subir conjugation: all tenses in Spanish, with meaning

/suˈβiɾ/

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Translation

to go up, to climb, to upload

Word origin

From Latin subire ('to go up to, to approach'), from sub ('up, under') and ire ('to go'). The ire root also gives English transit and exit.

Origin: Latin
Root: subire
English cognates: transit, exit

Grammar

Verb type-ir regular

Conjugation

Regular -ir conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	subo	subí	subía	subiré	subiría
tú	subes	subiste	subías	subirás	subirías
él/ella/ud.	sube	subió	subía	subirá	subiría
nos.	subimos	subimos	subíamos	subiremos	subiríamos
vos.	subís	subisteis	subíais	subiréis	subiríais
ellos/uds.	suben	subieron	subían	subirán	subirían

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	suba	subiera	subiese
tú	subas	subieras	subieses
él/ella/ud.	suba	subiera	subiese
nos.	subamos	subiéramos	subiésemos
vos.	subáis	subierais	subieseis
ellos/uds.	suban	subieran	subiesen

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tú	sube
ud.	suba
nosotros	subamos
vosotros	subid
uds.	suban

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: subiendo
Past participle: subido

Examples

We went up to the top floor in the lift.

Prices have risen a lot this year.

I am going to upload the photos to the cloud.

, .

I will go up by the stairs, the lift is broken.

Súbete , .

Get in the car, we are leaving in five minutes.

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This word is part of lesson 9.