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yacer

to lie

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The Spanish verb yacer means to lie.

Present tense:

yoyazgo
yaces
él/ella/ustedyace
nosotrosyacemos
vosotrosyacéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesyacen

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesyacieran
yoyaciera
yacieras
vosotrosyacierais
nosotrosyaciéramos
él/ella/ustedyaciera

The imperfect subjunctive of yacer uses the regular preterite stem: yaciera, yacieras, yaciera, yaciéramos, yacierais, yacieran.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesyazgan
yoyazga
yazgas
vosotrosyazgáis
nosotrosyazgamos
él/ella/ustedyazga

The present subjunctive of yacer is built from the irregular 'yo' stem: yazga, yazgas, yazga, yazgamos, yazgáis, yazgan.

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imperative

negative

no yazgas
vosotrosno yazgáis
ustedesno yazgan
nosotrosno yazgamos
ustedno yazga

The negative imperative of yacer uses the present subjunctive forms: no yazgas, no yazga, no yazgamos, no yazgáis, no yazgan.

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affirmative

yace
vosotrosyaced
ustedesyazgan
nosotrosyazgamos
ustedyazga

The imperative uses 'yace' for tú and the irregular 'yazga' for formal/plural commands.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesyacerían
yoyacería
yacerías
vosotrosyaceríais
nosotrosyaceríamos
él/ella/ustedyacería

The conditional of yacer is regular: yacería, yacerías, yacería, yaceríamos, yaceríais, yacerían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesyacieron
yoyací
yaciste
vosotrosyacisteis
nosotrosyacimos
él/ella/ustedyació

The preterite of yacer is regular: yací, yaciste, yació, yacimos, yacisteis, yacieron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesyacían
yoyacía
yacías
vosotrosyacíais
nosotrosyacíamos
él/ella/ustedyacía

The imperfect of yacer is regular: yacía, yacías, yacía, yacíamos, yacíais, yacían.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesyacen
yoyazgo
yaces
vosotrosyacéis
nosotrosyacemos
él/ella/ustedyace

The present tense of yacer is irregular in the 'yo' form (yazgo), while the rest follow regular -er endings.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesyacerán
yoyaceré
yacerás
vosotrosyaceréis
nosotrosyaceremos
él/ella/ustedyacerá

The future tense of yacer is regular: yaceré, yacerás, yacerá, yaceremos, yaceréis, yacerán.

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