adherir means: to adhere, to attach, to diminish, to dry up, to inhere
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb adherir in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the adherir conjugation. For an overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see the Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Presente. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you may get additional information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Presente to English

Note that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

The Spanish Presente de Indicativo tense translates to one of the following:

• The English Present tense, for instance:
  usted adhiere

  (formal) you adhere
• The English Present Progressive (also called Present Continuous) tense, for instance:
  ahora mismo vosotros adherís

  (plural) you are adhering right now
  
  Note though, that the Spanish equivalent of the Present Progressive also exists and is in common use – that’s Presente Progresivo (a.k.a. Presente Continuo).

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Step by step instructions

Presente belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of the inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each inflected form consists of two words. The verb adherir has an irregular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. The first person singular has an irregular stem in this tense.

This verb belongs to the group which gets a mix of changes, both e to ie (in Presente Indicativo, persons 1, 2, 3 singular and 3 plural) and e to i (in Pretérito Perfecto Simple, persons 1 singular and 3 plural).

So in the regular stem adher change e to ie to get adhier. But at least the ending is regular for this person. It is -o as normally in the -ir verb group. Add it to the stem to get:

• yo adhiero – I adhere

The second person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense.

So as explained previously we need to change e to ie in the regular stem adher to get adhier. Similarly the ending is regular for this person. It is -es as normally in the -ir verb group. Add it to the stem to get:

• tú adhieres – you adhere

The third person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense.

So as explained before we need to change e to ie in the regular stem adher to get adhier. And once more the ending is regular for this person. It is -e as normally in the -ir verb group. Add it to the stem to get:

• él adhiere – he adheres
• ella adhiere – she adheres
• usted adhiere – (formal) you adhere

The first person plural has a regular stem. So we need to use adher- as the basis for this person’s form. Add the regular ending -imos for this person to get adherimos:

• nosotros adherimos – we adhere
• nosotras adherimos – (feminine) we adhere

And exactly as previously the second person plural has a regular stem. So you need to use adher- at the beginning of this form. As before add the regular ending -ís for this person to get adherís:

• vosotros adherís – (plural) you adhere
• vosotras adherís – (feminine, plural) you adhere

The third person plural also has an irregular stem in this tense.

So as explained previously we need to change e to ie in the regular stem adher to get adhier. Once more the ending is regular for this person. It is -en as normally in the -ir verb group. Add it to the stem to get:

• ellos adhieren – they adhere
• ellas adhieren – (feminine) they adhere
• ustedes adhieren – (formal, plural) you adhere

That’s it! The conjugation is now finished. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yo	adhiero	I adhere
tú	adhieres	you adhere
él/ella/usted	adhiere	he/she/it adheres
nosotros/nosotras	adherimos	we adhere
vosotros/vosotras	adherís	you adhere
ellos/ellas/ustedes	adhieren	they adhere

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But do not end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to retain it. Check below for some links.

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your skills check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PretéritoImperfectoCondicionalFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to adherir visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for adherir visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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