sacar means: to remove, to take out, to get
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will see how to conjugate the verb sacar 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 sacar conjugation. For an overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

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

How to translate Presente to English

Notice that the phrases in English 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:
  tú sacas

  you remove
• The English Present Progressive (or Present Continuous) tense, for example:
  hoy yo saco

  I am removing today
  
  Note though, that the Spanish equivalent of the Present Progressive also exists and is in common use – that’s Presente Progresivo (or Presente Continuo).

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Step by step instructions

Presente belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each conjugated form consists of two words.The verb sacar has an entirely regular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb simply follows the basic rules for its group (-ar) without any exceptions. The basis for the conjugation in this tense is the stem of the verb, so we need to start by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s easy to do. Just remove two letters from the end of the infinitive form to get the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So in case of the verb sacar it’s easy to see that:

• the stem is: sac-
• and the ending is: -ar

Use the stem sac- in each subject as the basis for conjugation, the common prefix or root that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note the shapes and colors of the letters. They are arranged to help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings.Each grammatical person has a specific ending in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Add the regular ending -o for the first person singular to create saco:

• yo saco – I remove

And one more time add the regular ending -as for the second person singular to create sacas:

• tú sacas – you remove

Like previously add the regular ending -a for the third person singular to create saca:

• él saca – he removes
• ella saca – she removes
• usted saca – (formal) you remove

And exactly as previously add the regular ending -amos for the first person plural to create sacamos:

• nosotros sacamos – we remove
• nosotras sacamos – (feminine) we remove

Like in the previous case add the regular ending -áis for the second person plural to create sacáis:

• vosotros sacáis – (plural) you remove
• vosotras sacáis – (feminine, plural) you remove

One more time add the regular ending -an for the third person plural to create sacan:

• ellos sacan – they remove
• ellas sacan – (feminine) they remove
• ustedes sacan – (formal, plural) you remove

Hurray! The conjugation is now done. The final result looks as follows:

yo	saco	I remove
tú	sacas	you remove
él/ella/usted	saca	he/she/it removes
nosotros/nosotras	sacamos	we remove
vosotros/vosotras	sacáis	you remove
ellos/ellas/ustedes	sacan	they remove

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But do not end your session yet – it’s 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 try 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 sacar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for sacar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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