Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Suspender in Spanish
suspender to suspend Regular ER Verb
At a glance: Suspender (to suspend) is a regular -ER verb in Spanish. In the present tense: suspendo, suspendes, suspende, suspendemos, suspendéis, suspenden. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -ER verbs.
- Past participle
- suspendido suspended
- Gerund
- suspendiendo suspending
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Suspender
- Suspender in the Indicative Present
- Suspender in the Indicative Preterite
- Suspender in the Indicative Imperfect
- Suspender in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Suspender in the Indicative Informal Future
- Suspender in the Indicative Future
- Suspender in the Indicative Conditional
- Suspender in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Suspender in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Suspender in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Suspender in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Suspender
- Imperative tenses of Suspender
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
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Indicative tenses of Suspender
Suspender in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of suspender 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, “suspendo”, meaning “I suspend”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspendo | I suspend |
| Tú | suspendes | you suspend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspende | s/he suspends |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspendemos | we suspend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspendéis | you (plural) suspend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspenden | they suspend |
How it’s built: Regular: stem suspend- plus the -er endings.
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Suspender in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of suspender is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “suspendí”, meaning “I suspended”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspendí | I suspended |
| Tú | suspendiste | you suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspendió | s/he suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspendimos | we suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspendisteis | you (plural) suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspendieron | they suspended |
How it’s built: Regular: stem suspend- plus the -er endings.
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Suspender in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of suspender is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “suspendía”, meaning “I used to suspend”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspendía | I used to suspend |
| Tú | suspendías | you used to suspend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspendía | s/he used to suspend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspendíamos | we used to suspend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspendíais | you (plural) used to suspend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspendían | they used to suspend |
How it’s built: Regular: stem suspend- plus the -er endings.
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Suspender in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of suspender is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy suspendiendo”, meaning “I am suspending”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy suspendiendo | I am suspending |
| Tú | estás suspendiendo | you are suspending |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está suspendiendo | s/he is suspending |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos suspendiendo | we are suspending |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis suspendiendo | you (plural) are suspending |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están suspendiendo | they are suspending |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund suspendiendo.
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Suspender in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of suspender is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a suspender”, meaning “I am going to suspend”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a suspender | I am going to suspend |
| Tú | vas a suspender | you are going to suspend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a suspender | s/he is going to suspend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a suspender | we are going to suspend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a suspender | you (plural) are going to suspend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a suspender | they are going to suspend |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive suspender.
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Suspender in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of suspender is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “suspenderé”, meaning “I will suspend”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspenderé | I will suspend |
| Tú | suspenderás | you will suspend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspenderá | s/he will suspend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspenderemos | we will suspend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspenderéis | you (plural) will suspend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspenderán | they will suspend |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive suspender plus the future endings.
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Suspender in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of suspender is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “suspendería”, meaning “I would suspend”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspendería | I would suspend |
| Tú | suspenderías | you would suspend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspendería | s/he would suspend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspenderíamos | we would suspend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspenderíais | you (plural) would suspend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspenderían | they would suspend |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive suspender plus the conditional endings.
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Suspender in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of suspender 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 suspendido”, meaning “I have suspended”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he suspendido | I have suspended |
| Tú | has suspendido | you have suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha suspendido | s/he has suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos suspendido | we have suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis suspendido | you (plural) have suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han suspendido | they have suspended |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle suspendido.
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Suspender in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of suspender is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había suspendido”, meaning “I had suspended”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había suspendido | I had suspended |
| Tú | habías suspendido | you had suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había suspendido | s/he had suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos suspendido | we had suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais suspendido | you (plural) had suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían suspendido | they had suspended |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle suspendido.
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Suspender in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of suspender is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré suspendido”, meaning “I will have suspended”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré suspendido | I will have suspended |
| Tú | habrás suspendido | you will have suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá suspendido | s/he will have suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos suspendido | we will have suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis suspendido | you (plural) will have suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán suspendido | they will have suspended |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle suspendido.
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Suspender in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of suspender is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría suspendido”, meaning “I would have suspended”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría suspendido | I would have suspended |
| Tú | habrías suspendido | you would have suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría suspendido | s/he would have suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos suspendido | we would have suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais suspendido | you (plural) would have suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían suspendido | they would have suspended |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle suspendido.
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Subjunctive tenses of Suspender
Suspender 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, “suspenda”, meaning “I suspend”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspenda | I suspend |
| Tú | suspendas | you suspend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspenda | s/he suspends |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspendamos | we suspend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspendáis | you (plural) suspend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspendan | they suspend |
How it’s built: Regular: stem suspend- plus the -er subjunctive endings.
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Suspender 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, “suspendiera”, meaning “I suspended”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspendiera | I suspended |
| Tú | suspendieras | you suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspendiera | s/he suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspendiéramos | we suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspendierais | you (plural) suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspendieran | they suspended |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, suspendieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (suspendiéramos).
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Suspender 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, “suspendiere”, meaning “I will suspend”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | suspendiere | I will suspend |
| Tú | suspendieres | you will suspend |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspendiere | s/he will suspend |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspendiéremos | we will suspend |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspendiereis | you (plural) will suspend |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspendieren | they will suspend |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, suspendieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (suspendiéremos).
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Suspender 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 suspendido”, meaning “I have suspended”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya suspendido | I have suspended |
| Tú | hayas suspendido | you have suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya suspendido | s/he has suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos suspendido | we have suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis suspendido | you (plural) have suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan suspendido | they have suspended |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle suspendido.
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Suspender 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 suspendido”, meaning “I had suspended”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera suspendido | I had suspended |
| Tú | hubieras suspendido | you had suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera suspendido | s/he had suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos suspendido | we had suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais suspendido | you (plural) had suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran suspendido | they had suspended |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle suspendido.
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Suspender 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 suspendido”, meaning “I will have suspended”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere suspendido | I will have suspended |
| Tú | hubieres suspendido | you will have suspended |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere suspendido | s/he will have suspended |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos suspendido | we will have suspended |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis suspendido | you (plural) will have suspended |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren suspendido | they will have suspended |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle suspendido.
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Imperative tenses of Suspender
Suspender in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “suspenda”, meaning “(to you formal) suspend!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | suspende | (to you) suspend! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | suspenda | (to you formal) suspend! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | suspendamos | let's suspend! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | suspended | (to you plural) suspend! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | suspendan | (to you plural formal) suspend! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (suspende); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (suspenda, suspendamos, suspendan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (suspended).
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Suspender in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no suspenda”, meaning “(to you formal) don't suspend!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no suspendas | (to you) don't suspend! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no suspenda | (to you formal) don't suspend! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no suspendamos | let's not suspend! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no suspendáis | (to you plural) don't suspend! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no suspendan | (to you plural formal) don't suspend! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no suspendas, no suspenda, no suspendamos, no suspendáis, no suspendan.
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Frequently asked questions about Suspender
Is suspender a regular or irregular verb?
Suspender is a fully regular -ER verb. It follows the standard -ER 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 -ER conjugation system.
How do you conjugate suspender in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), suspender is conjugated as: yo suspendo, tú suspendes, él/ella/usted suspende, nosotros suspendemos, vosotros suspendéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes suspenden. 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 suspender in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), suspender is conjugated as: yo suspendí, tú suspendiste, él/ella/usted suspendió, nosotros suspendimos, vosotros suspendisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes suspendieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate suspender in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), suspender is conjugated as: yo suspendía, tú suspendías, él/ella/usted suspendía, nosotros suspendíamos, vosotros suspendíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes suspendían. 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 suspender in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), suspender is conjugated as: yo suspenderé, tú suspenderás, él/ella/usted suspenderá, nosotros suspenderemos, vosotros suspenderéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes suspenderán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate suspender in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), suspender is conjugated as: yo suspenda, tú suspendas, él/ella/usted suspenda, nosotros suspendamos, vosotros suspendáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes suspendan. 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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