Spanish Verb SORPRENDER - to surprise. Regular ER family

Spanish Verb SORPRENDER: to surprise

The Spanish verb sorprender means 'to surprise' and is a regular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you are SURPRISED by the SERPENT DERE!

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Read on, below the SORPRENDER verb table...

to surprise: sorprender
Imagine you are surprised by the SERPENT DERE!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE SORPRENDER - to surprise
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb sorprender
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente surprise	sorprendo	sorprendes	sorprende	sorprendemos	sorprendéis	sorprenden
Imperfect Imperfecto surprised	sorprendía	sorprendías	sorprendía	sorprendíamos	sorprendíais	sorprendían
Preterit Pretérito surprised	sorprendí	sorprendiste	sorprendió	sorprendimos	sorprendisteis	sorprendieron
Future Futuro will surprise	sorprenderé	sorprenderás	sorprenderá	sorprenderemos	sorprenderéis	sorprenderán
Conditional Condicional would surprise	sorprendería	sorprenderías	sorprendería	sorprenderíamos	sorprenderíais	sorprenderían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may surprise	sorprenda	sorprendas	sorprenda	sorprendamos	sorprendáis	sorprendan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might surprise	sorprendiera	sorprendieras	sorprendiera	sorprendiéramos	sorprendiereis	sorprendieran
	sorprendiese	sorprendieses	sorprendiese	sorprendiésemos	sorprendieseis	sorprendiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb sorprender - to surprise
Imperative Imperativo surprise!		sorprende!	sorprenda!	sorprendamos!	sorprended!	sorprendan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't surprise!		no sorprendas!	no sorprenda!	no sorprendamos!	no sorprendáis!	no sorprendan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb SORPRENDER Past Participle: sorprendido - surprised
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have surprised	he sorprendido	has sorprendido	ha sorprendido	hemos sorprendido	habéis sorprendido	han sorprendido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had surprised	hube sorprendido	hubiste sorprendido	hubo sorprendido	hubimos sorprendido	hubisteis sorprendido	hubieron sorprendido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had surprised	había sorprendido	habías sorprendido	había sorprendido	habíamos sorprendido	habíais sorprendido	habían sorprendido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have surprised	haya sorprendido	hayas sorprendido	haya sorprendido	hayamos sorprendido	hayáis sorprendido	hayan sorprendido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have surprised	habré sorprendido	habrás sorprendido	habrá sorprendido	habremos sorprendido	habréis sorprendido	habrán sorprendido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have ...ed	habría sorprendido	habrías sorprendido	habría sorprendido	habríamos sorprendido	habríais sorprendido	habrían sorprendido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have ...ed	hubiera sorprendido	hubieras sorprendido	hubiera sorprendido	hubiéramos sorprendido	hubierais sorprendido	hubieran sorprendido
	hubiese sorprendido	hubieses sorprendido	hubiese sorprendido	hubiésemos sorprendido	hubieseis sorprendido	hubiesen sorprendido
Progressive Tenses SORPRENDER Present Participle: sorprendiendo - surprising
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am surprising	estoy sorprendiendo	estás sorprendiendo	está sorprendiendo	estamos sorprendiendo	está sorprendiendo	están sorprendiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was surprising	estuve sorprendiendo	estuviste sorprendiendo	estuvo sorprendiendo	estuvimos sorprendiendo	estuvisteis sorprendiendo	estuvieron sorprendiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been surprising	estaba sorprendiendo	estabas sorprendiendo	estaba sorprendiendo	estábamos sorprendiendo	estabais sorprendiendo	estaban sorprendiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be surprising	estaré sorprendiendo	estarás sorprendiendo	estará sorprendiendo	estaremos sorprendiendo	estaréis sorprendiendo	estarán sorprendiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría sorprendiendo	estarías sorprendiendo	estabría sorprendiendo	estaríamos sorprendiendo	estaríais sorprendiendo	estarían sorprendiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been surprising	que ~ sorprendiendo	que ~ sorprendiendo	que ~ sorprendiendo	que ~ sorprendiendo	que ~ sorprendiendo	que ~ sorprendiendo

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MORE about the SPANISH VERB SORPRENDER

USING the SPANISH VERB SORPRENDER

sorprender can also mean: to catch unawares; to amaze.
sorprenderse (vr): to be surprised.
sorprendida (pp/adj): surprised.
A los 10 años Messi ya sorprendía a todos: At ten years of age Messi already surprised everyone.

sorprendamente (adv): surprisingly.
sorprendente (adj): surprising.
(No) es sorprendente que + subjunctive:
It's (not) surprising that ...

la sorpresa (nf): surprise.
¡Qué sorpresa! What a surprise!
causar sorpresa to come as a surprise.
para mi gran sorpresa to my great surprise.
tomar/coger a alguien de/por sorpresa to take someone by surprise.

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 sorprendés
Imperativo: ¡sorprendé!

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