Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Extrañar in Spanish
extrañar to miss, to surprise Regular AR Verb
At a glance: Extrañar (to miss, to surprise) is a regular -AR verb in Spanish. In the present tense: extraño, extrañas, extraña, extrañamos, extrañáis, extrañan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.
- Past participle
- extrañado missed
- Gerund
- extrañando missing
- Similar
- sorprender
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Extrañar
- Extrañar in the Indicative Present
- Extrañar in the Indicative Preterite
- Extrañar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Extrañar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Extrañar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Extrañar in the Indicative Future
- Extrañar in the Indicative Conditional
- Extrañar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Extrañar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Extrañar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Extrañar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Extrañar
- Imperative tenses of Extrañar
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
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Indicative tenses of Extrañar
Extrañar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of extrañar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “extraño”, meaning “I miss”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extraño | I miss |
| Tú | extrañas | you miss |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extraña | s/he misses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañamos | we miss |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañáis | you (plural) miss |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañan | they miss |
How it’s built: Regular: stem extrañ- plus the -ar endings.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of extrañar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “extrañé”, meaning “I missed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extrañé | I missed |
| Tú | extrañaste | you missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañó | s/he missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañamos | we missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañasteis | you (plural) missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañaron | they missed |
How it’s built: Regular: stem extrañ- plus the -ar endings.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of extrañar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “extrañaba”, meaning “I used to miss”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extrañaba | I used to miss |
| Tú | extrañabas | you used to miss |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañaba | s/he used to miss |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañábamos | we used to miss |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañabais | you (plural) used to miss |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañaban | they used to miss |
How it’s built: Regular: stem extrañ- plus the -ar endings.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of extrañar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy extrañando”, meaning “I am missing”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy extrañando | I am missing |
| Tú | estás extrañando | you are missing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está extrañando | s/he is missing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos extrañando | we are missing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis extrañando | you (plural) are missing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están extrañando | they are missing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund extrañando.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of extrañar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a extrañar”, meaning “I am going to miss”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a extrañar | I am going to miss |
| Tú | vas a extrañar | you are going to miss |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a extrañar | s/he is going to miss |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a extrañar | we are going to miss |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a extrañar | you (plural) are going to miss |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a extrañar | they are going to miss |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive extrañar.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of extrañar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “extrañaré”, meaning “I will miss”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extrañaré | I will miss |
| Tú | extrañarás | you will miss |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañará | s/he will miss |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañaremos | we will miss |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañaréis | you (plural) will miss |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañarán | they will miss |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive extrañar plus the future endings.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of extrañar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “extrañaría”, meaning “I would miss”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extrañaría | I would miss |
| Tú | extrañarías | you would miss |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañaría | s/he would miss |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañaríamos | we would miss |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañaríais | you (plural) would miss |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañarían | they would miss |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive extrañar plus the conditional endings.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of extrañar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he extrañado”, meaning “I have missed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he extrañado | I have missed |
| Tú | has extrañado | you have missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha extrañado | s/he has missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos extrañado | we have missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis extrañado | you (plural) have missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han extrañado | they have missed |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle extrañado.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of extrañar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había extrañado”, meaning “I had missed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había extrañado | I had missed |
| Tú | habías extrañado | you had missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había extrañado | s/he had missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos extrañado | we had missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais extrañado | you (plural) had missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían extrañado | they had missed |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle extrañado.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of extrañar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré extrañado”, meaning “I will have missed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré extrañado | I will have missed |
| Tú | habrás extrañado | you will have missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá extrañado | s/he will have missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos extrañado | we will have missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis extrañado | you (plural) will have missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán extrañado | they will have missed |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle extrañado.
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Extrañar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of extrañar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría extrañado”, meaning “I would have missed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría extrañado | I would have missed |
| Tú | habrías extrañado | you would have missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría extrañado | s/he would have missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos extrañado | we would have missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais extrañado | you (plural) would have missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían extrañado | they would have missed |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle extrañado.
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Subjunctive tenses of Extrañar
Extrañar in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “extrañe”, meaning “I miss”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extrañe | I miss |
| Tú | extrañes | you miss |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañe | s/he misses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañemos | we miss |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañéis | you (plural) miss |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañen | they miss |
How it’s built: Regular: stem extrañ- plus the -ar subjunctive endings.
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Extrañar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “extrañara”, meaning “I missed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extrañara | I missed |
| Tú | extrañaras | you missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañara | s/he missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañáramos | we missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañarais | you (plural) missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañaran | they missed |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, extrañaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (extrañáramos).
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Extrañar in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “extrañare”, meaning “I will miss”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extrañare | I will miss |
| Tú | extrañares | you will miss |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañare | s/he will miss |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañáremos | we will miss |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañareis | you (plural) will miss |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañaren | they will miss |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, extrañaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (extrañáremos).
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Extrañar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya extrañado”, meaning “I have missed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya extrañado | I have missed |
| Tú | hayas extrañado | you have missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya extrañado | s/he has missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos extrañado | we have missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis extrañado | you (plural) have missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan extrañado | they have missed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle extrañado.
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Extrañar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera extrañado”, meaning “I had missed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera extrañado | I had missed |
| Tú | hubieras extrañado | you had missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera extrañado | s/he had missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos extrañado | we had missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais extrañado | you (plural) had missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran extrañado | they had missed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle extrañado.
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Extrañar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere extrañado”, meaning “I will have missed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere extrañado | I will have missed |
| Tú | hubieres extrañado | you will have missed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere extrañado | s/he will have missed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos extrañado | we will have missed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis extrañado | you (plural) will have missed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren extrañado | they will have missed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle extrañado.
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Imperative tenses of Extrañar
Extrañar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “extrañe”, meaning “(to you formal) miss!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | extraña | (to you) miss! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | extrañe | (to you formal) miss! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | extrañemos | let's miss! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | extrañad | (to you plural) miss! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | extrañen | (to you plural formal) miss! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (extraña); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (extrañe, extrañemos, extrañen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (extrañad).
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Extrañar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no extrañe”, meaning “(to you formal) don't miss!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no extrañes | (to you) don't miss! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no extrañe | (to you formal) don't miss! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no extrañemos | let's not miss! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no extrañéis | (to you plural) don't miss! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no extrañen | (to you plural formal) don't miss! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no extrañes, no extrañe, no extrañemos, no extrañéis, no extrañen.
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Frequently asked questions about Extrañar
Is extrañar a regular or irregular verb?
Extrañar is a fully regular -AR verb. It follows the standard -AR conjugation pattern in every tense and mood without any stem changes, spelling changes, or irregular forms. This makes it a model verb for learning the -AR conjugation system.
How do you conjugate extrañar in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), extrañar is conjugated as: yo extraño, tú extrañas, él/ella/usted extraña, nosotros extrañamos, vosotros extrañáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes extrañan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
How do you conjugate extrañar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), extrañar is conjugated as: yo extrañé, tú extrañaste, él/ella/usted extrañó, nosotros extrañamos, vosotros extrañasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes extrañaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate extrañar in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), extrañar is conjugated as: yo extrañaba, tú extrañabas, él/ella/usted extrañaba, nosotros extrañábamos, vosotros extrañabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes extrañaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
How do you conjugate extrañar in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), extrañar is conjugated as: yo extrañaré, tú extrañarás, él/ella/usted extrañará, nosotros extrañaremos, vosotros extrañaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes extrañarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate extrañar in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), extrañar is conjugated as: yo extrañe, tú extrañes, él/ella/usted extrañe, nosotros extrañemos, vosotros extrañéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes extrañen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
What’s the difference between extrañar and extrañarse?
Extrañar means ‘to miss, to surprise’ and extrañarse means ‘to be surprised’. Extrañarse is the reflexive form of extrañar, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos, os or se – that matches the subject. The verb itself is conjugated the same way: in the present tense, yo extraño becomes me extraño. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so extraña becomes extráñate.
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