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How to conjugate Proseguir in Spanish

proseguir to persist, to continue Irregular Verb

At a glance: Proseguir (to persist, to continue) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: prosigo, prosigues, prosigue, proseguimos, proseguís, prosiguen. Yo changes e to i and drops the u (prosigo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to i (prosigues, prosigue, prosiguen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (prosiguió), subjunctive and gerund (prosiguiendo).

Past participle
proseguido persisted
Gerund
prosiguiendo persisting
Similar
continuar, durar, seguir, perdurar, perseverar, persistir
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Indicative tenses of Proseguir

Proseguir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of proseguir 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, “prosigo”, meaning “I persist”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprosigoI persist
Túprosiguesyou persist
Ella / Él / Ustedprosigues/he persists
Nosotras / Nosotrosproseguimoswe persist
Vosotras / Vosotrosproseguísyou (plural) persist
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprosiguenthey persist

How it’s built: Yo changes e to i and drops the u (prosigo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to i (prosigues, prosigue, prosiguen); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Proseguir in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoproseguíI persisted
Túproseguisteyou persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedprosiguiós/he persisted
Nosotras / Nosotrosproseguimoswe persisted
Vosotras / Vosotrosproseguisteisyou (plural) persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprosiguieronthey persisted

How it’s built: Ella/Él and ellas/ellos change e to i (prosiguió, prosiguieron); the other forms are regular.

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Proseguir in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoproseguíaI used to persist
Túproseguíasyou used to persist
Ella / Él / Ustedproseguías/he used to persist
Nosotras / Nosotrosproseguíamoswe used to persist
Vosotras / Vosotrosproseguíaisyou (plural) used to persist
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesproseguíanthey used to persist

How it’s built: Regular: stem prosegu- plus the -ir endings.

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Proseguir in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy prosiguiendoI am persisting
Túestás prosiguiendoyou are persisting
Ella / Él / Ustedestá prosiguiendos/he is persisting
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos prosiguiendowe are persisting
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis prosiguiendoyou (plural) are persisting
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán prosiguiendothey are persisting

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

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Proseguir in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a proseguirI am going to persist
Túvas a proseguiryou are going to persist
Ella / Él / Ustedva a proseguirs/he is going to persist
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a proseguirwe are going to persist
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a proseguiryou (plural) are going to persist
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a proseguirthey are going to persist

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

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Proseguir in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoproseguiréI will persist
Túproseguirásyou will persist
Ella / Él / Ustedproseguirás/he will persist
Nosotras / Nosotrosproseguiremoswe will persist
Vosotras / Vosotrosproseguiréisyou (plural) will persist
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesproseguiránthey will persist

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

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Proseguir in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoproseguiríaI would persist
Túproseguiríasyou would persist
Ella / Él / Ustedproseguirías/he would persist
Nosotras / Nosotrosproseguiríamoswe would persist
Vosotras / Vosotrosproseguiríaisyou (plural) would persist
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesproseguiríanthey would persist

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

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Proseguir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of proseguir 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 proseguido”, meaning “I have persisted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe proseguidoI have persisted
Túhas proseguidoyou have persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedha proseguidos/he has persisted
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos proseguidowe have persisted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis proseguidoyou (plural) have persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan proseguidothey have persisted

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

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Proseguir in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía proseguidoI had persisted
Túhabías proseguidoyou had persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía proseguidos/he had persisted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos proseguidowe had persisted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais proseguidoyou (plural) had persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían proseguidothey had persisted

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

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Proseguir in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré proseguidoI will have persisted
Túhabrás proseguidoyou will have persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá proseguidos/he will have persisted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos proseguidowe will have persisted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis proseguidoyou (plural) will have persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán proseguidothey will have persisted

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

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Proseguir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría proseguidoI would have persisted
Túhabrías proseguidoyou would have persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría proseguidos/he would have persisted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos proseguidowe would have persisted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais proseguidoyou (plural) would have persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían proseguidothey would have persisted

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Proseguir

Proseguir 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, “prosiga”, meaning “I persist”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprosigaI persist
Túprosigasyou persist
Ella / Él / Ustedprosigas/he persists
Nosotras / Nosotrosprosigamoswe persist
Vosotras / Vosotrosprosigáisyou (plural) persist
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprosiganthey persist

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, prosigo (prosiga, prosigas, prosiga, prosigamos, prosigáis, prosigan).

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Proseguir 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, “prosiguiera”, meaning “I persisted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprosiguieraI persisted
Túprosiguierasyou persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedprosiguieras/he persisted
Nosotras / Nosotrosprosiguiéramoswe persisted
Vosotras / Vosotrosprosiguieraisyou (plural) persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprosiguieranthey persisted

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

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Proseguir 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, “prosiguiere”, meaning “I will persist”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprosiguiereI will persist
Túprosiguieresyou will persist
Ella / Él / Ustedprosiguieres/he will persist
Nosotras / Nosotrosprosiguiéremoswe will persist
Vosotras / Vosotrosprosiguiereisyou (plural) will persist
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprosiguierenthey will persist

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

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Proseguir 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 proseguido”, meaning “I have persisted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya proseguidoI have persisted
Túhayas proseguidoyou have persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya proseguidos/he has persisted
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos proseguidowe have persisted
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis proseguidoyou (plural) have persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan proseguidothey have persisted

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

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Proseguir 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 proseguido”, meaning “I had persisted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera proseguidoI had persisted
Túhubieras proseguidoyou had persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera proseguidos/he had persisted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos proseguidowe had persisted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais proseguidoyou (plural) had persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran proseguidothey had persisted

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

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Proseguir 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 proseguido”, meaning “I will have persisted”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere proseguidoI will have persisted
Túhubieres proseguidoyou will have persisted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere proseguidos/he will have persisted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos proseguidowe will have persisted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis proseguidoyou (plural) will have persisted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren proseguidothey will have persisted

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

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Imperative tenses of Proseguir

Proseguir in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túprosigue(to you) persist!
Ella / Él / Ustedprosiga(to you formal) persist!
Nosotras / Nosotrosprosigamoslet's persist!
Vosotras / Vosotrosproseguid(to you plural) persist!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprosigan(to you plural formal) persist!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (prosigue); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (prosiga, prosigamos, prosigan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (proseguid).

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Proseguir in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno prosigas(to you) don't persist!
Ella / Él / Ustedno prosiga(to you formal) don't persist!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno prosigamoslet's not persist!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno prosigáis(to you plural) don't persist!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno prosigan(to you plural formal) don't persist!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no prosigas, no prosiga, no prosigamos, no prosigáis, no prosigan.

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Frequently asked questions about Proseguir

Is proseguir a regular or irregular verb?

Proseguir is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo changes e to i and drops the u (prosigo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to i (prosigues, prosigue, prosiguen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (prosiguió), subjunctive and gerund (prosiguiendo).

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

In the present tense (presente), proseguir is conjugated as: yo prosigo, tú prosigues, él/ella/usted prosigue, nosotros proseguimos, vosotros proseguís, ellos/ellas/ustedes prosiguen. 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 proseguir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), proseguir is conjugated as: yo proseguí, tú proseguiste, él/ella/usted prosiguió, nosotros proseguimos, vosotros proseguisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes prosiguieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), proseguir is conjugated as: yo proseguía, tú proseguías, él/ella/usted proseguía, nosotros proseguíamos, vosotros proseguíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes proseguían. 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 proseguir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), proseguir is conjugated as: yo proseguiré, tú proseguirás, él/ella/usted proseguirá, nosotros proseguiremos, vosotros proseguiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes proseguirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), proseguir is conjugated as: yo prosiga, tú prosigas, él/ella/usted prosiga, nosotros prosigamos, vosotros prosigáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes prosigan. 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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