Spanish Verb ACERCAR - to approach. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb ACERCAR: to approach

The Spanish verb acercar means 'to approach' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

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to approach: acercar
Imagine you approach A CIRCUS!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE ACERCAR - to approach
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb acercar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente approach	acerco	acercas	acerca	acercamos	acercáis	acercan
Imperfect Imperfecto approached	acercaba	acercabas	acercaba	acercábamos	acercabais	acercaban
Preterit Pretérito approached	acerqué	acercaste	acercó	acercamos	acercasteis	acercaron
Future Futuro will approach	acercaré	acercarás	acercará	acercaremos	acercaréis	acercarán
Conditional Condicional would approach	acercaría	acercarías	acercaría	acercaríamos	acercaríais	acercarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may approach	acerque	acerques	acerque	acerquemos	acerquéis	acerquen
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might approach	acercara	acercaras	acercara	acercáramos	acercarais	acercaran
	acercase	acercases	acercase	acercásemos	acercaseis	acercasen
Imperatives Spanish Verb acercar - to approach
Imperative Imperativo approach!		¡acerca!	¡acerque!	¡acerquemos!	¡acercad!	¡acerquen!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't approach!		¡no acerques!	¡no acerque!	¡no acerquemos!	¡no acercquéis!	¡no acerquen!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb ACERCAR Past Participle: acercado - approached
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have approached	he acercado	has acercado	ha acercado	hemos acercado	habéis acercado	han acercado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had approached	hube acercado	hubiste acercado	hubo acercado	hubimos acercado	hubisteis acercado	hubieron acercado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had approached	había acercado	habías acercado	había acercado	habíamos acercado	habíais acercado	habían acercado
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have approached	haya acercado	hayas acercado	haya acercado	hayamos acercado	hayáis acercado	hayan acercado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have approached	habré acercado	habrás acercado	habrá acercado	habremos acercado	habréis acercado	habrán acercado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have approached	habría acercado	habrías acercado	habría acercado	habríamos acercado	habríais acercado	habrían acercado
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have approached	hubiera acercado	hubieras acercado	hubiera acercado	hubiéramos acercado	hubierais acercado	hubieran acercado
	hubiese acercado	hubieses acercado	hubiese acercado	hubiésemos acercado	hubieseis acercado	hubiesen acercado
Progressive Tenses ACERCAR Present Participle: acercando - approaching
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am approaching	estoy acercando	estás acercando	está acercando	estamos acercando	está acercando	están acercando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was approaching	estuve acercando	estuviste acercando	estuvo acercando	estuvimos acercando	estuvisteis acercando	estuvieron acercando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been approaching	estaba acercando	estabas acercando	estaba acercando	estábamos acercando	estabais acercando	estaban acercando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be approaching	estaré acercando	estarás acercando	estará acercando	estaremos acercando	estaréis acercando	estarán acercando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría acercando	estarías acercando	estabría acercando	estaríamos acercando	estaríais acercando	estarían acercando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been approaching	que ~ acercando	que ~ acercando	que ~ acercando	que ~ acercando	que ~ acercando	que ~ acercando

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USING the SPANISH VERB ACERCAR

acercar can mean: to bring/place closer, to place close by.
acercarse: to approach, to get closer.
acercarse a algo/alguien: to approach somebody/something.

cerca (adv): near, close.
el acercamiento (nm): bringing/coming together; rapprochment.
Me acercó a mi casa: S/he gave me a ride home.

acerca de (adv loc): about, regarding.
Estuvieron hablando acerca de ti: They were talking about you.
¡No te acerques! Keep away!.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos acercás
Imperativo: ¡acercá!

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