entretener
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Tener means 'to have' or 'to hold.' The stem changes e→ie in stressed forms (tienes, tiene, tienen), and the yo form adds -g- (tengo). Compounds like mantener and contener follow the same pattern.
Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicativo
Tiempo
Presente
Presente
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Indicativo — Indicativo
Subjuntivo — Subjuntivo
Imperativo — Imperativo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — entretener
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber entretenido
- Gerundio — entreteniendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo entretenido
- Participio — entretenido
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Key forms
yo
entretengo
tú
entretienes
él/ella
entretiene
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he entretenido
tú
has entretenido
él/ella
ha entretenido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
entretuve
tú
entretuviste
él/ella
entretuvo
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
entretenía
tú
entretenías
él/ella
entretenía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había entretenido
tú
habías entretenido
él/ella
había entretenido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube entretenido
tú
hubiste entretenido
él/ella
hubo entretenido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
entretendré
tú
entretendrás
él/ella
entretendrá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
entretendría
tú
entretendrías
él/ella
entretendría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré entretenido
tú
habrás entretenido
él/ella
habrá entretenido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría entretenido
tú
habrías entretenido
él/ella
habría entretenido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
entretenga
tú
entretengas
él/ella
entretenga
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya entretenido
tú
hayas entretenido
él/ella
haya entretenido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
entretuviera (entretuviese)
tú
entretuvieras (entretuvieses)
él/ella
entretuviera (entretuviese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera entretenido (hubiese entretenido)
tú
hubieras entretenido (hubieses entretenido)
él/ella
hubiera entretenido (hubiese entretenido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
entretuviere
tú
entretuvieres
él/ella
entretuviere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere entretenido
tú
hubieres entretenido
él/ella
hubiere entretenido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
entretén
él/ella
entretenga
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
entretengas
él/ella
entretenga
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