Cenar

to have dinner

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

cenar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

cenando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

cenado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	ceno I have dinner	I have dinner
tú	cenas you have dinner	you have dinner
él/ella/usted	cena he/she/you have dinners	he/she/you have dinners
nosotros	cenamos we have dinner	we have dinner
vosotros	cenáis you all have dinner	you all have dinner
ellos/ustedes	cenan they/you all have dinner	they/you all have dinner

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cenaba I used to have dinner	I used to have dinner
tú	cenabas you used to have dinner	you used to have dinner
él/ella/usted	cenaba he/she/you used to have dinner	he/she/you used to have dinner
nosotros	cenábamos we used to have dinner	we used to have dinner
vosotros	cenabais you all used to have dinner	you all used to have dinner
ellos/ustedes	cenaban they/you all used to have dinner	they/you all used to have dinner

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cené I have dinnered	I have dinnered
tú	cenaste you have dinnered	you have dinnered
él/ella/usted	cenó he/she/you have dinnered	he/she/you have dinnered
nosotros	cenamos we have dinnered	we have dinnered
vosotros	cenasteis you all have dinnered	you all have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	cenaron they/you all have dinnered	they/you all have dinnered

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cenaré I will have dinner	I will have dinner
tú	cenarás you will have dinner	you will have dinner
él/ella/usted	cenará he/she/you will have dinner	he/she/you will have dinner
nosotros	cenaremos we will have dinner	we will have dinner
vosotros	cenaréis you all will have dinner	you all will have dinner
ellos/ustedes	cenarán they/you all will have dinner	they/you all will have dinner

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cenaría I would have dinner	I would have dinner
tú	cenarías you would have dinner	you would have dinner
él/ella/usted	cenaría he/she/you would have dinner	he/she/you would have dinner
nosotros	cenaríamos we would have dinner	we would have dinner
vosotros	cenaríais you all would have dinner	you all would have dinner
ellos/ustedes	cenarían they/you all would have dinner	they/you all would have dinner

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cene that I have dinner	that I have dinner
tú	cenes that you have dinner	that you have dinner
él/ella/usted	cene that he/she/you have dinner	that he/she/you have dinner
nosotros	cenemos that we have dinner	that we have dinner
vosotros	cenéis that you all have dinner	that you all have dinner
ellos/ustedes	cenen that they/you all have dinner	that they/you all have dinner

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	cenara or cenase that I have dinnered	that I have dinnered
tú	cenaras or cenases that you have dinnered	that you have dinnered
él/ella/usted	cenara or cenase that he/she/you have dinnered	that he/she/you have dinnered
nosotros	cenáramos or cenásemos that we have dinnered	that we have dinnered
vosotros	cenarais or cenaseis that you all have dinnered	that you all have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	cenaran or cenasen that they/you all have dinnered	that they/you all have dinnered

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he cenado I have have dinnered	I have have dinnered
tú	has cenado you have have dinnered	you have have dinnered
él/ella/usted	ha cenado he/she/you have have dinnered	he/she/you have have dinnered
nosotros	hemos cenado we have have dinnered	we have have dinnered
vosotros	habéis cenado you all have have dinnered	you all have have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	han cenado they/you all have have dinnered	they/you all have have dinnered

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había cenado I had have dinnered	I had have dinnered
tú	habías cenado you had have dinnered	you had have dinnered
él/ella/usted	había cenado he/she/you had have dinnered	he/she/you had have dinnered
nosotros	habíamos cenado we had have dinnered	we had have dinnered
vosotros	habíais cenado you all had have dinnered	you all had have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	habían cenado they/you all had have dinnered	they/you all had have dinnered

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube cenado I had have dinnered	I had have dinnered
tú	hubiste cenado you had have dinnered	you had have dinnered
él/ella/usted	hubo cenado he/she/you had have dinnered	he/she/you had have dinnered
nosotros	hubimos cenado we had have dinnered	we had have dinnered
vosotros	hubisteis cenado you all had have dinnered	you all had have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	hubieron cenado they/you all had have dinnered	they/you all had have dinnered

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré cenado I will have have dinnered	I will have have dinnered
tú	habrás cenado you will have have dinnered	you will have have dinnered
él/ella/usted	habrá cenado he/she/you will have have dinnered	he/she/you will have have dinnered
nosotros	habremos cenado we will have have dinnered	we will have have dinnered
vosotros	habréis cenado you all will have have dinnered	you all will have have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	habrán cenado they/you all will have have dinnered	they/you all will have have dinnered

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría cenado I would have have dinnered	I would have have dinnered
tú	habrías cenado you would have have dinnered	you would have have dinnered
él/ella/usted	habría cenado he/she/you would have have dinnered	he/she/you would have have dinnered
nosotros	habríamos cenado we would have have dinnered	we would have have dinnered
vosotros	habríais cenado you all would have have dinnered	you all would have have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	habrían cenado they/you all would have have dinnered	they/you all would have have dinnered

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya cenado that I have have dinnered	that I have have dinnered
tú	hayas cenado that you have have dinnered	that you have have dinnered
él/ella/usted	haya cenado that he/she/you have have dinnered	that he/she/you have have dinnered
nosotros	hayamos cenado that we have have dinnered	that we have have dinnered
vosotros	hayáis cenado that you all have have dinnered	that you all have have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	hayan cenado that they/you all have have dinnered	that they/you all have have dinnered

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera cenado that I had have dinnered	that I had have dinnered
tú	hubieras cenado that you had have dinnered	that you had have dinnered
él/ella/usted	hubiera cenado that he/she/you had have dinnered	that he/she/you had have dinnered
nosotros	hubiéramos cenado that we had have dinnered	that we had have dinnered
vosotros	hubierais cenado that you all had have dinnered	that you all had have dinnered
ellos/ustedes	hubieran cenado that they/you all had have dinnered	that they/you all had have dinnered

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	cena	have dinner! (you)
usted	cene	have dinner! (you formal)
nosotros	cenemos	let's have dinner!
vosotros	cenad	have dinner! (you all)
ustedes	cenen	have dinner! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no cenes	don't have dinner! (you)
usted	no cene	don't have dinner! (you formal)
nosotros	no cenemos	let's not have dinner!
vosotros	no cenéis	don't have dinner! (you all)
ustedes	no cenen	don't have dinner! (you all)

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