Olvidar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Olvidar in Spanish

Olvidar means “to forget,” “to fail to remember,” or “to leave something behind by mistake.” You will learn its fully regular -AR conjugation and its main object and infinitive patterns.

Olvidar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. RAE gives olvido, olvidas / olvidás, olvida, olvidamos, olvidáis, olvidan, with gerund olvidando and participle olvidado.

Olvidar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber in compound forms. The participle olvidado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	olvidar	to forget / leave behind
Gerund	olvidando	forgetting / leaving behind
Past participle	olvidado	forgotten / left behind

Olvidar meaning and essential uses

RAE records olvidar transitively for no longer retaining someone or something in memory: Olvidé su nombre. It also means failing to do something through carelessness: Olvidé cerrar la puerta.

Another common transitive sense is leaving something or someone behind unintentionally: Olvidé el sombrero en casa. Pronominal olvidarse de is treated separately in the next lesson.

Olvidar regular conjugation pattern

The stem olvid- remains unchanged throughout the core paradigm: olvido, olvidé, olvidaba, olvidaré, olvide.

There are no stem changes, spelling alternations, irregular tense stems, irregular gerunds, or irregular participles.

Olvidar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Olvidar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvido	I forget / leave behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvidas	you forget / leave behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvida	he / she forgets / leaves behind; you forget / leave behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidamos	we forget / leave behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidáis	you forget / leave behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olvidan	they forget / leave behind; you forget / leave behind (plural)

• Olvido los nombres con facilidad. — I forget names easily.

Olvidar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvidé	I forgot / left behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvidaste	you forgot / left behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvidó	he / she forgot / left behind; you forgot / left behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidamos	we forgot / left behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidasteis	you forgot / left behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olvidaron	they forgot / left behind; you forgot / left behind (plural)

• Ayer olvidé mi contraseña. — Yesterday I forgot my password.

Olvidar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvidaba	I used to forget / leave behind / was forgetting / leaving behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvidabas	you used to forget / leave behind / were forgetting / leaving behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvidaba	he / she used to forget / leave behind / was forgetting / leaving behind; you used to forget / leave behind / were forgetting / leaving behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidábamos	we used to forget / leave behind / were forgetting / leaving behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidabais	you used to forget / leave behind / were forgetting / leaving behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olvidaban	they used to forget / leave behind / were forgetting / leaving behind; you used to forget / leave behind / were forgetting / leaving behind (plural)

• Antes olvidábamos menos cosas. — We used to forget fewer things.

Olvidar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus olvidando.

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

• Estoy olvidando algunos detalles. — I am forgetting some details.

Olvidar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir + a + olvidar.

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

• Voy a olvidar ese problema. — I am going to forget that problem.

Olvidar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvidaré	I will forget / leave behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvidarás	you will forget / leave behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvidará	he / she will forget / leave behind; you will forget / leave behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidaremos	we will forget / leave behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidaréis	you will forget / leave behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olvidarán	they will forget / leave behind; you will forget / leave behind (plural)

• Olvidaremos este incidente con el tiempo. — We will forget this incident over time.

Olvidar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvidaría	I would forget / leave behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvidarías	you would forget / leave behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvidaría	he / she would forget / leave behind; you would forget / leave behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidaríamos	we would forget / leave behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidaríais	you would forget / leave behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olvidarían	they would forget / leave behind; you would forget / leave behind (plural)

• Olvidaría ese comentario si fuera tú. — I would forget that comment if I were you.

Olvidar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

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

• He olvidado su nombre. — I have forgotten his / her name.

Olvidar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

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

• Ya habíamos olvidado el problema. — We had already forgotten the problem.

Olvidar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

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

• Para entonces habrán olvidado muchos detalles. — By then they will have forgotten many details.

Olvidar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

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

• Habría olvidado la cita sin el recordatorio. — I would have forgotten the appointment without the reminder.

Olvidar subjunctive conjugations

Olvidar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvide	that I forget / leave behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvides	that you forget / leave behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvide	that he / she forget / leave behind; that you forget / leave behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidemos	that we forget / leave behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidéis	that you forget / leave behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olviden	that they forget / leave behind; that you forget / leave behind (plural)

• No quiero que olvides la reunión. — I do not want you to forget the meeting.

Olvidar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvidara	that I forgot / left behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvidaras	that you forgot / left behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvidara	that he / she forgot / left behind; that you forgot / left behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidáramos	that we forgot / left behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidarais	that you forgot / left behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olvidaran	that they forgot / left behind; that you forgot / left behind (plural)

• Temían que olvidáramos cerrar la puerta. — They feared that we would forget to close the door.
• Era posible que olvidases el documento en casa. — It was possible that you would leave the document at home.

Olvidar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms belong mainly to formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical registers.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	olvidare	if / when I should forget / leave behind
Tú — you, singular informal	olvidares	if / when you should forget / leave behind
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	olvidare	if / when he / she should forget / leave behind; if / when you should forget / leave behind (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	olvidáremos	if / when we should forget / leave behind
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidareis	if / when you should forget / leave behind (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	olvidaren	if / when they should forget / leave behind; if / when you should forget / leave behind (plural)

• Quien olvidare presentar la documentación deberá completarla después. — Whoever should forget to submit the documentation must complete it later.

Olvidar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

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

• Me alegra que no hayas olvidado la cita. — I am glad that you did not forget the appointment.

Olvidar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

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

• Si hubiera olvidado la contraseña, no habría podido entrar. — If I had forgotten the password, I would not have been able to log in.
• Si hubieses olvidado cerrar la puerta, habría quedado abierta toda la noche. — If you had forgotten to close the door, it would have remained open all night.

Olvidar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant olvidado.

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

• Si hubieren olvidado documentos adicionales, deberán entregarlos después. — If they should have forgotten additional documents, they must submit them later.

Olvidar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Olvidar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	olvida	forget
Usted — you, singular formal	olvide	forget (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	olvidemos	let’s forget
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	olvidad	forget (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	olviden	forget (plural)

• Olvida ese comentario. — Forget that comment.

Olvidar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no olvides	do not forget
Usted — you, singular formal	no olvide	do not forget (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no olvidemos	let’s not forget
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no olvidéis	do not forget (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no olviden	do not forget (plural)

• No olvides cerrar la puerta. — Do not forget to close the door.

Common constructions with Olvidar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• olvidar algo / a alguien. — to forget something / someone.
• olvidar + infinitive. — to forget to do something.
• olvidar algo en + place. — to leave something behind in a place by mistake.
• olvidarse de + noun / infinitive. — pronominal alternative treated separately.

Example sentences with Olvidar

These examples reinforce useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Olvidé las llaves en casa. — I left the keys at home.
• No olvides llamar a Marta. — Do not forget to call Marta.
• Nunca olvidaré ese viaje. — I will never forget that trip.
• Espero que no olvides la contraseña. — I hope you do not forget the password.
• Han olvidado varios detalles. — They have forgotten several details.
• Olvida lo que dije antes. — Forget what I said earlier.

Regional and usage notes for Olvidar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms where vos is used.

• Vos olvidás las llaves con frecuencia. — You often forget the keys. (voseo)
• Olvidá ese comentario. — Forget that comment. (affirmative vos command)

Olvidar is fully regular. Focus on the direct-object pattern olvidar algo, the infinitive pattern olvidar hacer algo, and the distinction from pronominal olvidarse de.