Let's See: How to Conjugate the Spanish Verb Ver (2023)

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Updated on May 07, 2019

The Spanish verb ver means "to see" or "to watch." Its conjugation is mostly regular, although the pattern varies in the past participle, visto (seen), and the first-person singular present, veo (I see). Other verbs derived from ver, such as prever (to preview or to foresee) and entrever (to partly see or to suspect), follow the same conjugation pattern. A verb that is similar in meaning is mirar, which can be translated as "to look."

This article includes ver conjugations in the indicative mood (present, past, conditional and future), the subjunctive mood (present and past), the imperative mood, and other verb forms.

Present Indicative

The first person singular conjugation veo is slightly irregular. Normally we would remove the ending -er before adding the present tense ending -o, but in this case, the e in ver stays to produce veo.

Yo	veo	Yo veo las noticias todos los días.	I watch the news every day.
Tú	ves	Tú ves a tu hija bailar.	You watch your daughter dance.
Usted/él/ella	ve	Ella ve una película con su amiga.	She watches a movie with her friend.
Nosotros	vemos	Nosotros vemos a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	We see many patients at the clinic.
Vosotros	veis	Vosotros veis a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	You see your grandmother frequently.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	ven	Ellos ven muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	They see many interesting things at the museum.

Preterite Indicative

The preterite is used to talk about completed events in the past.

Yo	vi	Yo vi las noticias todos los días.	I watched the news every day.
Tú	viste	Tú viste a tu hija bailar.	You watched your daughter dance.
Usted/él/ella	vio	Ella vio una película con su amiga.	She watched a movie with her friend.
Nosotros	vimos	Nosotros vimos a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	We saw many patients at the clinic.
Vosotros	visteis	Vosotros visteis a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	You saw your grandma frequently.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	vieron	Ellos vieron muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	They saw many interesting things at the museum.

Imperfect Indicative

The imperfect is used to talk about ongoing or repeated actions in the past. It can be translated as "was watching" or "used to watch."

Yo	veía	Yo veía las noticias todos los días.	I used to watch the news every day.
Tú	veías	Tú veías a tu hija bailar.	You used to watch your daughter dance.
Usted/él/ella	veía	Ella veía una película con su amiga.	She used to watch a movie with her friend.
Nosotros	veíamos	Nosotros veíamos a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	We used to see many patients at the clinic.
Vosotros	veíais	Vosotros veíais a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	You used to see your grandma frequently.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	veían	Ellos veían muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	They used to see many interesting things at the museum.

Future Indicative

Yo	veré	Yo veré las noticias todos los días.	I will watch the news every day.
Tú	verás	Tú verás a tu hija bailar.	You will watch your daughter dance.
Usted/él/ella	verá	Ella verá una película con su amiga.	She will watch a movie with her friend.
Nosotros	veremos	Nosotros veremos a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	We will see many patients at the clinic.
Vosotros	veréis	Vosotros veréis a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	You will seeyour grandma frequently.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	verán	Ellos verán muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	They will see many interesting things at the museum.

PeriphrasticFuture Indicative

The periphrastic future is formed with three parts: the present tense conjugation of the verb ir (to go), the preposition a, and the infinitive of the verb.

Yo	voy a ver	Yo voya ver las noticias todos los días.	I am going to watch the news every day.
Tú	vasa ver	Tú vasa ver a tu hija bailar.	You aregoing to watch your daughter dance.
Usted/él/ella	vaa ver	Ella vaa ver una película con su amiga.	She isgoing to watch a movie with her friend.
Nosotros	vamosa ver	Nosotros vamosa ver a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	We aregoing to see many patients at the clinic.
Vosotros	vaisa ver	Vosotros vaisa ver a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	You aregoing to seeyour grandma frequently.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	vana ver	Ellos vana ver muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	They aregoing to see many interesting things at the museum.

Present Progressive/Gerund Form

The progressive tenses use the verb estar with the gerund form viendo.

Present Progressive ofVer

está viendo

Ella está viendo a su hija bailar.

She is watching her daughter dance.

Ver Past Participle

The past participle is used to form perfect tenses like the present perfect. Usually the past participle of -er verbs is formed with the ending -ido, but ver is irregular since its past participle is visto.

Present Perfect of Ver

ha visto

Ella ha visto a su hija bailar.

She has watched her daughter dance.

Ver Conditional Indicative

The conditional tense is usually translated to English as "would + verb."

Yo	vería	Yo vería las noticias todos los días si no me durmiera tan temprano.	I would watch the news every day if I didn't fall asleep so early.
Tú	verías	Tú verías a tu hija bailar si no estuvieras ocupada.	You would watch your daughter dance if you were not busy.
Usted/él/ella	vería	Ella vería una película con su amiga, pero no se ponen de acuerdo en la película.	She would watch a movie with her friend, but they don't agree on a movie.
Nosotros	veríamos	Nosotros veríamos a muchos pacientes en la clínica si tuviéramos más doctores.	We would see many patients at the clinic if we had more doctors.
Vosotros	veríais	Vosotros veríais a vuestra abuela frecuentemente si vivierais más cerca.	You would seeyour grandma frequently if you lived closer.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	verían	Ellos verían muchas cosas interesantes en el museo si tuvieran más tiempo.	They would see many interesting things at the museum if they had more time.

Ver Present Subjunctive

*Que yo*	vea	Mi profesor sugiere que yo vea las noticias todos los días.	My professor suggests that I watch the news every day.
*Que tú*	veas	La instructora pide que tú veas a tu hija bailar.	The instructor asks that you watch your daughter dance.
*Que usted/él/ella*	vea	Carlos espera que ella vea una película con su amiga.	Carlos hopes that she watches a movie with her friend.
*Que nosotros*	veamos	El joven espera que nosotros veamos a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	The young man hopes that we see many patients at the clinic.
*Que vosotros*	veáis	Vuestra madre espera que vosotros veáis a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	Your mother hopes that you see your grandmother frequently.
*Que ustedes/ellos/ellas*	vean	Pedro recomienda que ellos vean muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	Pedro recommends that they see many interesting things at the museum.

Ver Imperfect Subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive is used similarly to the present subjunctive, but in situations that happened in the past. There are two options for conjugating the imperfect subjunctive:

Option 1

*Que yo*	viera	Mi profesor sugería que yo viera las noticias todos los días.	My professor suggested that I watch the news every day.
*Que tú*	vieras	La instructora pedía que tú vieras a tu hija bailar.	The instructor asked that you watch your daughter dance.
*Que usted/él/ella*	viera	Carlos esperaba que ella viera una película con su amiga.	Carlos hoped that she watch a movie with her friend.
*Que nosotros*	viéramos	El joven esperaba que nosotros viéramos a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	The young man hoped that we see many patients at the clinic.
*Que vosotros*	vierais	Vuestra madre esperaba que vosotros vierais a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	Your mother hoped that you see your grandmother frequently.
*Que ustedes/ellos/ellas*	vieran	Pedro recomendaba que ellos vieran muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	Pedro recommended that they see many interesting things at the museum.

Option 2

*Que yo*	viese	Mi profesor sugería que yo viese las noticias todos los días.	My professor suggested that I watch the news every day.
*Que tú*	vieses	La instructora pedía que tú vieses a tu hija bailar.	The instructor asked that you watch your daughter dance.
*Que usted/él/ella*	viese	Carlos esperaba que ella viese una película con su amiga.	Carlos hoped that she watch a movie with her friend.
*Que nosotros*	viésemos	El joven esperaba que nosotros viésemos a muchos pacientes en la clínica.	The young man hoped that we see many patients at the clinic.
*Que vosotros*	vieseis	Vuestra madre esperaba que vosotros vieseis a vuestra abuela frecuentemente.	Your mother hoped that you see your grandmother frequently.
*Que ustedes/ellos/ellas*	viesen	Pedro recomendaba que ellos viesen muchas cosas interesantes en el museo.	Pedro recommended that they see many interesting things at the museum.

Ver Imperative

The imperative mood has both positive and negative forms, which are used to give commands.

Positive Commands

Tú	ve	¡Ve a tu hija bailar!	Watch your daughter dance!
Usted	vea	¡Vea una película con su amiga!	Watch a movie with your friend!
Nosotros	veamos	¡Veamos a muchos pacientes en la clínica!	Let's see many patients at the clinic!
Vosotros	ved	¡Ved a tu abuela frecuentemente!	See your grandma frequently!
Ustedes	vean	¡Vean muchas cosas interesantes en el museo!	See many interesting things at the museum!

Negative Commands

Tú	no veas	¡No veas a tu hija bailar!	Don't watch your daughter dance!
Usted	no vea	¡No vea una película con su amiga!	Don't watch a movie with your friend!
Nosotros	no veamos	¡No veamos a muchos pacientes en la clínica!	Let's not see many patients at the clinic!
Vosotros	no veáis	¡No veáis a tu abuela frecuentemente!	Don't see your grandma frequently!
Ustedes	no vean	¡No vean muchas cosas interesantes en el museo!	Don't see many interesting things at the museum!

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