Percibir means ‘to perceive/receive’. It is a regular -ir verb: percibo (present), percibí (preterite), percibido (past participle), percibiendo (gerund).
Percibir in use
Percibí cierta tensión en la reuniónI sensed some tension in the meeting
Los perros perciben sonidos que nosotros no oímosDogs perceive sounds that we can't hear
Los trabajadores percibirán una paga extra en diciembreThe workers will receive an extra month's pay in December
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
A partial false friend: besides "to perceive", percibir is the formal word for receiving money, such as a salary or a benefit.
More tenses
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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