Nacer conjugation Spanish verb

How nacer conjugates

Nacer belongs to the -cer group like conocer: the yo present adds z (nazco) and so does the whole present subjunctive (nazca, nazcas, nazcamos, nazcan). The rest is regular -er. In practice the preterite is the tense you will use most, because it is how you say when and where someone was born: nací, naciste, nació, nacimos, nacieron. The past participle is nacido (he nacido, ha nacido).

Nacer in example sentences

• Present

  En este hospital nacen más de veinte bebés al día.

  More than twenty babies are born in this hospital every day.

• Preterite

  Nací en Monterrey, pero crecí en Houston.

  I was born in Monterrey, but I grew up in Houston.

• Imperfect

  Cuando nacía un ternero, todo el rancho lo celebraba.

  Whenever a calf was born, the whole ranch celebrated.

• Future

  La bebé nacerá a finales de mayo, según la doctora.

  The baby girl will be born at the end of May, according to the doctor.

• Past perfect

  Cuando empecé a trabajar aquí, mi hijo todavía no había nacido.

  When I started working here, my son hadn't been born yet.

• Present subjunctive

  Cuando nazca el bebé, Laura tomará cuatro meses de licencia.

  When the baby is born, Laura will take four months of leave.

• Conditional

  Pensábamos que el bebé nacería en casa, pero al final nació en el hospital.

  We thought the baby would be born at home, but in the end he was born at the hospital.

• Present perfect

  Esta idea ha nacido de las sugerencias de nuestros clientes.

  This idea came out of our customers' suggestions.

Common phrases with nacer

nacer en + place / year

to be born in + place / year

nacer para + infinitive

to be born to (do something)

volver a nacer

to have a close call; to feel reborn

recién nacido

newborn

nacer de

to come from, arise from

Mistakes to avoid

• Translating was born word for word: *Fui nacido* or *Estaba nacido* are wrong. Use the preterite: Nací en 1990.
• Using the imperfect for a birth date: Nació en 1985, not *Nacía en 1985*.
• Writing *nazo* or *nasco* for the yo present. It is nazco, though you will rarely need it.

Nacer tense by tense

• Nacer present
• Nacer preterite
• Nacer imperfect
• Nacer future
• Nacer conditional
• Nacer present subjunctive
• Nacer affirmative commands

Related verbs

• conocer to know (people, places); to meet; to be familiar with
• reconocer to recognize; to admit; to acknowledge
• parecer to seem; to look like
• aparecer to appear; to show up; to turn up

Most common Spanish verbs

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• estar
• tener
• haber
• hacer
• ir
• poder
• decir
• dar
• ver
• saber
• querer

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