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    Fingir conjugation in Spanish

    to pretend, to fake

    regular gerund fingiendopast participle fingido

    Here is the full fingir conjugation in Spanish, with audio for every form. How it changes: a regular -ir verb, with the same endings as vivir in every tense.

    Fingir conjugation chart

    Fingir present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI pretend
    túyou pretend
    vosyou pretend
    él, ella, ustedhe/she pretends
    nosotroswe pretend
    vosotrosyou all pretend
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey pretend

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Fingir preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI pretended
    túyou pretended
    vosyou pretended
    él, ella, ustedhe/she pretended
    nosotroswe pretended
    vosotrosyou all pretended
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey pretended

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Fingir imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

    yoI used to pretend
    túyou used to pretend
    vosyou used to pretend
    él, ella, ustedhe/she used to pretend
    nosotroswe used to pretend
    vosotrosyou all used to pretend
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey used to pretend

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Fingir future

    futuro · I will speak

    yoI will pretend
    túyou will pretend
    vosyou will pretend
    él, ella, ustedhe/she will pretend
    nosotroswe will pretend
    vosotrosyou all will pretend
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey will pretend

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Fingir conditional

    condicional · I would speak

    yoI would pretend
    túyou would pretend
    vosyou would pretend
    él, ella, ustedhe/she would pretend
    nosotroswe would pretend
    vosotrosyou all would pretend
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey would pretend

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Fingir present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

    yothat I pretend
    túthat you pretend
    vosthat you pretend
    él, ella, ustedthat he/she pretend
    nosotrosthat we pretend
    vosotrosthat you all pretend
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthat they pretend

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    Fingir imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

    yoif I pretended
    túif you pretended
    vosif you pretended
    él, ella, ustedif he/she pretended
    nosotrosif we pretended
    vosotrosif you all pretended
    ellos, ellas, ustedesif they pretended

    Regular: same endings as vivir.

    In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (fingiese), more common in writing.

    Fingir affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túpretend!
    vospretend!
    ustedpretend!
    nosotroslet's pretend!
    vosotrospretend!
    ustedespretend!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: finge. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (finja, finjamos, finjan).

    Fingir negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't pretend!
    vosdon't pretend!
    usteddon't pretend!
    nosotroslet's not pretend!
    vosotrosdon't pretend!
    ustedesdon't pretend!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + finjas, finja…

    Always the verb haber + the past participle fingido, which never changes.

    Fingir present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

    yohe fingido
    túhas fingido
    voshas fingido
    él, ella, ustedha fingido
    nosotroshemos fingido
    vosotroshabéis fingido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshan fingido

    Fingir pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

    yohabía fingido
    túhabías fingido
    voshabías fingido
    él, ella, ustedhabía fingido
    nosotroshabíamos fingido
    vosotroshabíais fingido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabían fingido

    Fingir future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

    yohabré fingido
    túhabrás fingido
    voshabrás fingido
    él, ella, ustedhabrá fingido
    nosotroshabremos fingido
    vosotroshabréis fingido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrán fingido

    Fingir conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

    yohabría fingido
    túhabrías fingido
    voshabrías fingido
    él, ella, ustedhabría fingido
    nosotroshabríamos fingido
    vosotroshabríais fingido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrían fingido

    Fingir present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

    yohaya fingido
    túhayas fingido
    voshayas fingido
    él, ella, ustedhaya fingido
    nosotroshayamos fingido
    vosotroshayáis fingido
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshayan fingido

    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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    Verbs like fingir

    Regular -ir verbs (same endings as vivir). Same pattern:

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