Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Subir in Spanish
subir to go up, to upload, to rise Regular IR Verb
At a glance: Subir (to go up, to upload, to rise) is a widely used regular -IR verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: subo, subes, sube, subimos, subís, suben. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -IR verbs.
- Past participle
- subido gone up
- Gerund
- subiendo going up
- Similar
- crecer
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Subir
- Subir in the Indicative Present
- Subir in the Indicative Preterite
- Subir in the Indicative Imperfect
- Subir in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Subir in the Indicative Informal Future
- Subir in the Indicative Future
- Subir in the Indicative Conditional
- Subir in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Subir in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Subir in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Subir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Subir
- Imperative tenses of Subir
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
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Indicative tenses of Subir
Subir in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of subir 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, “subo”, meaning “I go up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | subo | I go up |
| Tú | subes | you go up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | sube | s/he goes up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subimos | we go up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subís | you (plural) go up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suben | they go up |
How it’s built: Regular: stem sub- plus the -ir endings.
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Subir in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of subir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “subí”, meaning “I went up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | subí | I went up |
| Tú | subiste | you went up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | subió | s/he went up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subimos | we went up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subisteis | you (plural) went up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | subieron | they went up |
How it’s built: Regular: stem sub- plus the -ir endings.
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Subir in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of subir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “subía”, meaning “I used to go up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | subía | I used to go up |
| Tú | subías | you used to go up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | subía | s/he used to go up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subíamos | we used to go up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subíais | you (plural) used to go up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | subían | they used to go up |
How it’s built: Regular: stem sub- plus the -ir endings.
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Subir in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of subir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy subiendo”, meaning “I am going up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy subiendo | I am going up |
| Tú | estás subiendo | you are going up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está subiendo | s/he is going up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos subiendo | we are going up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis subiendo | you (plural) are going up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están subiendo | they are going up |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund subiendo.
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Subir in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of subir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a subir”, meaning “I am going to go up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a subir | I am going to go up |
| Tú | vas a subir | you are going to go up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a subir | s/he is going to go up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a subir | we are going to go up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a subir | you (plural) are going to go up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a subir | they are going to go up |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive subir.
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Subir in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of subir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “subiré”, meaning “I will go up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | subiré | I will go up |
| Tú | subirás | you will go up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | subirá | s/he will go up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subiremos | we will go up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subiréis | you (plural) will go up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | subirán | they will go up |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive subir plus the future endings.
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Subir in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of subir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “subiría”, meaning “I would go up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | subiría | I would go up |
| Tú | subirías | you would go up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | subiría | s/he would go up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subiríamos | we would go up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subiríais | you (plural) would go up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | subirían | they would go up |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive subir plus the conditional endings.
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Subir in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of subir 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 subido”, meaning “I have gone up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he subido | I have gone up |
| Tú | has subido | you have gone up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha subido | s/he has gone up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos subido | we have gone up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis subido | you (plural) have gone up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han subido | they have gone up |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle subido.
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Subir in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of subir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había subido”, meaning “I had gone up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había subido | I had gone up |
| Tú | habías subido | you had gone up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había subido | s/he had gone up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos subido | we had gone up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais subido | you (plural) had gone up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían subido | they had gone up |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle subido.
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Subir in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of subir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré subido”, meaning “I will have gone up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré subido | I will have gone up |
| Tú | habrás subido | you will have gone up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá subido | s/he will have gone up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos subido | we will have gone up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis subido | you (plural) will have gone up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán subido | they will have gone up |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle subido.
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Subir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of subir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría subido”, meaning “I would have gone up”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría subido | I would have gone up |
| Tú | habrías subido | you would have gone up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría subido | s/he would have gone up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos subido | we would have gone up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais subido | you (plural) would have gone up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían subido | they would have gone up |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle subido.
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Subjunctive tenses of Subir
Subir 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, “suba”, meaning “I go up”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suba | I go up |
| Tú | subas | you go up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suba | s/he goes up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subamos | we go up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subáis | you (plural) go up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suban | they go up |
How it’s built: Regular: stem sub- plus the -ir subjunctive endings.
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Subir 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, “subiera”, meaning “I went up”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | subiera | I went up |
| Tú | subieras | you went up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | subiera | s/he went up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subiéramos | we went up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subierais | you (plural) went up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | subieran | they went up |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, subieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (subiéramos).
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Subir 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, “subiere”, meaning “I will go up”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | subiere | I will go up |
| Tú | subieres | you will go up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | subiere | s/he will go up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subiéremos | we will go up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subiereis | you (plural) will go up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | subieren | they will go up |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, subieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (subiéremos).
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Subir 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 subido”, meaning “I have gone up”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya subido | I have gone up |
| Tú | hayas subido | you have gone up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya subido | s/he has gone up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos subido | we have gone up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis subido | you (plural) have gone up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan subido | they have gone up |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle subido.
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Subir 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 subido”, meaning “I had gone up”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera subido | I had gone up |
| Tú | hubieras subido | you had gone up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera subido | s/he had gone up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos subido | we had gone up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais subido | you (plural) had gone up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran subido | they had gone up |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle subido.
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Subir 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 subido”, meaning “I will have gone up”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere subido | I will have gone up |
| Tú | hubieres subido | you will have gone up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere subido | s/he will have gone up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos subido | we will have gone up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis subido | you (plural) will have gone up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren subido | they will have gone up |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle subido.
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Imperative tenses of Subir
Subir in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “suba”, meaning “(to you formal) go up!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | sube | (to you) go up! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suba | (to you formal) go up! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | subamos | let's go up! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | subid | (to you plural) go up! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suban | (to you plural formal) go up! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (sube); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (suba, subamos, suban); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (subid).
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Subir in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no suba”, meaning “(to you formal) don't go up!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no subas | (to you) don't go up! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no suba | (to you formal) don't go up! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no subamos | let's not go up! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no subáis | (to you plural) don't go up! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no suban | (to you plural formal) don't go up! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no subas, no suba, no subamos, no subáis, no suban.
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Frequently asked questions about Subir
Is subir a regular or irregular verb?
Subir is a fully regular -IR verb. It follows the standard -IR 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 -IR conjugation system.
How do you conjugate subir in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), subir is conjugated as: yo subo, tú subes, él/ella/usted sube, nosotros subimos, vosotros subís, ellos/ellas/ustedes suben. 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 subir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), subir is conjugated as: yo subí, tú subiste, él/ella/usted subió, nosotros subimos, vosotros subisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes subieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate subir in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), subir is conjugated as: yo subía, tú subías, él/ella/usted subía, nosotros subíamos, vosotros subíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes subían. 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 subir in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), subir is conjugated as: yo subiré, tú subirás, él/ella/usted subirá, nosotros subiremos, vosotros subiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes subirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate subir in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), subir is conjugated as: yo suba, tú subas, él/ella/usted suba, nosotros subamos, vosotros subáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes suban. 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.
What is the difference between subir and subirse?
Subir means "to go up, to upload, to rise" in the standard sense. Subirse is the reflexive form, which typically means the action is done to oneself or to each other. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) is added before the conjugated verb. For example, "no se suben" instead of "no suben".
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