Cenar conjugation chart
Cenar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I have dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you have dinner | |
| vos | you have dinner | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she has dinner | |
| nosotros | we have dinner | |
| vosotros | you all have dinner | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they have dinner |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cenar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I had dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you had dinner | |
| vos | you had dinner | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she had dinner | |
| nosotros | we had dinner | |
| vosotros | you all had dinner | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they had dinner |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cenar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to have dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to have dinner | |
| vos | you used to have dinner | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to have dinner | |
| nosotros | we used to have dinner | |
| vosotros | you all used to have dinner | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to have dinner |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cenar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will have dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will have dinner | |
| vos | you will have dinner | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will have dinner | |
| nosotros | we will have dinner | |
| vosotros | you all will have dinner | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will have dinner |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cenar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would have dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would have dinner | |
| vos | you would have dinner | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would have dinner | |
| nosotros | we would have dinner | |
| vosotros | you all would have dinner | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would have dinner |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cenar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I have dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you have dinner | |
| vos | that you have dinner | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she have dinner | |
| nosotros | that we have dinner | |
| vosotros | that you all have dinner | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they have dinner |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cenar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I had dinner | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you had dinner | |
| vos | if you had dinner | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she had dinner | |
| nosotros | if we had dinner | |
| vosotros | if you all had dinner | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they had dinner |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (cenase), more common in writing.
Cenar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | have dinner! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | have dinner! | |
| usted | have dinner! | |
| nosotros | let's have dinner! | |
| vosotros | have dinner! | |
| ustedes | have dinner! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: cena. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (cene, cenemos, cenen).
Cenar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't have dinner! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't have dinner! | |
| usted | don't have dinner! | |
| nosotros | let's not have dinner! | |
| vosotros | don't have dinner! | |
| ustedes | don't have dinner! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + cenes, cene…
Always the verb haber + the past participle cenado, which never changes.
Cenar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he cenado |
|---|---|
| tú | has cenado |
| vos | has cenado |
| él, ella, usted | ha cenado |
| nosotros | hemos cenado |
| vosotros | habéis cenado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han cenado |
Cenar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había cenado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías cenado |
| vos | habías cenado |
| él, ella, usted | había cenado |
| nosotros | habíamos cenado |
| vosotros | habíais cenado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían cenado |
Cenar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré cenado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás cenado |
| vos | habrás cenado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá cenado |
| nosotros | habremos cenado |
| vosotros | habréis cenado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán cenado |
Cenar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría cenado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías cenado |
| vos | habrías cenado |
| él, ella, usted | habría cenado |
| nosotros | habríamos cenado |
| vosotros | habríais cenado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían cenado |
Cenar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya cenado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas cenado |
| vos | hayas cenado |
| él, ella, usted | haya cenado |
| nosotros | hayamos cenado |
| vosotros | hayáis cenado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan cenado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
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