to exist
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Existe una playa muy bonita cerca de aquí.
There's a very pretty beach near here.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Los dinosaurios existieron hace millones de años.
Dinosaurs existed millions of years ago.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
En aquella época no existían los celulares.
Cell phones didn't exist back then.
Futuro · What will happen
Siempre existirá la esperanza.
There will always be hope.
Condicional · What would happen
Sin ellos no existirían estos programas.
Without them these programs wouldn't exist.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Siempre ha existido esa tradición en mi pueblo.
That tradition has always existed in my town.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ese barrio no había existido antes de los años cincuenta.
That neighborhood hadn't existed before the fifties.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Sin la lluvia, este bosque no habría existido.
Without the rain, this forest wouldn't have existed.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
No creo que exista una solución fácil.
I don't think an easy solution exists.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Si no existiera la música, la vida sería muy triste.
If music didn't exist, life would be very sad.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Aunque existiesen otras opciones, elegiría esta.
Even if other options existed, I would choose this one.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Dudo que haya existido un hombre así.
I doubt a man like that has ever existed.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si no hubiera existido ese puente, no habríamos cruzado.
If that bridge hadn't existed, we wouldn't have crossed.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Rarely used with this verb.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.