Spanish Verb SERVIR - to serve. Irregular IR family

Spanish Verb SERVIR: to serve

The Spanish verb servir means 'to serve ' and is an irregular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, imagine you say to the waitress, "SERVE 'ERE!"

Around 30 verbs are conjugated like servir, replacing the e with an i in the present, preterite, subjunctive and imperative tenses.
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to serve: servir
Imagine you say to the waitress, "SERVE 'ERE!"

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE SERVIR - to serve
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb servir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente serve	sirvo	sirves	sirve	servimos	servís	sirven
Imperfect Imperfecto served	servía	servías	servía	servíamos	servíais	servían
Preterit Pretérito served	serví	serviste	sirvió	servemos	servisteis	sirvieron
Future Futuro will serve	serviré	servirás	servirá	serviremos	serviréis	servirán
Conditional Condicional would serve	serviría	servirías	serviría	serviríamos	serviríais	servirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may serve	sirva	sirvas	sirva	sirvamos	sirváis	sirvan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might serve	sirviera	sirvieras	sirviera	sirviéramos	sirvierais	sirvieran
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might serve	sirviese	sirvieses	sirviese	sirviésemos	sirvieseis	sirviesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb servir - to serve
Imperative Imperativo serve!		¡sirve!	¡sirva!	¡sirvamos!	¡servid!	¡sirvan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't serve!		¡no sirvas!	¡no sirva!	¡no sirvamos!	¡no sirváis!	¡no sirvan!
Servound Tenses of the Spanish Verb SERVIR Past Participle: servido - have served
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have served	he servido	has servido	ha servido	hemos servido	habéis servido	han servido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had served	hube servido	hubiste servido	hubo servido	hubimos servido	hubisteis servido	hubieron servido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had served	había servido	habías servido	había servido	habíamos servido	habíais servido	habían servido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have served	haya servido	hayas servido	haya servido	hayamos servido	hayáis servido	hayan servido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have served	habré servido	habrás servido	habrá servido	habremos servido	habréis servido	habrán servido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have served	habría servido	habrías servido	habría servido	habríamos servido	habríais servido	habrían servido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have served	hubiera servido	hubieras servido	hubiera servido	hubiéramos servido	hubierais servido	hubieran servido
	hubiese servido	hubieses servido	hubiese servido	hubiésemos servido	hubieseis servido	hubiesen servido
Progressive Tenses SERVIR Present Participle: sirviendo - serving
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am serving	estoy sirviendo	estás sirviendo	está sirviendo	estamos sirviendo	estáis sirviendo	están sirviendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was serving	estuve sirviendo	estuviste sirviendo	estuvo sirviendo	estuvimos sirviendo	estuvisteis sirviendo	estuvieron sirviendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been serving	estaba sirviendo	estabas sirviendo	estaba sirviendo	estábamos sirviendo	estabais sirviendo	estaban sirviendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be serving	estaré sirviendo	estarás sirviendo	estará sirviendo	estaremos sirviendo	estaréis sirviendo	estarán sirviendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría sirviendo	estarías sirviendo	estabría sirviendo	estaríamos sirviendo	estaríais sirviendo	estarían sirviendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ...ing	que ~ sirviendo	que ~ sirviendo	que ~ sirviendo	que ~ sirviendo	que ~ sirviendo	que ~ sirviendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB SERVIR

servir can also mean: to be of use; to pour; to process.
servir para: to be used for.
servirse: to serve oneself; to help oneself to.
servirse de algo to make use of something.
servir de ejemplo: to serve as an example.

servir la comida to serve the food.
servir a la patria: to serve one's country.

el servicio (nm) :service.
a votre servicio : at your service.
los servicios (nmpl) : toilets, rest rooms.
el servicio a domicillo: home delivery servcie.
estar de servicio: to be on duty/ready for service.
libre de servicio: off duty.
fuera de servicio: out of order.

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 IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos servís
Imperativo: ¡serví!

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