Spanish Verb COGER - to catch. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb COGER: to catch

The Spanish verb coger means 'to catch' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you catch a COCK and a HARE and also a COG!

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Read on, below the COGER verb table...

to catch: coger
Imagine you catch a COCK and a HARE
and also a COG!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE COGER - to catch
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb coger
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente catch	cojo	coges	coge	cogemos	cogéis	cogen
Imperfect Imperfecto caught	cogía	cogías	cogía	cogíamos	cogíais	cogían
Preterit Pretérito caught	cogí	cogiste	cogió	cogimos	cogisteis	cogieron
Future Futuro will catch	cogeré	cogerás	cogerá	cogeremos	cogeréis	cogerán
Conditional Condicional would catch	cogería	cogerías	cogería	cogeríamos	cogeríais	cogerían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may catch	coja	cojas	coja	cojamos	cojáis	cojan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might catch	compusiera	compusieras	compusiera	compusiéramos	compusiereis	compusieran
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might catch	compusiese	compusieses	compusiese	compusiésemos	compusieseis	compusiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb coger - to catch
Imperative Imperativo catch!		coge!	¡coja!	¡cojamos!	¡cojed!	¡cojan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't catch!		¡no cojas!	¡no coja!	¡no cojamos!	¡no cojáis!	¡no cojan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb COGER Past Participle: cogido - caught
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have caught	he cogido	has cogido	ha cogido	hemos cogido	habéis cogido	han cogido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had caught	hube cogido	hubiste cogido	hubo cogido	hubimos cogido	hubisteis cogido	hubieron cogido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had caught	había cogido	habías cogido	había cogido	habíamos cogido	habíais cogido	habían cogido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have caught	haya cogido	hayas cogido	haya cogido	hayamos cogido	hayáis cogido	hayan cogido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have caught	habré cogido	habrás cogido	habrá cogido	habremos cogido	habréis cogido	habrán cogido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have caught	habría cogido	habrías cogido	habría cogido	habríamos cogido	habríais cogido	habrían cogido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have caught	hubiera cogido	hubieras cogido	hubiera cogido	hubiéramos cogido	hubierais cogido	hubieran cogido
	hubiese cogido	hubieses cogido	hubiese cogido	hubiésemos cogido	hubieseis cogido	hubiesen cogido
Progressive Tenses COGER Present Participle: cogiendo - catching
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am catching	estoy cogiendo	estás cogiendo	está cogiendo	estamos cogiendo	está cogiendo	están cogiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was catching	estuve cogiendo	estuviste cogiendo	estuvo cogiendo	estuvimos cogiendo	estuvisteis cogiendo	estuvieron cogiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been catching	estaba cogiendo	estabas cogiendo	estaba cogiendo	estábamos cogiendo	estabais cogiendo	estaban cogiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be catching	estaré cogiendo	estarás cogiendo	estará cogiendo	estaremos cogiendo	estaréis cogiendo	estarán cogiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ~ing	estaría cogiendo	estarías cogiendo	estabría cogiendo	estaríamos cogiendo	estaríais cogiendo	estarían cogiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may have been ~ing	que ~ cogiendo	que ~ cogiendo	que ~ cogiendo	que ~ cogiendo	que ~ cogiendo	que ~ cogiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB COGER

coger can also mean: to take; to get, to choose, to select, to pick up.
Careful: coger in Mexico and Argentina is rude slang, used much the same way as to f*ck.
cogerse (vr): to hold on.
cogerse de la mano: to hold hands.

coger el téléfono: to pick up the phone.
coger a algiuen en autostop: to pick up a hitch-hiker.
coger sitio: to pick/save a place.

coger la delantera: to take the lead.
coger un berrinche: to have a temper tantrum.
cogerse una borrachera: to get drunk.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos cogés
Imperativo: ¡cogé!

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