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Conjugation of the Spanish verb esperar

A list of the common conjugations for the Spanish verb esperar, along with their English translations.

esperar is a regular verb


InfinitiveScored
esperarto hope

PresentScored
yo esperoI hope
tú esperasyou hope
él esperahe hopes
ella esperashe hopes
nosotros esperamoswe hope
vosotros esperáisyou hope
ellos esperanthey hope
ellas esperanthey hope

ImperfectScored
yo esperabaI was hoping
tú esperabasyou were hoping
él esperabahe was hoping
ella esperabashe was hoping
nosotros esperábamoswe were hoping
vosotros esperabaisyou were hoping
ellos esperabanthey were hoping
ellas esperabanthey were hoping

PreteriteScored
yo esperéI hoped
tú esperasteyou hoped
él esperóhe hoped
ella esperóshe hoped
nosotros esperamoswe hoped
vosotros esperasteisyou hoped
ellos esperaronthey hoped
ellas esperaronthey hoped

Present perfect/Pretérito perfectoScored
yo he esperadoI have hoped
tú has esperadoyou have hoped
él ha esperadohe has hoped
ella ha esperadoshe has hoped
nosotros hemos esperadowe have hoped
vosotros habéis esperadoyou have hoped
ellos han esperadothey have hoped
ellas han esperadothey have hoped

Pluperfect / Pretérito pluscuamperfectoScored
yo había esperadoI had hoped
tú habías esperadoyou had hoped
él había esperadohe had hoped
ella había esperadoshe had hoped
nosotros habíamos esperadowe had hoped
vosotros habíais esperadoyou had hoped
ellos habían esperadothey had hoped
ellas habían esperadothey had hoped

FutureScored
yo esperaréI will hope
tú esperarásyou will hope
él esperaráhe will hope
ella esperaráshe will hope
nosotros esperaremoswe will hope
vosotros esperaréisyou will hope
ellos esperaránthey will hope
ellas esperaránthey will hope

Future Perfect / Futuro perfectoScored
yo habré esperadoI will have hoped
tú habrás esperadoyou will have hoped
él habrá esperadohe will have hoped
ella habrá esperadoshe will have hoped
nosotros habremos esperadowe will have hoped
vosotros habréis esperadoyou will have hoped
ellos habrán esperadothey will have hoped
ellas habrán esperadothey will have hoped

ConditionalScored
yo esperaríaI would hope
tú esperaríasyou would hope
él esperaríahe would hope
ella esperaríashe would hope
nosotros esperaríamoswe would hope
vosotros esperaríaisyou would hope
ellos esperaríanthey would hope
ellas esperaríanthey would hope

Conditional Perfect / Condicional perfecto
The Spanish Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Condicional perfecto is made with the conditional tense of haber and the past participle of the verb.
Scored
yo habría esperadoI would have hoped
tú habrías esperadoyou would have hoped
él habría esperadohe would have hoped
ella habría esperadoshe would have hoped
nosotros habríamos esperadowe would have hoped
vosotros habríais esperadoyou would have hoped
ellos habrían esperadothey would have hoped
ellas habrían esperadothey would have hoped

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo espere(... that) I hope
(... que) tú esperes(... that) you hope
(... que) él espere(... that) he hopes
(... que) ella espere(... that) she hopes
(... que) nosotros esperemos(... that) we hope
(... que) vosotros esperéis(... that) you hope
(... que) ellos esperen(... that) they hope
(... que) ellas esperen(... that) they hope

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo esperara(... that) I was hoping
(... que) tú esperaras(... that) you were hoping
(... que) él esperara(... that) he was hoping
(... que) ella esperara(... that) she was hoping
(... que) nosotros esperáramos(... that) we were hoping
(... que) vosotros esperarais(... that) you were hoping
(... que) ellos esperaran(... that) they were hoping
(... que) ellas esperaran(... that) they were hoping

ImperativeScored
espera Hope
esperemosLet's hope
esperen Hope

Present ParticipleScored
esperando hoping

Past ParticipleScored
esperado hoped

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