Spanish verb acechar conjugation

acechar

to stalk, to lurk, to watch closely

regular verbPast participle: acechadoGerund: acechando

Acechar means to secretly observe or follow someone or something, often with the intent to catch or surprise. It is used when describing stealthy or cautious observation.

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Complete conjugation of acechar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acecho	Yo acecho desde la sombra. I lurk from the shadows.
Tú	acechas	Tú acechas a los animales en el bosque. You stalk the animals in the forest.
Él / Ella / Usted	acecha	Ella acecha a su presa cuidadosamente. She stalks her prey carefully.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acechamos	Nosotros acechamos en silencio. We lurk in silence.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acecháis	Vosotros acecháis a los enemigos. You all stalk the enemies.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acechan	Ellos acechan en la oscuridad. They lurk in the dark.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	aceché	Aqué en la esquina, aceché a los ladrones. There on the corner, I watched the thieves.
Tú	acechaste	Tú acechaste desde la ventana toda la tarde. You watched from the window all afternoon.
Él / Ella / Usted	acechó	El guardia acechó a los intrusos en la noche. The guard watched the intruders at night.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acechamos	Nosotros acechamos al enemigo desde lejos. We watched the enemy from afar.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acechasteis	Vosotros acechasteis a los animales en el bosque. You all watched the animals in the forest.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acecharon	Ellos acecharon a los sospechosos toda la noche. They watched the suspects all night.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acechaba	El gato acechaba a su presa. The cat was stalking its prey.
Tú	acechabas	Tú acechabas desde la sombra. You were lurking from the shadow.
Él / Ella / Usted	acechaba	Ella acechaba en silencio. She was lurking silently.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acechábamos	Nosotros acechábamos en la noche. We were lurking at night.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acechabais	Vosotros acechabais en el bosque. You all were lurking in the forest.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acechaban	Los perros acechaban en el jardín. The dogs were lurking in the garden.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	estoy acechando	Estoy acechando al pez en el río. I am stalking the fish in the river.
Tú	estás acechando	Estás acechando a tu hermano otra vez. You are stalking your brother again.
Él / Ella / Usted	está acechando	Ella está acechando a los pájaros en el árbol. She is stalking the birds in the tree.
Nosotros / Nosotras	estamos acechando	Estamos acechando a los animales en la reserva. We are stalking the animals in the reserve.
Vosotros / Vosotras	estáis acechando	Vosotros estáis acechando a los jugadores en el campo. You all are stalking the players on the field.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	están acechando	Ellos están acechando a los rivales en el juego. They are stalking the rivals in the game.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	voy a acechar	Voy a acechar la casa esta noche. I am going to watch the house tonight.
Tú	vas a acechar	Vas a acechar a tu hermano en la fiesta. You are going to watch your brother at the party.
Él / Ella / Usted	va a acechar	Ella va a acechar a los animales en el bosque. She is going to watch the animals in the forest.
Nosotros / Nosotras	vamos a acechar	Vamos a acechar a los pájaros en el árbol. We are going to watch the birds in the tree.
Vosotros / Vosotras	vais a acechar	Vosotros vais a acechar a los vecinos esta noche. You all are going to watch the neighbors tonight.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	van a acechar	Ellos van a acechar a los animales en el zoológico. They are going to watch the animals at the zoo.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acecharé	Ayer te acecharé en la calle. Yesterday I will watch you on the street.
Tú	acecharás	Tú acecharás el río mañana. You will watch the river tomorrow.
Él / Ella / Usted	acechará	Él acechará a los animales en la noche. He will watch the animals at night.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acecharemos	Nosotros acecharemos desde la colina. We will watch from the hill.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acecharéis	Vosotros acecharéis la llegada del tren. You all will watch the train's arrival.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acecharán	Ellos acecharán a los enemigos. They will watch the enemies.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acecharía	Yo acecharía desde la ventana. I would spy from the window.
Tú	acecharías	Tú acecharías en la noche. You would spy at night.
Él / Ella / Usted	acecharía	Él acecharía al enemigo. He would spy on the enemy.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acecharíamos	Nosotros acecharíamos en silencio. We would spy quietly.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acecharíais	Vosotros acecharíais desde lejos. You all would spy from afar.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acecharían	Ellos acecharían en la oscuridad. They would spy in the dark.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	he acechado	Yo he acechado a los animales esta mañana. I have stalked the animals this morning.
Tú	has acechado	Tú has acechado la casa toda la tarde. You have stalked the house all afternoon.
Él / Ella / Usted	ha acechado	Ella ha acechado a su rival en silencio. She has stalked her rival silently.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hemos acechado	Nosotros hemos acechado a los enemigos en la noche. We have stalked the enemies at night.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habéis acechado	Vosotros habéis acechado la zona peligrosa. You all have stalked the dangerous area.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han acechado	Ellos han acechado a los animales en el bosque. They have stalked the animals in the forest.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	había acechado	Yo había acechado la casa toda la noche. I had watched over the house all night.
Tú	habías acechado	Tú habías acechado el lugar antes de entrar. You had watched over the place before entering.
Él / Ella / Usted	había acechado	Él había acechado a la presa desde lejos. He had stalked the prey from afar.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habíamos acechado	Nosotros habíamos acechado la zona toda la tarde. We had watched over the area all afternoon.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habíais acechado	Vosotros habíais acechado el camino antes de partir. You all had watched the path before leaving.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habían acechado	Ellos habían acechado la entrada durante horas. They had watched over the entrance for hours.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habré acechado	Para entonces, ya habré acechado a la presa. By then, I will have stalked the prey.
Tú	habrás acechado	Tú habrás acechado la zona antes de salir. You will have stalked the area before leaving.
Él / Ella / Usted	habrá acechado	Él habrá acechado al enemigo desde lejos. He will have stalked the enemy from afar.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habremos acechado	Nosotros habremos acechado la casa toda la noche. We will have stalked the house all night.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habréis acechado	Vosotros habréis acechado el bosque al amanecer. You all will have stalked the forest at dawn.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrán acechado	Ellos habrán acechado a la presa antes del amanecer. They will have stalked the prey before dawn.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habría acechado	Yo habría acechado desde la ventana. I would have stalked from the window.
Tú	habrías acechado	Tú habrías acechado en silencio. You would have stalked silently.
Él / Ella / Usted	habría acechado	Él habría acechado al enemigo. He would have stalked the enemy.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habríamos acechado	Nosotros habríamos acechado en la noche. We would have stalked at night.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habríais acechado	Vosotros habríais acechado en el bosque. You all would have stalked in the forest.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrían acechado	Ellos habrían acechado al animal. They would have stalked the animal.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	aceche	Es importante que yo aceche la presa. It's important that I stalk the prey.
Tú	aceches	Es posible que tú aceches en la sombra. It's possible that you stalk in the shadows.
Él / Ella / Usted	aceche	Es necesario que él aceche con cuidado. It's necessary that he stalks carefully.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acechemos	Queremos que nosotros acechemos en silencio. We want us to stalk silently.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acechéis	Es mejor que vosotros acechéis desde lejos. It's better that you all stalk from afar.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acechen	Dudo que ellos acechen sin ser vistos. I doubt that they stalk without being seen.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acechara	Esperaba que acechara desde la sombra. I hoped that he/she was lurking from the shadow.
Tú	acecharas	Pensé que acecharas la casa anoche. I thought that you were lurking around the house last night.
Él / Ella / Usted	acechara	Dudaba que acechara en ese lugar. I doubted that he/she was lurking in that place.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acecháramos	Queríamos que acecháramos en silencio. We wanted us to be lurking silently.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acecharais	Esperaban que acecharais desde lejos. They expected you all to be lurking from afar.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acecharan	No creían que acecharan en la noche. They didn't believe that they were lurking at night.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acechare	Si el ladrón acechare, avisaré a la policía. If the thief were lurking, I would warn the police.
Tú	acechares	Cuando acechares en la noche, ten cuidado. When you lurk at night, be careful.
Él / Ella / Usted	acechare	El cazador acechare a su presa en silencio. The hunter will stalk his prey silently.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acecháremos	Nosotros acecháremos desde la distancia. We will watch from a distance.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acechareis	Vosotros acechareis en la sombra. You all will lurk in the shadows.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acecharen	Ellos acecharen en el bosque oscuro. They will stalk in the dark forest.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	haya acechado	Espero que haya acechado bien. I hope I have stalked well.
Tú	hayas acechado	Es posible que hayas acechado en la noche. It's possible that you have stalked at night.
Él / Ella / Usted	haya acechado	Es importante que haya acechado con cuidado. It's important that he/she/you have stalked carefully.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hayamos acechado	Creemos que hayamos acechado en silencio. We believe that we have stalked silently.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hayáis acechado	No creo que hayáis acechado todavía. I don't think that you all have stalked yet.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan acechado	Es probable que hayan acechado en la sombra. It's likely that they/you all have stalked in the shadows.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiera acechado	No creí que hubiera acechado allí. I didn't think I had hidden there.
Tú	hubieras acechado	¿Por qué no hubieras acechado antes? Why didn't you hide earlier?
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera acechado	Ella pensó que él hubiera acechado la casa. She thought he had hidden the house.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéramos acechado	Nunca hubiéramos acechado sin permiso. We would never have hidden without permission.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubierais acechado	¿Vosotros hubierais acechado en ese momento? Would you all have hidden at that moment?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran acechado	No creían que ellos hubieran acechado la tienda. They didn't believe they had hidden the store.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	haya acechado	Es posible que haya acechado la casa. It is possible that I will have spied on the house.
Tú	hayas acechado	Es probable que hayas acechado el lugar. It is likely that you will have spied on the place.
Él / Ella / Usted	haya acechado	Es posible que haya acechado la zona. It is possible that he/she/you will have spied on the area.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hayamos acechado	Quizá hayamos acechado la entrada. Maybe we will have spied on the entrance.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hayáis acechado	Es probable que hayáis acechado la puerta. It is likely that you all will have spied on the door.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan acechado	No creo que hayan acechado la zona. I don't think they will have spied on the area.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo
Tú	acecha	¡Acecha la presa con cuidado! Stalk the prey carefully!
Él / Ella / Usted	aceche	¡Aceche al enemigo desde la esquina! Spy on the enemy from the corner!
Nosotros / Nosotras	acechemos	¡Acechemos en silencio! Let's stalk silently!
Vosotros / Vosotras	acechad	¡Acechad desde la sombra! Stalk from the shadows!
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acechen	¡Acechen al objetivo ahora! Spy on the target now!

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	no aceche	No aceches en la noche. Don't stalk at night.
Tú	no aceches	No aceches a esa persona. Don't stalk that person.
Él / Ella / Usted	no aceche	Por favor, no aceche en la calle. Please, don't stalk on the street.
Nosotros / Nosotras	no acequemos	No acequemos en el parque. Let's not stalk in the park.
Vosotros / Vosotras	no acechéis	No acechéis a nadie aquí. Don't stalk anyone here.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	no acechen	No acechen en las sombras. Don't stalk in the shadows.