vivir

to livepor tiempo-ir regular

participio vividogerundio viviendohe + participio he vividoestoy + gerundio estoy viviendo

Presentewhat is going on now

Presente

Present — what is happening now, and what happens habitually

yo	vivoI live	nosotros	vivimoswe live
tú	vivesyou live	vosotros	vivísyou all live
él/ella/Ud.	vivehe/she lives	ellos/Uds.	viventhey live

Pretérito perfecto

Present perfect — have —ed; a past still touching now. Spain: today, this week. Latin America: mostly the indefinido instead

yo	he vividoI have lived	nosotros	hemos vividowe have lived
tú	has vividoyou have lived	vosotros	habéis vividoyou all have lived
él/ella/Ud.	ha vividohe/she has lived	ellos/Uds.	han vividothey have lived

Presente de subjuntivo

Present subjunctive — after que with wishes, doubt, emotion, ojalá

yo	viva(that) I live	nosotros	vivamos(that) we live
tú	vivas(that) you live	vosotros	viváis(that) you all live
él/ella/Ud.	viva(that) he/she lives	ellos/Uds.	vivan(that) they live

Perfecto de subjuntivo

Present perfect subjunctive — have —ed, under doubt or emotion: no creo que haya venido

yo	haya vivido(that) I have lived	nosotros	hayamos vivido(that) we have lived
tú	hayas vivido(that) you have lived	vosotros	hayáis vivido(that) you all have lived
él/ella/Ud.	haya vivido(that) he/she has lived	ellos/Uds.	hayan vivido(that) they have lived

Pasadowhat went on

Pretérito indefinido

Preterite — a finished past action — it started, it ended

yo	vivíI lived	nosotros	vivimoswe lived
tú	vivisteyou lived	vosotros	vivisteisyou all lived
él/ella/Ud.	vivióhe/she lived	ellos/Uds.	vivieronthey lived

Pretérito imperfecto

Imperfect — used to / was —ing; background, habits, descriptions

yo	vivíaI used to live	nosotros	vivíamoswe used to live
tú	vivíasyou used to live	vosotros	vivíaisyou all used to live
él/ella/Ud.	vivíahe/she used to live	ellos/Uds.	vivíanthey used to live

Pretérito pluscuamperfecto

Past perfect — had —ed; further back than another past event

yo	había vividoI had lived	nosotros	habíamos vividowe had lived
tú	habías vividoyou had lived	vosotros	habíais vividoyou all had lived
él/ella/Ud.	había vividohe/she had lived	ellos/Uds.	habían vividothey had lived

Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra)

Imperfect subjunctive — si clauses and past-tense wishes: si tuviera, quería que fuera

yo	viviera(that) I lived	nosotros	viviéramos(that) we lived
tú	vivieras(that) you lived	vosotros	vivierais(that) you all lived
él/ella/Ud.	viviera(that) he/she lived	ellos/Uds.	vivieran(that) they lived

Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se)

Imperfect subjunctive — the same tense, second form; commoner in Spain and in writing

yo	viviese(that) I lived	nosotros	viviésemos(that) we lived
tú	vivieses(that) you lived	vosotros	vivieseis(that) you all lived
él/ella/Ud.	viviese(that) he/she lived	ellos/Uds.	viviesen(that) they lived

Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo

Past perfect subjunctive — had —ed, hypothetically: si hubiera sabido

yo	hubiera vivido(that) I had lived	nosotros	hubiéramos vivido(that) we had lived
tú	hubieras vivido(that) you had lived	vosotros	hubierais vivido(that) you all had lived
él/ella/Ud.	hubiera vivido(that) he/she had lived	ellos/Uds.	hubieran vivido(that) they had lived

Pretérito anterior

Preterite perfect — had —ed, immediately before; literary, all but extinct

yo	hube vividoI had lived	nosotros	hubimos vividowe had lived
tú	hubiste vividoyou had lived	vosotros	hubisteis vividoyou all had lived
él/ella/Ud.	hubo vividohe/she had lived	ellos/Uds.	hubieron vividothey had lived

Futurowhat will or would go on

Futuro simple

Future — will — (spoken Spanish often prefers voy a + infinitivo)

yo	viviréI will live	nosotros	viviremoswe will live
tú	vivirásyou will live	vosotros	viviréisyou all will live
él/ella/Ud.	viviráhe/she will live	ellos/Uds.	viviránthey will live

Condicional simple

Conditional — would —; also softens a request into politeness

yo	viviríaI would live	nosotros	viviríamoswe would live
tú	viviríasyou would live	vosotros	viviríaisyou all would live
él/ella/Ud.	viviríahe/she would live	ellos/Uds.	viviríanthey would live

Futuro perfecto

Future perfect — will have —ed; done by some future point

yo	habré vividoI will have lived	nosotros	habremos vividowe will have lived
tú	habrás vividoyou will have lived	vosotros	habréis vividoyou all will have lived
él/ella/Ud.	habrá vividohe/she will have lived	ellos/Uds.	habrán vividothey will have lived

Condicional perfecto

Conditional perfect — would have —ed; the road not taken

yo	habría vividoI would have lived	nosotros	habríamos vividowe would have lived
tú	habrías vividoyou would have lived	vosotros	habríais vividoyou all would have lived
él/ella/Ud.	habría vividohe/she would have lived	ellos/Uds.	habrían vividothey would have lived

Futuro de subjuntivo

Future subjunctive — legal and proverbial only: adonde fueres, haz lo que vieres

yo	viviere(should) I live	nosotros	viviéremos(should) we live
tú	vivieres(should) you live	vosotros	viviereis(should) you all live
él/ella/Ud.	viviere(should) he/she live	ellos/Uds.	vivieren(should) they live

Imperativotelling someone to

Imperativo afirmativo

Imperative (do it) — orders and requests; there is no yo form

yo	—	nosotros	vivamoslet's live
tú	vivelive!	vosotros	vividlive!
él/ella/Ud.	vivalive!	ellos/Uds.	vivanlive!

Imperativo negativo

Imperative (don't) — no + subjunctive — never the affirmative form with no in front

yo	—	nosotros	no vivamoslet's not live
tú	no vivasdon't live	vosotros	no viváisdon't live
él/ella/Ud.	no vivadon't live	ellos/Uds.	no vivandon't live

PresenteVivo cerca del río.I live near the river.

Presente de subjuntivoOjalá que vivas cien años.May you live a hundred years.

Pretérito indefinidoVivieron en Lima tres años.They lived in Lima for three years.

Pretérito imperfectoAntes vivíamos en el campo.We used to live in the countryside.

Futuro simpleViviremos juntos el año que viene.We'll live together next year.

Condicional simpleViviría en España si pudiera.I would live in Spain if I could.

The model regular -ir verb. Set it beside comer: in these six tenses the only forms that differ are nosotros and vosotros in the present. Note too that the future and conditional endings hang off the whole infinitive, not the stem — which is why all three groups look identical there.

Imagen. Casas tradicionales de Ghandruk, un pueblo de destino turístico comunitario. — traducido de Traditional village houses in Ghandruk, a community tourist destination. (Bhuwan Bdr. Rokaha · wordpress · CC0)

vivir

to livepor persona-ir regular

participio vividogerundio viviendohe + participio he vividoestoy + gerundio estoy viviendo

yo

I — the speaker

Presente	vivoI live
Perfecto	he vividoI have lived
Subj. presente	viva(that) I live
Subj. perfecto	haya vivido(that) I have lived
Futuro	viviréI will live
Condicional	viviríaI would live
Fut. perfecto	habré vividoI will have lived
Cond. perfecto	habría vividoI would have lived
Subj. futuro	viviere(should) I live

Indefinido	vivíI lived
Imperfecto	vivíaI used to live
Pluscuamp.	había vividoI had lived
Subj. imperf.	viviera(that) I lived
Subj. -se	viviese(that) I lived
Subj. pluscuamp.	hubiera vivido(that) I had lived
Pret. anterior	hube vividoI had lived
Imperativo	—
Imper. negativo	—

nosotros / nosotras

we — the speaker plus others

Presente	vivimoswe live
Perfecto	hemos vividowe have lived
Subj. presente	vivamos(that) we live
Subj. perfecto	hayamos vivido(that) we have lived
Futuro	viviremoswe will live
Condicional	viviríamoswe would live
Fut. perfecto	habremos vividowe will have lived
Cond. perfecto	habríamos vividowe would have lived
Subj. futuro	viviéremos(should) we live

Indefinido	vivimoswe lived
Imperfecto	vivíamoswe used to live
Pluscuamp.	habíamos vividowe had lived
Subj. imperf.	viviéramos(that) we lived
Subj. -se	viviésemos(that) we lived
Subj. pluscuamp.	hubiéramos vivido(that) we had lived
Pret. anterior	hubimos vividowe had lived
Imperativo	vivamoslet's live
Imper. negativo	no vivamoslet's not live

tú

you (informal) — one person you are familiar with

Presente	vivesyou live
Perfecto	has vividoyou have lived
Subj. presente	vivas(that) you live
Subj. perfecto	hayas vivido(that) you have lived
Futuro	vivirásyou will live
Condicional	viviríasyou would live
Fut. perfecto	habrás vividoyou will have lived
Cond. perfecto	habrías vividoyou would have lived
Subj. futuro	vivieres(should) you live

Indefinido	vivisteyou lived
Imperfecto	vivíasyou used to live
Pluscuamp.	habías vividoyou had lived
Subj. imperf.	vivieras(that) you lived
Subj. -se	vivieses(that) you lived
Subj. pluscuamp.	hubieras vivido(that) you had lived
Pret. anterior	hubiste vividoyou had lived
Imperativo	vivelive!
Imper. negativo	no vivasdon't live

vosotros / vosotras

you all — informal plural, Spain only

Presente	vivísyou all live
Perfecto	habéis vividoyou all have lived
Subj. presente	viváis(that) you all live
Subj. perfecto	hayáis vivido(that) you all have lived
Futuro	viviréisyou all will live
Condicional	viviríaisyou all would live
Fut. perfecto	habréis vividoyou all will have lived
Cond. perfecto	habríais vividoyou all would have lived
Subj. futuro	viviereis(should) you all live

Indefinido	vivisteisyou all lived
Imperfecto	vivíaisyou all used to live
Pluscuamp.	habíais vividoyou all had lived
Subj. imperf.	vivierais(that) you all lived
Subj. -se	vivieseis(that) you all lived
Subj. pluscuamp.	hubierais vivido(that) you all had lived
Pret. anterior	hubisteis vividoyou all had lived
Imperativo	vividlive!
Imper. negativo	no viváisdon't live

él / ella / usted

he, she, you (formal) — one other person — formal you shares it

Presente	vivehe/she lives
Perfecto	ha vividohe/she has lived
Subj. presente	viva(that) he/she lives
Subj. perfecto	haya vivido(that) he/she has lived
Futuro	viviráhe/she will live
Condicional	viviríahe/she would live
Fut. perfecto	habrá vividohe/she will have lived
Cond. perfecto	habría vividohe/she would have lived
Subj. futuro	viviere(should) he/she live

Indefinido	vivióhe/she lived
Imperfecto	vivíahe/she used to live
Pluscuamp.	había vividohe/she had lived
Subj. imperf.	viviera(that) he/she lived
Subj. -se	viviese(that) he/she lived
Subj. pluscuamp.	hubiera vivido(that) he/she had lived
Pret. anterior	hubo vividohe/she had lived
Imperativo	vivalive!
Imper. negativo	no vivadon't live

ellos / ellas / ustedes

they, you all — several others — plural you shares it