existir
to exist
'Existir' is a regular -ir verb, most common in the third person and in the sense 'there is/are' (existe/existen). Imperative forms are rare and mainly rhetorical.
Existe una solución.
A solution exists.
Indicativo
Presente
Present
Pienso, luego existo.
I think, therefore I exist.
Para mí, solo existes tú.
For me, only you exist.
Existe una solución sencilla.
There is a simple solution.
Existimos gracias a la casualidad.
We exist thanks to chance.
Vosotros existís en mis recuerdos.
You exist in my memories.
Existen muchas galaxias.
Many galaxies exist.
Pretérito Imperfecto
Imperfect
Antes existía sin preocupaciones.
Before, I existed without worries.
Para él, tú no existías.
For him, you didn't exist.
En aquella época no existía el teléfono.
At that time the telephone didn't exist.
Existíamos casi sin recursos.
We existed with almost no resources.
Vosotros ya existíais como grupo.
You already existed as a group.
Existían leyes muy distintas entonces.
Very different laws existed then.
Pretérito Indefinido
Preterite
Durante un instante, solo existí yo.
For a moment, only I existed.
Exististe para cambiar su vida.
You existed to change his life.
Aquella civilización existió hace siglos.
That civilisation existed centuries ago.
Existimos como pueblo durante mil años.
We existed as a people for a thousand years.
Exististeis en un mundo muy diferente.
You existed in a very different world.
Existieron imperios enormes.
Huge empires existed.
Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto
Present Perfect
Siempre he existido en la sombra.
I have always existed in the shadows.
Has existido para muchos como un ejemplo.
You have existed as an example for many.
Ese problema siempre ha existido.
That problem has always existed.
Hemos existido en armonía con la naturaleza.
We have existed in harmony with nature.
Habéis existido más tiempo del que creéis.
You have existed longer than you think.
Siempre han existido las estrellas.
The stars have always existed.
Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto
Pluperfect
Hasta entonces había existido sin rumbo.
Until then I had existed aimlessly.
Antes de eso, para mí no habías existido.
Before that, you had not existed for me.
Nunca antes había existido tal máquina.
Never before had such a machine existed.
Habíamos existido en el anonimato durante años.
We had existed in anonymity for years.
No sabía que habíais existido como asociación.
I didn't know you had existed as an association.
Aquellas especies habían existido durante millones de años.
Those species had existed for millions of years.
Futuro Simple
Future
Mientras me recuerden, existiré.
As long as they remember me, I will exist.
Existirás en cada palabra que escribiste.
You will exist in every word you wrote.
Siempre existirá el deseo de saber.
The desire to know will always exist.
Existiremos mientras haya memoria.
We will exist as long as there is memory.
Vosotros existiréis en la historia.
You will exist in history.
Siempre existirán las preguntas sin respuesta.
Unanswered questions will always exist.
Futuro Compuesto
Future Perfect
Para entonces habré existido medio siglo.
By then I will have existed half a century.
Cuando esto acabe, habrás existido para algo.
When this ends, you will have existed for a reason.
Para el año 3000, la especie habrá existido milenios.
By the year 3000, the species will have existed for millennia.
Para entonces habremos existido más de un siglo.
By then we will have existed more than a century.
Cuando lo lean, ya habréis existido en la leyenda.
When they read it, you will already have existed in legend.
Para entonces, esos árboles habrán existido mil años.
By then, those trees will have existed a thousand years.
Condicional
Condicional Simple
Conditional
Sin ti, no existiría igual.
Without you, I would not exist the same.
¿Existirías sin tus recuerdos?
Would you exist without your memories?
Sin el sol, no existiría la vida.
Without the sun, life would not exist.
Sin agua, no existiríamos.
Without water, we would not exist.
Sin ese apoyo, no existiríais como club.
Without that support, you would not exist as a club.
Sin oxígeno, no existirían estos animales.
Without oxygen, these animals would not exist.
Condicional Compuesto
Conditional Perfect
Sin aquel encuentro, no habría existido para él.
Without that meeting, I would not have existed for him.
¿Habrías existido de otra forma?
Would you have existed differently?
Sin ese invento, la fábrica no habría existido.
Without that invention, the factory would not have existed.
Sin esa ley, no habríamos existido legalmente.
Without that law, we would not have existed legally.
Sin fundadores, no habríais existido.
Without founders, you would not have existed.
Sin ese clima, no habrían existido esas plantas.
Without that climate, those plants would not have existed.
Subjuntivo
Presente de Subjuntivo
Present Subjunctive
Es difícil creer que exista sin propósito.
It's hard to believe that I exist without purpose.
Necesito que existas en mi vida.
I need you to exist in my life.
Dudo que exista una respuesta perfecta.
I doubt that a perfect answer exists.
Es un milagro que existamos.
It's a miracle that we exist.
Me alegra que existáis.
I'm glad you exist.
No creo que existan los fantasmas.
I don't believe that ghosts exist.
Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo
Imperfect Subjunctive
Actuaba como si no existiera.
He acted as if I didn't exist.
Sería raro que no existieras para ellos.
It would be strange if you didn't exist for them.
Ojalá existiera una cura.
If only a cure existed.
Sería triste que no existiéramos ya.
It would be sad if we no longer existed.
Actuaban como si no existierais.
They acted as if you didn't exist.
No creía que existieran tales lugares.
I didn't believe that such places existed.
Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo
Present Perfect Subjunctive
Me basta con que haya existido para algo.
It's enough for me to have existed for something.
Me alegra que hayas existido en mi época.
I'm glad you have existed in my time.
Es posible que haya existido antes.
It's possible that it has existed before.
Basta con que hayamos existido de verdad.
It's enough that we have truly existed.
Es hermoso que hayáis existido juntos.
It's beautiful that you have existed together.
Dudo que hayan existido esos documentos.
I doubt that those documents have existed.
Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo
Pluperfect Subjunctive
Era como si nunca hubiera existido.
It was as if I had never existed.
Actuaba como si no hubieras existido.
He acted as if you had never existed.
Si hubiera existido internet, todo sería distinto.
If the internet had existed, everything would be different.
Era como si nunca hubiéramos existido.
It was as if we had never existed.
Nadie sabría que hubierais existido.
No one would know that you had existed.
Si no hubieran existido, la historia cambiaría.
If they had not existed, history would change.
Imperativo
Imperativo Afirmativo
Imperative
¡Existe con plenitud, no solo sobrevivas!
Exist fully, don't just survive!
Exista con sentido, no por inercia.
Exist with meaning, not out of inertia.
Existamos plenamente cada día.
Let's exist fully every day.
¡Existid sin miedo a ser vosotros mismos!
Exist without fear of being yourselves!
Existan con propósito.
Exist with purpose.
Imperativo Negativo
Negative Imperative
No existas solo para complacer a los demás.
Don't exist only to please others.
No exista solo en el papel.
Don't exist only on paper.
No existamos únicamente para trabajar.
Let's not exist merely to work.
No existáis a la sombra de otros.
Don't exist in the shadow of others.
Que no existan solo en las estadísticas.
May they not exist only in statistics.
Formas no personales
Infinitivo
Infinitive
Existir no es lo mismo que vivir.
To exist is not the same as to live.
El honor de haber existido le bastaba.
The honour of having existed was enough for him.
Gerundio
Gerund
Sigue existiendo en la memoria colectiva.
It goes on existing in the collective memory.
Habiendo existido durante siglos, el mito perdura.
Having existed for centuries, the myth endures.
Participio
Participle
Es el ser más antiguo jamás existido.
It's the oldest being that has ever existed.
