cosechar — Spanish conjugation

to harvest.

Frequency#1135Regular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The present tense is the most versatile tense in Spanish. It covers actions happening right now, habitual actions, and even near-future plans. One form does the work of three English constructions.

Ella habla inglés — She speaks / is speaking English

PronounSpanish
yocosecho
cosechas
voscosechás
él/ella/Ud.cosecha
nosotroscosechamos
vosotroscosecháis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosechan

Preterite (Pretérito indefinido) Regular

Used for completed past actions with a defined endpoint — a single event, a series of events, or an action that interrupted another. Common with time expressions like ayer, el lunes, una vez.

Ella habló de ti ayer — She spoke about you yesterday

PronounSpanish
yocoseché
cosechaste
voscosechaste
él/ella/Ud.cosechó
nosotroscosechamos
vosotroscosechasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosecharon

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfecto) Regular

Describes ongoing or habitual past states — what things were like, background context, what used to happen. Contrasts with the preterite which marks completed events.

Cuando era niño vivía en Valencia — When I was a child I lived in Valencia

PronounSpanish
yocosechaba
cosechabas
voscosechabas
él/ella/Ud.cosechaba
nosotroscosechábamos
vosotroscosechabais
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosechaban

Conditional (Condicional) Regular

Expresses hypothetical actions, polite requests, and what would happen under certain conditions. Also used for reported speech about the future from a past perspective.

¿Podrías ayudarme? — Could you help me?

PronounSpanish
yocosecharía
cosecharías
voscosecharías
él/ella/Ud.cosecharía
nosotroscosecharíamos
vosotroscosecharíais
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosecharían

Future (Futuro) Regular

Expresses future actions, predictions, and probability about the present. Formed with the full infinitive as stem for most verbs. In spoken Spanish, ir a + infinitive is often preferred for near future.

Ella hablará en conferencia mañana — She will speak at the conference tomorrow

PronounSpanish
yocosecharé
cosecharás
voscosecharás
él/ella/Ud.cosechará
nosotroscosecharemos
vosotroscosecharéis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosecharán

Present perfect (Pretérito perfecto) Regular

A compound past tense linking a past action to the present moment — something that has happened and still feels recent or relevant. More common in Spain than Latin America where preterite is preferred.

Hoy he hablado con el jefe — Today I have spoken with the boss

PronounSpanish
yohe cosechado
has cosechado
voshas cosechado
él/ella/Ud.ha cosechado
nosotroshemos cosechado
vosotroshabéis cosechado
ellos/ellas/Uds.han cosechado

Pluperfect (Pretérito pluscuamperfecto) Regular

The past of the past — describes an action that was already completed before another past event happened. Always implies a reference point in the past.

Ya había hablado cuando llegaste — She had already spoken when you arrived

PronounSpanish
yohabía cosechado
habías cosechado
voshabías cosechado
él/ella/Ud.había cosechado
nosotroshabíamos cosechado
vosotroshabíais cosechado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habían cosechado

Conditional perfect (Condicional perfecto) Regular

Expresses what would have happened — actions that were possible but did not occur, or regrets about the past. Formed with conditional of haber + past participle.

Habría hablado, pero no me dejaron — I would have spoken, but they did not let me

PronounSpanish
yohabría cosechado
habrías cosechado
voshabrías cosechado
él/ella/Ud.habría cosechado
nosotroshabríamos cosechado
vosotroshabríais cosechado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrían cosechado

Future perfect (Futuro perfecto) Regular

Describes an action that will have been completed by a certain point in the future, or expresses probability about a recent past action.

Para el lunes habré terminado — By Monday I will have finished

PronounSpanish
yohabré cosechado
habrás cosechado
voshabrás cosechado
él/ella/Ud.habrá cosechado
nosotroshabremos cosechado
vosotroshabréis cosechado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrán cosechado

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjuntivo presente) Regular

Used in subordinate clauses after expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, necessity, or impersonal statements. Triggered by a change of subject between the main and subordinate clause.

Espero que hable — I hope she speaks

PronounSpanish
yocoseche
coseches
voscoseches
él/ella/Ud.coseche
nosotroscosechemos
vosotroscosechéis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosechen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-ra)) Regular

The past subjunctive used after past main verbs, in if-clauses with conditional, and for polite softening. The -ra form is more common in everyday speech than the -se form.

Si pudiera, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yocosechara
cosecharas
voscosecharas
él/ella/Ud.cosechara
nosotroscosecháramos
vosotroscosecharais
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosecharan

Imperfect subjunctive (-se) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-se)) Regular

The alternative past subjunctive form. Interchangeable with -ra in most contexts but slightly more literary or formal. Both forms are grammatically correct in all regions.

Si pudiese, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yocosechase
cosechases
voscosechases
él/ella/Ud.cosechase
nosotroscosechásemos
vosotroscosechaseis
ellos/ellas/Uds.cosechasen

Perfect subjunctive (Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

A compound subjunctive that expresses completed actions in a subjunctive context — used after present or future main verbs expressing doubt, emotion or desire.

Dudo que ya haya llegado — I doubt she has already arrived

PronounSpanish
yohaya cosechado
hayas cosechado
voshayas cosechado
él/ella/Ud.haya cosechado
nosotroshayamos cosechado
vosotroshayáis cosechado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hayan cosechado

Pluperfect subjunctive (Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

Expresses what had happened in hypothetical or unreal past contexts — the subjunctive equivalent of the pluperfect. Common in contrary-to-fact past conditions.

Si hubiera hablado, lo habrían creído — If she had spoken, they would have believed her

PronounSpanish
yohubiera cosechado
hubieras cosechado
voshubieras cosechado
él/ella/Ud.hubiera cosechado
nosotroshubiéramos cosechado
vosotroshubierais cosechado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hubieran cosechado

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo) Regular

Direct commands and instructions. The imperative only exists for tú, usted, nosotros, vosotros and ustedes — yo has no command form. Affirmative and negative forms use different conjugations.

Habla más despacio — Speak more slowly

PronounSpanish
cosecha
voscosechá
él/ella/Ud.coseche
nosotroscosechemos
vosotroscosechad
ustedescosechen

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use the subjunctive forms for all persons. Formed with no + present subjunctive. This applies to all persons including tú where the affirmative uses a different form.

No hables tan rápido — Do not speak so fast

PronounSpanish
no coseches
vosno coseches
él/ella/Ud.no coseche
nosotrosno cosechemos
vosotrosno cosechéis
ustedesno cosechen

Present progressive (Presente progresivo) Regular

Emphasises that an action is happening right now at this very moment. Less common than in English since the present tense already covers ongoing actions in Spanish.

Estoy hablando contigo — I am speaking with you

PronounSpanish
yoestoy cosechando
estás cosechando
vosestás cosechando
él/ella/Ud.está cosechando
nosotrosestamos cosechando
vosotrosestáis cosechando
ellos/ellas/Uds.están cosechando

Preterite progressive (Pretérito indefinido progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that was in progress throughout a completed past period. Uses the preterite of estar + gerund to emphasise the ongoing nature within a defined timeframe.

Estuvo hablando toda la tarde — He was talking all afternoon

PronounSpanish
yoestuve cosechando
estuviste cosechando
vosestuviste cosechando
él/ella/Ud.estuvo cosechando
nosotrosestuvimos cosechando
vosotrosestuvisteis cosechando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estuvieron cosechando

Imperfect progressive (Pretérito imperfecto progresivo) Regular

Emphasises an ongoing background action using the imperfect of estar + gerund. Layered on top of the imperfect which already conveys continuity — used for extra emphasis on the progressive nature.

Estaba hablando cuando entró — I was speaking when he came in

PronounSpanish
yoestaba cosechando
estabas cosechando
vosestabas cosechando
él/ella/Ud.estaba cosechando
nosotrosestábamos cosechando
vosotrosestabais cosechando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estaban cosechando

Conditional progressive (Condicional progresivo) Regular

Expresses what would be in progress under hypothetical conditions. Uses the conditional of estar + gerund. Less common but used for emphasis on the ongoing nature of a hypothetical action.

Estaría hablando ahora si pudiera — I would be speaking now if I could

PronounSpanish
yoestaría cosechando
estarías cosechando
vosestarías cosechando
él/ella/Ud.estaría cosechando
nosotrosestaríamos cosechando
vosotrosestaríais cosechando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarían cosechando

Future progressive (Futuro progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that will be in progress at a future point, or expresses probability about an ongoing present action. Uses the future of estar + gerund.

Mañana a esta hora estaré viajando — At this time tomorrow I will be travelling

PronounSpanish
yoestaré cosechando
estarás cosechando
vosestarás cosechando
él/ella/Ud.estará cosechando
nosotrosestaremos cosechando
vosotrosestaréis cosechando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarán cosechando