sorprender
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Conjugation
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Subjuntivo
Subjuntivo
Tiempo
Presente de subjuntivo
Presente de subjuntivo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — sorprender
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber sorprendido
- Gerundio — sorprendiendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo sorprendido
- Participio — sorprendido
Key forms
yo
sorprendo
tú
sorprendes
él/ella
sorprende
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he sorprendido
tú
has sorprendido
él/ella
ha sorprendido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
sorprendí
tú
sorprendiste
él/ella
sorprendió
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
sorprendía
tú
sorprendías
él/ella
sorprendía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había sorprendido
tú
habías sorprendido
él/ella
había sorprendido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube sorprendido
tú
hubiste sorprendido
él/ella
hubo sorprendido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
sorprenderé
tú
sorprenderás
él/ella
sorprenderá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
sorprendería
tú
sorprenderías
él/ella
sorprendería
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré sorprendido
tú
habrás sorprendido
él/ella
habrá sorprendido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría sorprendido
tú
habrías sorprendido
él/ella
habría sorprendido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
sorprenda
tú
sorprendas
él/ella
sorprenda
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya sorprendido
tú
hayas sorprendido
él/ella
haya sorprendido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
sorprendiera (sorprendiese)
tú
sorprendieras (sorprendieses)
él/ella
sorprendiera (sorprendiese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera sorprendido (hubiese sorprendido)
tú
hubieras sorprendido (hubieses sorprendido)
él/ella
hubiera sorprendido (hubiese sorprendido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
sorprendiere
tú
sorprendieres
él/ella
sorprendiere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere sorprendido
tú
hubieres sorprendido
él/ella
hubiere sorprendido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
sorprende
él/ella
sorprenda
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
sorprendas
él/ella
sorprenda
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