SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

ofender

to offend

-er verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

ofender: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoofendo
túofendes
él / ella / ustedofende
nosotros / nosotrasofendemos
vosotros / vosotrasofendéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesofenden

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

ofender: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoofendí
túofendiste
él / ella / ustedofendió
nosotros / nosotrasofendimos
vosotros / vosotrasofendisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesofendieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

ofender: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoofendía
túofendías
él / ella / ustedofendía
nosotros / nosotrasofendíamos
vosotros / vosotrasofendíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesofendían

Future Futuro simple

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

ofender: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoofenderé
túofenderás
él / ella / ustedofenderá
nosotros / nosotrasofenderemos
vosotros / vosotrasofenderéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesofenderán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

ofender: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoofendería
túofenderías
él / ella / ustedofendería
nosotros / nosotrasofenderíamos
vosotros / vosotrasofenderíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesofenderían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

ofender: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoofenda
túofendas
él / ella / ustedofenda
nosotros / nosotrasofendamos
vosotros / vosotrasofendáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesofendan

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 offend
  • (reflexive) to take umbrage, take offense

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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