pensar
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Pensar changes e to ie when the stem is stressed: pienso, piensas, piensa, pensamos, pensáis, piensan. This is the classic 'boot' for -ar verbs. Similar: cerrar, empezar, negar, sentar.
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 — pensar
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber pensado
- Gerundio — pensando
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo pensado
- Participio — pensado
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Key forms
yo
pienso
tú
piensas
él/ella
piensa
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he pensado
tú
has pensado
él/ella
ha pensado
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
pensé
tú
pensaste
él/ella
pensó
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
pensaba
tú
pensabas
él/ella
pensaba
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había pensado
tú
habías pensado
él/ella
había pensado
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube pensado
tú
hubiste pensado
él/ella
hubo pensado
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
pensaré
tú
pensarás
él/ella
pensará
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
pensaría
tú
pensarías
él/ella
pensaría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré pensado
tú
habrás pensado
él/ella
habrá pensado
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría pensado
tú
habrías pensado
él/ella
habría pensado
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
piense
tú
pienses
él/ella
piense
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya pensado
tú
hayas pensado
él/ella
haya pensado
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
pensara (pensase)
tú
pensaras (pensases)
él/ella
pensara (pensase)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera pensado (hubiese pensado)
tú
hubieras pensado (hubieses pensado)
él/ella
hubiera pensado (hubiese pensado)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
pensare
tú
pensares
él/ella
pensare
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere pensado
tú
hubieres pensado
él/ella
hubiere pensado
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
piensa
él/ella
piense
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
pienses
él/ella
piense
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