Understand the Spanish for understand
entender
... imagine you must understand that
ANY TENDER meat is very DEAR!
entenderse con (alguien) - to communicate with somebody / to get along with somebody / to deal with somebody
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| Present Participle | Past Participle |
|---|---|
| entendiendo = understanding | entendido = understood |
The past participle is very important as it is used to form the various compound tenses, seven of which are used in modern Spanish conversation and writing. Check out the tenses in the tables below.
Verb entender fully conjugated. The Spanish for understand.
The 7 Simple Tenses of the conjugated Spanish verb entender - to understand
| Present Tense - Presente | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entiendo | I (am) | - understand - understanding - do understand |
| tú | entiendes | you (are) (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella ----- usted |
entiende | he, she, it (is) ----- you (are) (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entendemos | we (are) | |
| vosotros | entendéis | you (are) (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
entienden | they (are) (m/f) ----- you (are) (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the Spanish verb to understand - entender - conjugated in the present indicative tense:
Yo entiendo tu problema.
I (do) understand your problem.
| Imperfect Indicative Tense Imperfecto de Indicativo |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entendía | I (was) | - understood - understanding - used to understand |
| tú | entendías | you (were) (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
entendía | he, she, it (was) ----- you (were) (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entendíamos | we (were) | |
| vosotros | entendíais | you (were) (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
entendían | they (m/f) you (were) (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish verb to understand - entender - conjugated in the imperfect indicative tense:
Ella entendía bien el inglés.
She understood English very well.
| Preterit Tense - Pretérito | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entendí | I | understood |
| tú | entendiste | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
entendió | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entendimos | we | |
| vosotros | entendisteis | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
entendieron | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the Spanish verb to understand - entender conjugated in the preterit tense:
Él entendió lo que dijiste.
He understood what you said.
| Future Tense - Futuro | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entenderé | I | - will understand - will be understanding |
| tú | entenderás | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
entenderá | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entenderemos | we | |
| vosotros | entenderéis | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos ellas ustedes |
entenderán | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the Spanish verb to understand - entender - conjugated in the future tense:
Yo entenderé mas del juego cuando practique.
I will understand more from the game when I practice.
| Conditional Tense - Potencial Simple | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entendería | I | would understand |
| tú | entenderías | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
entendería | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entenderíamos | we | |
| vosotros | entenderíais | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
entenderían | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb entender, the Spanish verb to understand, conjugated in the conditional tense:
Él entendería mejor si le explicas.
He would understand better if you explain (it) to him.
| Present Subjunctive Tense - Presente de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entienda | I | - may understand - may be understanding |
| tú | entiendas | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
entienda | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entendamos | we | |
| vosotros | entendáis | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos ellas ustedes |
entiendan | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the Spanish verb to understand - entender - conjugated in the present subjunctive tense:
Yo espero que entiendas todo.
I hope that you (may) understand everything.
| Imperfect Subjunctive Tense -ra version - Imperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entendiera | (that) I | (maybe) understood (in the past) |
| tú | entendieras | (that) you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
entendiera | (that) he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entendiéramos | (that) we | |
| vosotros | entendierais | (that) you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
entendieran | (that) they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb entenderse conjugated in the imperfect subjunctive -ra version tense:
Yo esperaba que él entendiera lo que dije.
I hoped that he understood what I said.
| Imperfect Subjunctive Tense -se version - Imperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | entendiese | (that) I | (maybe) understood (in the past) |
| tú | entendieses | (that) you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
entendiese | (that) he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | entendiésemos | (that) we | |
| vosotros | entendieseis | (that) you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
entendiesen | (that) they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb entender conjugated in the imperfect subjunctive -se version tense:
Yo esperaba que él entendiese lo que dije.
I hoped that he understood what I said.
The 7 Compound Tenses of entender, the verb in Spanish for to understand.
All compound tenses are composed of the conjugated auxiliary verb
haber and the past participle of entender.
haber + entendido
| Present Perfect Tense - Perfecto de Indicativo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | he entendido | I | have understood |
| tú | has entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella ----- usted |
ha entendido | he, she, it ----- you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hemos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | habéis entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
han entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of entenderse, Spanish verb to understand, with the verb conjugated in the present perfect (perfecto de indicativo) tense:
Ellos no han entendido las reglas del juego.
They have not understood the rules of the game.
| Past Perfect Tense Pluscuamperfecto de Indicativo |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | había entendido | I | had understood |
| tú | habías entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
había entendido | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | habíamos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | habíais entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
habían entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb entender Spanish for to understand, conjugated in the past perfect (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo) tense:
Hemos entendido la lección.
We had understood the lesson.
| Future Perfect Tense - Futuro Perfecto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | habré entendido | I | will have understood |
| tú | habrás entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
habrá entendido | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | habremos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | habréis entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
habrán entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb entender conjugated in the Future Perfect tense:
Habré entendido como arreglar esto para esta tarde.
I will have understood how to fix this by the afternoon.
| Conditional Perfect Tense - Potencial Compuesto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | habría entendido | I | would have understood |
| tú | habrías entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
habría entendido | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | habríamos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | habríais entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
habrían entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb entender conjugated in the Conditional Perfect:
Nosotros habríamos entendido el problema si no fuera tan difícil.
We would have understood the problem if it wasn’t so difficult.
| Preterit Perfect Tense Pretérito Perfecto or Anterior (used mostly in formal writing) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | hube entendido | I | had understood |
| tú | hubiste entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
hubo entendido | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hubimos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | hubisteis entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hubieron entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb entender, the verb in Spanish for to understand conjugated in the Preterit Perfect Tense (Also known as pretérito anterior - past anterior):
Y de que por este judío, su físico, hubo entendido el bien y la gran pro que en él yacía, mandóselo trasladar de arábigo en lenguaje castellano ….
And so through this Jew, his physicist, he he had understood the good and the great advantage that he had (lay) in him, (and) sent for him to translate it from the Arabic into the castellian language ….
Extract from Miguel D. Cervantes, Lapidario, Alfonso X, Rey de Castilla
| Present Perfect Subjunctive Tense Perfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | haya entendido | I | (may) have understood |
| tú | hayas entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
haya entendido | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hayamos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | hayáis entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hayan entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example sentence of the verb in Spanish for understand - entender - conjugated in the Present Perfect Subjunctive Tense:
No es mi culpa que no hayas entendido.
It’s not my fault that you haven’t understood.
| Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -ra version - Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiera entendido | I | (may) had understood |
| tú | hubieras entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
hubiera entendido | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hubiéramos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | hubierais entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hubieran entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb entender conjugated in the Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -ra version - Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo:
Yo esperaba que los alumnos hubieran entendido.
I hoped that the students had understood.
| Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -se version - Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiese entendido | I | (may) had understood |
| tú | hubieses entendido | you (inf.sing) | |
| él, ella usted |
hubiese entendido | he, she, it you (form.sing) |
|
| nosotros | hubiésemos entendido | we | |
| vosotros | hubieseis entendido | you (inf.pl) | |
| ellos, ellas ustedes |
hubiesen entendido | they (m/f) you (form.pl) |
|
Example Spanish sentence of the verb entender conjugated in the Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense -se version:
Yo esperaba que los alumnos hubiesen entendido.
I hoped that the students had understood.
| Imperative Imperativo |
Understand! | Don't understand! | |
|---|---|---|---|
| you (inf.sing) | tú | ¡entiende! | ¡no entiendas! |
| you (form.sing) | usted | ¡entienda! | ¡no entienda! |
| (Let) us | nosotros | ¡entendamos! | ¡no entendamos! |
| you (inf.pl) | vosotros | ¡entended! | ¡no entendáis! |
| you (form.pl) | ustedes | ¡entienden! | ¡no entienden! |
Note: The Spanish upside down exclamation mark (¡) is required before a command/exclamation and a normal exclamation mark (!) following it.
¡Entiende esto!
Understand this!
Other notes to do with entender, the verb in Spanish for understand:
dar a entender - to insinuate, to hint, to lead (someone) to believe that ...
entenderse bien / mal - to understand / to get along with one another well / badly.
desentenderse de - to have nothing to do with
el entendimiento (m) - understanding / mind
el entender(m) - opinion / mind
según mi entender (m) - in my opinión / mind
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