acordar Preterite Conjugation
acordar — to agree
Acordar is regular in the preterite, used to mark the specific moment an agreement was reached.
acordar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite when you want to say that people reached an agreement or 'settled' on something at a specific point in time. It focuses on the completion of the negotiation.
Notes on acordar in the Preterite
Acordar is regular in the preterite. The stem-change (o→ue) that happens in the present does NOT occur here.
Example Sentences
Ayer acordamos los detalles del contrato.
Yesterday we agreed on the details of the contract.
nosotros
El jefe acordó darnos el día libre.
The boss agreed to give us the day off.
él/ella/usted
¿Acordaste el precio con el vendedor?
Did you agree on the price with the seller?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'acuerdé' instead of 'acordé'.
Correct: acordé
Why: The o→ue stem change only happens in the present tense, not the preterite.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: acuerdo
Acordar is a stem-changing verb (o→ue) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect
yo: acordaba
The imperfect of acordar is regular: acordaba, acordabas, acordaba, acordábamos, acordabais, acordaban.
Future
yo: acordaré
The future of acordar is regular: acordaré, acordarás, acordará, acordaremos, acordaréis, acordarán.
Conditional
yo: acordaría
The conditional of acordar is regular: acordaría, acordarías, acordaría, acordaríamos, acordaríais, acordarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: acuerde
The present subjunctive of acordar follows the o→ue stem change: acuerde, acuerdes, acuerde, acordemos, acordéis, acuerden.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: acordara
The imperfect subjunctive of acordar is regular: acordara, acordaras, acordara, acordáramos, acordarais, acordaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: acuerda
The imperative uses the stem change (o→ue) for all forms except vosotros.
Negative Imperative
yo: acuerdes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no acuerdes, no acuerde, no acordemos, no acordéis, no acuerden.