temer

fear


Gerund: temiendo


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular temido temida
Plural temidos temidas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo temo temía temí temeré temería
temes temías temiste temerás temerías
él/ella/Ud. teme temía temió temerá temería
nosotros tememos temíamos temimos temeremos temeríamos
vosotros teméis temíais temisteis temeréis temeríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. temen temían temieron temerán temerían
vos temés temías temiste temerás temerías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo tema temiera temiese temiere
temas temieras temieses temieres
él/ella/Ud. tema temiera temiese temiere
nosotros temamos temiéramos temiésemos temiéremos
vosotros temáis temierais temieseis temiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds. teman temieran temiesen temieren
vos temás temieras temieses temieres

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
teme no temas
Ud. tema no tema
nosotros temamos no temamos
vosotros temed no temáis
Uds. teman no teman
vos temé no temas

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


Examples
  • Este cruel frío puede hacer a un hombre temer a su propia voz.

    This cruel cold could make a man afraid of his own voice.

  • A lo único que hay que temer es al miedo mismo.

    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

  • No se debe temer a la muerte.

    Death is not to be feared.

  • Temer es morir mil veces, es peor que la muerte.

    Fearing is dying a thousand times, it's worse than death.

  • Yo comencé a temer que tú nunca volverías de nuevo.

    I began to be afraid you would never come back again.

  • No tengas miedo, porque no hay nada que temer.

    Fear not because there is nothing to fear.

  • No tienes que temer a la magia.

    You don't have to fear magic.

  • No tienes nada que temer.

    You have nothing to fear.

  • Usted no tiene nada para temer.

    You have nothing to fear.

  • No soy yo al que deberías temer.

    I'm not the one you should be afraid of.

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