Spanish Verb Vivir Conjugation, Usage, and Examples

The Spanish verb vivir means to live. It is a regular verb, so it follows the conjugation pattern for all verbs ending in -ir. To conjugate the infinitive verb  vivir,  drop the ending  -ir  and add the new ending. Below you will find vivir conjugations for the most frequently used tenses, such as present, preterite, and imperfect, followed by their translations and usage examples. You will also find a variety of verb forms, such as participles and gerunds, as well as conjugations in both the indicative and subjunctive mood. Spanish verbs are conjugated in three persons, each having a singular and a plural form. In addition, in Spanish there is another conjugation form, usted and ustedes, which is a second person form (singular and plural respectively). Usted and ustedes follow the conjugation form of the third person pronouns. Present Indicative Yo vivo Yo vivo en Texas. I live in Texas. Tà º vives Tà º vives en una casa bonita. You live in a pretty house. Usted/à ©l/ella vive Él vive en la ciudad. He lives in the city. Nosotros vivimos Nosotros vivimos en una granja. We live in a farm. Vosotros vivà ­s Vosotros vivà ­s en Espaà ±a. You live in Spain. Ustedes/ellos/ellas viven Ellas viven en California. They live in California. Preterite Indicative In Spanish there are two forms of the past tense: preterite and imperfect indicative. The preterite is used to describe actions that were completed in the past or happened once. Yo vivà ­ Yo vivà ­ en Texas. I lived in Texas. Tà º viviste Tà º viviste en una casa bonita. You lived in a pretty house. Usted/à ©l/ella vivià ³ Ella vivià ³ en la ciudad. She lived in the city. Nosotros vivimos Nosotros vivimos en una granja. We lived in a farm. Vosotros vivisteis Vosotros vivisteis en Espaà ±a. You lived in Spain. Ustedes/ellos/ellas vivieron Ellas vivieron en California. They lived in California. Imperfect Indicative The imperfect indicative form, or  imperfecto  indicativo, is used to  talk about a past action or state of being without specifying when it began or ended, or repeated actions in the past. It is equivalent to was living or used to live in English. Yo vivà ­a Yo vivà ­a en Texas. I used to live in Texas. Tà º vivà ­as Tà º vivà ­as en una casa bonita. You used to live in a pretty house. Usted/à ©l/ella vivà ­a Él vivà ­a en la ciudad. He used to live in the city. Nosotros vivà ­amos Nosotros vivà ­amos en una granja. We used to live in a farm. Vosotros vivà ­ais Vosotros vivà ­ais en Espaà ±a. You used to live in Spain. Ustedes/ellos/ellas vivà ­an Ellas vivà ­an en California. They used to live in California. Future Indicative Yo vivirà © Yo vivirà © en Texas. I will live in Texas. Tà º vivirà ¡s Tà º vivirà ¡s en una casa bonita. You will live in a pretty house. Usted/à ©l/ella vivirà ¡ Él vivirà ¡ en la ciudad. He will live in the city. Nosotros viviremos Nosotros viviremos en una granja. We will live in a farm. Vosotros vivirà ©is Vosotros vivirà ©is en Espaà ±a. You will live in Spain. Ustedes/ellos/ellas vivirà ¡n Ellas vivirà ¡n en California. They will live in California. Periphrastic Future Indicative Periphrastic refers to a multi-word construction. In the case of periphrastic future in Spanish, it is equivalent to the expression I am going to referring to a future occurrence and is commonly used in conversation. The periphrastic future is formed by a conjugated form of the verb ir  (to go), followed by the article a  and the infinitive of the main verb. Yo voy a vivir Yo voy a vivir en Texas. I am going to live in Texas. Tà º vas a vivir Tà º vas a vivir en una casa bonita. You are going to live in a pretty house. Usted/à ©l/ella va a vivir Él va a vivir en la ciudad. He is going to live in the city. Nosotros vamos a vivir Nosotros vamos a vivir en una granja. We are going to live in a farm. Vosotros vais a vivir Vosotros vais a vivir en Espaà ±a. You are going to live in Spain. Ustedes/ellos/ellas van a vivir Ellas van a vivir en California. They are going to live in California. Present Progressive/Gerund Form The present progressive in Spanish is formed with the present indicative conjugation of the verb estar followed by the present participle (gerundio in Spanish). The gerund  refers to the  -ing  form of the verb. To form the gerund, all -ir verbs take on the ending -iendo, in this case, vivir  becomes viviendo.  The active verb in the sentence is the verb that conjugates or changes. The gerund stays the same no matter how the subject and verb changes. In Spanish, the gerund is used as the present participle is used in English (not as a noun). Present Progressive of Vivir està ¡ viviendo Ella està ¡ viviendo con sus padres. She is living with her parents. Past Participle The past participle corresponds to the English  -en  or  -ed  form of the verb. In this case, it is created by dropping the -ir and adding -ido. The verb,  vivir, becomes  vivido. The verb that precedes it, in this case  haber  (to have) should be conjugated.   Past Participle of Vivir ha vivido Él ha vivido en muchos paà ­ses. He has lived in many countries. Vivir Conditional Indicative Form The  conditional indicative  form, or  el  condicional,  is used to express probability, possibility, wonder or conjecture, and is usually translated  in  English as would, could, must have,  or probably. For example, Would you live in this house? would translate to  Ã‚ ¿Vivirà ­as en  esta  casa? Yo vivirà ­a Yo vivirà ­a en Texas. I would live in Texas. Tà º vivirà ­as Tà º vivirà ­as en una casa bonita. You would live in a pretty house. Usted/à ©l/ella vivirà ­a Él vivirà ­a en la ciudad. He would live in the city. Nosotros vivirà ­amos Nosotros vivirà ­amos en una granja. We would live in a farm. Vosotros vivirà ­ais Vosotros vivirà ­ais en Espaà ±a. You would live in Spain. Ustedes/ellos/ellas vivirà ­an Ellas vivirà ­an en California. They would live in California. Present Subjunctive The  present subjunctive, or  presente  subjuntivo,  functions much like the  present indicative  in tense, except it deals with mood and is used in situations of doubt, desire, emotion and is generally  subjective. Use the Spanish subjunctive when you want a subject to do something. Also, use  que  with the pronoun and verb. For example, I want you to live here, would be,  Yo  quiero  que  usted  viva aquà ­. Que yo viva Carlos espera que yo viva en Texas. Carlos hopes that I live in Texas. Que tà º vivas Mamà ¡ espera que tà º vivas en una casa bonita. Mom hopes that you live in a pretty house. Que usted/à ©l/ella viva Ana espera que à ©l viva en la ciudad. Ana hopes that he live in the city. Que nosotros vivamos Papà ¡ espera que nosotros vivamos en una granja. Dad hopes that we live in a farm. Que vosotros vivà ¡is Juan espera que vosotros vivà ¡is en Espaà ±a. Juan hopes that you live in Spain. Que ustedes/ellos/ellas vivan Laura quiere que ellas vivan en California. Laura hopes that they live in California. Imperfect Subjunctive The imperfect subjunctive, or  imperfecto  del  subjuntivo,  is used as a clause describing something in the past and is used in situations of doubt, desire, or emotion. Also, in some cases you can use  que  with the pronoun and verb. There are two possible  conjugations for the imperfect subjunctive, both considered correct. Option 1 Que yo viviera Carlos deseaba que yo viviera en Texas. Carlos wished that I live in Texas. Que tà º vivieras Mamà ¡ esperaba que tà º vivieras en una casa bonita. Mom hoped that you live in a pretty house. Que usted/à ©l/ella viviera Ana esperaba que à ©l viviera en la ciudad. Ana hoped that he live in the city. Que nosotros vivià ©ramos Papà ¡ deseaba que nosotros vivià ©ramos en una granja. Dad wished that we live in a farm. Que vosotros vivierais Juan esperaba que vosotros vivierais en Espaà ±a. Juan hoped that you live in Spain. Que ustedes/ellos/ellas vivieran Laura querà ­a que ellas vivieran en California. Laura wished that they live in California Option 2 Que yo viviese Carlos esperaba que yo viviese en Texas. Carlos hoped that I live in Texas. Que tà º vivieses Mamà ¡ deseaba que tà º vivieses en una casa bonita. Mom wished that you live in a pretty house. Que usted/à ©l/ella viviese Ana esperaba que à ©l viviese en la ciudad. Ana hoped that he live in the city. Que nosotros vivià ©semos Papà ¡ esperaba que nosotros vivià ©semos en una granja. Dad hoped that we live in a farm. Que vosotros vivieseis Juan deseaba que vosotros vivieseis en Espaà ±a. Juan wished that you live in Spain. Que ustedes/ellos/ellas vivieseis Laura esperaba que ustedes viviesen en California. Laura hoped that you live in California. Imperative The imperative, or  imperativo  in Spanish, is used to give commands or orders. There is no first-person or third-person form (singular or plural), since a person gives commands to others. The imperative form also changes when the command is negative: the word no  is followed by the conjugated verb. Positive Command Yo — — — Tà º vive  ¡Vive en una casa bonita! Live in a pretty house! Usted viva  ¡Viva en la ciudad! Live in the city! Nosotros vivamos  ¡Vivamos en una granja! Let's live in a farm! Vosotros vivid  ¡Vivid en Espaà ±a! Live in Spain! Ustedes vivan  ¡Vivan en California! Live in California! Negative Command Yo — — — Tà º no vivas  ¡No vivas en una casa bonita! Don't live in a pretty house! Usted no viva  ¡No viva en la ciudad! Don't live in the city! Nosotros no vivamos  ¡No vivamos en una granja! Let's not live in a farm! Vosotros no vivais  ¡No vivais en Espaà ±a! Don't live in Spain! Ustedes no vivan  ¡No vivan en California! Don't live in California!