despedir

dismiss, fire, say goodbye

Gerund: despidiendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	despedido	despedida
Plural	despedidos	despedidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	despido	despedía	despedí	despediré	despediría
tú	despides	despedías	despediste	despedirás	despedirías
él/ella/Ud.	despide	despedía	despidió	despedirá	despediría
nosotros	despedimos	despedíamos	despedimos	despediremos	despediríamos
vosotros	despedís	despedíais	despedisteis	despediréis	despediríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	despiden	despedían	despidieron	despedirán	despedirían
vos	despedís	despedías	despediste	despedirás	despedirías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	despida	despidiera	despidiese	despidiere
tú	despidas	despidieras	despidieses	despidieres
él/ella/Ud.	despida	despidiera	despidiese	despidiere
nosotros	despidamos	despidiéramos	despidiésemos	despidiéremos
vosotros	despidáis	despidierais	despidieseis	despidiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	despidan	despidieran	despidiesen	despidieren
vos	despidás	despidieras	despidieses	despidieres

Imperative

Examples

Nada me gustaría más que despedir a Tom, pero no puedo.

I'd like nothing better than to fire Tom, but I can't do that.

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Mi jefe me acaba de despedir.

My boss just fired me.

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Si me quiere despedir, despídame.

If you want to fire me, fire me.

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"¿A dónde has ido?" "He ido a la estación a despedir a un amigo."

"Where have you been?" "I have been to the station to see a friend off."

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No puedo despedir a Ken. Es un buen trabajador.

I cannot fire Ken. He's a good worker.

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Acabo de estar en el aeropuerto para despedir a un amigo que se iba a Europa.

I've just been to the airport to see off a friend who was leaving for Europe.

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¿Podemos despedir a Tom?

Can't we fire Tom?

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El jefe está pensando en despedir a un empleado.

The boss is thinking of firing an employee.

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Fui al aeropuerto a despedir a un amigo.

I went to the airport to see my friend off.

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El jefe consideró la posibilidad de despedir a Tom, pero decidió no hacerlo.

The boss considered firing Tom, but decided against it.

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