Ganar conjugation chart
Ganar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I win | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you win | |
| vos | you win | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she wins | |
| nosotros | we win | |
| vosotros | you all win | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they win |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Ganar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I won | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you won | |
| vos | you won | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she won | |
| nosotros | we won | |
| vosotros | you all won | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they won |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Ganar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to win | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to win | |
| vos | you used to win | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to win | |
| nosotros | we used to win | |
| vosotros | you all used to win | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to win |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Ganar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will win | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will win | |
| vos | you will win | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will win | |
| nosotros | we will win | |
| vosotros | you all will win | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will win |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Ganar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would win | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would win | |
| vos | you would win | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would win | |
| nosotros | we would win | |
| vosotros | you all would win | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would win |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Ganar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I win | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you win | |
| vos | that you win | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she win | |
| nosotros | that we win | |
| vosotros | that you all win | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they win |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Ganar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I won | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you won | |
| vos | if you won | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she won | |
| nosotros | if we won | |
| vosotros | if you all won | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they won |
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 (ganase), more common in writing.
Ganar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | win! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | win! | |
| usted | win! | |
| nosotros | let's win! | |
| vosotros | win! | |
| ustedes | win! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: gana. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (gane, ganemos, ganen).
Ganar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't win! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't win! | |
| usted | don't win! | |
| nosotros | let's not win! | |
| vosotros | don't win! | |
| ustedes | don't win! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + ganes, gane…
Always the verb haber + the past participle ganado, which never changes.
Ganar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he ganado |
|---|---|
| tú | has ganado |
| vos | has ganado |
| él, ella, usted | ha ganado |
| nosotros | hemos ganado |
| vosotros | habéis ganado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han ganado |
Ganar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había ganado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías ganado |
| vos | habías ganado |
| él, ella, usted | había ganado |
| nosotros | habíamos ganado |
| vosotros | habíais ganado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían ganado |
Ganar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré ganado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás ganado |
| vos | habrás ganado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá ganado |
| nosotros | habremos ganado |
| vosotros | habréis ganado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán ganado |
Ganar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría ganado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías ganado |
| vos | habrías ganado |
| él, ella, usted | habría ganado |
| nosotros | habríamos ganado |
| vosotros | habríais ganado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían ganado |
Ganar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya ganado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas ganado |
| vos | hayas ganado |
| él, ella, usted | haya ganado |
| nosotros | hayamos ganado |
| vosotros | hayáis ganado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan ganado |
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
Ganar means both to win and to earn: gana muy bien, le ganamos al otro equipo. But “to gain weight” is subir de peso or engordar.
Examples with ganar
Gana muy bien en su trabajo.
He makes really good money at his job.
¿Quién ganó el partido?
Who won the game?
Ganamos por dos a cero.
We won two to nothing.
Practice ganar
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