pensar conjugation
irregular verbto think
Pensar means to think. Its main irregular forms are pienso and piensas in the present, piense in the present subjunctive and piensa in the imperative.
pienso Underlined forms are irregular.
Present
| yo | pienso, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | piensas, irregular |
| vos | pensás |
| él, ella, usted | piensa, irregular |
| nosotros | pensamos |
| vosotros | pensáis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | piensan, irregular |
Preterite
| yo | pensé |
|---|---|
| tú | pensaste |
| vos | pensaste |
| él, ella, usted | pensó |
| nosotros | pensamos |
| vosotros | pensasteis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | pensaron |
Imperfect
| yo | pensaba |
|---|---|
| tú | pensabas |
| vos | pensabas |
| él, ella, usted | pensaba |
| nosotros | pensábamos |
| vosotros | pensabais |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | pensaban |
Future
| yo | pensaré |
|---|---|
| tú | pensarás |
| vos | pensarás |
| él, ella, usted | pensará |
| nosotros | pensaremos |
| vosotros | pensaréis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | pensarán |
Conditional
| yo | pensaría |
|---|---|
| tú | pensarías |
| vos | pensarías |
| él, ella, usted | pensaría |
| nosotros | pensaríamos |
| vosotros | pensaríais |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | pensarían |
Present subjunctive
| yo | piense, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | pienses, irregular |
| vos | pienses, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | piense, irregular |
| nosotros | pensemos |
| vosotros | penséis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | piensen, irregular |
Imperfect subjunctive
| yo | pensarapensase |
|---|---|
| tú | pensaraspensases |
| vos | pensaraspensases |
| él, ella, usted | pensarapensase |
| nosotros | pensáramospensásemos |
| vosotros | pensaraispensaseis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | pensaranpensasen |
Imperative
| tú | piensa, irregular |
|---|---|
| vos | pensá |
| usted | piense, irregular |
| nosotros | pensemos |
| vosotros | pensad |
| ustedes | piensen, irregular |
Perfect tenses
Haber plus pensado: he pensado, había pensado, habré pensado. Gerund pensando. haber conjugation
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¿Piensas que estoy gordo?
Do you think I'm fat?
¿Piensas que soy apuesto?
Do you think I'm handsome?
Déjame pensar al respecto.
Let me think about it.
Pocas personas piensan así.
Few people think that way.
Where pensar breaks the pattern
- pienso, piensas, piensa, piensan. The stem becomes piens- where it is stressed. In pensamos and pensáis the stress moves to the ending and the stem stays pens-. The present subjunctive does the same: piense, pienses.
Vos and vosotros
| vos pensás, pensá | Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and much of Central America. The other tenses use the tú form. |
|---|---|
| vosotros pensáis, pensad | Spain. Latin America says ustedes piensan. |
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