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    Padecer conjugation in Spanish

    to suffer (from)

    irregular gerund padeciendopast participle padecido

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

    Padecer conjugation chart

    Padecer present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI suffer from
    túyou suffer from
    vosyou suffer from
    él, ella, ustedhe/she suffers from
    nosotroswe suffer from
    vosotrosyou all suffer from
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey suffer from

    Irregular only in the yo form, padezco; the rest has the same endings as comer.

    Padecer preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

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

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Padecer imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

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

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Padecer future

    futuro · I will speak

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

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Padecer conditional

    condicional · I would speak

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

    Regular: same endings as comer.

    Padecer present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

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

    Irregular stem padezc- (from the yo form padezco) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.

    Padecer imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

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

    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 (padeciese), more common in writing.

    Padecer affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túsuffer from!
    vossuffer from!
    ustedsuffer from!
    nosotroslet's suffer from!
    vosotrossuffer from!
    ustedessuffer from!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: padece. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (padezca, padezcamos, padezcan).

    Padecer negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't suffer from!
    vosdon't suffer from!
    usteddon't suffer from!
    nosotroslet's not suffer from!
    vosotrosdon't suffer from!
    ustedesdon't suffer from!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + padezcas, padezca…

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

    Padecer present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

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

    Padecer pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

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

    Padecer future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

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

    Padecer conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

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

    Padecer present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

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

    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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