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How to conjugate Prever in Spanish

prever to predict Irregular Verb

At a glance: Prever (to predict) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: preveo, prevés, prevé, prevemos, prevéis, prevén. It is conjugated like ver. Yo adds an e (preveo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to é (prevés, prevé, prevén); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the imperfect (preveía), present subjunctive (prevea) and past participle (previsto).

Past participle
previsto predicted
Gerund
previendo predicting
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adivinar, predecir, pronosticar, vaticinar
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Indicative tenses of Prever

Prever in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of prever 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, “preveo”, meaning “I predict”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopreveoI predict
Túprevésyou predict
Ella / Él / Ustedprevés/he predicts
Nosotras / Nosotrosprevemoswe predict
Vosotras / Vosotrosprevéisyou (plural) predict
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprevénthey predict

How it’s built: Yo adds an e (preveo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to é (prevés, prevé, prevén); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Prever in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of prever is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “preví”, meaning “I predicted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprevíI predicted
Túprevisteyou predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedpreviós/he predicted
Nosotras / Nosotrosprevimoswe predicted
Vosotras / Vosotrosprevisteisyou (plural) predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprevieronthey predicted

How it’s built: Regular: stem prev- plus the -er endings.

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Prever in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of prever is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “preveía”, meaning “I used to predict”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopreveíaI used to predict
Túpreveíasyou used to predict
Ella / Él / Ustedpreveías/he used to predict
Nosotras / Nosotrospreveíamoswe used to predict
Vosotras / Vosotrospreveíaisyou (plural) used to predict
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespreveíanthey used to predict

How it’s built: Every form adds an e (preveía, preveías, preveía, preveíamos, preveíais, preveían).

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Prever in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of prever is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy previendo”, meaning “I am predicting”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy previendoI am predicting
Túestás previendoyou are predicting
Ella / Él / Ustedestá previendos/he is predicting
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos previendowe are predicting
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis previendoyou (plural) are predicting
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán previendothey are predicting

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund previendo.

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Prever in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of prever is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a prever”, meaning “I am going to predict”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a preverI am going to predict
Túvas a preveryou are going to predict
Ella / Él / Ustedva a prevers/he is going to predict
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a preverwe are going to predict
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a preveryou (plural) are going to predict
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a preverthey are going to predict

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive prever.

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Prever in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of prever is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “preveré”, meaning “I will predict”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopreveréI will predict
Túpreverásyou will predict
Ella / Él / Ustedpreverás/he will predict
Nosotras / Nosotrospreveremoswe will predict
Vosotras / Vosotrospreveréisyou (plural) will predict
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespreveránthey will predict

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive prever plus the future endings.

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Prever in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of prever is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “prevería”, meaning “I would predict”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopreveríaI would predict
Túpreveríasyou would predict
Ella / Él / Ustedpreverías/he would predict
Nosotras / Nosotrospreveríamoswe would predict
Vosotras / Vosotrospreveríaisyou (plural) would predict
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespreveríanthey would predict

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive prever plus the conditional endings.

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Prever in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of prever 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 previsto”, meaning “I have predicted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe previstoI have predicted
Túhas previstoyou have predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedha previstos/he has predicted
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos previstowe have predicted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis previstoyou (plural) have predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan previstothey have predicted

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the irregular past participle previsto.

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Prever in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of prever is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había previsto”, meaning “I had predicted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía previstoI had predicted
Túhabías previstoyou had predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía previstos/he had predicted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos previstowe had predicted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais previstoyou (plural) had predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían previstothey had predicted

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the irregular past participle previsto.

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Prever in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of prever is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré previsto”, meaning “I will have predicted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré previstoI will have predicted
Túhabrás previstoyou will have predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá previstos/he will have predicted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos previstowe will have predicted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis previstoyou (plural) will have predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán previstothey will have predicted

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the irregular past participle previsto.

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Prever in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of prever is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría previsto”, meaning “I would have predicted”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría previstoI would have predicted
Túhabrías previstoyou would have predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría previstos/he would have predicted
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos previstowe would have predicted
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais previstoyou (plural) would have predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían previstothey would have predicted

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the irregular past participle previsto.

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Subjunctive tenses of Prever

Prever 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, “prevea”, meaning “I predict”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopreveaI predict
Túpreveasyou predict
Ella / Él / Ustedpreveas/he predicts
Nosotras / Nosotrospreveamoswe predict
Vosotras / Vosotrospreveáisyou (plural) predict
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedespreveanthey predict

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, preveo (prevea, preveas, prevea, preveamos, preveáis, prevean).

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Prever 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, “previera”, meaning “I predicted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoprevieraI predicted
Túprevierasyou predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedprevieras/he predicted
Nosotras / Nosotrospreviéramoswe predicted
Vosotras / Vosotrosprevieraisyou (plural) predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprevieranthey predicted

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, previeron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (previéramos).

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Prever 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, “previere”, meaning “I will predict”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YopreviereI will predict
Túprevieresyou will predict
Ella / Él / Ustedprevieres/he will predict
Nosotras / Nosotrospreviéremoswe will predict
Vosotras / Vosotrospreviereisyou (plural) will predict
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprevierenthey will predict

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, previeron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (previéremos).

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Prever 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 previsto”, meaning “I have predicted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya previstoI have predicted
Túhayas previstoyou have predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya previstos/he has predicted
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos previstowe have predicted
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis previstoyou (plural) have predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan previstothey have predicted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the irregular past participle previsto.

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Prever 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 previsto”, meaning “I had predicted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera previstoI had predicted
Túhubieras previstoyou had predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera previstos/he had predicted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos previstowe had predicted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais previstoyou (plural) had predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran previstothey had predicted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the irregular past participle previsto.

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Prever 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 previsto”, meaning “I will have predicted”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere previstoI will have predicted
Túhubieres previstoyou will have predicted
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere previstos/he will have predicted
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos previstowe will have predicted
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis previstoyou (plural) will have predicted
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren previstothey will have predicted

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the irregular past participle previsto.

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Imperative tenses of Prever

Prever in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “prevea”, meaning “(to you formal) predict!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túprevé(to you) predict!
Ella / Él / Ustedprevea(to you formal) predict!
Nosotras / Nosotrospreveamoslet's predict!
Vosotras / Vosotrospreved(to you plural) predict!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesprevean(to you plural formal) predict!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (prevé); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (prevea, preveamos, prevean); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (preved).

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Prever in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no prevea”, meaning “(to you formal) don't predict!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno preveas(to you) don't predict!
Ella / Él / Ustedno prevea(to you formal) don't predict!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno preveamoslet's not predict!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno preveáis(to you plural) don't predict!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno prevean(to you plural formal) don't predict!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no preveas, no prevea, no preveamos, no preveáis, no prevean.

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Frequently asked questions about Prever

Is prever a regular or irregular verb?

Prever is an irregular Spanish verb. It is conjugated like ver. In the present tense: yo adds an e (preveo); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to é (prevés, prevé, prevén); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the imperfect (preveía), present subjunctive (prevea) and past participle (previsto).

How do you conjugate prever in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), prever is conjugated as: yo preveo, tú prevés, él/ella/usted prevé, nosotros prevemos, vosotros prevéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes prevén. 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 prever in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), prever is conjugated as: yo preví, tú previste, él/ella/usted previó, nosotros previmos, vosotros previsteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes previeron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate prever in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), prever is conjugated as: yo preveía, tú preveías, él/ella/usted preveía, nosotros preveíamos, vosotros preveíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes preveían. 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 prever in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), prever is conjugated as: yo preveré, tú preverás, él/ella/usted preverá, nosotros preveremos, vosotros preveréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes preverán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate prever in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), prever is conjugated as: yo prevea, tú preveas, él/ella/usted prevea, nosotros preveamos, vosotros preveáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes prevean. 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.


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