Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | persuado | |
| tú | persuades | |
| él / ella / usted | persuade | |
| nosotros / nosotras | persuadimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | persuadís | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | persuaden |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | persuadí | |
| tú | persuadiste | |
| él / ella / usted | persuadió | |
| nosotros / nosotras | persuadimos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | persuadisteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | persuadieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | persuadía | |
| tú | persuadías | |
| él / ella / usted | persuadía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | persuadíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | persuadíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | persuadían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | persuadiré | |
| tú | persuadirás | |
| él / ella / usted | persuadirá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | persuadiremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | persuadiréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | persuadirán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | persuadiría | |
| tú | persuadirías | |
| él / ella / usted | persuadiría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | persuadiríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | persuadiríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | persuadirían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | persuada | |
| tú | persuadas | |
| él / ella / usted | persuada | |
| nosotros / nosotras | persuadamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | persuadáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | persuadan |
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 persuade
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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