Sacar: Full Conjugation | Spanish (Latin America) Grammar

Sacar literally means "to take out," but it's used for an enormous range of things: pulling objects out of bags, taking photos, withdrawing money, getting grades, and even buying tickets. It's a regular -ar verb with the standard -car spelling change: c → qu before e.

Present Indicative

Subject	Form
yo	saco
tú	sacas
él / ella / usted	saca
nosotros / nosotras	sacamos
ellos / ellas / ustedes	sacan

Saco dinero del cajero cada viernes.

I take money out of the ATM every Friday.

Preterite

Subject	Form
yo	saqué
tú	sacaste
él / ella / usted	sacó
nosotros / nosotras	sacamos
ellos / ellas / ustedes	sacaron

Saqué una foto del atardecer.

I took a photo of the sunset.

Imperfect

Subject	Form
yo	sacaba
tú	sacabas
él / ella / usted	sacaba
nosotros / nosotras	sacábamos
ellos / ellas / ustedes	sacaban

Future

Subject	Form
yo	sacaré
tú	sacarás
él / ella / usted	sacará
nosotros / nosotras	sacaremos
ellos / ellas / ustedes	sacarán

Conditional

Subject	Form
yo	sacaría
tú	sacarías
él / ella / usted	sacaría
nosotros / nosotras	sacaríamos
ellos / ellas / ustedes	sacarían

Present Subjunctive

Subject	Form
yo	saque
tú	saques
él / ella / usted	saque
nosotros / nosotras	saquemos
ellos / ellas / ustedes	saquen

Es importante que saques buenas notas.

It's important that you get good grades.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Subject	Form
yo	sacara
tú	sacaras
él / ella / usted	sacara
nosotros / nosotras	sacáramos
ellos / ellas / ustedes	sacaran

Imperative

Person	Form
tú (affirmative)	saca
tú (negative)	no saques
usted	saque
nosotros	saquemos
ustedes	saquen

Saca la basura, por favor.

Take out the trash, please.

Non-Finite Forms

Infinitive: sacar
Gerund: sacando
Past participle: sacado

Common Uses

Sacar has dozens of idiomatic uses. A few common collocations:

sacar una foto — to take a photo
sacar dinero — to withdraw money
sacar buenas notas — to get good grades
sacar la basura — to take out the trash
sacar una entrada — to buy a ticket (in some regions)

¿Ya sacaron las entradas para el concierto?

Did you already buy the tickets for the concert?

Saqué un diez en el examen.

I got a ten on the exam.

Saca al perro a pasear antes de cenar.

Take the dog for a walk before dinner.

💡

Sacar vs. quitar: both can translate as "to take off/out," but sacar suggests extracting something from inside a container or surface (sacar el libro de la mochila), while quitar suggests removing something that was stuck or attached (quitar el polvo).

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