nacer

/naˈθeɾ/, [naˈθeɾ]

be born, born

Gerund: naciendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	nacido	nacida
Plural	nacidos	nacidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	nazco	nacía	nací	naceré	nacería
tú	naces	nacías	naciste	nacerás	nacerías
él/ella/Ud.	nace	nacía	nació	nacerá	nacería
nosotros	nacemos	nacíamos	nacimos	naceremos	naceríamos
vosotros	nacéis	nacíais	nacisteis	naceréis	naceríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	nacen	nacían	nacieron	nacerán	nacerían
vos	nacés	nacías	naciste	nacerás	nacerías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	nazca	naciera	naciese	naciere
tú	nazcas	nacieras	nacieses	nacieres
él/ella/Ud.	nazca	naciera	naciese	naciere
nosotros	nazcamos	naciéramos	naciésemos	naciéremos
vosotros	nazcáis	nacierais	nacieseis	naciereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	nazcan	nacieran	naciesen	nacieren
vos	nazcás	nacieras	nacieses	nacieres

Imperative

Examples

En mi vida siguiente quiero nacer como un virus mortal.

In my next life I want to be born as a deadly virus.

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La vida sería infinitamente más feliz si pudiéramos nacer a la edad de ochenta años y gradualmente llegar a los dieciocho.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

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Tuvimos la suerte de nacer en la misma galaxia.

We were lucky of having born in the same galaxy.

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Mi hija pesaba ocho libras al nacer.

My daughter weighed eight pounds at birth.

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Si volviera a nacer otra vez, sería músico.

If I were to be born again, I would be a musician.

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Nadie pide nacer.

No one asks to be born.

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Cada uno de nosotros deja la vida con la sensación de que acaban de nacer.

Each of us leaves life with the feeling that they were just born.

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Las chances de siquiera nacer son tan minúsculas que yo me siento bendecido de haber recibido esta oportunidad.

The odds of ever being born are so slim I feel blessed to be given a chance.

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La mujer más vieja del pueblo fue la que eligió su nombre al nacer.

The oldest woman in the village was the one who picked his name at birth.

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