Spanish Verb Conseguir Conjugation

The Spanish verb conseguir can mean to get, to obtain or to achieve, depending on the context. For example: Debo conseguir una beca (I must get/obtain a scholarship), and Ella siempre consigue sus metas (She always achieves her goals). You can also note that the verb conseguir is simply the verb seguir (to follow) with the prefix con. So if you can conjugate seguir, simply add the prefix con and you have the perfect conseguir conjugation. Below you will find tables with conjugations in present, past and future indicative, present and past subjunctive, imperative and other verb forms.

Conseguir is an -ir verb, but it is also a stem-changing verb. Normally, to conjugate a regular -ir verb you simply drop the -ir and add the appropriate ending. In stem-changing verbs, the endings are the same as regular verbs, but there is a change in the root or stem of the verb for all of the conjugations of the present tense indicative except nosotros and vosotros, as well as the third person preterit forms. The stem-change for this verb is e to i. For example, the first person present tense conjugation of conseguir is consigo. As you can see, the e in the verb stem changes to an i. 

When conjugating conseguir you also have to be careful with a spelling change that occurs with the letter g. The letter g has a hard sound as in gato when it is followed by the vowels a, o or u, and it has a soft sound as in gente (similar to the English h sound) when it is followed by the vowels e or i. When conjugating conseguir, for some conjugations the spelling changes from g to gu in order to maintain the hard g sound, as in consigo versus consigues. 

Here you will find the verb conjugations for conseguir in the indicative mood (present, preterite, imperfect, future, periphrastic future and conditional), subjunctive mood (present and past), imperfect mood, as well as other verb forms such as the present and past participles.

Conseguir Present Indicative

When you conjugate the present tense, remember the stem-change e to i for all the conjugations except nosotros and vosotros.

Conseguir Preterite Indicative

When conjugating the preterite, remember to change the stem e to i for the third person conjugations (both singular and plural).

Conseguir Imperfect Indicative

There is no stem-change in the imperfect tense. Just remember that the imperfect endings for -ir verbs all have an accent on the í. Also remember that the imperfect can be translated to English as "I used to get" or "I was getting".

Conseguir Future Indicative

Conseguir Periphrastic Future Indicative

Conseguir Conditional Indicative

Conseguir Present Progressive/Gerund form

To form the present progressive tense, you need the present tense conjugation of the verb estar, followed by the present participle (gerundio in Spanish). For -ir verbs, the present participle is formed with the ending -iendo.

Present Progressive of Conseguir: está consiguiendo

She is getting. -> Ella está consiguiendo los materiales.

Conseguir Past Participle

To form the past participle of -ir verbs, simply drop the ending and add -ido. The past participle is used for the compound tenses such as present perfect. For the present perfect, conjugate the verb haber in the present indicative tense, followed by the past participle. 

Present Perfect of Conseguir: ha conseguido

She has gotten -> Ella ha conseguido los materiales.

Conseguir Present Subjunctive

Sentences using the subjunctive mood include two different clauses. Remember that to conjugate the subjunctive form, you start with the first person singular (yo) present indicative conjugation, drop the ending, and add the subjunctive ending. Since there is a stem change in the first person singular conjugation (yo consigo), then all of the subjunctive conjugations will have the stem-change as well. 

Conseguir Imperfect Subjunctive

Remember that there are two forms of the imperfect subjunctive, which are equally valid.

Option 1

Option 2

Conseguir Imperative 

The imperative mood is used to give direct commands. The positive and negative commands have slightly different forms. Below you will find both the positive and negative commands. Remember there are no imperative forms for yo, él/ella, or ellos/ellas. 

Positive commands

Negative commands