Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fundo | |
| tú | fundas | |
| él / ella / usted | funda | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fundamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fundáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fundan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fundé | |
| tú | fundaste | |
| él / ella / usted | fundó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fundamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fundasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fundaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fundaba | |
| tú | fundabas | |
| él / ella / usted | fundaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fundábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fundabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fundaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fundaré | |
| tú | fundarás | |
| él / ella / usted | fundará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fundaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fundaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fundarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | fundaría | |
| tú | fundarías | |
| él / ella / usted | fundaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fundaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fundaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | fundarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | funde | |
| tú | fundes | |
| él / ella / usted | funde | |
| nosotros / nosotras | fundemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | fundéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | funden |
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
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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