Spanish Verb PRENDER - to switch on. Regular ER family

Spanish Verb PRENDER: to switch on

The Spanish verb prender means 'to switch on' and is a regular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you grab the PRINTER and switch it on!

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to switch on: prender
Imagine you grab the PRINTER and switch it on!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE PRENDER - to switch on
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb prender
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente switch on	prendo	prendes	prende	prendemos	prendéis	prenden
Imperfect Imperfecto switched on	prendía	prendías	prendía	prendíamos	prendíais	prendían
Preterit Pretérito switched on	prendí	prendiste	prendió	prendimos	prendisteis	prendieron
Future Futuro will switch on	prenderé	prenderás	prenderá	prenderemos	prenderéis	prenderán
Conditional Condicional would switch on	prendería	prenderías	prendería	prenderíamos	prenderíais	prenderían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may switch on	prenda	prendas	prenda	prendamos	prendáis	prendan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might switch on	prendiera	prendieras	prendiera	prendiéramos	prendiereis	prendieran
	prendiese	prendieses	prendiese	prendiésemos	prendieseis	prendiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb prender - to switch on
Imperative Imperativo switch on!		prende!	prenda!	prendamos!	prended!	prendan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't switch on!		no prendas!	no prenda!	no prendamos!	no prendáis!	no prendan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb PRENDER Past Participle: prendido - switched on
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have switched on	he prendido	has prendido	ha prendido	hemos prendido	habéis prendido	han prendido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had switched on	hube prendido	hubiste prendido	hubo prendido	hubimos prendido	hubisteis prendido	hubieron prendido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had switched on	había prendido	habías prendido	había prendido	habíamos prendido	habíais prendido	habían prendido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have ...ed on	haya prendido	hayas prendido	haya prendido	hayamos prendido	hayáis prendido	hayan prendido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have ...ed on	habré prendido	habrás prendido	habrá prendido	habremos prendido	habréis prendido	habrán prendido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have ...ed on	habría prendido	habrías prendido	habría prendido	habríamos prendido	habríais prendido	habrían prendido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have ...ed on	hubiera prendido	hubieras prendido	hubiera prendido	hubiéramos prendido	hubierais prendido	hubieran prendido
	hubiese prendido	hubieses prendido	hubiese prendido	hubiésemos prendido	hubieseis prendido	hubiesen prendido
Progressive Tenses PRENDER Present Participle: prendiendo - switching on
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am switching on	estoy prendiendo	estás prendiendo	está prendiendo	estamos prendiendo	está prendiendo	están prendiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was switching on	estuve prendiendo	estuviste prendiendo	estuvo prendiendo	estuvimos prendiendo	estuvisteis prendiendo	estuvieron prendiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing on	estaba prendiendo	estabas prendiendo	estaba prendiendo	estábamos prendiendo	estabais prendiendo	estaban prendiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be ...ing on	estaré prendiendo	estarás prendiendo	estará prendiendo	estaremos prendiendo	estaréis prendiendo	estarán prendiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would've been ~ing on	estaría prendiendo	estarías prendiendo	estabría prendiendo	estaríamos prendiendo	estaríais prendiendo	estarían prendiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ~ing on	que ~ prendiendo	que ~ prendiendo	que ~ prendiendo	que ~ prendiendo	que ~ prendiendo	que ~ prendiendo

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prender can also mean: to catch, to seize, to take, to arrest; to light, to turn on, to set (fire); to switch on, to receive.
prenderse (vr) : to catch fire
prender fuego a algo: to set fire to something.

la prenda (nf): garment; surety, security; forfeit; darling, pet (coll).
la prenda intima (nf): under-garment, underwear.
dejar algo en prenda: to leave something as security, surety.
en prenda de su amor: as a token of his love.

la prendería (nf): pawn shop, pawnbroker's.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In regular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos prendés
Imperativo: ¡prendé!

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