Salir Conjugation | How to Conjugate Salir in Spanish

Salir means “to leave,” “to go out,” or “to come out.” You will learn its salgo / salga family, irregular future stem saldr-, commands, and common prepositional patterns.

Salir conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Salir uses salgo — “I leave / go out” — in the first-person present, salg- throughout the present subjunctive, and the irregular future/conditional stem saldr-.

Salir gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle salido remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	salir	to leave / go out
Gerund	saliendo	leaving / going out
Past participle	salido	left / gone out

Salir meaning and essential uses

Salir is mainly intransitive. It commonly means moving from inside to outside or departing from a place: Salgo de casa a las ocho. — “I leave home at eight.”

RAE records many extensions, including appearing or being released, turning out a certain way, and going somewhere for an activity. Common frames include salir de — “to leave / get out of,” salir a — “to go out to do,” and salir con — “to go out with / date.”

Salir irregular conjugation patterns

The present is mostly regular except for first-person salgo — “I leave / go out.” The present subjunctive extends salg-: salga, salgas, salgamos, salgáis, salgan — the “leave / go out” subjunctive family.

The future and conditional use saldr-: saldré — “I will leave” — and saldría — “I would leave.” The preterite, imperfect, gerund saliendo, and participle salido are otherwise predictable.

Salir indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Salir present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The first-person singular is salgo; the remaining present forms use sal-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	salgo	I leave / go out
Tú — you, singular informal	sales	you leave / go out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	sale	he / she leaves / goes out; you leave / go out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	salimos	we leave / go out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	salís	you leave / go out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	salen	they leave / go out; you leave / go out (plural)

• Salgo de casa a las ocho. — I leave home at eight.

Salir 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	salí	I left / went out
Tú — you, singular informal	saliste	you left / went out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	salió	he / she left / went out; you left / went out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	salimos	we left / went out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	salisteis	you left / went out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	salieron	they left / went out; you left / went out (plural)

• Ayer salí temprano del trabajo. — Yesterday I left work early.

Salir imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	salía	I used to leave / go out / was leaving / going out
Tú — you, singular informal	salías	you used to leave / go out / were leaving / going out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	salía	he / she used to leave / go out / was leaving / going out; you used to leave / go out / were leaving / going out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	salíamos	we used to leave / go out / were leaving / going out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	salíais	you used to leave / go out / were leaving / going out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	salían	they used to leave / go out / were leaving / going out; you used to leave / go out / were leaving / going out (plural)

• Antes salíamos todos los viernes. — We used to go out every Friday.

Salir present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus saliendo — “leaving / going out.”

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

• Estoy saliendo del edificio ahora. — I am leaving the building now.

Salir near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and salir.

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

• Voy a salir a cenar esta noche. — I am going to go out for dinner tonight.

Salir future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The future uses the irregular stem saldr-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	saldré	I will leave / go out
Tú — you, singular informal	saldrás	you will leave / go out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	saldrá	he / she will leave / go out; you will leave / go out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	saldremos	we will leave / go out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	saldréis	you will leave / go out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	saldrán	they will leave / go out; you will leave / go out (plural)

• Saldremos después de la reunión. — We will leave after the meeting.

Salir conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The conditional uses the irregular stem saldr-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	saldría	I would leave / go out
Tú — you, singular informal	saldrías	you would leave / go out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	saldría	he / she would leave / go out; you would leave / go out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	saldríamos	we would leave / go out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	saldríais	you would leave / go out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	saldrían	they would leave / go out; you would leave / go out (plural)

• Saldría antes si pudiera. — I would leave earlier if I could.

Salir 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 — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

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

• He salido varias veces esta semana. — I have gone out several times this week.

Salir 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 — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

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

• Ya habíamos salido cuando llamó. — We had already left when he / she called.

Salir 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 — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

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

• Para entonces habrán salido todos. — By then everyone will have left.

Salir conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

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

• Habría salido antes sin la lluvia. — I would have left earlier without the rain.

Salir subjunctive conjugations

Salir 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 entire present-subjunctive family uses salg-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	salga	that I leave / go out
Tú — you, singular informal	salgas	that you leave / go out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	salga	that he / she leave / go out; that you leave / go out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	salgamos	that we leave / go out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	salgáis	that you leave / go out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	salgan	that they leave / go out; that you leave / go out (plural)

• Quiero que salgas ahora. — I want you to leave now.

Salir 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 — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	saliera	that I left / went out
Tú — you, singular informal	salieras	that you left / went out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	saliera	that he / she left / went out; that you left / went out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	saliéramos	that we left / went out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	salierais	that you left / went out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	salieran	that they left / went out; that you left / went out (plural)

• Preferían que saliéramos juntos. — They preferred that we leave together.
• Era mejor que salieses por la puerta principal. — It was better for you to leave through the main door.

Salir 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	saliere	if / when I should leave / go out
Tú — you, singular informal	salieres	if / when you should leave / go out
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	saliere	if / when he / she should leave / go out; if / when you should leave / go out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	saliéremos	if / when we should leave / go out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	saliereis	if / when you should leave / go out (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	salieren	if / when they should leave / go out; if / when you should leave / go out (plural)

• Quien saliere del recinto deberá identificarse al regresar. — Whoever should leave the premises must identify themselves upon returning.

Salir 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 — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

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

• Me alegra que hayas salido a tiempo. — I am glad that you left on time.

Salir 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 — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

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

• Si hubiera salido antes, habría llegado a tiempo. — If I had left earlier, I would have arrived on time.
• Si hubieses salido con nosotros, te habrías divertido. — If you had gone out with us, you would have had fun.

Salir 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 — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle salido.

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

• Si hubieren salido del país, deberán declararlo. — If they should have left the country, they must declare it.

Salir imperative and commands

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

Salir 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	sal	leave
Usted — you, singular formal	salga	leave (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	salgamos	let’s leave
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	salid	leave (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	salgan	leave (plural)

• Sal de aquí ahora. — Leave here now.

Salir negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no salgas	do not leave
Usted — you, singular formal	no salga	do not leave (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no salgamos	let’s not leave
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no salgáis	do not leave (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no salgan	do not leave (plural)

• No salgas sin tu identificación. — Do not leave without your identification.

Common constructions with Salir

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

• salir de + place. — to leave / get out of a place.
• salir a + infinitive. — to go out to do something.
• salir con alguien. — to go out with / date someone.
• salir bien / mal. — to turn out well / badly.

Example sentences with Salir

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

• El tren sale a las nueve. — The train leaves at nine.
• Vamos a salir a caminar. — We are going to go out for a walk.
• La película sale el viernes. — The movie comes out on Friday.
• Espero que salgas pronto del trabajo. — I hope you leave work soon.
• Todo salió bien. — Everything turned out well.
• Sal por la puerta de atrás. — Leave through the back door.

Regional and usage notes for Salir

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos salís temprano hoy. — You leave early today. (voseo)
• Salí de aquí ahora. — Leave here now. (affirmative vos command)

For salir, learn three irregular anchors: salgo, the present-subjunctive family salg-, and future/conditional saldr-. The prepositions that follow the verb then determine many of its everyday meanings.