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ganar

/ɡaˈnaɾ/, [ɡaˈnaɾ]

to win, win

Gerund: ganando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular ganado ganada
Plural ganados ganadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo gano ganaba gané ganaré ganaría
tú ganas ganabas ganaste ganarás ganarías
él/ella/Ud. gana ganaba ganó ganará ganaría
nosotros ganamos ganábamos ganamos ganaremos ganaríamos
vosotros ganáis ganabais ganasteis ganaréis ganaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. ganan ganaban ganaron ganarán ganarían
vos ganás ganabas ganaste ganarás ganarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo gane ganara ganase ganare
tú ganes ganaras ganases ganares
él/ella/Ud. gane ganara ganase ganare
nosotros ganemos ganáramos ganásemos ganáremos
vosotros ganéis ganarais ganaseis ganareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. ganen ganaran ganasen ganaren
vos ganés ganaras ganases ganares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú gana no ganes
Ud. gane no gane
nosotros ganemos no ganemos
vosotros ganad no ganéis
Uds. ganen no ganen
vos ganá no ganes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Necesitamos ganar.

    We need to win.

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  • Una gran multitud de estadounidenses se reunieron en la Casa Blanca para celebrar la muerte de un ser humano de la misma manera como celebrarían ganar un partido de fútbol.

    A large crowd of Americans gathered outside the White House to celebrate the death of a human being in the same manner as they would celebrate winning a football game.

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  • Tom podía ver que él no iba a ganar la discusión.

    Tom could see he wasn't going to win the argument.

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  • Siendo huérfano, mi padre tuvo que comenzar a ganar dinero a los diez.

    Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.

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  • No te quedes en la cama a menos que puedas ganar dinero desde la cama.

    Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

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  • ¿Quieres ganar algo de dinero hoy?

    Do you want to make some money today?

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  • Lo más importante en las olimpiadas no es ganar sino participar.

    The most important thing in the Olympics is not to win but to participate.

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  • Estábamos seguros de ganar el juego.

    We were certain of winning the game.

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  • Te arriesgas a perder cuando quieres ganar demasiado.

    You risk losing when you want to gain too much.

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  • Tom pensaba que tenía una oportunidad de ganar la carrera.

    Tom thought he had a chance to win the race.

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