entender

/entenˈdeɾ/, [ẽn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

understand

Gerund: entendiendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	entendido	entendida
Plural	entendidos	entendidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	entiendo	entendía	entendí	entenderé	entendería
tú	entiendes	entendías	entendiste	entenderás	entenderías
él/ella/Ud.	entiende	entendía	entendió	entenderá	entendería
nosotros	entendemos	entendíamos	entendimos	entenderemos	entenderíamos
vosotros	entendéis	entendíais	entendisteis	entenderéis	entenderíais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	entienden	entendían	entendieron	entenderán	entenderían
vos	entendés	entendías	entendiste	entenderás	entenderías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	entienda	entendiera	entendiese	entendiere
tú	entiendas	entendieras	entendieses	entendieres
él/ella/Ud.	entienda	entendiera	entendiese	entendiere
nosotros	entendamos	entendiéramos	entendiésemos	entendiéremos
vosotros	entendáis	entendierais	entendieseis	entendiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	entiendan	entendieran	entendiesen	entendieren
vos	entendás	entendieras	entendieses	entendieres

Imperative

Examples

Tom quiere entender el significado de la vida.

Tom wants to understand the meaning of life.

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Tom solo podía entender un poco de francés entonces.

Tom could only understand a little French then.

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Creo que Tom es demasiado joven para realmente entender a las mujeres.

I think Tom is too young to really understand women.

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Sé que va a ser difícil para ti entender.

I know it's going to be hard for you to understand.

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No me puedo hacer entender en francés.

I can't make myself understood in French.

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No puedo entender lo que estás diciendo.

I can understand what you are saying.

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No puedo entender tu idioma.

I can't understand your language.

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Tom no podía entender por qué no le gustaba a Mary.

Tom couldn't understand why Mary didn't like him.

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De algún modo conseguí hacerme entender en inglés.

I managed to make myself understood in English.

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Eres suficientemente viejo para entender.

You're old enough to understand.

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