Entender conjugation chart
Entender present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I understand | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you understand | |
| vos | you understand | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she understands | |
| nosotros | we understand | |
| vosotros | you all understand | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they understand |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Entender preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I understood | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you understood | |
| vos | you understood | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she understood | |
| nosotros | we understood | |
| vosotros | you all understood | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they understood |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Entender imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I understood | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you understood | |
| vos | you understood | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she understood | |
| nosotros | we understood | |
| vosotros | you all understood | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they understood |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Entender future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will understand | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will understand | |
| vos | you will understand | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will understand | |
| nosotros | we will understand | |
| vosotros | you all will understand | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will understand |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Entender conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would understand | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would understand | |
| vos | you would understand | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would understand | |
| nosotros | we would understand | |
| vosotros | you all would understand | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would understand |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Entender present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I understand | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you understand | |
| vos | that you understand | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she understand | |
| nosotros | that we understand | |
| vosotros | that you all understand | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they understand |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): entienda, entiendas…; the other forms are regular.
Entender imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I understood | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you understood | |
| vos | if you understood | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she understood | |
| nosotros | if we understood | |
| vosotros | if you all understood | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they understood |
Regular: same endings as comer.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (entendiese), more common in writing.
Entender affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | understand! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | understand! | |
| usted | understand! | |
| nosotros | let's understand! | |
| vosotros | understand! | |
| ustedes | understand! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: entiende. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (entienda, entendamos, entiendan).
Entender negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't understand! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't understand! | |
| usted | don't understand! | |
| nosotros | let's not understand! | |
| vosotros | don't understand! | |
| ustedes | don't understand! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + entiendas, entienda…
Always the verb haber + the past participle entendido, which never changes.
Entender present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he entendido |
|---|---|
| tú | has entendido |
| vos | has entendido |
| él, ella, usted | ha entendido |
| nosotros | hemos entendido |
| vosotros | habéis entendido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han entendido |
Entender pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había entendido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías entendido |
| vos | habías entendido |
| él, ella, usted | había entendido |
| nosotros | habíamos entendido |
| vosotros | habíais entendido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían entendido |
Entender future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré entendido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás entendido |
| vos | habrás entendido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá entendido |
| nosotros | habremos entendido |
| vosotros | habréis entendido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán entendido |
Entender conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría entendido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías entendido |
| vos | habrías entendido |
| él, ella, usted | habría entendido |
| nosotros | habríamos entendido |
| vosotros | habríais entendido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían entendido |
Entender present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya entendido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas entendido |
| vos | hayas entendido |
| él, ella, usted | haya entendido |
| nosotros | hayamos entendido |
| vosotros | hayáis entendido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan entendido |
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.
Watch out
There's no “do” in Spanish negatives: “I don't understand” is just no entiendo. And entender de means knowing about a subject: entiende de fútbol.
Examples with entender
No entiendo la pregunta.
I don't understand the question.
¿Me entiendes?
Do you understand me?
Entendí todo.
I understood everything.
Practice entender
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Verbs like entender
Stem change e → ie (entender → entiendes). Same pattern:
tener tienesquerer quieresvenir vienespensar piensasempezar empiezascomenzar comienzascerrar cierrasperder pierdes