Recordar Conjugation 101: Conjugate Recordar in Spanish

Since it allows you to talk about memories and reminders, recordar is a fundamental verb for daily-life conversations. As a result, in this guide, you’ll learn the most important recordar conjugations.

• Recordar Overview 
• Indicative Tenses of Recordar Conjugations
  • Present tense
  • Preterite tense
  • Imperfect tense
  • Near Future tense
  • Future tense
  • Conditional tense
  • Present Perfect tense
  • Past Perfect tense
  • Future Perfect tense
  • Conditional Perfect tense
  • Progressive tenses
• Subjunctive Tenses of Recordar Conjugations 
  • Present Subjunctive tense
  • Present Perfect Subjunctive tense
  • Imperfect Subjunctive tense
  • Past Perfect Subjunctive tense
• Imperative (Commands) of Recordar Conjugations
  • Affirmative Commands
  • Negative Commands
• Uses & Examples
• Download Recordar Conjugation Tables & Uses Cheat sheets
• Recordar Conjugation Practice Quiz

Take Note: There are many tenses in Spanish. However, we don’t use them all. Some are simply old and outdated. As a result, in this guide, you’ll only learn the tenses you need to know to become fluent in Spanish

Overview of Recordar

Recordar can be translated as ‘to remember’, ‘to recall’ or ‘to remind’. For simplicity, I’ve only included one translation in the conjugation examples included in the tables below.

Indicative Conjugations of Recordar

Present tense

With the exception of ‘nosotros’ and ‘vosotros’, the present tense conjugations for recordar have an -O to -UE stem change. With this tense, ‘recordar’ is used to talk about things you currently remember. For example: No recuerdo su nombre.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recuerdo	I remember
Tú	Recuerdas	You remember
Él / Ella Usted	Recuerda	He/She remembers You (formal) remember
Nosotros	Recordamos	We remember
Vosotros	Recordáis	You remember
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recuerdan	They remember You (plural) remember

Preterite tense

As shown in the conjugation chart below, the preterite forms of ‘recordar’ are regular. We use recordar in the preterite tense to talk about memories or things someone reminded you of something at a specific moment in the past. Chicas, ¿le recordaron a Kate de la fiesta?

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recordé	I remembered
Tú	Recordaste	You remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Recordó	He/She remembered You (formal) remembered
Nosotros	Recordamos	We remembered
Vosotros	Recordasteis	You remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recordaron	They remembered You (plural) remembered

Imperfect tense

 The imperfect conjugations of ‘recordar’ are used to talk about things you used to remember repeatedly or memories you had at an unspecified moment in the past. No recordaba que Tina fue novia de Luis.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recordaba	I remembered I used to remember
Tú	Recordabas	You remembered You used to remember
Él / Ella Usted	Recordaba	He/She remembered He/She used to remember You (formal) remembered You (formal) used to remember
Nosotros	Recordábamos	We remembered We used to remember
Vosotros	Recordabais	You remembered You used to remember
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recordaban	They remembered They used to remember You (plural) remembered You (plural) used to remember

Near future

 The immediate future (or near future) is used to talk about things you’ll remember or remind someone of soon in the future. For example, te voy a recordar de tu tarea en unas horas. The near future is formed with ir (present tense) + a + recordar and can be translated as “going to remember”.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Voy a recordar	I’m going to remember
Tú	Vas a recordar	You’re going to remember
Él / Ella Usted	Va a recordar	He/She is going to remember You (formal) are going to remember
Nosotros	Vamos a recordar	We’re going to remember
Vosotros	Vais a recordar	You’re going to remember
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Van a recordar	They’re going to remember You (plural) are going to remember

Future simple tense

The future tense communicates that a person will remember something at some point in the future. No te preocupes, no recordarás nada. 

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recordaré	I will remember
Tú	Recordarás	You will remember
Él / Ella Usted	Recordará	He/She will remember You (formal) will remember
Nosotros	Recordaremos	We will remember
Vosotros	Recordaréis	You (formal) will remember
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recordarán	They will remember You (plural) will remember

Conditional tense

 We use the conditional conjugations of recordar to imply that someone would remind or remember something if certain conditions were met. Si pudiera, yo le recordaría…

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recordaría	I would remember
Tú	Recordarías	You would remember
Él / Ella Usted	Recordaría	He/She would remember You (formal) would remember
Nosotros	Recordaríamos	We would remember
Vosotros	Recordaríais	You would remember
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recordarían	They would remember You (plural) would remember

Present perfect tense

The present perfect tense of ‘recordar’ is used to talk about things you have or haven’t remembered. For example, ¿has recordado lo que me querías decir? The present perfect is conjugated with the formula haber (present tense) + recordado. 

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	He recordado	I have remembered
Tú	Has recordado	You have remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Ha recordado	He/She has remembered You (formal) have remembered
Nosotros	Hemos recordado	We have remembered
Vosotros	Habéis recordado	You have remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Han recordado	They have remembered You (plural) have remembered

Past perfect

In the past perfect tense, ‘recordar’ allows you to explain that someone remembered something before some other reference point in the past. Ayer, Billy todavía no había recordado nuestra reunión. 

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Había recordado	I had remembered
Tú	Habías recordado	You had remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Había recordado	He/She had remembered You (formal) had remembered
Nosotros	Habíamos recordado	We had remembered
Vosotros	Habíais recordado	You had remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Habían recordado	They had remembered You (plural) had remembered

Future perfect

Recordar’s future perfect conjugations express that someone will have reminded or remembered something by or before a certain time in the future. For example, en unas horas habrás recordado lo que te dije.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Habré recordado	I will have remembered
Tú	Habrás recordado	You will have remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Habrá recordado	He/She will have remembered You (formal) will have remembered
Nosotros	Habremos recordado	We will have remembered
Vosotros	Habréis recordado	You will have remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Habrán recordado	They will have remembered You (plural) will have remembered

Conditional perfect

‘Recordar’ conjugated to the conditional perfect tense talks about things you would have remembered if a past condition had been met. For instance: no habría recordado esto sin tu ayuda. 

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Habría recordado	I would have remembered
Tú	Habrías recordado	You would have remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Habría recordado	He/She would have remembered You (formal) would have remembered
Nosotros	Habríamos recordado	We would have remembered
Vosotros	Habríais recordado	You would have remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Habrían recordado	They would have remembered You (plural) would have remembered

Progressive tenses

The progressive tenses forms of ‘recordar’ imply that someone is remembering or reminding something to another at the moment of speaking. For instance: le estoy recordando a Patty de la fiesta. To form the progressive tenses, you must conjugate estar and use the gerund of ‘recordar’.

Progressive Tense	Formula	Translation Example
Present	Estar (present) + recordando	I am remembering
Preterite	Estar (preterite) + recordando	You were remembering
Imperfect	Estar (imperfect) + recordando	He was remembering
Future	Estar (future) + recordando	We will be remembering
Conditional	Estar (conditional) + recordando	They would be remembering

Recordar Subjunctive Conjugations

In Spanish, the subjunctive is used to talk about wishes, hypothetical situations or express uncertainty. The conjugation charts below show the subjunctive forms of recordar. 

Present subjunctive

Like the present indicative forms, some of the present subjunctive conjugations of recordar will have -O to -UE stem changes. We use recuerd- for all subjects except ‘nosotros’ and ‘vosotros’. In this tense, ‘recordar’ can be used to talk about the things you want people to remember or remind you. Te pido que le recuerdes a Jossie de mi dinero. 

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recuerde	I remember
Tú	Recuerdes	You remember
Él / Ella Usted	Recuerde	He/She remembers You (formal) remember
Nosotros	Recordemos	We remember
Vosotros	Recordéis	You remember
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recuerden	They remember You (plural) remember

Present perfect subjunctive

Haber in the present subjunctive + recordado is the structure you should use to build the present perfect subjunctive form of ‘recordar’. With this tense, recordar can be used to express expectations or uncertainty about the things people remembered. Ojalá Lily le haya recordado a James. 

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Haya recordado	I have remembered
Tú	Hayas recordado	You have remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Haya recordado	He/She has remembered You (formal) have remembered
Nosotros	Hayamos recordado	We have remembered
Vosotros	Hayáis recordado	You have remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Hayan recordado	They have remembered You (plural) have remembered

Imperfect subjunctive

We use the imperfect subjunctive of ‘recordar’ to talk about things we wanted someone to remember. This tense can also be used to express uncertainty about what a person remembered. For example: si recordara su nombre, todo sería más fácil. 

The imperfect subjunctive has two conjugation models depending on which type of Spanish you’re using:

Latin American Spanish version

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recordara	I remembered
Tú	Recordaras	You remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Recordara	He/She remembered You (formal) remembered
Nosotros	Recordáramos	We remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recordaran	They remembered You (plural) remembered

The table above doesn’t include the conjugation for vosotros because this pronoun is not used in Latin American Spanish.

Castilian Spanish version

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Recordase	I remembered
Tú	Recordases	You remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Recordase	He/She remembered You (formal) remembered
Nosotros	Recordásemos	We remembered
Vosotros	Recordaseis	You remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Recordasen	They remembered You (plural) remembered

Past perfect subjunctive

In the past perfect subjunctive, recordar communicates that someone would have remembered something if a past circumstance was met. In this tense, ‘recordar’ can also be used to make hypotheses about what would happen if someone had remembered something. For example: si me hubieras recordado a tiempo, te habría ayudado.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Yo	Hubiera recordado	I had remembered
Tú	Hubieras recordado	You had remembered
Él / Ella Usted	Hubiera recordado	He/She had remembered You (formal) had remembered
Nosotros	Hubiéramos recordado	We had remembered
Vosotros	Hubierais recordado	You had remembered
Ellos / Ellas Ustedes	Hubieran recordado	They had remembered You (plural) had remembered

Aprender Imperative Conjugations

Commands in Spanish allow us to tell others what to do (affirmative commands) or what not to do (negative commands).

Affirmative commands

With the exception of vosotros, all the affirmative commands of ‘recordar’ use the stem recuerd-. We use the affirmative imperative to order someone to remember or remind something to another person. Recuérdame que necesitamos leche.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Tú	Recuerda	Remember
Usted	Recuerde	Remember
Vosotros	Recordad	Remember
Ustedes	Recuerden	Remember

Negative commands

Below is the conjugation chart for the negative commands of ‘recordar’. These conjugations are difficult to find in conversations because it’s uncommon to order someone to not remember something.

Person	Conjugation	Translation
Tú	No recuerdes	Don’t remember
Usted	No recuerde	Don’t remember
Vosotros	No recordéis	Don’t remember
Ustedes	No recuerden	Don’t remember

Meanings of Recordar & Examples

Below are some sentences with recordar in different tenses. You’ll also find common applications and elements you must use with this verb. 

Talking about memories and reminders 

Que yo recuerde esta no es la casa de Larry. 
As far as I remember this is not Larry’s house

¿Ya recordaste cómo se llama este lugar?
Did you already remember the name of this place?

Gracias por haberme recordado. 
Thank you for reminding me. 

Craig nos recuerda a su papá. 
Craig reminds us of his dad. 

Take Note: When using indirect object pronouns, ‘recordar’ means ‘to remind’. Do not confuse this meaning with ‘me acuerdo’! Acordarse is a synonym of ‘recordar’, but it doesn’t work with the same elements. Click here to check the difference. 

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Practice Quiz: Recordar Conjugation

Practice your conjugation skills for ‘recordar’ by taking our verb conjugation practice quiz, where you can choose any combination of tenses you’d like to focus on.