Empeñar

to pawn

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

empeñar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

empeñando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

empeñado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empeño I pawn	I pawn
tú	empeñas you pawn	you pawn
él/ella/usted	empeña he/she/you pawns	he/she/you pawns
nosotros	empeñamos we pawn	we pawn
vosotros	empeñáis you all pawn	you all pawn
ellos/ustedes	empeñan they/you all pawn	they/you all pawn

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empeñaba I used to pawn	I used to pawn
tú	empeñabas you used to pawn	you used to pawn
él/ella/usted	empeñaba he/she/you used to pawn	he/she/you used to pawn
nosotros	empeñábamos we used to pawn	we used to pawn
vosotros	empeñabais you all used to pawn	you all used to pawn
ellos/ustedes	empeñaban they/you all used to pawn	they/you all used to pawn

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empeñé I pawned	I pawned
tú	empeñaste you pawned	you pawned
él/ella/usted	empeñó he/she/you pawned	he/she/you pawned
nosotros	empeñamos we pawned	we pawned
vosotros	empeñasteis you all pawned	you all pawned
ellos/ustedes	empeñaron they/you all pawned	they/you all pawned

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empeñaré I will pawn	I will pawn
tú	empeñarás you will pawn	you will pawn
él/ella/usted	empeñará he/she/you will pawn	he/she/you will pawn
nosotros	empeñaremos we will pawn	we will pawn
vosotros	empeñaréis you all will pawn	you all will pawn
ellos/ustedes	empeñarán they/you all will pawn	they/you all will pawn

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empeñaría I would pawn	I would pawn
tú	empeñarías you would pawn	you would pawn
él/ella/usted	empeñaría he/she/you would pawn	he/she/you would pawn
nosotros	empeñaríamos we would pawn	we would pawn
vosotros	empeñaríais you all would pawn	you all would pawn
ellos/ustedes	empeñarían they/you all would pawn	they/you all would pawn

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empeñe that I pawn	that I pawn
tú	empeñes that you pawn	that you pawn
él/ella/usted	empeñe that he/she/you pawn	that he/she/you pawn
nosotros	empeñemos that we pawn	that we pawn
vosotros	empeñéis that you all pawn	that you all pawn
ellos/ustedes	empeñen that they/you all pawn	that they/you all pawn

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empeñara or empeñase that I pawned	that I pawned
tú	empeñaras or empeñases that you pawned	that you pawned
él/ella/usted	empeñara or empeñase that he/she/you pawned	that he/she/you pawned
nosotros	empeñáramos or empeñásemos that we pawned	that we pawned
vosotros	empeñarais or empeñaseis that you all pawned	that you all pawned
ellos/ustedes	empeñaran or empeñasen that they/you all pawned	that they/you all pawned

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	empeña	pawn! (you)
usted	empeñe	pawn! (you formal)
nosotros	empeñemos	let's pawn!
vosotros	empeñad	pawn! (you all)
ustedes	empeñen	pawn! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no empeñes	don't pawn! (you)
usted	no empeñe	don't pawn! (you formal)
nosotros	no empeñemos	let's not pawn!
vosotros	no empeñéis	don't pawn! (you all)
ustedes	no empeñen	don't pawn! (you all)

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