Beber Conjugation | How to Conjugate Beber in Spanish

Beber means “to drink.” You will learn its regular -ER conjugation, compound and subjunctive forms, commands, and common ways to talk about drinking liquids.

Beber conjugation at a glance

Beber is a regular -ER verb. Verb type: Regular ER. Its stem beb- stays stable through the core simple paradigms, and its gerund bebiendo and participle bebido are regular. The main learning task is choosing the tense or mood that fits the time and sentence context.

Beber gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund helps build progressive constructions, and the past participle is used with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. With compound forms built with haber, the participle remains invariant.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	beber	to drink
Gerund	bebiendo	drinking
Past participle	bebido	drunk

Beber meaning and essential uses

Beber — “to drink” — most often means taking a liquid into the body. It can be intransitive or transitive depending on whether the drink is stated: Bebo agua. — “I drink water.”

The verb can also refer specifically to consuming alcoholic drinks when context makes that meaning clear, but the core conjugation is the same.

Beber conjugation pattern

Beber uses the regular -ER endings with the stable stem beb-. There is no stem change, irregular yo form, irregular preterite stem, irregular future stem, irregular gerund, or irregular participle. Written accents follow the standard regular -ER paradigm.

Beber indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Beber present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use the present indicative for current actions, habits, and general statements. This verb uses the regular -ER present endings. The stem remains stable.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	bebo	I drink
Tú — you, singular informal	bebes	you drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	bebe	he / she drinks; you drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	bebemos	we drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	bebéis	you drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	beben	they drink; you drink (plural)

• Bebo agua durante el día. — I drink water during the day.

Beber preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use the preterite for completed or bounded past events. These forms follow the regular -ER preterite pattern.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	bebí	I drank
Tú — you, singular informal	bebiste	you drank
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	bebió	he / she drank; you drank (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	bebimos	we drank
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	bebisteis	you drank (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	bebieron	they drank; you drank (plural)

• Ayer bebí té con la cena. — Yesterday I drank tea with dinner.

Beber imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use the imperfect for past habits, background situations, descriptions, or states viewed as ongoing. This tense is regular for the target verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	bebía	I used to drink
Tú — you, singular informal	bebías	you used to drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	bebía	he / she used to drink; you used to drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	bebíamos	we used to drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	bebíais	you used to drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	bebían	they used to drink; you used to drink (plural)

• De niño bebía leche cada mañana. — As a child, I used to drink milk every morning.

Beber present progressive

Present progressive (el presente progresivo) — The present progressive is a verbal periphrasis for an action genuinely in progress. Form it with the present of estar — “to be” — plus bebiendo — “drinking.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy bebiendo	I am drinking
Tú — you, singular informal	estás bebiendo	you are drinking
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está bebiendo	he / she is drinking; you are drinking (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos bebiendo	we are drinking
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis bebiendo	you are drinking (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están bebiendo	they are drinking; you are drinking (plural)

• Estamos bebiendo café ahora. — We are drinking coffee now.

Beber near future conjugation

Near future (el futuro próximo) — The near future is a verbal periphrasis for plans, intentions, or expected future situations. Form it with the present of ir — “to go” — plus a + beber — “to drink.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a beber	I am going to drink
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a beber	you are going to drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a beber	he / she is going to drink; you are going to drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a beber	we are going to drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a beber	you are going to drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a beber	they are going to drink; you are going to drink (plural)

• Voy a beber un vaso de agua. — I am going to drink a glass of water.

Beber future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use the simple future for future reference and, where context supports it, probability. Add the future endings to the full infinitive.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	beberé	I will drink
Tú — you, singular informal	beberás	you will drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	beberá	he / she will drink; you will drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	beberemos	we will drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	beberéis	you will drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	beberán	they will drink; you will drink (plural)

• Beberemos algo después de caminar. — We will drink something after walking.

Beber conditional conjugation

Simple conditional (el condicional simple) — Use the simple conditional for hypothetical results, polite softening, and other conditional meanings. Add the conditional endings to the full infinitive.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	bebería	I would drink
Tú — you, singular informal	beberías	you would drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	bebería	he / she would drink; you would drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	beberíamos	we would drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	beberíais	you would drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	beberían	they would drink; you would drink (plural)

• Bebería más agua si hiciera calor. — I would drink more water if it were hot.

Beber present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use the present perfect for a past event connected to the present; its distribution varies by region. Form it with the present of haber plus the invariant participle bebido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he bebido	I have drunk
Tú — you, singular informal	has bebido	you have drunk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha bebido	he / she has drunk; you have drunk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos bebido	we have drunk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis bebido	you have drunk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han bebido	they have drunk; you have drunk (plural)

• Hoy he bebido bastante agua. — Today I have drunk quite a lot of water.

Beber past perfect conjugation

Past perfect / pluperfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use the past perfect for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the imperfect of haber plus the invariant participle bebido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había bebido	I had drunk
Tú — you, singular informal	habías bebido	you had drunk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había bebido	he / she had drunk; you had drunk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos bebido	we had drunk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais bebido	you had drunk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían bebido	they had drunk; you had drunk (plural)

• Ya había bebido café antes de salir. — I had already drunk coffee before leaving.

Beber future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro compuesto / antefuturo) — Use the future perfect for something expected to be completed by a future point. Form it with the future of haber plus the invariant participle bebido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré bebido	I will have drunk
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás bebido	you will have drunk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá bebido	he / she will have drunk; you will have drunk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos bebido	we will have drunk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis bebido	you will have drunk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán bebido	they will have drunk; you will have drunk (plural)

• Para entonces habremos bebido toda el agua. — By then we will have drunk all the water.

Beber conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto / antepospretérito) — Use the conditional perfect for a hypothetical completed result or unreal past outcome. Form it with the conditional of haber plus the invariant participle bebido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría bebido	I would have drunk
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías bebido	you would have drunk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría bebido	he / she would have drunk; you would have drunk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos bebido	we would have drunk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais bebido	you would have drunk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían bebido	they would have drunk; you would have drunk (plural)

• Habría bebido el té, pero estaba frío. — I would have drunk the tea, but it was cold.

Beber subjunctive conjugations

Beber present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use the present subjunctive after environments such as wishes, influence, emotion, doubt, evaluation, or necessity. The forms follow the regular present-subjunctive pattern for this -ER verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	beba	that I drink
Tú — you, singular informal	bebas	that you drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	beba	that he / she drink; that you drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	bebamos	that we drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	bebáis	that you drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	beban	that they drink; that you drink (plural)

• Quiero que bebas más agua. — I want you to drink more water.

Beber imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — Use the imperfect subjunctive in subordinate clauses linked to past, hypothetical, or unreal contexts. The main table uses the accepted -ra series; an accepted -se series also exists in many contexts, for example the -se form shown in the examples below.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	bebiera	that I drank / were to drink
Tú — you, singular informal	bebieras	that you drank / were to drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	bebiera	that he / she drank / were to drink; that you drank (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	bebiéramos	that we drank / were to drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	bebierais	that you drank / were to drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	bebieran	that they drank / were to drink; that you drank (plural)

• Era importante que bebiéramos suficiente agua. — It was important for us to drink enough water.
• El médico recomendó que bebieseis despacio. — The doctor recommended that you all drink slowly.

Beber future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. The future subjunctive survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	bebiere	if / when I should drink
Tú — you, singular informal	bebieres	if / when you should drink
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	bebiere	if / when he / she should drink; if / when you should drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	bebiéremos	if / when we should drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	bebiereis	if / when you should drink (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	bebieren	if / when they should drink; if / when you should drink (plural)

• Quien bebiere de esta fuente deberá usar su propio vaso. — Whoever should drink from this fountain must use their own glass.

Beber present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use the present perfect subjunctive when a completed event is viewed through a subjunctive environment connected to the present or future. Form it with present-subjunctive haber plus bebido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya bebido	that I have drunk
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas bebido	that you have drunk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya bebido	that he / she has drunk; that you have drunk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos bebido	that we have drunk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis bebido	that you have drunk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan bebido	that they have drunk; that you have drunk (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas bebido agua. — I am glad that you have drunk water.

Beber past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — Use the past perfect subjunctive for unreal, counterfactual, or earlier completed situations inside a subjunctive environment. The main table uses hubiera + bebido; hubiese + bebido is an accepted alternative in many contexts.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera bebido	that I had drunk
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras bebido	that you had drunk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera bebido	that he / she had drunk; that you had drunk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos bebido	that we had drunk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais bebido	that you had drunk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran bebido	that they had drunk; that you had drunk (plural)

• Ojalá hubiéramos bebido algo antes de salir. — I wish we had drunk something before leaving.
• Si hubieses bebido más despacio, te habrías sentido mejor. — If you had drunk more slowly, you would have felt better.

Beber future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. The future perfect subjunctive is a reference form found mainly in formal, legal, literary, or historical contexts. Form it with future-subjunctive haber plus bebido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere bebido	if / when I should have drunk
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres bebido	if / when you should have drunk
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere bebido	if / when he / she should have drunk; if / when you should have drunk (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos bebido	if / when we should have drunk
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis bebido	if / when you should have drunk (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren bebido	if / when they should have drunk; if / when you should have drunk (plural)

• Si el participante hubiere bebido antes de la prueba, deberá declararlo. — If the participant should have drunk before the test, they must declare it.

Beber imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. Spanish uses different morphological sources across persons and polarity; the nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Beber affirmative commands

Use affirmative commands to tell someone directly to perform the action.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	bebe	drink
Usted — you, singular formal	beba	drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	bebamos	let’s drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	bebed	drink (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	beban	drink (plural)

• Bebe un poco de agua. — Drink a little water.

Beber negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no bebas	do not drink
Usted — you, singular formal	no beba	do not drink (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no bebamos	let’s not drink
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no bebáis	do not drink (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no beban	do not drink (plural)

• No bebas de esa botella. — Do not drink from that bottle.

Common constructions with Beber

These patterns show common ways the target verb combines with its complements or develops its core meaning.

• Beber agua. — To drink water.
• Beber de una botella. — To drink from a bottle.
• Bebemos café por la mañana. — We drink coffee in the morning.

Example sentences with Beber

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already explained in the lesson.

• Bebo agua con cada comida. — I drink water with every meal.
• Ayer bebimos café después de cenar. — Yesterday we drank coffee after dinner.
• Cuando era niño, bebía leche cada mañana. — When I was a child, I used to drink milk every morning.
• Espero que bebas suficiente agua. — I hope you drink enough water.
• Ya hemos bebido todo el café. — We have already drunk all the coffee.
• No bebas tan rápido. — Do not drink so quickly.

Regional and usage notes for Beber

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Where voseo is used, the present and affirmative command can have distinct forms; these examples show the forms without replacing the core paradigm.

• Vos bebés mucha agua. — You drink a lot of water. (voseo)
• Bebé despacio. — Drink slowly. (affirmative vos command)

Beber is structurally regular, so accurate use depends mainly on choosing the tense or mood that matches the time frame and the intended drinking context.