Non-finite forms
Infinitivo and Gerundio
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitivo | acosar | Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures. |
| Gerundio | acosando | Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar acosando. |
Spanish verb conjugation
Acosar conjugation
acosar is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning hound / harass. In the present tense: yo acoso, tú acosas, él/ella acosa, nosotros acosamos, vosotros acosáis, ellos acosan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.
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At a glance
- Infinitive
- acosar
- Gerundio
- acosando
- Meaning
- hound / harass
- Pattern
- Regular
- Difficulty
- Level 1
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Acosar across the MuyVerbs tense system
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Presente
Present
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acoso | Yo acoso al encargado con correos seguidos.I hound the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | acosas | Normalmente, tú acosas al árbitro con protestas inútiles.You usually hound the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | acosa | Hoy, el cobrador insistente acosa a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.Today, the pushy collector hounds the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | acosamos | A veces, nosotros acosamos al vecino con música muy alta.At times, we hound the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | acosáis | Ahora, vosotros acosáis al portero con la misma queja.Right now, you all hound the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | acosan | Casi siempre, los anuncios del juego acosan a la gente con ventanas emergentes.Most of the time, the game ads hound people with pop-up windows. |
Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | he acosado | Este año, yo he acosado al encargado con correos seguidos.This year, I have hounded the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | has acosado | Últimamente, tú has acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles.Lately, you have hounded the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | ha acosado | En estos meses, el cobrador insistente ha acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.In these months, the pushy collector has hounded the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | hemos acosado | Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos acosado al vecino con música muy alta.So far, we have hounded the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | habéis acosado | En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis acosado al portero con la misma queja.This term, you all have hounded the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | han acosado | En este tiempo, los anuncios del juego han acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes.During this time, the game ads have hounded people with pop-up windows. |
Pretérito Indefinido
Preterite
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acosé | Ayer, yo acosé al encargado con correos seguidos.Yesterday, I hounded the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | acosaste | Hace un rato, tú acosaste al árbitro con protestas inútiles.A little while ago, you hounded the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | acosó | Esta mañana, el cobrador insistente acosó a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.This morning, the pushy collector hounded the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | acosamos | Anoche, nosotros acosamos al vecino con música muy alta.Last night, we hounded the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | acosasteis | El sábado, vosotros acosasteis al portero con la misma queja.On Saturday, you all hounded the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | acosaron | Hace poco, los anuncios del juego acosaron a la gente con ventanas emergentes.Not long ago, the game ads hounded people with pop-up windows. |
Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acosaba | Antes, yo acosaba al encargado con correos seguidos.Before, I used to hound the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | acosabas | Por entonces, tú acosabas al árbitro con protestas inútiles.Back then, you used to hound the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | acosaba | En esa época, el cobrador insistente acosaba a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.At that time, the pushy collector used to hound the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | acosábamos | Cuando eso era normal, nosotros acosábamos al vecino con música muy alta.When that was normal, we used to hound the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | acosabais | Hace años, vosotros acosabais al portero con la misma queja.Years ago, you all used to hound the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | acosaban | En aquellos días, los anuncios del juego acosaban a la gente con ventanas emergentes.In those days, the game ads used to hound people with pop-up windows. |
Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | había acosado | Cuando llegaste, yo ya había acosado al encargado con correos seguidos.When you arrived, I had already hounded the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | habías acosado | Para entonces, tú ya habías acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles.By then, you had already hounded the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | había acosado | Al volver, el cobrador insistente ya había acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.When we came back, the pushy collector had already hounded the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | habíamos acosado | Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos acosado al vecino con música muy alta.Before talking it through, we had already hounded the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | habíais acosado | Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais acosado al portero con la misma queja.When you looked again, you all had already hounded the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | habían acosado | Para ese momento, los anuncios del juego ya habían acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes.By that moment, the game ads had already hounded people with pop-up windows. |
Pretérito Anterior
Preterite Anterior
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hube acosado | Apenas yo hube acosado al encargado con correos seguidos, todo cambió.As soon as I had hounded the manager with back to back emails, everything changed. |
| tú | hubiste acosado | En cuanto tú hubiste acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles, se notó.The moment you had hounded the referee with pointless complaints, it showed. |
| él | hubo acosado | No bien el cobrador insistente hubo acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora, hubo ruido.As soon as the pushy collector had hounded the customers with calls every hour, there was trouble. |
| nosotros | hubimos acosado | Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos acosado al vecino con música muy alta, seguimos adelante.Once we had hounded the neighbor with very loud music, we moved on. |
| vosotros | hubisteis acosado | Apenas vosotros hubisteis acosado al portero con la misma queja, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had hounded the doorman with the same complaint, you checked the result. |
| ellos | hubieron acosado | En cuanto los anuncios del juego hubieron acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes, el ambiente cambió.The moment the game ads had hounded people with pop-up windows, the mood changed. |
Futuro
Future
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acosaré | Mañana, yo acosaré al encargado con correos seguidos.Tomorrow, I will hound the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | acosarás | Dentro de poco, tú acosarás al árbitro con protestas inútiles.Soon, you will hound the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | acosará | Esta tarde, el cobrador insistente acosará a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.This afternoon, the pushy collector will hound the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | acosaremos | La semana que viene, nosotros acosaremos al vecino con música muy alta.Next week, we will hound the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | acosaréis | Pronto, vosotros acosaréis al portero con la misma queja.Before long, you all will hound the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | acosarán | Más adelante, los anuncios del juego acosarán a la gente con ventanas emergentes.Later on, the game ads will hound people with pop-up windows. |
Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habré acosado | Para entonces, yo ya habré acosado al encargado con correos seguidos.By then, I will already have hounded the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | habrás acosado | Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles.Before closing time, you will already have hounded the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | habrá acosado | Al final del día, el cobrador insistente ya habrá acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.By the end of the day, the pushy collector will already have hounded the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | habremos acosado | Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos acosado al vecino con música muy alta.By tomorrow, we will already have hounded the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | habréis acosado | Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis acosado al portero con la misma queja.Before leaving, you all will already have hounded the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | habrán acosado | Para esa hora, los anuncios del juego ya habrán acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes.By that hour, the game ads will already have hounded people with pop-up windows. |
Condicional
Conditional
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acosaría | En un caso así, yo acosaría al encargado con correos seguidos.In a case like that, I would hound the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | acosarías | Con un poco más de tiempo, tú acosarías al árbitro con protestas inútiles.With a little more time, you would hound the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | acosaría | En esa situación, el cobrador insistente acosaría a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.In that situation, the pushy collector would hound the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | acosaríamos | Con ese panorama, nosotros acosaríamos al vecino con música muy alta.With that outlook, we would hound the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | acosaríais | Llegado el caso, vosotros acosaríais al portero con la misma queja.If it came to that, you all would hound the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | acosarían | En un día así, los anuncios del juego acosarían a la gente con ventanas emergentes.On a day like that, the game ads would hound people with pop-up windows. |
Condicional Perfecto
Conditional Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habría acosado | En otro momento, yo habría acosado al encargado con correos seguidos.At another moment, I would have hounded the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | habrías acosado | Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles.With a little more margin, you would have hounded the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | habría acosado | A esas alturas, el cobrador insistente habría acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.By then, the pushy collector would have hounded the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | habríamos acosado | Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos acosado al vecino con música muy alta.With that turn, we would have hounded the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | habríais acosado | Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais acosado al portero con la misma queja.At that point, you all would have hounded the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | habrían acosado | En ese punto, los anuncios del juego habrían acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes.From there, the game ads would have hounded people with pop-up windows. |
Subjuntivo Presente
Present Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acose | Es mejor que yo acose al encargado con correos seguidos.It is better that I hound the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | acoses | Hace falta que tú acoses al árbitro con protestas inútiles.It is necessary that you hound the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | acose | Conviene que el cobrador insistente acose a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.It is wise that the pushy collector hound the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | acosemos | Importa que nosotros acosemos al vecino con música muy alta.It matters that we hound the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | acoséis | Puede ser útil que vosotros acoséis al portero con la misma queja.It may help if you all hound the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | acosen | Es posible que los anuncios del juego acosen a la gente con ventanas emergentes.It is possible that the game ads hound people with pop-up windows. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto
Present Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | haya acosado | Ojalá yo haya acosado al encargado con correos seguidos.Hopefully I have hounded the manager with back to back emails. |
| tú | hayas acosado | Puede que tú ya hayas acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles.Maybe you already have hounded the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | haya acosado | Tal vez el cobrador insistente haya acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.Perhaps the pushy collector has hounded the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | hayamos acosado | Quizá nosotros ya hayamos acosado al vecino con música muy alta.Maybe we already have hounded the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | hayáis acosado | Es probable que vosotros hayáis acosado al portero con la misma queja.It is likely that you all have hounded the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | hayan acosado | Puede ser que los anuncios del juego ya hayan acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes.It may be that the game ads already have hounded people with pop-up windows. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acosara | Si yo acosara al encargado con correos seguidos, se notaría enseguida.If I hounded the manager with back to back emails, it would show right away. |
| tú | acosaras | Si tú acosaras al árbitro con protestas inútiles, costaría ocultarlo.If you hounded the referee with pointless complaints, it would be hard to hide. |
| él | acosara | Si el cobrador insistente acosara a los clientes con llamadas cada hora, daría mucho que hablar.If the pushy collector hounded the customers with calls every hour, it would give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | acosáramos | Si nosotros acosáramos al vecino con música muy alta, todo iría por otro lado.If we hounded the neighbor with very loud music, everything would go another way. |
| vosotros | acosarais | Si vosotros acosarais al portero con la misma queja, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all hounded the doorman with the same complaint, the mood would change. |
| ellos | acosaran | Si los anuncios del juego acosaran a la gente con ventanas emergentes, la escena sería otra.If the game ads hounded people with pop-up windows, the whole scene would be different. |
Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Past Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiera acosado | Si yo hubiera acosado al encargado con correos seguidos, aún se recordaría.If I had hounded the manager with back to back emails, it would still be remembered. |
| tú | hubieras acosado | Si tú hubieras acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles, eso habría dejado marca.If you had hounded the referee with pointless complaints, that would have left a mark. |
| él | hubiera acosado | Si el cobrador insistente hubiera acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the pushy collector had hounded the customers with calls every hour, people would still be talking about it. |
| nosotros | hubiéramos acosado | Si nosotros hubiéramos acosado al vecino con música muy alta, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had hounded the neighbor with very loud music, the day would have gone another way. |
| vosotros | hubierais acosado | Si vosotros hubierais acosado al portero con la misma queja, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had hounded the doorman with the same complaint, the change would have shown earlier. |
| ellos | hubieran acosado | Si los anuncios del juego hubieran acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes, nada habría quedado igual.If the game ads had hounded people with pop-up windows, nothing would have stayed the same. |
Subjuntivo Futuro
Future Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | acosare | Si yo acosare al encargado con correos seguidos, se notará enseguida.If I hound the manager with back to back emails, it will show right away. |
| tú | acosares | Si tú acosares al árbitro con protestas inútiles, costará ignorarlo.If you hound the referee with pointless complaints, it will be hard to ignore. |
| él | acosare | Si el cobrador insistente acosare a los clientes con llamadas cada hora, dará mucho que hablar.If the pushy collector hounds the customers with calls every hour, it will give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | acosáremos | Si nosotros acosáremos al vecino con música muy alta, todo irá por otro camino.If we hound the neighbor with very loud music, everything will go another way. |
| vosotros | acosareis | Si vosotros acosareis al portero con la misma queja, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all hound the doorman with the same complaint, the mood will change fast. |
| ellos | acosaren | Si los anuncios del juego acosaren a la gente con ventanas emergentes, la escena será distinta.If the game ads hound people with pop-up windows, the whole scene will be different. |
Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto
Future Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiere acosado | Cuando yo hubiere acosado al encargado con correos seguidos, ya se notará.When I have hounded the manager with back to back emails, it will already show. |
| tú | hubieres acosado | En cuanto tú hubieres acosado al árbitro con protestas inútiles, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have hounded the referee with pointless complaints, it will be hard not to see. |
| él | hubiere acosado | Cuando el cobrador insistente hubiere acosado a los clientes con llamadas cada hora, se verá de inmediato.When the pushy collector has hounded the customers with calls every hour, it will show at once. |
| nosotros | hubiéremos acosado | Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos acosado al vecino con música muy alta, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have hounded the neighbor with very loud music, everything will move differently. |
| vosotros | hubiereis acosado | Cuando vosotros hubiereis acosado al portero con la misma queja, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have hounded the doorman with the same complaint, the mood will sound different. |
| ellos | hubieren acosado | En cuanto los anuncios del juego hubieren acosado a la gente con ventanas emergentes, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the game ads have hounded people with pop-up windows, the change will be clear. |
Imperativo Afirmativo
Affirmative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | acosa | acosa al árbitro con protestas inútiles.Hound the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | acose | Que el cobrador insistente acose a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.Let the pushy collector Hound the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | acosemos | acosemos al vecino con música muy alta.Hound the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | acosad | acosad al portero con la misma queja.Hound the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | acosen | Que los anuncios del juego acosen a la gente con ventanas emergentes.Let the game ads Hound people with pop-up windows. |
Imperativo Negativo
Negative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | no acoses | No no acoses al árbitro con protestas inútiles.Do not hound the referee with pointless complaints. |
| él | no acose | Que el cobrador insistente no no acose a los clientes con llamadas cada hora.Let the pushy collector not hound the customers with calls every hour. |
| nosotros | no acosemos | No no acosemos al vecino con música muy alta.Let us not hound the neighbor with very loud music. |
| vosotros | no acoséis | No no acoséis al portero con la misma queja.Do not hound the doorman with the same complaint. |
| ellos | no acosen | Que los anuncios del juego no no acosen a la gente con ventanas emergentes.Let the game ads not hound people with pop-up windows. |
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Presente•yo
Yo ___ al encargado con correos seguidos.
I hound the manager with back to back emails.
Need grammar help?How to form Presente
Use Presente for facts, habits, current states, and regular actions.
Formation
- 1Remove the infinitive ending: -ar, -er, or -ir.
- 2Add the present endings for the subject.
- 3Watch high-frequency irregulars like ser, estar, ir, tener, hacer, and decir.
Pattern
-ar: o, as, a, amos, áis, an-er: o, es, e, emos, éis, en-ir: o, es, e, imos, ís, en
Examples
hablar -> yo hablocomer -> él comevivir -> vosotros vivís
Presente is the base system. Master the endings first, then handle irregular yo forms and stem changes.
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- What does 'acosar' mean in English?
- In Spanish, 'acosar' means to hound / harass. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.
- Is acosar an irregular verb in Spanish?
- Acosar is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.
- How do you conjugate acosar in the present tense?
- Present tense (Presente) of acosar: yo acoso, tú acosas, él/ella/usted acosa, nosotros acosamos, vosotros acosáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes acosan.
- How do you conjugate acosar in the preterite?
- Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of acosar: yo acosé, tú acosaste, él/ella/usted acosó, nosotros acosamos, vosotros acosasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes acosaron. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.
- What is the imperfect tense of acosar?
- Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of acosar: yo acosaba, tú acosabas, él/ella/usted acosaba, nosotros acosábamos, vosotros acosabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes acosaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.
- What is the past participle of acosar?
- The past participle of acosar is 'acosado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he acosado' (I have hound / harassed), 'has acosado', 'ha acosado'.
- What is the gerundio (present participle) of acosar?
- The gerundio of acosar is 'acosando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy acosando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.
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