cenar

/θeˈnaɾ/, [θeˈnaɾ]

dine, diner, have dinner


Gerund: cenando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular cenado cenada
Plural cenados cenadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo ceno cenaba cené cenaré cenaría
cenas cenabas cenaste cenarás cenarías
él/ella/Ud. cena cenaba cenó cenará cenaría
nosotros cenamos cenábamos cenamos cenaremos cenaríamos
vosotros cenáis cenabais cenasteis cenaréis cenaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. cenan cenaban cenaron cenarán cenarían
vos cenás cenabas cenaste cenarás cenarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo cene cenara cenase cenare
cenes cenaras cenases cenares
él/ella/Ud. cene cenara cenase cenare
nosotros cenemos cenáramos cenásemos cenáremos
vosotros cenéis cenarais cenaseis cenareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. cenen cenaran cenasen cenaren
vos cenés cenaras cenases cenares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
cena no cenes
Ud. cene no cene
nosotros cenemos no cenemos
vosotros cenad no cenéis
Uds. cenen no cenen
vos cená no cenes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Alimento a mi perro justo antes de cenar.

    I feed my dog just before I eat dinner.

  • Comimos fruta fresca después de cenar.

    We ate fresh fruit after dinner.

  • Por un lado yo te llamé para invitarte a cenar, por el otro para decirte que mi hijo se casa.

    On the one hand I called you to invite you to dinner, on the other to tell you my son is getting married.

  • Ya terminé de cenar.

    I have already finished dinner.

  • Espera a que acabe de cenar.

    Wait until I finish eating.

  • Me gustaría cenar contigo.

    I'd like to have dinner with you.

  • Invité a Jane a cenar.

    I invited Jane to dinner.

  • Ellas los invitaron a cenar.

    They invited them to dinner.

  • ¿Tony estudia después de cenar?

    Does Tony study after dinner?

  • Ella comúnmente hace sus tareas antes de cenar.

    She is accustomed to doing her homework before dinner.

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