Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Acariciar in Spanish
acariciar to caress, to stroke (e.g. a cat), to pet Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Acariciar (to caress, to stroke (e.g. a cat), to pet) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: acaricio, acaricias, acaricia, acariciamos, acariciáis, acarician. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
- Past participle
- acariciado caressed
- Gerund
- acariciando caressing
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Acariciar
- Acariciar in the Indicative Present
- Acariciar in the Indicative Preterite
- Acariciar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Acariciar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Acariciar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Acariciar in the Indicative Future
- Acariciar in the Indicative Conditional
- Acariciar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Acariciar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Acariciar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Acariciar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Acariciar
- Imperative tenses of Acariciar
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
- Practise Acariciar conjugations (free mobile app)
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Indicative tenses of Acariciar
Acariciar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of acariciar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “acaricio”, meaning “I caress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acaricio | I caress |
| Tú | acaricias | you caress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acaricia | s/he caresses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciamos | we caress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciáis | you (plural) caress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acarician | they caress |
How it’s built: Regular: stem acarici- plus the -ar endings.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of acariciar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “acaricié”, meaning “I caressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acaricié | I caressed |
| Tú | acariciaste | you caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acarició | s/he caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciamos | we caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciasteis | you (plural) caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acariciaron | they caressed |
How it’s built: Regular: stem acarici- plus the -ar endings.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of acariciar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “acariciaba”, meaning “I used to caress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acariciaba | I used to caress |
| Tú | acariciabas | you used to caress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acariciaba | s/he used to caress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciábamos | we used to caress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciabais | you (plural) used to caress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acariciaban | they used to caress |
How it’s built: Regular: stem acarici- plus the -ar endings.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of acariciar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy acariciando”, meaning “I am caressing”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy acariciando | I am caressing |
| Tú | estás acariciando | you are caressing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está acariciando | s/he is caressing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos acariciando | we are caressing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis acariciando | you (plural) are caressing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están acariciando | they are caressing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund acariciando.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of acariciar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a acariciar”, meaning “I am going to caress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a acariciar | I am going to caress |
| Tú | vas a acariciar | you are going to caress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a acariciar | s/he is going to caress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a acariciar | we are going to caress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a acariciar | you (plural) are going to caress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a acariciar | they are going to caress |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive acariciar.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of acariciar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “acariciaré”, meaning “I will caress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acariciaré | I will caress |
| Tú | acariciarás | you will caress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acariciará | s/he will caress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciaremos | we will caress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciaréis | you (plural) will caress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acariciarán | they will caress |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive acariciar plus the future endings.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of acariciar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “acariciaría”, meaning “I would caress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acariciaría | I would caress |
| Tú | acariciarías | you would caress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acariciaría | s/he would caress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciaríamos | we would caress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciaríais | you (plural) would caress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acariciarían | they would caress |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive acariciar plus the conditional endings.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of acariciar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he acariciado”, meaning “I have caressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acariciado | I have caressed |
| Tú | has acariciado | you have caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha acariciado | s/he has caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos acariciado | we have caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis acariciado | you (plural) have caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han acariciado | they have caressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle acariciado.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of acariciar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había acariciado”, meaning “I had caressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había acariciado | I had caressed |
| Tú | habías acariciado | you had caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había acariciado | s/he had caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos acariciado | we had caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais acariciado | you (plural) had caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían acariciado | they had caressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle acariciado.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of acariciar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré acariciado”, meaning “I will have caressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré acariciado | I will have caressed |
| Tú | habrás acariciado | you will have caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá acariciado | s/he will have caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos acariciado | we will have caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis acariciado | you (plural) will have caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán acariciado | they will have caressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle acariciado.
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Acariciar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of acariciar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría acariciado”, meaning “I would have caressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría acariciado | I would have caressed |
| Tú | habrías acariciado | you would have caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría acariciado | s/he would have caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos acariciado | we would have caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais acariciado | you (plural) would have caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían acariciado | they would have caressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle acariciado.
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Subjunctive tenses of Acariciar
Acariciar in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “acaricie”, meaning “I caress”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acaricie | I caress |
| Tú | acaricies | you caress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acaricie | s/he caresses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciemos | we caress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciéis | you (plural) caress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acaricien | they caress |
How it’s built: Regular: stem acarici- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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Acariciar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “acariciara”, meaning “I caressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acariciara | I caressed |
| Tú | acariciaras | you caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acariciara | s/he caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciáramos | we caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciarais | you (plural) caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acariciaran | they caressed |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, acariciaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (acariciáramos).
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Acariciar in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “acariciare”, meaning “I will caress”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acariciare | I will caress |
| Tú | acariciares | you will caress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acariciare | s/he will caress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciáremos | we will caress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciareis | you (plural) will caress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acariciaren | they will caress |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, acariciaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (acariciáremos).
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Acariciar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya acariciado”, meaning “I have caressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya acariciado | I have caressed |
| Tú | hayas acariciado | you have caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya acariciado | s/he has caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos acariciado | we have caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis acariciado | you (plural) have caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan acariciado | they have caressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle acariciado.
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Acariciar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera acariciado”, meaning “I had caressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acariciado | I had caressed |
| Tú | hubieras acariciado | you had caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera acariciado | s/he had caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos acariciado | we had caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais acariciado | you (plural) had caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran acariciado | they had caressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle acariciado.
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Acariciar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere acariciado”, meaning “I will have caressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acariciado | I will have caressed |
| Tú | hubieres acariciado | you will have caressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere acariciado | s/he will have caressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos acariciado | we will have caressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis acariciado | you (plural) will have caressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren acariciado | they will have caressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle acariciado.
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Imperative tenses of Acariciar
Acariciar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “acaricie”, meaning “(to you formal) caress!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | acaricia | (to you) caress! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | acaricie | (to you formal) caress! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | acariciemos | let's caress! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | acariciad | (to you plural) caress! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | acaricien | (to you plural formal) caress! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (acaricia); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (acaricie, acariciemos, acaricien); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (acariciad).
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Acariciar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no acaricie”, meaning “(to you formal) don't caress!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no acaricies | (to you) don't caress! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no acaricie | (to you formal) don't caress! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no acariciemos | let's not caress! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no acariciéis | (to you plural) don't caress! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no acaricien | (to you plural formal) don't caress! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no acaricies, no acaricie, no acariciemos, no acariciéis, no acaricien.
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Frequently asked questions about Acariciar
Is acariciar a regular or irregular verb?
Acariciar is a fully regular -AR verb. It follows the standard -AR conjugation pattern in every tense and mood without any stem changes, spelling changes, or irregular forms. This makes it a model verb for learning the -AR conjugation system.
How do you conjugate acariciar in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), acariciar is conjugated as: yo acaricio, tú acaricias, él/ella/usted acaricia, nosotros acariciamos, vosotros acariciáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes acarician. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
How do you conjugate acariciar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), acariciar is conjugated as: yo acaricié, tú acariciaste, él/ella/usted acarició, nosotros acariciamos, vosotros acariciasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes acariciaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate acariciar in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), acariciar is conjugated as: yo acariciaba, tú acariciabas, él/ella/usted acariciaba, nosotros acariciábamos, vosotros acariciabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes acariciaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
How do you conjugate acariciar in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), acariciar is conjugated as: yo acariciaré, tú acariciarás, él/ella/usted acariciará, nosotros acariciaremos, vosotros acariciaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes acariciarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate acariciar in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), acariciar is conjugated as: yo acaricie, tú acaricies, él/ella/usted acaricie, nosotros acariciemos, vosotros acariciéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes acaricien. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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