perdonar

/peɾdoˈnaɾ/, [peɾ.ð̞oˈnaɾ]

forgive, sorry


Gerund: perdonando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular perdonado perdonada
Plural perdonados perdonadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo perdono perdonaba perdoné perdonaré perdonaría
perdonas perdonabas perdonaste perdonarás perdonarías
él/ella/Ud. perdona perdonaba perdonó perdonará perdonaría
nosotros perdonamos perdonábamos perdonamos perdonaremos perdonaríamos
vosotros perdonáis perdonabais perdonasteis perdonaréis perdonaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. perdonan perdonaban perdonaron perdonarán perdonarían
vos perdonás perdonabas perdonaste perdonarás perdonarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo perdone perdonara perdonase perdonare
perdones perdonaras perdonases perdonares
él/ella/Ud. perdone perdonara perdonase perdonare
nosotros perdonemos perdonáramos perdonásemos perdonáremos
vosotros perdonéis perdonarais perdonaseis perdonareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. perdonen perdonaran perdonasen perdonaren
vos perdonés perdonaras perdonases perdonares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
perdona no perdones
Ud. perdone no perdone
nosotros perdonemos no perdonemos
vosotros perdonad no perdonéis
Uds. perdonen no perdonen
vos perdoná no perdones

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


Examples
  • Yo no lo puedo perdonar porque él me insultó en público.

    I cannot forgive him because he insulted me in public.

  • Tom va a perdonar a Mary.

    Tom will forgive Mary.

  • Tom no pudo perdonar a Mary por matar a sus padres.

    Tom couldn't forgive Mary for killing his parents.

  • No lo puedo perdonar por comportarse de esa manera.

    I can't forgive him for behaving like that.

  • Tom se rehusó a perdonar a Mary.

    Tom refused to forgive Mary.

  • ¿Es más difícil perdonar u olvidar?

    Is it harder to forgive or to forget?

  • Errar es humano; perdonar, divino.

    To err is human, to forgive divine.

  • No te puedo perdonar lo que has hecho.

    I can't forgive what you did.

  • Si existe cosa tal como un acto imperdonable, es el acto de no perdonar.

    If there is such a thing as an unforgivable act, it is the act of not forgiving.

  • Tom nos va a perdonar.

    Tom will forgive us.

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