to attract
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Yo atraigo a los mosquitos.
I attract mosquitoes.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
La música atrajo a mucha gente.
The music attracted a lot of people.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
El azúcar atraía a las hormigas.
The sugar attracted the ants.
Futuro · What will happen
La playa atraerá a muchos turistas.
The beach will attract a lot of tourists.
Condicional · What would happen
Un nuevo hotel atraería turistas.
A new hotel would attract tourists.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
El carnaval ha atraído a miles de personas.
Carnival has attracted thousands of people.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
La música ya había atraído a los vecinos.
The music had already attracted the neighbors.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Con mejores precios, habría atraído más clientes.
With better prices, it would have attracted more customers.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Espero que la feria atraiga a mucha gente.
I hope the fair attracts a lot of people.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Queríamos que la música atrajera clientes.
We wanted the music to attract customers.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Esperábamos que atrajesen turistas.
We were hoping they would attract tourists.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Me sorprende que haya atraído a tanta gente.
I'm surprised it has attracted so many people.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiera atraído más clientes, habríamos ganado más.
If it had attracted more customers, we would have made more.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Rarely used with this verb.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.