Spanish Verb Conjugations

Participles in Spanish

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Regular Participles

  • The regular past participle formation in Spanish:
    • For -ar verbs, the ending is -ado.
    • For -er and -ir verbs, the ending is -ido.

Examples

  • Abrir (to open) --> Abierto (opened)
  • Cubrir (to cover) --> Cubierto (covered)
  • Poner (to put/place/set) --> Puesto (put/placed/set)
  • Hacer (to do/make) --> Hecho (made/did)
  • Decir (to say/tell) --> Dicho (said/told)
  • Devolver (to return something) --> Devuelto (returned)
  • Morir (to die) --> Muerto (died)
  • Resolver (to resolve) --> Resuelto (resolved)
  • Escribir (to write) --> Escrito (written)
  • Ver (to see) --> Visto (seen)
  • Volver (to return - referring to a person) --> Vuelto (returned)
  • Ser/Haber (to be) --> Sido (been)

Auxiliary Verb Haber

  • Forms of the auxiliary verb haber:
    • he
    • ha
    • han
    • hamos

Irregular Participles

  • Some verbs have irregular past participles.

Participle Endings

  • -ar verbs use the ending -ado
  • -er/-ir verbs use the ending -ido
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