retener
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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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Subjuntivo — Subjuntivo
Imperativo — Imperativo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — retener
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber retenido
- Gerundio — reteniendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo retenido
- Participio — retenido
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Key forms
yo
retengo
tú
retienes
él/ella
retiene
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he retenido
tú
has retenido
él/ella
ha retenido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
retuve
tú
retuviste
él/ella
retuvo
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
retenía
tú
retenías
él/ella
retenía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había retenido
tú
habías retenido
él/ella
había retenido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube retenido
tú
hubiste retenido
él/ella
hubo retenido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
retendré
tú
retendrás
él/ella
retendrá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
retendría
tú
retendrías
él/ella
retendría
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré retenido
tú
habrás retenido
él/ella
habrá retenido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría retenido
tú
habrías retenido
él/ella
habría retenido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
retenga
tú
retengas
él/ella
retenga
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya retenido
tú
hayas retenido
él/ella
haya retenido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
retuviera (retuviese)
tú
retuvieras (retuvieses)
él/ella
retuviera (retuviese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera retenido (hubiese retenido)
tú
hubieras retenido (hubieses retenido)
él/ella
hubiera retenido (hubiese retenido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
retuviere
tú
retuvieres
él/ella
retuviere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere retenido
tú
hubieres retenido
él/ella
hubiere retenido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
retén
él/ella
retenga
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
retengas
él/ella
retenga
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