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Perder is the Spanish verb for «to lose». It is an irregular verb, and one of the most popular 100 Spanish verbs. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
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Indicative Tenses of Perder
Perder in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of perder is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, «pierdo el juego», meaning «I lose the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as «El Presente».
PronounSpanishEnglishYopierdo I loseTúpierdes you loseElla / Él / Ustedpierde s/he loses, you (formal) losesNosotras / Nosotrosperdemoswe loseVosotras / Vosotrosperdéisyou (plural) loseEllas / Ellos / Ustedespierden they lose, you (plural formal) lose
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Perder in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of perder is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, «perdí el juego», meaning «I lost the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as «El Pretérito Indefinido».
PronounSpanishEnglishYoperdíI lostTúperdisteyou lostElla / Él / Ustedperdiós/he lost, you (formal) lostNosotras / Nosotrosperdimoswe lostVosotras / Vosotrosperdisteisyou (plural) lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedesperdieronthey lost, you (plural formal) lost
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Perder in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of perder is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, «perdía el juego», meaning «I used to lose the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as «El Pretérito Imperfecto».
PronounSpanishEnglishYoperdíaI used to loseTúperdíasyou used to loseElla / Él / Ustedperdías/he used to lose, you (formal) used to loseNosotras / Nosotrosperdíamoswe used to loseVosotras / Vosotrosperdíaisyou (plural) used to loseEllas / Ellos / Ustedesperdíanthey used to lose, you (plural formal) used to lose
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Perder in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of perder is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, «estoy perdiendo el juego», meaning «I am losing the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as «El Presente Progresivo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYoestoy perdiendoI am losingTúestás perdiendoyou are losingElla / Él / Ustedestá perdiendos/he is losing, you (formal) are losingNosotras / Nosotrosestamos perdiendowe are losingVosotras / Vosotrosestáis perdiendoyou (plural) are losingEllas / Ellos / Ustedesestán perdiendothey are losing, you (plural formal) are losing
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Perder in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of perder is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, «voy a perder el juego», meaning «I am going to lose the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as «El Futuro Próximo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYovoy a perderI am going to loseTúvas a perderyou are going to loseElla / Él / Ustedva a perders/he is going to lose, you (formal) are going to loseNosotras / Nosotrosvamos a perderwe are going to loseVosotras / Vosotrosvais a perderyou (plural) are going to loseEllas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a perderthey are going to lose, you (plural formal) are going to lose
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Perder in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of perder is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, «perderé el juego», meaning «I will lose the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as «El Futuro Simple».
PronounSpanishEnglishYoperderéI will loseTúperderásyou will loseElla / Él / Ustedperderás/he will lose, you (formal) will loseNosotras / Nosotrosperderemoswe will loseVosotras / Vosotrosperderéisyou (plural) will loseEllas / Ellos / Ustedesperderánthey will lose, you (plural formal) will lose
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Perder in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of perder is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, «perdería el juego», meaning «I would lose the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as «El Condicional Simple».
PronounSpanishEnglishYoperderíaI would loseTúperderíasyou would loseElla / Él / Ustedperderías/he would lose, you (formal) would loseNosotras / Nosotrosperderíamoswe would loseVosotras / Vosotrosperderíaisyou (plural) would loseEllas / Ellos / Ustedesperderíanthey would lose, you (plural formal) would lose
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Perder in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of perder is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, «he perdido el juego», meaning «I have lost the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as «El Pretérito Perfecto».
PronounSpanishEnglishYohe perdidoI have lostTúhas perdidoyou have lostElla / Él / Ustedha perdidos/he has lost, you (formal) have lostNosotras / Nosotroshemos perdidowe have lostVosotras / Vosotroshabéis perdidoyou (plural) have lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedeshan perdidothey have lost, you (plural formal) have lost
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Perder in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of perder is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, «había perdido el juego», meaning «I had lost the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as «El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto».
PronounSpanishEnglishYohabía perdidoI had lostTúhabías perdidoyou had lostElla / Él / Ustedhabía perdidos/he had lost, you (formal) had lostNosotras / Nosotroshabíamos perdidowe had lostVosotras / Vosotroshabíais perdidoyou (plural) had lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían perdidothey had lost, you (plural formal) had lost
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Perder in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of perder is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, «habré perdido el juego», meaning «I will have lost the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as «El Futuro Perfecto».
PronounSpanishEnglishYohabré perdidoI will have lostTúhabrás perdidoyou will have lostElla / Él / Ustedhabrá perdidos/he will have lost, you (formal) will have lostNosotras / Nosotroshabremos perdidowe will have lostVosotras / Vosotroshabréis perdidoyou (plural) will have lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán perdidothey will have lost, you (plural formal) will have lost
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Perder in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of perder is used to talk about something that would have happened in the future but didn’t due to another action. For example, «habría perdido el juego», meaning «I would have lost the game».
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as «El Condicional Perfecto».
PronounSpanishEnglishYohabría perdidoI would have lostTúhabrías perdidoyou would have lostElla / Él / Ustedhabría perdidos/he would have lost, you (formal) would have lostNosotras / Nosotroshabríamos perdidowe would have lostVosotras / Vosotroshabríais perdidoyou (plural) would have lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían perdidothey would have lost, you (plural formal) would have lost
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Subjunctive Tenses of Perder
Perder in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, «pierda», meaning «I lose».
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as «El Presente de Subjuntivo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYopierda I loseTúpierdas you loseElla / Él / Ustedpierda s/he loses, you (formal) losesNosotras / Nosotrosperdamoswe loseVosotras / Vosotrosperdáisyou (plural) loseEllas / Ellos / Ustedespierdan they lose, you (plural formal) lose
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Perder in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, «perdiera», meaning «I lost».
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as «El Imperfecto Subjuntivo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYoperdieraI lostTúperdierasyou lostElla / Él / Ustedperdieras/he lost, you (formal) lostNosotras / Nosotrosperdiéramoswe lostVosotras / Vosotrosperdieraisyou (plural) lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedesperdieranthey lost, you (plural formal) lost
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Perder in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. Note that this is very rarely used in Spanish. For example, «perdiere», meaning «I will lose».
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as «El Futuro de Subjuntivo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYoperdiereI will loseTúperdieresyou will loseElla / Él / Ustedperdieres/he will lose, you (formal) will loseNosotras / Nosotrosperdiéremoswe will loseVosotras / Vosotrosperdiereisyou (plural) will loseEllas / Ellos / Ustedesperdierenthey will lose, you (plural formal) will lose
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Perder in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, «haya perdido», meaning «I have lost».
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as «El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYohaya perdidoI have lostTúhayas perdidoyou have lostElla / Él / Ustedhaya perdidos/he has lost, you (formal) have lostNosotras / Nosotroshayamos perdidowe have lostVosotras / Vosotroshayáis perdidoyou (plural) have lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan perdidothey have lost, you (plural formal) have lost
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Perder in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, «hubiera perdido», meaning «I had lost».
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as «El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYohubiera perdidoI had lostTúhubieras perdidoyou had lostElla / Él / Ustedhubiera perdidos/he had lost, you (formal) had lostNosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos perdidowe had lostVosotras / Vosotroshubierais perdidoyou (plural) had lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran perdidothey had lost, you (plural formal) had lost
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Perder in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. Note that this is very rarely used in Spanish. For example, «hubiere perdido», meaning «I will have lost».
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as «El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYohubiere perdidoI will have lostTúhubieres perdidoyou will have lostElla / Él / Ustedhubiere perdidos/he will have lost, you (formal) will have lostNosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos perdidowe will have lostVosotras / Vosotroshubiereis perdidoyou (plural) will have lostEllas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren perdidothey will have lost, you (plural formal) will have lost
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Imperative Tenses of Perder
Perder in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, «pierda», meaning «(to you formal) lose!».
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as «El Imperativo Afirmativo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYo–Túpierde (to you) lose!Ella / Él / Ustedpierda (to you formal) lose!Nosotras / Nosotrosperdamoslet’s lose!Vosotras / Vosotrosperded(to you plural) lose!Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespierdan (to you plural formal) lose!
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Perder in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, «no pierda», meaning «(to you formal) don’t lose!».
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as «El Imperativo Negativo».
PronounSpanishEnglishYo–Túno pierdas (to you) don’t lose!Ella / Él / Ustedno pierda (to you formal) don’t lose!Nosotras / Nosotrosno perdamoslet’s not lose!Vosotras / Vosotrosno perdáis(to you plural) don’t lose!Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno pierdan (to you plural formal) don’t lose!
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