Spanish Verb Asistir Conjugation

Asistir is a Spanish verb that can mean—you guessed it—"to assist" or "to help." But it is used more often for "to attend" or "to go," as to an event, a school, or a class.

It can also mean "to attend to," such as in working to resolve a problem or in taking care of a medical patient.

Asistir is conjugated regularly, so you can use the charts here for conjugating most other -ir verbs as well. You'll find listings here for all the simple tenses in both the indicative and subjunctive moods, such as the present, both types of the past (imperfect and preterite), the future, and the conditional. And of course, also included are the past participle, gerund, and periphrastic future as well as the commands or imperative mood.

When talking about attending something, asistir is typically followed by the preposition a or the contraction al.

As a verb for "to help," asistir is somewhat formal. In informal situations, such as everyday speech, a more common verb is ayudar.

In the conjugation charts below, the conjugation itself is the same for any of the meanings of asistir, but the examples provided apply to the most common use, "to attend to."

Present Indicative Tense of Asistir

Asistir Preterite

The preterite is one of the two simple past tenses and is used with actions that came to a clear end.

Imperfect Indicative Form of Asistir

The imperfect is the second simple past tense. One common use of the imperfect is to establish the background for another event. You normally would use the preterite to translate "I attended the concert," but you could use the imperfect to indicate that as "I was attending the concert, something else happened."

Asistir Future Tense

Periphrastic Future of Asistir

Periphrastic is simply a way of saying something has more than one word. So this tense is simply "ir a" as the equivalent of English's "going to."

Present Progressive/Gerund Form of Asistir

Gerund of asistir

asistiendo

assisting/attending

Yo estoy asistiendo a los conciertos de rock.

Past Participle of Asistir

Past participles are combined with forms of haber. They indicate that the verb's action has been or will be completed.

Participle of asistir

asistido

have attended

Yo he asistido al concierto de rock.

Conditional Indicative Form of Asistir

Present Subjunctive of Asistir

Imperfect Subjunctive Form of Asistir

Most of the time, you can use either one of the conjugations given below for the imperfect subjunctive. The first one is used more often.

Option 1

Option 2

Imperative Forms of Asistir

Imperative (Positive Command)

Imperative (Negative Command)