Spanish Verb ATACAR - to attack. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb ATACAR: to attack

The Spanish verb atacar means 'to attack' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

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to attack: atacar
Imagine you see a man ATTACK A CAR!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE ATACAR - to attack
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb atacar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente attack	ataco	atacas	ataca	atacamos	atacáis	atacan
Imperfect Imperfecto attacked	atacaba	atacabas	atacaba	atacábamos	atacabais	atacaban
Preterit Pretérito attacked	ataqué	atacaste	atacó	atacamos	atacasteis	atacaron
Future Futuro will attack	atacaré	atacarás	atacará	atacaremos	atacaréis	atacarán
Conditional Condicional would attack	atacaría	atacarías	atacaría	atacaríamos	atacaríais	atacarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may attack	ataque	ataques	ataque	ataquemos	ataquéis	ataquen
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might attack	atacara	atacaras	atacara	atacáramos	atacarais	atacaran
	atacase	atacases	atacase	atacásemos	atacaseis	atacasen
Imperatives Spanish Verb atacar - to attack
Imperative Imperativo attack!		¡ataca!	¡ataque!	¡ataquemos!	¡atacad!	¡ataquen!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't attack!		¡no ataques!	¡no ataque!	¡no ataquemos!	¡no ataquéis!	¡no ataquen!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb ATACAR Past Participle: atacado - attacked
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have attacked	he atacado	has atacado	ha atacado	hemos atacado	habéis atacado	han atacado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had attacked	hube atacado	hubiste atacado	hubo atacado	hubimos atacado	hubisteis atacado	hubieron atacado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had attacked	había atacado	habías atacado	había atacado	habíamos atacado	habíais atacado	habían atacado
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have attacked	haya atacado	hayas atacado	haya atacado	hayamos atacado	hayáis atacado	hayan atacado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have attacked	habré atacado	habrás atacado	habrá atacado	habremos atacado	habréis atacado	habrán atacado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have attacked	habría atacado	habrías atacado	habría atacado	habríamos atacado	habríais atacado	habrían atacado
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have attacked	hubiera atacado	hubieras atacado	hubiera atacado	hubiéramos atacado	hubierais atacado	hubieran atacado
	hubiese atacado	hubieses atacado	hubiese atacado	hubiésemos atacado	hubieseis atacado	hubiesen atacado
Progressive Tenses ATACAR Present Participle: atacando - attacking
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am attacking	estoy atacando	estás atacando	está atacando	estamos atacando	está atacando	están atacando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was attacking	estuve atacando	estuviste atacando	estuvo atacando	estuvimos atacando	estuvisteis atacando	estuvieron atacando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been attacking	estaba atacando	estabas atacando	estaba atacando	estábamos atacando	estabais atacando	estaban atacando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be attacking	estaré atacando	estarás atacando	estará atacando	estaremos atacando	estaréis atacando	estarán atacando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría atacando	estarías atacando	estabría atacando	estaríamos atacando	estaríais atacando	estarían atacando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been attacking	que ~ atacando	que ~ atacando	que ~ atacando	que ~ atacando	que ~ atacando	que ~ atacando

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USING the SPANISH VERB ATACAR

atacar can mean: to tackle, to launch into.

el atacante (nm): attacker, assailant.
atacante (adj): infuriating.
el ataque: attack.

atacar los nervios: to lose one's cool.
Su machismo me resulta atacante: His male chauvinism really gets on my nerves.
un ataque cardíaco/al corazón: a heart attack.

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 atacás
Imperativo: ¡atacá!

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