To remember in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: re-kor-DAR

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Opposites

Recordar – Olvidar (to remember – to forget)

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recordar info.

Tips to remember the word “recordar”:
– Link it with the English word “record,” as when you try to remember something, you may think of replaying a record in your mind.
– Associate it with the similar-sounding English word “recall,” which also means to bring back a memory.

Explanations:
– “Recordar” is a Spanish verb that means “to remember” or “to remind.”

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Acordarse de” is another Spanish expression that means “to remember.”
– “Rememorar” is a more formal or literary synonym for “to remember.”

Conjugations of “recordar”:

Indicative Mood:
– Present: recuerdo, recuerdas, recuerda, recordamos, recordáis, recuerdan
– Preterite: recordé, recordaste, recordó, recordamos, recordasteis, recordaron
– Imperfect: recordaba, recordabas, recordaba, recordábamos, recordabais, recordaban
– Future: recordaré, recordarás, recordará, recordaremos, recordaréis, recordarán

Subjunctive Mood:
– Present: recuerde, recuerdes, recuerde, recordemos, recordéis, recuerden
– Imperfect: recordara/recordase, recordaras/recordases, recordara/recordase, recordáramos/recordásemos, recordarais/recordaseis, recordaran/recordasen
– Future (rarely used in modern Spanish): recordare, recordares, recordare, recordáremos, recordareis, recordaren

Conditional Mood:
– Conditional: recordaría, recordarías, recordaría, recordaríamos, recordaríais, recordarían

Imperative Mood:
– Affirmative (tú): recuerda
– Negative (tú): no recuerdes

Examples of sentences that use “recordar”:
– Present: “Siempre recuerdo tu****pleaños.”
– Preterite: “Ayer recordé una historia divertida del colegio.”
– Imperfect: “Cuando era niño, recordaba con facilidad las canciones.”
– Future: “Mañana recordaré enviarte los documentos.”
– Present Subjunctive: “Espero que recuerdes comprar la leche.”
– Imperfect Subjunctive: “Si recordara dónde dejé las llaves, ya estaríamos en casa.”
– Conditional: “Si tuviese más tiempo, recordaría más vocabulario para el examen.”
– Imperative (affirmative): “Recuerda llamarme mañana.”
– Imperative (negative): “No recuerdes el pasado con tristeza.”

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recordar info.

Tips to remember the word “recordar”:
– It sounds similar to the English word “record,” so you can imagine recording something to remember it later.
– Think of a “cord” in the middle of the word, as in a string tying a reminder around your finger.
– Associate it with “re-” (again) and “corazón” (heart), as if to remember is to bring something back to your heart.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Rememorar
– Memorizar (to memorize, slightly different)
– Acordarse de (to recall, remember)

“Recordar” is indeed an infinitive verb. Here are its conjugations in some tenses:

Present:
– Yo recuerdo (I remember)
– Tú recuerdas (You remember)
– Él/ella/usted recuerda (He/she/you formal remember)
– Nosotros/nosotras recordamos (We remember)
– Vosotros/vosotras recordáis (You all remember)
– Ellos/ellas/ustedes recuerdan (They/you all formal remember)

Preterite (simple past):
– Yo recordé (I remembered)
– Tú recordaste (You remembered)
– Él/ella/usted recordó (He/she/you formal remembered)
– Nosotros/nosotras recordamos (We remembered)
– Vosotros/vosotras recordasteis (You all remembered)
– Ellos/ellas/ustedes recordaron (They/you all formal remembered)

Imperfect (another past tense often used for recurring actions in the past):
– Yo recordaba (I used to remember)
– Tú recordabas (You used to remember)
– Él/ella/usted recordaba (He/she/you formal used to remember)
– Nosotros/nosotras recordábamos (We used to remember)
– Vosotros/vosotras recordabais (You all used to remember)
– Ellos/ellas/ustedes recordaban (They/you all formal used to remember)

Future:
– Yo recordaré (I will remember)
– Tú recordarás (You will remember)
– Él/ella/usted recordará (He/she/you formal will remember)
– Nosotros/nosotras recordaremos (We will remember)
– Vosotros/vosotras recordaréis (You all will remember)
– Ellos/ellas/ustedes recordarán (They/you all formal will remember)

Examples of sentences that use “recordar”:
– Necesito recordar comprar pan. (I need to remember to buy bread.)
– ¿Recuerdas la primera vez que nos vimos? (Do you remember the first time we met?)
– No podemos recordar todos los detalles de esa noche. (We can’t remember all the details of that night.)
– Recordaron su infancia con mucha nostalgia. (They remembered their childhood with a lot of nostalgia.)
– El olor a café me hizo recordar a mi abuelo. (The smell of coffee made me remember my grandfather.)
– Recordaremos esos momentos para siempre. (We will remember those moments forever.)

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