Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | duro | |
| tú | duras | |
| él / ella / usted | dura | |
| nosotros / nosotras | duramos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | duráis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | duran |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | duré | |
| tú | duraste | |
| él / ella / usted | duró | |
| nosotros / nosotras | duramos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | durasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | duraron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | duraba | |
| tú | durabas | |
| él / ella / usted | duraba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | durábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | durabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | duraban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | duraré | |
| tú | durarás | |
| él / ella / usted | durará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | duraremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | duraréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | durarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | duraría | |
| tú | durarías | |
| él / ella / usted | duraría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | duraríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | duraríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | durarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | dure | |
| tú | dures | |
| él / ella / usted | dure | |
| nosotros / nosotras | duremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | duréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | duren |
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 last
- to take time
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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