ascenderverb
Ascender means to rise, to promote or to amount to in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as asciende, ascendió and ascienden.
- to rise
- to promote
- to amount to
Tomás merece ser ascendido.
Tomás deserves to be promoted.
¿A cuánto asciende mi deuda?
How much does my debt amount to?
El globo ascendió lentamente.
The balloon went up slowly.
La factura ascendía a 500 dólares.
The bill amounted to 500 dollars.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| asciende | he, she, it | Present |
| ascendió | he, she, it | Preterite |
| ascienden | they | Present |
| ascendiendo | Gerund | |
| ascendieron | they | Preterite |
| ascendía | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| ascenderá | he, she, it | Future |
| ascendería | he, she, it | Conditional |
| ascienda | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| ascendían | they | Imperfect |
| ascendemos | we | Present |