Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perdono | |
| tú | perdonas | |
| él / ella / usted | perdona | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perdonamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perdonáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perdonan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perdoné | |
| tú | perdonaste | |
| él / ella / usted | perdonó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perdonamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perdonasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perdonaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perdonaba | |
| tú | perdonabas | |
| él / ella / usted | perdonaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perdonábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perdonabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perdonaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perdonaré | |
| tú | perdonarás | |
| él / ella / usted | perdonará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perdonaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perdonaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perdonarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perdonaría | |
| tú | perdonarías | |
| él / ella / usted | perdonaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perdonaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perdonaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perdonarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | perdone | |
| tú | perdones | |
| él / ella / usted | perdone | |
| nosotros / nosotras | perdonemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | perdonéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | perdonen |
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 pardon, excuse, forgive
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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