Ver Conjugation in Spanish
ver means “see” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Spanish learners meet — it sits at number 9 in VerbFlow’s frequency list. You use it for seeing people, films and places, for watching television, and for understanding in the sense of realising. 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 ver — 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 veo una película todos los días.” — “I see a film every day.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: ver
- English: to see
- Verb type: Irregular
- Irregular in: present, preterite, imperfect, present-subjunctive, imperfect-subjunctive, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect, future-perfect, conditional-perfect, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative
- Gerund: viendo
- Past participle: visto
- 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 ver. 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 | veo |
| tú | ves |
| él/ella/Ud. | ve |
| nosotros/as | vemos |
| vosotros/as | véis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | ven |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vi |
| tú | viste |
| él/ella/Ud. | vio |
| nosotros/as | vimos |
| vosotros/as | visteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vieron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | veía |
| tú | veías |
| él/ella/Ud. | veía |
| nosotros/as | veíamos |
| vosotros/as | veíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | veían |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | veré |
| tú | verás |
| él/ella/Ud. | verá |
| nosotros/as | veremos |
| vosotros/as | veréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | verán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vería |
| tú | verías |
| él/ella/Ud. | vería |
| nosotros/as | veríamos |
| vosotros/as | veríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | verían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he visto |
| tú | has visto |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha visto |
| nosotros/as | hemos visto |
| vosotros/as | habéis visto |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han visto |
Pluperfect (past perfect)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había visto |
| tú | habías visto |
| él/ella/Ud. | había visto |
| nosotros/as | habíamos visto |
| vosotros/as | habíais visto |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían visto |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré visto |
| tú | habrás visto |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá visto |
| nosotros/as | habremos visto |
| vosotros/as | habréis visto |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán visto |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría visto |
| tú | habrías visto |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría visto |
| nosotros/as | habríamos visto |
| vosotros/as | habríais visto |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían visto |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vea |
| tú | veas |
| él/ella/Ud. | vea |
| nosotros/as | veamos |
| vosotros/as | veáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vean |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | viera |
| tú | vieras |
| él/ella/Ud. | viera |
| nosotros/as | viéramos |
| vosotros/as | vierais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vieran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | ve |
| él/ella/Ud. | vea |
| nosotros/as | veamos |
| vosotros/as | ved |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vean |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | veas |
| él/ella/Ud. | vea |
| nosotros/as | veamos |
| vosotros/as | veáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vean |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | viendo |
| Past participle | visto |
When to use each tense
Present indicative
The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. With ver 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 veo una película todos los días.” — “I see a film every day.”
Preterite
The preterite is used for completed actions in the past. With ver 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 viste a mis amigos en el parque ayer.” — “You saw my friends in the park yesterday.”
Imperfect
The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and background description. With ver 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: “Él veía el mar desde la ventana antes.” — “He used to see the sea from the window before.”
Future
The future is used for what will happen, predictions and probability. For example: “Yo veré una película mañana.” — “I will see a film tomorrow.”
Conditional
The conditional is used for what would happen, polite requests and hypothetical situations. For example: “Tú verías a mis amigos en el parque algún día.” — “You would see my friends in the park someday.”
Present perfect
The present perfect is used for recent past actions and life experience, formed with haber + the past participle. With ver 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: “Él ha visto el mar desde la ventana esta semana.” — “He has seen the sea from the window this week.”
Pluperfect (past perfect)
The pluperfect (past perfect) is used for an action completed before another past action. With ver 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 había visto una película antes de la fiesta.” — “I had seen a film before the party.”
Future perfect
The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. With ver 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 habrás visto a mis amigos en el parque para mañana.” — “You will have seen my friends in the park by tomorrow.”
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. With ver 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: “Él habría visto el mar desde la ventana ayer.” — “He would have seen the sea from the window yesterday.”
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. With ver 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 vea una película.” — “It is important that i see a film.”
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 ver 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 vieras a mis amigos en el parque.” — “I wish you saw my friends in the park.”
Imperative (affirmative)
The imperative (affirmative) is used for direct commands and instructions. With ver 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: “¡Ve el mar desde la ventana!” — “See the sea from the window!”
Imperative (negative)
The imperative (negative) is used for prohibitions and negative commands. With ver 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 veas una película.” — “Do not see a film.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with ver, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Spanish and try to produce it from the English.
- “Yo veo una película todos los días.” — “I see a film every day.”
- “Tú viste a mis amigos en el parque ayer.” — “You saw my friends in the park yesterday.”
- “Él veía el mar desde la ventana antes.” — “He used to see the sea from the window before.”
- “Yo veré a mis amigos en el parque mañana.” — “I will see my friends in the park tomorrow.”
- “Tú verías una película algún día.” — “You would see a film someday.”
- “Él ha visto el mar desde la ventana esta semana.” — “He has seen the sea from the window this week.”
- “Yo había visto una película antes de la fiesta.” — “I had seen a film before the party.”
- “Tú habrás visto a mis amigos en el parque para mañana.” — “You will have seen my friends in the park by tomorrow.”
- “Es importante que él vea el mar desde la ventana.” — “It is important that he see the sea from the window.”
- “¡Ve una película!” — “See a film!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Yo ver una película.”
✓ Right: “Yo veo una película.”
The infinitive ver never takes a subject. After yo you need the conjugated present form veo.
2. Confusing ver with mirar
✗ Wrong: “Yo miro una película.”
✓ Right: “Yo veo una película.”
Ver is to see; mirar is to look at something deliberately.
3. Using the wrong auxiliary in perfect tenses
✗ Wrong: “Yo soy visto una película.”
✓ Right: “Yo he visto una película.”
Spanish perfect tenses are always built with haber, never with ser. The correct form is he + the participle visto.
4. Dropping the written accent
✗ Wrong: “vere”
✓ Right: “veré”
The accent on veré 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 indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “Ojalá tú ves una película.”
✓ Right: “Ojalá tú veas una película.”
After ojalá Spanish needs the subjunctive, so use veas here, not the indicative ves.
6. Using the preterite for a habitual past action
✗ Wrong: “Yo vi una película antes.” (said of a repeated habit)
✓ Right: “Yo veía una película antes.”
The preterite vi describes one finished action. For something you did regularly in the past, use the imperfect veía.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on ver. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the yo form of ver in the Present indicative?
- A) ves
- B) ve
- C) vemos
- D) veo
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of ver in the Preterite?
- A) viste
- B) vimos
- C) vio
- D) vi
What is the nosotros/as form of ver in the Imperfect?
- A) veíais
- B) veíamos
- C) veía
- D) veías
What is the tú form of ver in the Future?
- A) verás
- B) veré
- C) verá
- D) veremos
What is the yo form of ver in the Conditional?
- A) verías
- B) veríamos
- C) veríais
- D) vería
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of ver in the Present subjunctive?
- A) veamos
- B) veáis
- C) vea
- D) veas
What is the yo form of ver in the Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)?
- A) vierais
- B) viera
- C) vieras
- D) viéramos
What is the gerund of ver?
- A) viendo
- B) yendo
- C) dando
- D) sabiendo
What is the past participle of ver?
- A) ido
- B) dado
- C) sabido
- D) visto
What does ver mean in English?
- A) to give
- B) to know
- C) to see
- D) to go
Answer key
- D) veo — the yo form of ver in the present indicative is veo. The other options (ves, ve, vemos) are the same tense for different persons.
- C) vio — the él/ella/Ud. form of ver in the preterite is vio. The other options (vi, viste, vimos) are the same tense for different persons.
- B) veíamos — the nosotros/as form of ver in the imperfect is veíamos. The other options (veía, veías, veía) are the same tense for different persons.
- A) verás — the tú form of ver in the future is verás. The other options (veré, verá, veremos) are the same tense for different persons.
- D) vería — the yo form of ver in the conditional is vería. The other options (verías, vería, veríamos) are the same tense for different persons.
- C) vea — the él/ella/Ud. form of ver in the present subjunctive is vea. The other options (vea, veas, veamos) are the same tense for different persons.
- B) viera — the yo form of ver in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) is viera. The other options (vieras, viera, viéramos) are the same tense for different persons.
- A) viendo — the gerund of ver is viendo; it is used with estar for the progressive. The other options are the gerunds of neighbouring verbs.
- D) visto — the past participle of ver is visto; perfect tenses use haber + visto. The other options are the participles of neighbouring verbs.
- C) to see — ver means “to see” in English. The other options are the meanings of neighbouring verbs.
Frequently asked questions
What does ver mean in English?
ver means “to see”. You use it for seeing people, films and places, for watching television, and for understanding in the sense of realising. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is ver regular or irregular?
ver is irregular, and it is irregular in these tenses: present, preterite, imperfect, present-subjunctive, imperfect-subjunctive, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect, future-perfect, conditional-perfect, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative. The gerund is viendo and the past participle is visto.
What are the gerund and past participle of ver?
The gerund is viendo — use it with estar for actions in progress. The past participle is visto — use it with haber for the perfect tenses, as in he visto (I have seen).
What is the difference between ver and mirar?
Ver is to see; mirar is to look at something deliberately. If you are unsure, check the full table for mirar and compare the meanings in context.
How do I say “I see” in Spanish?
Say “Yo veo una película.” — “I see a film every day.” The yo form of the present is veo, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- ver in the preterite tense — the full table and uses for this verb in its most practised tense.
- ver 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.
- Ir conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Dar conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Saber 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 ver with the interactive tool.
- Verb Quiz — practise ver with the interactive tool.
- Preterite Vs Imperfect — practise ver with the interactive tool.