What does guardar mean in English?

Guardar means "to save/keep" in English.

How do you conjugate guardar in Spanish?

Guardar is conjugated across all Spanish tenses including present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, subjunctive, and more. Each tense has specific conjugations for yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros, and ellos/ustedes. You can see complete conjugation tables with audio pronunciations on this page.

What are common idiomatic expressions with guardar?

Common idiomatic expressions using guardar include: "guardar silencio" (to keep quiet). These expressions are frequently used in everyday Spanish conversation.

How do you use guardar in a sentence?

Example: "Guardé el dinero." which means "I saved the money." in English.

Guardar

to save/keep

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

guardar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

guardando

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

guardado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	guardo I save/keep	I save/keep
tú	guardas you save/keep	you save/keep
él/ella/usted	guarda he/she/you save/keeps	he/she/you save/keeps
nosotros	guardamos we save/keep	we save/keep
vosotros	guardáis you all save/keep	you all save/keep
ellos/ustedes	guardan they/you all save/keep	they/you all save/keep

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	guardaba I used to save/keep	I used to save/keep
tú	guardabas you used to save/keep	you used to save/keep
él/ella/usted	guardaba he/she/you used to save/keep	he/she/you used to save/keep
nosotros	guardábamos we used to save/keep	we used to save/keep
vosotros	guardabais you all used to save/keep	you all used to save/keep
ellos/ustedes	guardaban they/you all used to save/keep	they/you all used to save/keep

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	guardé I save/keeped	I save/keeped
tú	guardaste you save/keeped	you save/keeped
él/ella/usted	guardó he/she/you save/keeped	he/she/you save/keeped
nosotros	guardamos we save/keeped	we save/keeped
vosotros	guardasteis you all save/keeped	you all save/keeped
ellos/ustedes	guardaron they/you all save/keeped	they/you all save/keeped

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	guardaré I will save/keep	I will save/keep
tú	guardarás you will save/keep	you will save/keep
él/ella/usted	guardará he/she/you will save/keep	he/she/you will save/keep
nosotros	guardaremos we will save/keep	we will save/keep
vosotros	guardaréis you all will save/keep	you all will save/keep
ellos/ustedes	guardarán they/you all will save/keep	they/you all will save/keep

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	guardaría I would save/keep	I would save/keep
tú	guardarías you would save/keep	you would save/keep
él/ella/usted	guardaría he/she/you would save/keep	he/she/you would save/keep
nosotros	guardaríamos we would save/keep	we would save/keep
vosotros	guardaríais you all would save/keep	you all would save/keep
ellos/ustedes	guardarían they/you all would save/keep	they/you all would save/keep

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	guarde that I save/keep	that I save/keep
tú	guardes that you save/keep	that you save/keep
él/ella/usted	guarde that he/she/you save/keep	that he/she/you save/keep
nosotros	guardemos that we save/keep	that we save/keep
vosotros	guardéis that you all save/keep	that you all save/keep
ellos/ustedes	guarden that they/you all save/keep	that they/you all save/keep

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	guardara or guardase that I save/keeped	that I save/keeped
tú	guardaras or guardases that you save/keeped	that you save/keeped
él/ella/usted	guardara or guardase that he/she/you save/keeped	that he/she/you save/keeped
nosotros	guardáramos or guardásemos that we save/keeped	that we save/keeped
vosotros	guardarais or guardaseis that you all save/keeped	that you all save/keeped
ellos/ustedes	guardaran or guardasen that they/you all save/keeped	that they/you all save/keeped

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	guarda	save/keep! (you)
usted	guarde	save/keep! (you formal)
nosotros	guardemos	let's save/keep!
vosotros	guardad	save/keep! (you all)
ustedes	guarden	save/keep! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no guardes	don't save/keep! (you)
usted	no guarde	don't save/keep! (you formal)
nosotros	no guardemos	let's not save/keep!
vosotros	no guardéis	don't save/keep! (you all)
ustedes	no guarden	don't save/keep! (you all)

More About "guardar"

Idiomatic Expressions

guardar silencio

to keep quiet

💡 To remain silent

Examples in Context

Guardé el dinero.

I saved the money.

Preterite

Guardo los documentos.

I keep the documents.

Present

He guardado el secreto.

I have kept the secret.

Present Perfect

Guardaré tus cosas.

I will keep your things.

Future

Usage Notes

•Guardar is a regular -ar verb
•Main meanings: to keep, to save, to store
•Also means to save (a file) on computers

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