SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

herir

(colloquial) to wound, injure (cause physical injury and pain)

-ir verbForm or spelling changes

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

herir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yohiero
túhieres
él / ella / ustedhiere
nosotros / nosotrasherimos
vosotros / vosotrasherís
ellos / ellas / ustedeshieren

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

herir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoherí
túheriste
él / ella / ustedhirió
nosotros / nosotrasherimos
vosotros / vosotrasheristeis
ellos / ellas / ustedeshirieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

herir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yohería
túherías
él / ella / ustedhería
nosotros / nosotrasheríamos
vosotros / vosotrasheríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesherían

Future Futuro simple

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

herir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoheriré
túherirás
él / ella / ustedherirá
nosotros / nosotrasheriremos
vosotros / vosotrasheriréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesherirán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

herir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoheriría
túherirías
él / ella / ustedheriría
nosotros / nosotrasheriríamos
vosotros / vosotrasheriríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesherirían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

herir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yohiera
túhieras
él / ella / ustedhiera
nosotros / nosotrashiramos
vosotros / vosotrashiráis
ellos / ellas / ustedeshieran

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

  • (colloquial) to wound, injure (cause physical injury and pain)
  • (colloquial) to hurt, offend, wound (cause emotional pain)

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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