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How to conjugate Pescar in Spanish

pescar to fish Irregular Verb

At a glance: Pescar (to fish) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: pesco, pescas, pesca, pescamos, pescáis, pescan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (pesqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (pesque).

Past participle
pescado fished
Gerund
pescando fishing
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Indicative tenses of Pescar

Pescar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of pescar 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, “pesco”, meaning “I fish”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopescoI fish
Túpescasyou fish
Ella / Él / Ustedpescas/he fishes
Nosotras / Nosotrospescamoswe fish
Vosotras / Vosotrospescáisyou (plural) fish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespescanthey fish

How it’s built: Regular: stem pesc- plus the -ar endings.

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Pescar in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopesquéI fished
Túpescasteyou fished
Ella / Él / Ustedpescós/he fished
Nosotras / Nosotrospescamoswe fished
Vosotras / Vosotrospescasteisyou (plural) fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespescaronthey fished

How it’s built: Yo changes c to qu (pesqué); the other forms are regular.

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Pescar in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopescabaI used to fish
Túpescabasyou used to fish
Ella / Él / Ustedpescabas/he used to fish
Nosotras / Nosotrospescábamoswe used to fish
Vosotras / Vosotrospescabaisyou (plural) used to fish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespescabanthey used to fish

How it’s built: Regular: stem pesc- plus the -ar endings.

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Pescar in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy pescandoI am fishing
Túestás pescandoyou are fishing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá pescandos/he is fishing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos pescandowe are fishing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis pescandoyou (plural) are fishing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán pescandothey are fishing

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

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Pescar in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a pescarI am going to fish
Túvas a pescaryou are going to fish
Ella / Él / Ustedva a pescars/he is going to fish
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a pescarwe are going to fish
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a pescaryou (plural) are going to fish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a pescarthey are going to fish

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

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Pescar in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopescaréI will fish
Túpescarásyou will fish
Ella / Él / Ustedpescarás/he will fish
Nosotras / Nosotrospescaremoswe will fish
Vosotras / Vosotrospescaréisyou (plural) will fish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespescaránthey will fish

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

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Pescar in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopescaríaI would fish
Túpescaríasyou would fish
Ella / Él / Ustedpescarías/he would fish
Nosotras / Nosotrospescaríamoswe would fish
Vosotras / Vosotrospescaríaisyou (plural) would fish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespescaríanthey would fish

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

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Pescar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of pescar 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 pescado”, meaning “I have fished”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe pescadoI have fished
Túhas pescadoyou have fished
Ella / Él / Ustedha pescados/he has fished
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos pescadowe have fished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis pescadoyou (plural) have fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan pescadothey have fished

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

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Pescar in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía pescadoI had fished
Túhabías pescadoyou had fished
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía pescados/he had fished
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos pescadowe had fished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais pescadoyou (plural) had fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían pescadothey had fished

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

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Pescar in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré pescadoI will have fished
Túhabrás pescadoyou will have fished
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá pescados/he will have fished
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos pescadowe will have fished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis pescadoyou (plural) will have fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán pescadothey will have fished

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

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Pescar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría pescadoI would have fished
Túhabrías pescadoyou would have fished
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría pescados/he would have fished
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos pescadowe would have fished
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais pescadoyou (plural) would have fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían pescadothey would have fished

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Pescar

Pescar 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, “pesque”, meaning “I fish”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopesqueI fish
Túpesquesyou fish
Ella / Él / Ustedpesques/he fishes
Nosotras / Nosotrospesquemoswe fish
Vosotras / Vosotrospesquéisyou (plural) fish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespesquenthey fish

How it’s built: Every form changes c to qu (pesque, pesques, pesque, pesquemos, pesquéis, pesquen).

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Pescar 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, “pescara”, meaning “I fished”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopescaraI fished
Túpescarasyou fished
Ella / Él / Ustedpescaras/he fished
Nosotras / Nosotrospescáramoswe fished
Vosotras / Vosotrospescaraisyou (plural) fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespescaranthey fished

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, pescaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (pescáramos).

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Pescar 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, “pescare”, meaning “I will fish”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopescareI will fish
Túpescaresyou will fish
Ella / Él / Ustedpescares/he will fish
Nosotras / Nosotrospescáremoswe will fish
Vosotras / Vosotrospescareisyou (plural) will fish
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespescarenthey will fish

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, pescaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (pescáremos).

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Pescar 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 pescado”, meaning “I have fished”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya pescadoI have fished
Túhayas pescadoyou have fished
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya pescados/he has fished
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos pescadowe have fished
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis pescadoyou (plural) have fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan pescadothey have fished

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

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Pescar 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 pescado”, meaning “I had fished”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera pescadoI had fished
Túhubieras pescadoyou had fished
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera pescados/he had fished
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos pescadowe had fished
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais pescadoyou (plural) had fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran pescadothey had fished

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

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Pescar 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 pescado”, meaning “I will have fished”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere pescadoI will have fished
Túhubieres pescadoyou will have fished
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere pescados/he will have fished
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos pescadowe will have fished
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis pescadoyou (plural) will have fished
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren pescadothey will have fished

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

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Imperative tenses of Pescar

Pescar in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túpesca(to you) fish!
Ella / Él / Ustedpesque(to you formal) fish!
Nosotras / Nosotrospesquemoslet's fish!
Vosotras / Vosotrospescad(to you plural) fish!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespesquen(to you plural formal) fish!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (pesca); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (pesque, pesquemos, pesquen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (pescad).

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Pescar in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno pesques(to you) don't fish!
Ella / Él / Ustedno pesque(to you formal) don't fish!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno pesquemoslet's not fish!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno pesquéis(to you plural) don't fish!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno pesquen(to you plural formal) don't fish!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no pesques, no pesque, no pesquemos, no pesquéis, no pesquen.

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Frequently asked questions about Pescar

Is pescar a regular or irregular verb?

Pescar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (pesqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (pesque).

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

In the present tense (presente), pescar is conjugated as: yo pesco, tú pescas, él/ella/usted pesca, nosotros pescamos, vosotros pescáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes pescan. 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 pescar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), pescar is conjugated as: yo pesqué, tú pescaste, él/ella/usted pescó, nosotros pescamos, vosotros pescasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes pescaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), pescar is conjugated as: yo pescaba, tú pescabas, él/ella/usted pescaba, nosotros pescábamos, vosotros pescabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes pescaban. 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 pescar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), pescar is conjugated as: yo pescaré, tú pescarás, él/ella/usted pescará, nosotros pescaremos, vosotros pescaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes pescarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), pescar is conjugated as: yo pesque, tú pesques, él/ella/usted pesque, nosotros pesquemos, vosotros pesquéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes pesquen. 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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