Spanish Verb Vivir Conjugation

The Spanish verb vivir means to live. It is a regular verb, so it follows the conjugation pattern for all verbs ending in -ir. To conjugate the infinitive verb vivir, drop the ending -ir and add the new ending.

Below you will find vivir conjugations for the most frequently used tenses, such as present, preterite, and imperfect, followed by their translations and usage examples. You will also find a variety of verb forms, such as participles and gerunds, as well as conjugations in both the indicative and subjunctive mood.

Spanish verbs are conjugated in three persons, each having a singular and a plural form. In addition, in Spanish there is another conjugation form, usted and ustedes, which is a second person form (singular and plural respectively). Usted and ustedes follow the conjugation form of the third person pronouns.

Present Indicative

Preterite Indicative

In Spanish there are two forms of the past tense: preterite and imperfect indicative. The preterite is used to describe actions that were completed in the past or happened once.

Imperfect Indicative

The imperfect indicative form, or imperfecto indicativo, is used to talk about a past action or state of being without specifying when it began or ended, or repeated actions in the past. It is equivalent to "was living" or "used to live" in English.

Future Indicative

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Periphrastic Future Indicative

Periphrastic refers to a multi-word construction. In the case of periphrastic future in Spanish, it is equivalent to the expression "I am going to" referring to a future occurrence and is commonly used in conversation. The periphrastic future is formed by a conjugated form of the verb ir (to go), followed by the article a and the infinitive of the main verb.

Present Progressive/Gerund Form

The present progressive in Spanish is formed with the present indicative conjugation of the verb estar followed by the present participle (gerundio in Spanish).

The gerund refers to the -ing form of the verb. To form the gerund, all -ir verbs take on the ending -iendo, in this case, vivir becomes viviendo. The active verb in the sentence is the verb that conjugates or changes. The gerund stays the same no matter how the subject and verb changes. In Spanish, the gerund is used as the present participle is used in English (not as a noun).

Past Participle

The past participle corresponds to the English -en or -ed form of the verb. In this case, it is created by dropping the -ir and adding -ido. The verb, vivir, becomes vivido. The verb that precedes it, in this case haber (to have) should be conjugated. 

Vivir Conditional Indicative Form

The conditional indicative form, or el condicional, is used to express probability, possibility, wonder or conjecture, and is usually translated in English as would, could, must have, or probably. For example, "Would you live in this house?" would translate to ¿Vivirías en esta casa?

Present Subjunctive

The present subjunctive, or presente subjuntivo, functions much like the present indicative in tense, except it deals with mood and is used in situations of doubt, desire, emotion and is generally subjective. Use the Spanish subjunctive when you want a subject to do something. Also, use que with the pronoun and verb. For example, "I want you to live here," would be, Yo quiero que usted viva aquí.

Imperfect Subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive, or imperfecto del subjuntivo, is used as a clause describing something in the past and is used in situations of doubt, desire, or emotion. Also, in some cases you can use que with the pronoun and verb. There are two possible conjugations for the imperfect subjunctive, both considered correct.

Option 1

Option 2

Imperative

The imperative, or imperativo in Spanish, is used to give commands or orders. There is no first-person or third-person form (singular or plural), since a person gives commands to others. The imperative form also changes when the command is negative: the word no is followed by the conjugated verb.

Positive Command

Negative Command