Spanish Verb PERDER - to lose. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb PERDER: to lose

The Spanish verb perder means 'to lose' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine a lady who has lost her earrings says, "I think I lost the PAIR 'DERE!"

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Read on, below the PERDER verb table...

to lose: perder
Imagine a lady who has lost her ear-rings says,
"I think I lost the PAIR 'DERE."

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE PERDER - to lose
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb perder
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente lose	pierdo	pierdes	pierde	perdemos	perdéis	pierden
Imperfect Imperfecto lost	perdía	perdías	perdía	perdíamos	perdíais	perdían
Preterit Pretérito lost	perdí	perdiste	perdió	perdimos	perdisteis	perdieron
Future Futuro will lose	perderé	perderás	perderá	perderemos	perderéis	perderán
Conditional Condicional would lose	perdería	perderías	perdería	perderíamos	perderíais	perderían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may lose	pierda	pierdas	pierda	perdamos	perdáis	pierdan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might lose	perdiera	perdieras	perdiera	perdiéramos	perdiereis	perdieran
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might lose	perdiese	perdieses	perdiese	perdiésemos	perdieseis	perdiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb perder - to lose
Imperative Imperativo lose!		¡pierde!	¡pierda!	¡perdamos!	¡perded!	¡pierdan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't lose!		¡no pierdas!	¡no pierda!	¡no perdamos!	¡no perdáis!	¡no pierdan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb PERDER Past Participle: perdido - lost
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have lost	he perdido	has perdido	ha perdido	hemos perdido	habéis perdido	han perdido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had lost	hube perdido	hubiste perdido	hubo perdido	hubimos perdido	hubisteis perdido	hubieron perdido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had lost	había perdido	habías perdido	había perdido	habíamos perdido	habíais perdido	habían perdido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have lost	haya perdido	hayas perdido	haya perdido	hayamos perdido	hayáis perdido	hayan perdido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have lost	habré perdido	habrás perdido	habrá perdido	habremos perdido	habréis perdido	habrán perdido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have lost	habría perdido	habrías perdido	habría perdido	habríamos perdido	habríais perdido	habrían perdido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have lost	hubiera perdido	hubieras perdido	hubiera perdido	hubiéramos perdido	hubierais perdido	hubieran perdido
	hubiese perdido	hubieses perdido	hubiese perdido	hubiésemos perdido	hubieseis perdido	hubiesen perdido
Progressive Tenses PERDER Present Participle: perdiendo - losing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am losing	estoy perdiendo	estás perdiendo	está perdiendo	estamos perdiendo	está perdiendo	están perdiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was losing	estuve perdiendo	estuviste perdiendo	estuvo perdiendo	estuvimos perdiendo	estuvisteis perdiendo	estuvieron perdiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing	estaba perdiendo	estabas perdiendo	estaba perdiendo	estábamos perdiendo	estabais perdiendo	estaban perdiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be ...ing	estaré perdiendo	estarás perdiendo	estará perdiendo	estaremos perdiendo	estaréis perdiendo	estarán perdiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would've been ~ing	estaría perdiendo	estarías perdiendo	estabría perdiendo	estaríamos perdiendo	estaríais perdiendo	estarían perdiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ~ing	que ~ perdiendo	que ~ perdiendo	que ~ perdiendo	que ~ perdiendo	que ~ perdiendo	que ~ perdiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB PERDER

perder can also mean: to miss, to fail, to leak.
perderse : to get lost.

la perdición (nf): ruin, downfall
la pérdida: loss.
la perdida: loose woman, streetwalker.
perdedor, ora: loser, losing.

No tiene pérdida: You can't miss it.
Es un buen/mal perdedor: He is a good/bad loser
perdidamente enamorado: hopelessly in love.
Llegas tarde, para no perder la costumbre! You are late, just for a change! (so as not to lose the habit!)

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 irregular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos perdés
Imperativo: ¡perdé!

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