Grammar - Past Participle (el participio)
Spanish uses the past participle primarily for present perfect, past perfect, and other similar times. For
-ar verbs form the past participle by adding -ado to the stem. For -er and
-ir verbs add -ido:
| Verb |
Past Participle |
| hablar |
hablado |
| comer |
comido |
| vivir |
vivido |
If the stem of and -er or -ir verb ends in one of the vowels -a,
-e, or -o, the i of -ido gets an accent mark:
| Verb |
Past Participle |
| caer |
caído |
| creer |
creído |
| leer |
leído |
| oír |
oído |
| reír |
reído |
There are a few verbs with an irregular past participle:
| Verb |
Past Participle |
| abrir |
abierto |
| cubrir |
cubierto |
| decir |
dicho |
| escribir |
escrito |
| hacer |
hecho |
| ir |
ido |
| morir |
muerto |
| poner |
puesto |
| satisfacer |
satisfecho |
| ver |
visto |
| volver |
vuelto |
As in English, the past participle can also be used as an adjective for a noun. In that case the ending has to match gender and
number of the noun. Example:
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Su barba está afeitada.
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His beard is shaved.
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Finally, there are a few verbs with both a regular and an irregular past participle. In this case, the irregular past
participle is used as an adjective, while the regular form is used for the verb tenses.
| Verb |
Past Participle |
| imprimir |
imprimido / impreso |
| ocultar |
ocultado / oculto |
Grammar - Present Perfect (el pretérito perfecto)
The Spanish present perfect is formed by conjugating the auxiliary verb haber (= to have) and adding
the past participle of the verb.
|
Present Perfect |
English |
| yo |
he comido |
I have eaten |
| tú |
has comido |
you have eaten |
| Ud./él/ella |
ha comido |
you/he/she has eaten |
| nosotros(as) |
hemos comido |
we have eaten |
| vosotros(as) |
habéis comido |
you have eaten |
| Uds./ellos(as) |
han comido |
you/they have eaten |
Here are a few examples of the Spanish Present perfect. Note that in Spanish the auxiliary verb haber and the
past participle are never separated:
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Carlos y yo hemos jugado fútbol.
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Carlos and I have played soccer.
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¿Has hecho tus tareas escolares?
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Have you done your homework?
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Nunca se ha enfermado.
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He has never been sick.
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Grammar - Pluperfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto)
The Spanish pluperfect is formed by conjugating imperfect of haber (= to have) and adding the past
participle of the verb.
|
Present Perfect |
English |
| yo |
había comido |
I had eaten |
| tú |
habías comido |
you had eaten |
| Ud./él/ella |
había comido |
you/he/she had eaten |
| nosotros(as) |
habíamos comido |
we had eaten |
| vosotros(as) |
habíais comido |
you (all) had eaten |
| Uds./ellos(as) |
habían comido |
you/they had eaten |
Here are a few examples of the Spanish pluperfect. It is used to refer to an event that happened before another event in the
past. As in the present perfect, the auxiliary verb haber and the past participle are never separated:
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Carlos y yo habíamos jugado el fútbol antes la fiesta anoche.
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Carlos and I had played soccer before the party last night.
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¿Tu habías venido antes a Mexico?
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Had you been to Mexico before?
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Nunca se había enfermado cuando era un niño.
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He had never been sick while he was a kid.
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El vocabulario (Vocabulary) - Los medios (Media)
| el artículo |
article |
| la cadena |
network |
| el canal |
channel |
| el/la comentarista |
commentator |
| el/la crítico/a |
critic |
| en directo, en vivo |
live |
| la estación de radio |
radio station |
| las noticias |
news |
| el noticiero |
newscast |
| el/la periodista |
journalist |
| el periódico |
newspaper |
| la prensa |
press |
| la primera plana |
front page |
| la sección deportiva |
sports section |
| la sección financiera |
business section |
| la radio |
radio |
| el/la reportero/a |
reporter |
| la telenovela |
soap opera |
| la revista |
magazine |
| la televisión |
television |
| el titular |
headline |
GENIAL!