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How to conjugate Atraer in Spanish

atraer to attract, to lure, to entice Irregular Verb

At a glance: Atraer (to attract, to lure, to entice) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: atraigo, atraes, atrae, atraemos, atraéis, atraen. Yo adds ig (atraigo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (atraje), subjunctive, gerund (atrayendo) and past participle (atraído).

Past participle
atraído attracted
Gerund
atrayendo attracting
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Indicative tenses of Atraer

Atraer in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of atraer 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, “atraigo”, meaning “I attract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatraigoI attract
Túatraesyou attract
Ella / Él / Ustedatraes/he attracts
Nosotras / Nosotrosatraemoswe attract
Vosotras / Vosotrosatraéisyou (plural) attract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatraenthey attract

How it’s built: Yo adds ig (atraigo); the other forms are regular.

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Atraer in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of atraer is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “atraje”, meaning “I attracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatrajeI attracted
Túatrajisteyou attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedatrajos/he attracted
Nosotras / Nosotrosatrajimoswe attracted
Vosotras / Vosotrosatrajisteisyou (plural) attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatrajeronthey attracted

How it’s built: Irregular stem atraj- plus the endings -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron; ellas/ellos drops the i (atrajeron).

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Atraer in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of atraer is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “atraía”, meaning “I used to attract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatraíaI used to attract
Túatraíasyou used to attract
Ella / Él / Ustedatraías/he used to attract
Nosotras / Nosotrosatraíamoswe used to attract
Vosotras / Vosotrosatraíaisyou (plural) used to attract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatraíanthey used to attract

How it’s built: Regular: stem atra- plus the -er endings.

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Atraer in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of atraer is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy atrayendo”, meaning “I am attracting”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy atrayendoI am attracting
Túestás atrayendoyou are attracting
Ella / Él / Ustedestá atrayendos/he is attracting
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos atrayendowe are attracting
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis atrayendoyou (plural) are attracting
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán atrayendothey are attracting

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund atrayendo.

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Atraer in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of atraer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a atraer”, meaning “I am going to attract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a atraerI am going to attract
Túvas a atraeryou are going to attract
Ella / Él / Ustedva a atraers/he is going to attract
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a atraerwe are going to attract
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a atraeryou (plural) are going to attract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a atraerthey are going to attract

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive atraer.

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Atraer in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of atraer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “atraeré”, meaning “I will attract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatraeréI will attract
Túatraerásyou will attract
Ella / Él / Ustedatraerás/he will attract
Nosotras / Nosotrosatraeremoswe will attract
Vosotras / Vosotrosatraeréisyou (plural) will attract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatraeránthey will attract

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive atraer plus the future endings.

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Atraer in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of atraer is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “atraería”, meaning “I would attract”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatraeríaI would attract
Túatraeríasyou would attract
Ella / Él / Ustedatraerías/he would attract
Nosotras / Nosotrosatraeríamoswe would attract
Vosotras / Vosotrosatraeríaisyou (plural) would attract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatraeríanthey would attract

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive atraer plus the conditional endings.

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Atraer in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of atraer 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 atraído”, meaning “I have attracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe atraídoI have attracted
Túhas atraídoyou have attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedha atraídos/he has attracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos atraídowe have attracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis atraídoyou (plural) have attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan atraídothey have attracted

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the irregular past participle atraído.

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Atraer in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of atraer is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había atraído”, meaning “I had attracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía atraídoI had attracted
Túhabías atraídoyou had attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía atraídos/he had attracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos atraídowe had attracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais atraídoyou (plural) had attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían atraídothey had attracted

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the irregular past participle atraído.

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Atraer in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of atraer is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré atraído”, meaning “I will have attracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré atraídoI will have attracted
Túhabrás atraídoyou will have attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá atraídos/he will have attracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos atraídowe will have attracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis atraídoyou (plural) will have attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán atraídothey will have attracted

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the irregular past participle atraído.

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Atraer in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of atraer is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría atraído”, meaning “I would have attracted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría atraídoI would have attracted
Túhabrías atraídoyou would have attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría atraídos/he would have attracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos atraídowe would have attracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais atraídoyou (plural) would have attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían atraídothey would have attracted

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the irregular past participle atraído.

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Subjunctive tenses of Atraer

Atraer 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, “atraiga”, meaning “I attract”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatraigaI attract
Túatraigasyou attract
Ella / Él / Ustedatraigas/he attracts
Nosotras / Nosotrosatraigamoswe attract
Vosotras / Vosotrosatraigáisyou (plural) attract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatraiganthey attract

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, atraigo (atraiga, atraigas, atraiga, atraigamos, atraigáis, atraigan).

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Atraer 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, “atrajera”, meaning “I attracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatrajeraI attracted
Túatrajerasyou attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedatrajeras/he attracted
Nosotras / Nosotrosatrajéramoswe attracted
Vosotras / Vosotrosatrajeraisyou (plural) attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatrajeranthey attracted

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, atrajeron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (atrajéramos).

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Atraer 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, “atrajere”, meaning “I will attract”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatrajereI will attract
Túatrajeresyou will attract
Ella / Él / Ustedatrajeres/he will attract
Nosotras / Nosotrosatrajéremoswe will attract
Vosotras / Vosotrosatrajereisyou (plural) will attract
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatrajerenthey will attract

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, atrajeron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (atrajéremos).

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Atraer 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 atraído”, meaning “I have attracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya atraídoI have attracted
Túhayas atraídoyou have attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya atraídos/he has attracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos atraídowe have attracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis atraídoyou (plural) have attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan atraídothey have attracted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the irregular past participle atraído.

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Atraer 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 atraído”, meaning “I had attracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera atraídoI had attracted
Túhubieras atraídoyou had attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera atraídos/he had attracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos atraídowe had attracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais atraídoyou (plural) had attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran atraídothey had attracted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the irregular past participle atraído.

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Atraer 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 atraído”, meaning “I will have attracted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere atraídoI will have attracted
Túhubieres atraídoyou will have attracted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere atraídos/he will have attracted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos atraídowe will have attracted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis atraídoyou (plural) will have attracted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren atraídothey will have attracted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the irregular past participle atraído.

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Imperative tenses of Atraer

Atraer in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “atraiga”, meaning “(to you formal) attract!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túatrae(to you) attract!
Ella / Él / Ustedatraiga(to you formal) attract!
Nosotras / Nosotrosatraigamoslet's attract!
Vosotras / Vosotrosatraed(to you plural) attract!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatraigan(to you plural formal) attract!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (atrae); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (atraiga, atraigamos, atraigan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (atraed).

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Atraer in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no atraiga”, meaning “(to you formal) don't attract!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno atraigas(to you) don't attract!
Ella / Él / Ustedno atraiga(to you formal) don't attract!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno atraigamoslet's not attract!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno atraigáis(to you plural) don't attract!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno atraigan(to you plural formal) don't attract!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no atraigas, no atraiga, no atraigamos, no atraigáis, no atraigan.

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Frequently asked questions about Atraer

Is atraer a regular or irregular verb?

Atraer is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo adds ig (atraigo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (atraje), subjunctive, gerund (atrayendo) and past participle (atraído).

How do you conjugate atraer in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), atraer is conjugated as: yo atraigo, tú atraes, él/ella/usted atrae, nosotros atraemos, vosotros atraéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes atraen. 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 atraer in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), atraer is conjugated as: yo atraje, tú atrajiste, él/ella/usted atrajo, nosotros atrajimos, vosotros atrajisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes atrajeron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate atraer in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), atraer is conjugated as: yo atraía, tú atraías, él/ella/usted atraía, nosotros atraíamos, vosotros atraíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes atraían. 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 atraer in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), atraer is conjugated as: yo atraeré, tú atraerás, él/ella/usted atraerá, nosotros atraeremos, vosotros atraeréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes atraerán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate atraer in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), atraer is conjugated as: yo atraiga, tú atraigas, él/ella/usted atraiga, nosotros atraigamos, vosotros atraigáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes atraigan. 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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