SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

suspender

to suspend

-er verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

suspender: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuspendo
túsuspendes
él / ella / ustedsuspende
nosotros / nosotrassuspendemos
vosotros / vosotrassuspendéis
ellos / ellas / ustedessuspenden

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

suspender: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuspendí
túsuspendiste
él / ella / ustedsuspendió
nosotros / nosotrassuspendimos
vosotros / vosotrassuspendisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedessuspendieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

suspender: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuspendía
túsuspendías
él / ella / ustedsuspendía
nosotros / nosotrassuspendíamos
vosotros / vosotrassuspendíais
ellos / ellas / ustedessuspendían

Future Futuro simple

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

suspender: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuspenderé
túsuspenderás
él / ella / ustedsuspenderá
nosotros / nosotrassuspenderemos
vosotros / vosotrassuspenderéis
ellos / ellas / ustedessuspenderán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

suspender: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuspendería
túsuspenderías
él / ella / ustedsuspendería
nosotros / nosotrassuspenderíamos
vosotros / vosotrassuspenderíais
ellos / ellas / ustedessuspenderían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

suspender: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yosuspenda
túsuspendas
él / ella / ustedsuspenda
nosotros / nosotrassuspendamos
vosotros / vosotrassuspendáis
ellos / ellas / ustedessuspendan

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 suspend
  • to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class

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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