciría. The other options (producirías, produciría, produciríamos) are the same tense for different persons.
- C) produzca — the él/ella/Ud. form of producir in the present subjunctive is produzca. The other options (produzca, produzcas, produzcamos) are the same tense for different persons.
- B) produjera — the yo form of producir in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) is produjera. The other options (produjeras, produjera, produjéramos) are the same tense for different persons.
- A) produciendo — the gerund of producir is produciendo; it is used with estar for the progressive. The other options are the gerunds of neighbouring verbs.
- D) producido — the past participle of producir is producido; perfect tenses use haber + producido. The other options are the participles of neighbouring verbs.
- C) to produce — producir means “to produce” in English. The other options are the meanings of neighbouring verbs.
Frequently asked questions
What does producir mean in English?
producir means “to produce”. You use it for producing noise or fruit, for producing energy, and for making products. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is producir regular or irregular?
producir is irregular — spelling-changing, and it is irregular in these tenses: present, preterite, present-subjunctive, imperfect-subjunctive, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative. The gerund is produciendo and the past participle is producido.
What are the gerund and past participle of producir?
The gerund is produciendo — use it with estar for actions in progress. The past participle is producido — use it with haber for the perfect tenses, as in he producido (I have produced).
What is the difference between producir and hacer?
Producir is to produce; hacer is the general verb for to do or make. If you are unsure, check the full table for hacer and compare the meanings in context.
How do I say “I produce” in Spanish?
Say “Yo produzco mucho ruido.” — “I produce a lot of noise every day.” The yo form of the present is produzco, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- producir in the preterite tense — the full table and uses for this verb in its most practised tense.
- producir examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Spanish verbs — the full hub of Spanish conjugation pages.
- Spanish irregular verbs — every common irregular Spanish verb, grouped by pattern.
- Perder conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Ocurrir conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Entender conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Present tense guide — how the present tense works for regular verbs.
- Preterite tense guide — how the preterite works, and when to choose it over the imperfect.
- Verb Conjugator — practise producir with the interactive tool.
- Verb Quiz — practise producir with the interactive tool.
- Preterite Vs Imperfect — practise producir with the interactive tool.