Prender

to catch/turn on

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

prender

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

prendiendo

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

prendido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prendo I catch/turn on	I catch/turn on
tú	prendes you catch/turn on	you catch/turn on
él/ella/usted	prende he/she/you catch/turn ons	he/she/you catch/turn ons
nosotros	prendemos we catch/turn on	we catch/turn on
vosotros	prendéis you all catch/turn on	you all catch/turn on
ellos/ustedes	prenden they/you all catch/turn on	they/you all catch/turn on

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prendía I used to catch/turn on	I used to catch/turn on
tú	prendías you used to catch/turn on	you used to catch/turn on
él/ella/usted	prendía he/she/you used to catch/turn on	he/she/you used to catch/turn on
nosotros	prendíamos we used to catch/turn on	we used to catch/turn on
vosotros	prendíais you all used to catch/turn on	you all used to catch/turn on
ellos/ustedes	prendían they/you all used to catch/turn on	they/you all used to catch/turn on

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prendí I catch/turn oned	I catch/turn oned
tú	prendiste you catch/turn oned	you catch/turn oned
él/ella/usted	prendió he/she/you catch/turn oned	he/she/you catch/turn oned
nosotros	prendimos we catch/turn oned	we catch/turn oned
vosotros	prendisteis you all catch/turn oned	you all catch/turn oned
ellos/ustedes	prendieron they/you all catch/turn oned	they/you all catch/turn oned

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prenderé I will catch/turn on	I will catch/turn on
tú	prenderás you will catch/turn on	you will catch/turn on
él/ella/usted	prenderá he/she/you will catch/turn on	he/she/you will catch/turn on
nosotros	prenderemos we will catch/turn on	we will catch/turn on
vosotros	prenderéis you all will catch/turn on	you all will catch/turn on
ellos/ustedes	prenderán they/you all will catch/turn on	they/you all will catch/turn on

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prendería I would catch/turn on	I would catch/turn on
tú	prenderías you would catch/turn on	you would catch/turn on
él/ella/usted	prendería he/she/you would catch/turn on	he/she/you would catch/turn on
nosotros	prenderíamos we would catch/turn on	we would catch/turn on
vosotros	prenderíais you all would catch/turn on	you all would catch/turn on
ellos/ustedes	prenderían they/you all would catch/turn on	they/you all would catch/turn on

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prenda that I catch/turn on	that I catch/turn on
tú	prendas that you catch/turn on	that you catch/turn on
él/ella/usted	prenda that he/she/you catch/turn on	that he/she/you catch/turn on
nosotros	prendamos that we catch/turn on	that we catch/turn on
vosotros	prendáis that you all catch/turn on	that you all catch/turn on
ellos/ustedes	prendan that they/you all catch/turn on	that they/you all catch/turn on

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	prendiera or prendiese that I catch/turn oned	that I catch/turn oned
tú	prendieras or prendieses that you catch/turn oned	that you catch/turn oned
él/ella/usted	prendiera or prendiese that he/she/you catch/turn oned	that he/she/you catch/turn oned
nosotros	prendiéramos or prendiésemos that we catch/turn oned	that we catch/turn oned
vosotros	prendierais or prendieseis that you all catch/turn oned	that you all catch/turn oned
ellos/ustedes	prendieran or prendiesen that they/you all catch/turn oned	that they/you all catch/turn oned

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	prende	catch/turn on! (you)
usted	prenda	catch/turn on! (you formal)
nosotros	prendamos	let's catch/turn on!
vosotros	prended	catch/turn on! (you all)
ustedes	prendan	catch/turn on! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no prendas	don't catch/turn on! (you)
usted	no prenda	don't catch/turn on! (you formal)
nosotros	no prendamos	let's not catch/turn on!
vosotros	no prendáis	don't catch/turn on! (you all)
ustedes	no prendan	don't catch/turn on! (you all)

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