Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | lidio | |
| tú | lidias | |
| él / ella / usted | lidia | |
| nosotros / nosotras | lidiamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | lidiáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | lidian |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | lidié | |
| tú | lidiaste | |
| él / ella / usted | lidió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | lidiamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | lidiasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | lidiaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | lidiaba | |
| tú | lidiabas | |
| él / ella / usted | lidiaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | lidiábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | lidiabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | lidiaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | lidiaré | |
| tú | lidiarás | |
| él / ella / usted | lidiará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | lidiaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | lidiaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | lidiarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | lidiaría | |
| tú | lidiarías | |
| él / ella / usted | lidiaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | lidiaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | lidiaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | lidiarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | lidie | |
| tú | lidies | |
| él / ella / usted | lidie | |
| nosotros / nosotras | lidiemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | lidiéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | lidien |
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 fight, battle
- to bullfight until the animal dies
- to oppose someone
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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