prender
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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 — prender
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber prendido
- Gerundio — prendiendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo prendido
- Participio — prendido
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Key forms
yo
prendo
tú
prendes
él/ella
prende
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he prendido
tú
has prendido
él/ella
ha prendido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
prendí
tú
prendiste
él/ella
prendió
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
prendía
tú
prendías
él/ella
prendía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había prendido
tú
habías prendido
él/ella
había prendido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube prendido
tú
hubiste prendido
él/ella
hubo prendido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
prenderé
tú
prenderás
él/ella
prenderá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
prendería
tú
prenderías
él/ella
prendería
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré prendido
tú
habrás prendido
él/ella
habrá prendido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría prendido
tú
habrías prendido
él/ella
habría prendido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
prenda
tú
prendas
él/ella
prenda
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya prendido
tú
hayas prendido
él/ella
haya prendido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
prendiera (prendiese)
tú
prendieras (prendieses)
él/ella
prendiera (prendiese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera prendido (hubiese prendido)
tú
hubieras prendido (hubieses prendido)
él/ella
hubiera prendido (hubiese prendido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
prendiere
tú
prendieres
él/ella
prendiere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere prendido
tú
hubieres prendido
él/ella
hubiere prendido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
prende
él/ella
prenda
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
prendas
él/ella
prenda
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