SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

abandonar

to abandon, to leave

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

abandonar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabandono
túabandonas
él / ella / ustedabandona
nosotros / nosotrasabandonamos
vosotros / vosotrasabandonáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabandonan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

abandonar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabandoné
túabandonaste
él / ella / ustedabandonó
nosotros / nosotrasabandonamos
vosotros / vosotrasabandonasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabandonaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

abandonar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabandonaba
túabandonabas
él / ella / ustedabandonaba
nosotros / nosotrasabandonábamos
vosotros / vosotrasabandonabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesabandonaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

abandonar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabandonaré
túabandonarás
él / ella / ustedabandonará
nosotros / nosotrasabandonaremos
vosotros / vosotrasabandonaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabandonarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

abandonar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabandonaría
túabandonarías
él / ella / ustedabandonaría
nosotros / nosotrasabandonaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasabandonaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesabandonarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

abandonar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoabandone
túabandones
él / ella / ustedabandone
nosotros / nosotrasabandonemos
vosotros / vosotrasabandonéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesabandonen

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to abandon, to leave
  • to neglect

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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