Verb · irregular
salir
to go out, to leave
The thing that catches people out
salgo in the yo form, then regular. Spanish says salir de, leave from: salgo de casa a las ocho. Leaving something behind is dejar, not salir.
Present
What happens, and what is happening now.
| yo | salgo | |
| tú | sales | |
| él, ella, usted | sale | |
| nosotros | salimos | |
| ellos, ustedes | salen | |
| vosotros, Spain only | salís |
Preterite, the finished past
Something that happened and is over: yesterday, last year, once.
| yo | salí | |
| tú | saliste | |
| él, ella, usted | salió | |
| nosotros | salimos | |
| ellos, ustedes | salieron | |
| vosotros, Spain only | salisteis |
Imperfect, the background past
What used to happen, or was going on when something else happened.
| yo | salía | |
| tú | salías | |
| él, ella, usted | salía | |
| nosotros | salíamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | salían | |
| vosotros, Spain only | salíais |
Future
Will do. In conversation, ir a plus the verb is more common: voy a comer.
| yo | saldré | |
| tú | saldrás | |
| él, ella, usted | saldrá | |
| nosotros | saldremos | |
| ellos, ustedes | saldrán | |
| vosotros, Spain only | saldréis |
Present perfect
Have done. Used far more in Spain, where it covers today; most of Latin America uses the preterite there.
| yo | he salido | |
| tú | has salido | |
| él, ella, usted | ha salido | |
| nosotros | hemos salido | |
| ellos, ustedes | han salido | |
| vosotros, Spain only | habéis salido |
Other forms
The -ing form, the form that follows he, has and ha, and how to tell someone to do it.
| -ing form | saliendo | |
| participle | salido | |
| command, to tú | sal | |
| command, to usted | salga |
In a sentence
salgo de casa a las ocho
I leave home at eight
¿a qué hora sale el tren?
what time does the train leave?