Perder conjugation chart
Perder present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I lose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you lose | |
| vos | you lose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she loses | |
| nosotros | we lose | |
| vosotros | you all lose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they lose |
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.”
Perder preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I lost | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you lost | |
| vos | you lost | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she lost | |
| nosotros | we lost | |
| vosotros | you all lost | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they lost |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Perder imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to lose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to lose | |
| vos | you used to lose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to lose | |
| nosotros | we used to lose | |
| vosotros | you all used to lose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to lose |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Perder future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will lose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will lose | |
| vos | you will lose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will lose | |
| nosotros | we will lose | |
| vosotros | you all will lose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will lose |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Perder conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would lose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would lose | |
| vos | you would lose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would lose | |
| nosotros | we would lose | |
| vosotros | you all would lose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would lose |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Perder present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I lose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you lose | |
| vos | that you lose | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she lose | |
| nosotros | that we lose | |
| vosotros | that you all lose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they lose |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): pierda, pierdas…; the other forms are regular.
Perder imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I lost | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you lost | |
| vos | if you lost | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she lost | |
| nosotros | if we lost | |
| vosotros | if you all lost | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they lost |
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 (perdiese), more common in writing.
Perder affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | lose! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | lose! | |
| usted | lose! | |
| nosotros | let's lose! | |
| vosotros | lose! | |
| ustedes | lose! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: pierde. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (pierda, perdamos, pierdan).
Perder negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't lose! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't lose! | |
| usted | don't lose! | |
| nosotros | let's not lose! | |
| vosotros | don't lose! | |
| ustedes | don't lose! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + pierdas, pierda…
Always the verb haber + the past participle perdido, which never changes.
Perder present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he perdido |
|---|---|
| tú | has perdido |
| vos | has perdido |
| él, ella, usted | ha perdido |
| nosotros | hemos perdido |
| vosotros | habéis perdido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han perdido |
Perder pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había perdido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías perdido |
| vos | habías perdido |
| él, ella, usted | había perdido |
| nosotros | habíamos perdido |
| vosotros | habíais perdido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían perdido |
Perder future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré perdido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás perdido |
| vos | habrás perdido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá perdido |
| nosotros | habremos perdido |
| vosotros | habréis perdido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán perdido |
Perder conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría perdido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías perdido |
| vos | habrías perdido |
| él, ella, usted | habría perdido |
| nosotros | habríamos perdido |
| vosotros | habríais perdido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían perdido |
Perder present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya perdido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas perdido |
| vos | hayas perdido |
| él, ella, usted | haya perdido |
| nosotros | hayamos perdido |
| vosotros | hayáis perdido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan perdido |
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
Perder is “to lose” and also “to miss” a bus or an event: perdí el tren. Getting lost is perderse: me perdí en el centro.
Examples with perder
Siempre pierdo las llaves.
I always lose my keys.
Nos perdimos en el centro.
We got lost downtown.
¡No te lo pierdas!
Don't miss it!
Practice perder
Type the right form and press Enter. A missing accent still counts, but I'll point it out.
Verbs like perder
Stem change e → ie (perder → pierdes). Same pattern:
tener tienesquerer quieresvenir vienespensar piensasempezar empiezascomenzar comienzascerrar cierrasentender entiendes