Emprender

to undertake

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

emprender

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

emprendiendo

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

emprendido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	emprendo I undertake	I undertake
tú	emprendes you undertake

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he emprendido I have undertaked	I have undertaked
tú	has emprendido

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	emprende	undertake! (you)
usted	emprenda	undertake! (you formal)
nosotros	emprendamos	let's undertake!
vosotros	emprended

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no emprendas	don't undertake! (you)
usted	no emprenda	don't undertake! (you formal)
nosotros	no emprendamos	let's not undertake!
vosotros

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	emprendía I used to undertake	I used to undertake
tú	emprendías you used to undertake	you used to undertake
él/ella/usted	emprendía he/she/you used to undertake	he/she/you used to undertake
nosotros	emprendíamos we used to undertake	we used to undertake
vosotros	emprendíais you all used to undertake	you all used to undertake
ellos/ustedes	emprendían they/you all used to undertake	they/you all used to undertake

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	emprendí I undertaked	I undertaked
tú	emprendiste you undertaked	you undertaked
él/ella/usted	emprendió he/she/you undertaked	he/she/you undertaked
nosotros	emprendimos we undertaked	we undertaked
vosotros	emprendisteis you all undertaked	you all undertaked
ellos/ustedes	emprendieron they/you all undertaked	they/you all undertaked

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	emprenderé I will undertake	I will undertake
tú	emprenderás you will undertake	you will undertake
él/ella/usted	emprenderá he/she/you will undertake	he/she/you will undertake
nosotros	emprenderemos we will undertake	we will undertake
vosotros	emprenderéis you all will undertake	you all will undertake
ellos/ustedes	emprenderán they/you all will undertake	they/you all will undertake

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	emprendería I would undertake	I would undertake
tú	emprenderías you would undertake	you would undertake
él/ella/usted	emprendería he/she/you would undertake	he/she/you would undertake
nosotros	emprenderíamos we would undertake	we would undertake
vosotros	emprenderíais you all would undertake	you all would undertake
ellos/ustedes	emprenderían they/you all would undertake	they/you all would undertake

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	emprenda that I undertake	that I undertake
tú	emprendas that you undertake	that you undertake
él/ella/usted	emprenda that he/she/you undertake	that he/she/you undertake
nosotros	emprendamos that we undertake	that we undertake
vosotros	emprendáis that you all undertake	that you all undertake
ellos/ustedes	emprendan that they/you all undertake	that they/you all undertake

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	emprendiera or emprendiese that I undertaked	that I undertaked
tú	emprendieras or emprendieses that you undertaked	that you undertaked
él/ella/usted	emprendiera or emprendiese that he/she/you undertaked	that he/she/you undertaked
nosotros	emprendiéramos or emprendiésemos that we undertaked	that we undertaked
vosotros	emprendierais or emprendieseis that you all undertaked	that you all undertaked
ellos/ustedes	emprendieran or emprendiesen that they/you all undertaked	that they/you all undertaked

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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