to beg, to ask
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Presente · What happens now or habitually
Te ruego que me perdones.
I beg you to forgive me.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Mi madre le rogó al médico que viniera.
My mother begged the doctor to come.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mi abuela rogaba por sus hijos todas las noches.
My grandmother prayed for her children every night.
Futuro · What will happen
Le rogaré a mi jefe que me dé el viernes libre.
I'll beg my boss to give me Friday off.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo no le rogaría a nadie.
I wouldn't beg anyone.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Me has rogado mil veces.
You've begged me a thousand times.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ya le había rogado que volviera.
She had already begged him to come back.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
No quiero que me ruegues.
I don't want you to beg me.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Le molestó que le rogara tanto.
It bothered him that she begged him so much.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Rarely used with this verb.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Rarely used with this verb.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Rarely used with this verb.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Ruega por nosotros.
Pray for us.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
No ruegues más, no va a cambiar de opinión.
Don't beg anymore, he isn't going to change his mind.