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How to conjugate Requerir in Spanish

requerir to require Irregular Verb

At a glance: Requerir (to require) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: requiero, requieres, requiere, requerimos, requerís, requieren. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (requiero, requieres, requiere, requieren); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (requirió), subjunctive and gerund (requiriendo).

Past participle
requerido required
Gerund
requiriendo requiring
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Indicative tenses of Requerir

Requerir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of requerir 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, “requiero”, meaning “I require”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequieroI require
Túrequieresyou require
Ella / Él / Ustedrequieres/he requires
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequerimoswe require
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequerísyou (plural) require
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequierenthey require

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (requiero, requieres, requiere, requieren); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Requerir in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequeríI required
Túrequeristeyou required
Ella / Él / Ustedrequiriós/he required
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequerimoswe required
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequeristeisyou (plural) required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequirieronthey required

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequeríaI used to require
Túrequeríasyou used to require
Ella / Él / Ustedrequerías/he used to require
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequeríamoswe used to require
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequeríaisyou (plural) used to require
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequeríanthey used to require

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy requiriendoI am requiring
Túestás requiriendoyou are requiring
Ella / Él / Ustedestá requiriendos/he is requiring
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos requiriendowe are requiring
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis requiriendoyou (plural) are requiring
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán requiriendothey are requiring

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a requerirI am going to require
Túvas a requeriryou are going to require
Ella / Él / Ustedva a requerirs/he is going to require
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a requerirwe are going to require
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a requeriryou (plural) are going to require
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a requerirthey are going to require

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequeriréI will require
Túrequerirásyou will require
Ella / Él / Ustedrequerirás/he will require
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequeriremoswe will require
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequeriréisyou (plural) will require
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequeriránthey will require

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequeriríaI would require
Túrequeriríasyou would require
Ella / Él / Ustedrequerirías/he would require
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequeriríamoswe would require
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequeriríaisyou (plural) would require
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequeriríanthey would require

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of requerir 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 requerido”, meaning “I have required”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe requeridoI have required
Túhas requeridoyou have required
Ella / Él / Ustedha requeridos/he has required
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos requeridowe have required
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis requeridoyou (plural) have required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan requeridothey have required

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía requeridoI had required
Túhabías requeridoyou had required
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía requeridos/he had required
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos requeridowe had required
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais requeridoyou (plural) had required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían requeridothey had required

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré requeridoI will have required
Túhabrás requeridoyou will have required
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá requeridos/he will have required
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos requeridowe will have required
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis requeridoyou (plural) will have required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán requeridothey will have required

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

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Requerir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría requeridoI would have required
Túhabrías requeridoyou would have required
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría requeridos/he would have required
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos requeridowe would have required
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais requeridoyou (plural) would have required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían requeridothey would have required

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Requerir

Requerir 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, “requiera”, meaning “I require”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequieraI require
Túrequierasyou require
Ella / Él / Ustedrequieras/he requires
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequiramoswe require
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequiráisyou (plural) require
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequieranthey require

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, requiero (requiera, requieras, requiera, requieran); nosotros and vosotros change e to i (requiramos, requiráis).

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Requerir 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, “requiriera”, meaning “I required”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequirieraI required
Túrequirierasyou required
Ella / Él / Ustedrequirieras/he required
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequiriéramoswe required
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequirieraisyou (plural) required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequirieranthey required

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

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Requerir 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, “requiriere”, meaning “I will require”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YorequiriereI will require
Túrequirieresyou will require
Ella / Él / Ustedrequirieres/he will require
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequiriéremoswe will require
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequiriereisyou (plural) will require
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequirierenthey will require

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

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Requerir 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 requerido”, meaning “I have required”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya requeridoI have required
Túhayas requeridoyou have required
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya requeridos/he has required
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos requeridowe have required
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis requeridoyou (plural) have required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan requeridothey have required

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

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Requerir 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 requerido”, meaning “I had required”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera requeridoI had required
Túhubieras requeridoyou had required
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera requeridos/he had required
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos requeridowe had required
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais requeridoyou (plural) had required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran requeridothey had required

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

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Requerir 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 requerido”, meaning “I will have required”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere requeridoI will have required
Túhubieres requeridoyou will have required
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere requeridos/he will have required
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos requeridowe will have required
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis requeridoyou (plural) will have required
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren requeridothey will have required

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

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Imperative tenses of Requerir

Requerir in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túrequiere(to you) require!
Ella / Él / Ustedrequiera(to you formal) require!
Nosotras / Nosotrosrequiramoslet's require!
Vosotras / Vosotrosrequerid(to you plural) require!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesrequieran(to you plural formal) require!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (requiere); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (requiera, requiramos, requieran); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (requerid).

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Requerir in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno requieras(to you) don't require!
Ella / Él / Ustedno requiera(to you formal) don't require!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno requiramoslet's not require!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno requiráis(to you plural) don't require!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno requieran(to you plural formal) don't require!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no requieras, no requiera, no requiramos, no requiráis, no requieran.

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Frequently asked questions about Requerir

Is requerir a regular or irregular verb?

Requerir is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (requiero, requieres, requiere, requieren); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (requirió), subjunctive and gerund (requiriendo).

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

In the present tense (presente), requerir is conjugated as: yo requiero, tú requieres, él/ella/usted requiere, nosotros requerimos, vosotros requerís, ellos/ellas/ustedes requieren. 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 requerir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), requerir is conjugated as: yo requerí, tú requeriste, él/ella/usted requirió, nosotros requerimos, vosotros requeristeis, ellos/ellas/ustedes requirieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), requerir is conjugated as: yo requería, tú requerías, él/ella/usted requería, nosotros requeríamos, vosotros requeríais, ellos/ellas/ustedes requerían. 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 requerir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), requerir is conjugated as: yo requeriré, tú requerirás, él/ella/usted requerirá, nosotros requeriremos, vosotros requeriréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes requerirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), requerir is conjugated as: yo requiera, tú requieras, él/ella/usted requiera, nosotros requiramos, vosotros requiráis, ellos/ellas/ustedes requieran. 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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