Spanish Verb OBEDECER - to obey. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb OBEDECER: to obey

The Spanish verb obedecer means 'to obey' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you OBEY your Mum when she says to go to BED!

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Read on, below the OBEDECER verb table...

to obey: obedecer
Imagine you OBEY your Mum when she says
to go to BED!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE OBEDECER - to obey
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb obedecer
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente obey	obedezco	obedeces	obedece	obedecemos	obedecéis	obedecen
Imperfect Imperfecto obeyed	obedecía	obedecías	obedecía	obedecíamos	obedecíais	obedecían
Preterit Pretérito obeyed	obedecí	obedeciste	obedeció	obedecimos	obedecisteis	obedecieron
Future Futuro will obey	obedeceré	obedecerás	obedecerá	obedeceremos	obedeceréis	obedecerán
Conditional Condicional would obey	obedecería	obedecerías	obedecería	obedeceríamos	obedeceríais	obedecerían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may obey	obedezca	obedeczas	obedezca	obedezcamos	obedezcáis	obedezcan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo might obey	obedeciera	obedecieras	obedeciera	obedeciéramos	obedeciereis	obedecieran
	obedeciese	obedecieses	obedeciese	obedeciésemos	obedecieseis	obedeciesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb obedecer - to obey
Imperative Imperativo obey!		¡obedece!	¡obedezca!	¡obedezcamos!	¡obedeced!	¡obedezcan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't obey!		¡no obedezcas!	¡no obedezca!	¡no obedezcamos!	¡no obedezcáis!	¡no obedezcan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb OBEDECER Past Participle: obedecido - obeyed
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have obeyed	he obedecido	has obedecido	ha obedecido	hemos obedecido	habéis obedecido	han obedecido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had obeyed	hube obedecido	hubiste obedecido	hubo obedecido	hubimos obedecido	hubisteis obedecido	hubieron obedecido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had obeyed	había obedecido	habías obedecido	había obedecido	habíamos obedecido	habíais obedecido	habían obedecido
Present Perfect Subj Presente perfecto subj may've obeyed	haya obedecido	hayas obedecido	haya obedecido	hayamos obedecido	hayáis obedecido	hayan obedecido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have obeyed	habré obedecido	habrás obedecido	habrá obedecido	habremos obedecido	habréis obedecido	habrán obedecido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would've obeyed	habría obedecido	habrías obedecido	habría obedecido	habríamos obedecido	habríais obedecido	habrían obedecido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperfecto de sbj might have obeyed	hubiera obedecido	hubieras obedecido	hubiera obedecido	hubiéramos obedecido	hubierais obedecido	hubieran obedecido
	hubiese obedecido	hubieses obedecido	hubiese obedecido	hubiésemos obedecido	hubieseis obedecido	hubiesen obedecido
Progressive Tenses OBEDECER Present Participle: obedeciendo - obeying
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am obeying	estoy obedeciendo	estás obedeciendo	está obedeciendo	estamos obedeciendo	está obedeciendo	están obedeciendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was obeying	estuve obedeciendo	estuviste obedeciendo	estuvo obedeciendo	estuvimos obedeciendo	estuvisteis obedeciendo	estuvieron obedeciendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing	estaba obedeciendo	estabas obedeciendo	estaba obedeciendo	estábamos obedeciendo	estabais obedeciendo	estaban obedeciendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be obeying	estaré obedeciendo	estarás obedeciendo	estará obedeciendo	estaremos obedeciendo	estaréis obedeciendo	estarán obedeciendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto pr would've been ~ing	estaría obedeciendo	estarías obedeciendo	estabría obedeciendo	estaríamos obedeciendo	estaríais obedeciendo	estarían obedeciendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may have been ~ing	que ~ obedeciendo	que ~ obedeciendo	que ~ obedeciendo	que ~ obedeciendo	que ~ obedeciendo	que ~ obedeciendo

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MORE about the SPANISH VERB OBEDECER

USING the SPANISH VERB obedecer

obedecer can also mean: to comply with.
obedecer a tus padres: to obey your parents.
obedecer a algo: to be due to something.

la obediencia (nf): obedience.
la desobediencia (nf): disobedience.
obediente (adj m/f): obedient.
desobediente (adj m/f): disobedient.
el niño desobediente: the disobedient child.

Obedezco pero no cumplo: I obey but I do not comply.
(Used a lot by local South American officials during the time of Spanish colonization.)
Debo obedecer a mis padres aunque esten equivocados:
I must obey my parents even though they are wrong.

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 obedecés
Imperativo: ¡obedecé!

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