SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

perjudicar

(not in a physical sense) to damage, harm, make worse, jeopardize, prejudice

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

perjudicar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoperjudico
túperjudicas
él / ella / ustedperjudica
nosotros / nosotrasperjudicamos
vosotros / vosotrasperjudicáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesperjudican

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

perjudicar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoperjudiqué
túperjudicaste
él / ella / ustedperjudicó
nosotros / nosotrasperjudicamos
vosotros / vosotrasperjudicasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesperjudicaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

perjudicar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoperjudicaba
túperjudicabas
él / ella / ustedperjudicaba
nosotros / nosotrasperjudicábamos
vosotros / vosotrasperjudicabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesperjudicaban

Future Futuro simple

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

perjudicar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoperjudicaré
túperjudicarás
él / ella / ustedperjudicará
nosotros / nosotrasperjudicaremos
vosotros / vosotrasperjudicaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesperjudicarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

perjudicar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoperjudicaría
túperjudicarías
él / ella / ustedperjudicaría
nosotros / nosotrasperjudicaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasperjudicaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesperjudicarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

perjudicar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoperjudique
túperjudiques
él / ella / ustedperjudique
nosotros / nosotrasperjudiquemos
vosotros / vosotrasperjudiquéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesperjudiquen

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

  • (not in a physical sense) to damage, harm, make worse, jeopardize, prejudice
  • to malign, defame

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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