Sacar Conjugation 101: Conjugate Sacar In Spanish

In Spanish, the verb sacar has consonant changes to keep pronunciation consistent. Since it can help you understand how -AR verbs with consonant changes work, in this guide, you’ll learn the sacar conjugation charts and patterns. Here is what we’ll cover: 

Overview of Sacar

Verb CharacteristicProperty
Verb Type-AR
IrregularNo
InfinitiveSacar
Gerund (Present Participle) FormSacando
Past Participle FormSacado
SynonymsExtraer, obtener, apartar.

Stem Changes: E to IE

  • Preterite: saqu only for ‘yo’.
  • Present subjunctive: saqu for all subject pronouns.
  • Affirmative Commands: saqu only for ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’.
  • Negative Commands: saqu for all subject pronouns. 

Among other applications, sacar means ‘to take out’, ‘to extract’, or ‘to get’. The conjugations charts below only have one translation to keep the tables as organized and useful as possible. You can learn more about the meanings of ‘sacar’ in the section Uses & Meanings.

Indicative Conjugations of Sacar

Present tense

Sacar present conjugations don’t have spelling changes. We use this verb in the present tense to refer to the things people currently take out. For example: Siempre sacamos la basura en la mañana.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSacoI take out
SacasYou take out
Él / Ella
Usted
SacaHe/She takes out
You (formal) take out
NosotrosSacamosWe take out
VosotrosSacáisYou take out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SacanThey take out
You (plural) take out

Preterite tense

Sacar preterite conjugations only have one stem change. To conjugate sacar to its ‘yo’ form, we must use the stem saqu. In the preterite tense, this verb communicates that people took something out. If needed, you can use past time markers to point to a specific time frame. 

Here is an example: Yo no saqué mis cosas del carro.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSaquéI took out
SacasteYou took out
Él / Ella
Usted
SacóHe/She took out
You (formal) took out
NosotrosSacamosWe took out
VosotrosSacasteisYou took out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SacaronThey took out
You (plural) took out

Take Note: Spanish verbs that end with car will have stem changes in the preterite tense. These changes are made to maintain the sound consistent across all conjugations.

Imperfect tense

Sacar imperfect conjugations allow you to refer to things that people used to take out for a long period of time in the past. You may also use these forms when it’s not clear when someone took something out. For instance: Nosotros siempre sacábamos a mi perro a pasear.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSacabaI took out
I used to take out
SacabasYou took out
You used to take out
Él / Ella
Usted
SacabaHe/She took out
He/She used to take out

You (formal) took out
You (formal) used to take out
NosotrosSacábamosWe took out
We used to take out
VosotrosSacabaisYou took out
You used to take out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SacabanThey took out
They used to take out

You (plural) took out
You (plural) used to take out

Near future

The immediate or near future in Spanish is formed with ir (present tense) + a + infinitive verb (in this case, ‘sacar’). These future forms allow you to convey that a person is going to take something out in the immediate future.  

For example: ¿Cuándo vas a sacar la basura de tu cuarto?

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoVoy a sacarI’m going to take out
Vas a sacarYou’re going to take out
Él / Ella
Usted
Va a sacarHe/She is going to take out
You (formal) are going to take out
NosotrosVamos a sacarWe’re going to take out
VosotrosVais a sacarYou’re going to take out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
Van a sacarThey’re going to take out
You (plural) are going to take out

Future simple tense

Sacar future tense conjugations express that someone will take something out at some point in the future. For example: En unas horas sacaremos a los perros a pasear. 

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSacaréI will take out
SacarásYou will take out
Él / Ella
Usted
SacaráHe/She will take out
You (formal) will take out
NosotrosSacaremosWe will take out
VosotrosSacaréisYou (formal) will take out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SacaránThey will take out
You (plural) will take out

Conditional tense

When used in the conditional tense, ‘sacar’ communicates that people would take something out. This allows you to ask politely or express that things will only be taken out if a condition is met. For instance: Yo sacaría mis cosas, pero no tengo dónde guardarlas.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSacaríaI would take out
SacaríasYou would take out
Él / Ella
Usted
SacaríaHe/She would take out
You (formal) would take out
NosotrosSacaríamosWe would take out
VosotrosSacaríaisYou would take out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SacaríanThey would take out
You (plural) would take out

Present perfect tense

To conjugate the Spanish present perfect, use the formula haber in the present tense + sacado (past participle). We use these conjugations to express that someone has or hasn’t taken things out. For example: ¿Todavía no habéis sacado la basura?

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoHe sacadoI have taken out
Has sacadoYou have taken out
Él / Ella
Usted
Ha sacadoHe/She has taken out
You (formal) have taken out
NosotrosHemos sacadoWe have taken out
VosotrosHabéis sacadoYou have taken out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
Han sacadoThey have taken out
You (plural) have taken out

Past perfect

The Spanish past perfect indicative tense is formed with haber (imperfect form) + past participle form of ‘sacar’. We use this tense to express that someone had taken something out before another past action. Cuando llegué, los niños ya habían sacado la basura.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoHabía sacadoI had taken out
Habías sacadoYou had taken out
Él / Ella
Usted
Había sacadoHe/She had taken out
You (formal) had taken out
NosotrosHabíamos sacadoWe had taken out
VosotrosHabíais sacadoYou had taken out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
Habían sacadoThey had taken out
You (plural) had taken out

Future perfect

The Spanish future perfect tense of sacar expresses that someone will have taken something out by or before a certain moment in the future. We can also use these forms to say that people might have taken something out. El lunes ya habré sacado toda mi ropa. 

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoHabré sacadoI will have taken out
Habrás sacadoYou will have taken out
Él / Ella
Usted
Habrá sacadoHe/She will have taken out
You (formal) will have taken out
NosotrosHabremos sacadoWe will have taken out
VosotrosHabréis sacadoYou will have taken out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
Habrán sacadoThey will have taken out
You (plural) will have taken out

Conditional perfect

Conjugate sacar to the conditional perfect tense in Spanish to explain that people would have taken something out if a past circumstance had been met. For example: Si no le hubieras dicho, Tobey nunca habría sacado sus cosas.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoHabría sacadoI would have taken out
Habrías sacadoYou would have taken out
Él / Ella
Usted
Habría sacadoHe/She would have taken out
You (formal) would have taken out
NosotrosHabríamos sacadoWe would have taken out
VosotrosHabríais sacadoYou would have taken out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
Habrían sacadoThey would have taken out
You (plural) would have taken out

Progressive tenses

The Spanish progressive tenses are formed with estar conjugated + sacando (present participle). We use the progressive conjugations of sacar to express that someone is taking something out at the moment of speaking. 

For example: Mis hermanos están sacando unas cajas de la cochera.

Progressive TenseFormulaTranslation Example
PresentEstar (present) + sacandoI am taking out
PreteriteEstar (preterite) + sacandoYou were taking out
ImperfectEstar (imperfect) + sacandoHe was taking out
FutureEstar (future) + sacandoWe will be taking out
ConditionalEstar (conditional) + sacandoThey would be taking out

Sacar Subjunctive Conjugations

In Spanish, the subjunctive mood allows you to talk about wishes, requests, suggestions, expectations, doubts, or hypothetical situations. Below are sacar conjugation charts for the most common subjunctive tenses. 

Present subjunctive

Since all sacar subjunctive conjugations have an -e ending, we must use the root saqu to keep pronunciation consistent. These present subjunctive conjugations of this verb are used to request someone to take something out. 
Here is a sentence example: Diles que saquen sus cosas.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSaqueI take out
SaquesYou take out
Él / Ella
Usted
SaqueHe/She takes out
You (formal) take out
NosotrosSaquemosWe take out
VosotrosSaquéisYou take out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SaquenThey take out
You (plural) take out

Take Note: In its infinitive form, sacar has a hard ‘c’ sound. As a result, we must keep this sound consistent across all conjugations. To do this, we use the stem saqu. This pattern is applied to all verbs ending in –car.

Present perfect subjunctive

The present perfect subjunctive in Spanish is formed with haber (present subjunctive form) + sacado (past participle). When conjugated to this tense, this verb expresses uncertainty about people taking things out. It can also be used to wish someone has already taken things out. 

For example: Espero que ya hayan sacado la basura.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoHaya sacadoI have taken out
Hayas sacadoYou have taken out
Él / Ella
Usted
Haya sacadoHe/She has taken out
You (formal) have taken out
NosotrosHayamos sacadoWe have taken out
VosotrosHayáis sacadoYou have taken out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
Hayan sacadoThey have taken out
You (plural) have taken out

Imperfect subjunctive

We use the imperfect subjunctive conjugations of ‘sacar’ to refer to past requests, suggestions, wishes you or someone else had about a person taking things out. La señora nos pidió que sacáramos estas cajas de su coche. 

The imperfect subjunctive has two conjugation models depending on the type of Spanish you use:

Latin American Spanish version

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSacaraI took out
SacarasYou took out
Él / Ella
Usted
SacaraHe/She took out
You (formal) took out
NosotrosSacáramosWe took out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SacaranThey took out
You (plural) took out

Note: Vosotros is only used in Castilian Spanish. As a result, this pronoun has been excluded from the Latin American conjugation chart.

Castilian Spanish version

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoSacaseI took out
SacasesYou took out
Él / Ella
Usted
SacaseHe/She took out
You (formal) took out
NosotrosSacásemosWe took out
VosotrosSacaseisYou took out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
SacasenThey took out
You (plural) took out

Past perfect subjunctive

In the past perfect subjunctive, sacar expresses that someone would have taken something out as long as a past circumstance was met. These subjunctive conjugations can also express regret for things you hadn’t taken out. 

For example: Si hubiera sacado la basura a tiempo, la habrían recolectado.

PersonConjugationTranslation
YoHubiera sacadoI had taken out
Hubieras sacadoYou had taken out
Él / Ella
Usted
Hubiera sacadoHe/She had taken out
You (formal) had taken out
NosotrosHubiéramos sacadoWe had taken out
VosotrosHubierais sacadoYou had taken out
Ellos / Ellas
Ustedes
Hubieran sacadoThey had taken out
You (plural) had taken out

Sacar Imperative Conjugations

In Spanish, the imperative or command forms are used to give orders to people.

Affirmative commands

The affirmative commands of ‘sacar’ must use the stem saqu for the pronouns ‘usted’ and ‘ustedes’. Use the affirmative imperative to order people to take things out. For instance: Niños, sacad la ropa de la lavadora.

PersonConjugationTranslation
SacaTake out
UstedSaqueTake out
VosotrosSacadTake out
UstedesSaquenTake out

Negative commands

On the other hand, you’ll use the negative imperative of ‘sacar’ to order people not to take something out. As shown in the conjugation chart below, these negative commands are formed with the stem saqu. Here is a sentence: ¡No saques esas bolsas!

PersonConjugationTranslation
No saquesDon’t take out
UstedNo saqueDon’t take out
VosotrosNo saquéisDon’t take out
UstedesNo saquenDon’t take out

Meanings of Sacar & Examples

Now that you have a complete understanding of how to conjugate sacar, let’s see some of the most common meanings of this verb. 

  1. Talking about extracting or taking something out

El dentista me sacó un diente. 
The dentist extracted my tooth. 

Saquen a los perros a pasear
Take the dogs out for a walk.

Take Note: The preposition a can be used to introduce the indirect object of the sentence or to convey destination (to where you’ll take something out). 

  1. Expressing that someone achieved a goal

¿Cuánto sacaste en el examen?
What did you get on the test?

Nunca había sacado un ocho. 
I had never gotten an eight before. 

  1. Referring to serving (sports)

¿Quién saca?
Who serves?

Ellos sacan muy bien. 
They serve very well.

Download Sacar Conjugation Charts & Uses Cheat sheets

Sacar is a stem-changing verb, so it can take some time to familiarize yourself with all of its forms. I’ve created a cheat sheets PDF with all the sacar conjugation charts as well as the meanings and uses you can download for free and review later.

Practice Quiz: Sacar Conjugation

Now that you’ve learned how to conjugate sacar, you can practice your skills of using it in all the different tenses by taking this sacar conjugation practice quiz.

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