recoger Future Conjugation
recoger — to pick up
The future of recoger is regular: recogeré, recogerás, recogerá, recogeremos, recogeréis, recogerán.
recoger Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to state intentions about picking something up later or to make a promise that you will tidy up.
Notes on recoger in the Future
This tense is fully regular. Just add the future endings (-é, -ás, -á, etc.) directly to the full infinitive 'recoger'.
Example Sentences
Te recogeré en la estación a las ocho.
I will pick you up at the station at eight.
yo
Mañana recogeremos el paquete en la oficina.
Tomorrow we will pick up the package at the office.
nosotros
¿Recogerás tus cosas antes de salir?
Will you pick up your things before leaving?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Removing the -er before adding endings (e.g., 'recogeré' vs 'recogré').
Correct: recogeré
Why: Unlike some verbs like 'tener' (tendré), 'recoger' keeps its full infinitive as the stem.
Master Spanish verbs in context
Memorizing tables only gets you so far. Read 200+ illustrated and narrated Spanish stories to see verbs like 'recoger' used naturally — in the tenses you're learning.
Related Tenses
Present
yo: recojo
Recoger has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (recojo) to keep the 'h' sound, but is otherwise regular.
Preterite
yo: recogí
The preterite of recoger is regular: recogí, recogiste, recogió, recogimos, recogisteis, recogieron.
Imperfect
yo: recogía
The imperfect of recoger is regular: recogía, recogías, recogía, recogíamos, recogíais, recogían.
Conditional
yo: recogería
The conditional of recoger is regular: recogería, recogerías, recogería, recogeríamos, recogeríais, recogerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: recoja
The present subjunctive of recoger uses the 'j' spelling in all forms: recoja, recojas, recoja, recojamos, recojáis, recojan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: recogiera
The imperfect subjunctive of recoger is regular: recogiera, recogieras, recogiera, recogiéramos, recogierais, recogieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: recoge
The imperative uses 'recoge' (tú) and 'recoja' (usted). Note the 'j' in the formal and plural forms.
Negative Imperative
yo: no recojas
The negative imperative always uses a 'j': no recojas, no recoja, no recojamos, no recojáis, no recojan.