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Eating is one of the most important activities in our day. We tend to eat at least three meals each day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. In this article, we\u2019ll focus on lunch, which in Spanish is not just a meal, but also has a verb form: almorzar <\/em>(to have\/eat lunch). As per usual, we\u2019ll go over the almorzar <\/em>conjugation starting from the basics and including some extra information at the end of the article.<\/p>\n Are you ready to have lunch? Better eat before it gets cold!<\/p>\n Almorzar <\/em>is a stem-changing verb. This means that some of its conjugations have changes on the stem of the verb\u2014i.e., the part that comes before the ending (in this case, the ending is \u201car\u201d). There is only one stem change when it comes to almorzar<\/em>: the \u201co\u201d sometimes turns into \u201cue\u201d (for example, in \u201calmue<\/strong>rzo\u201d, as we\u2019ll see below).<\/p>\n If you want to learn more about stem-changing verbs in Spanish, take a look at this article<\/a> on the topic.<\/p>\n Now that you have an idea of what kind of verb almorzar <\/em>is, we\u2019ll get into its conjugation. We\u2019ll start by looking at its verbals: the infinitive, the gerund, and the participle. Verbals actually function as nouns, adjectives and adverbs and not as actual verbs, which might sound a bit complicated. But don\u2019t fret! After we look at some examples, you\u2019ll see that you\u2019re up to an easy start with the almorzar <\/em>conjugation.<\/p>\n Almorzar<\/strong> (to have lunch)<\/p>\n Almorzando<\/strong> (having lunch)<\/p>\n Almorzado<\/strong> (had lunch)<\/p>\n We are sitting at the table and it\u2019s time to start eating! As we\u2019ve seen in previous articles, there are 10 tenses in the indicative mood in the Spanish language. For the appetizer, we\u2019ll go over the most common and simplest forms for the almorzar <\/em>conjugation to start us off: presente <\/em>(present), pret\u00e9rito imperfecto <\/em>(imperfect preterite, a form of the past tense), pret\u00e9rito perfecto <\/em>(perfect preterite, another form of the past tense) and futuro <\/em>(future).<\/p>\n<\/a>What Kind of Verb is Almorzar<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Verbals of Almorzar<\/em>: Infinitive, Gerund and Participle<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Infinitive<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Gerund<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Participle<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Almorzar <\/em>Conjugation for All Levels<\/h2>\n
<\/a>The appetizer: almorzar <\/em>conjugation for beginners<\/strong><\/h3>\n