herir

/eˈɾiɾ/, [eˈɾiɾ]

hurt, injure


Gerund: hiriendo


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular herido herida
Plural heridos heridas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo hiero hería herí heriré heriría
hieres herías heriste herirás herirías
él/ella/Ud. hiere hería hirió herirá heriría
nosotros herimos heríamos herimos heriremos heriríamos
vosotros herís heríais heristeis heriréis heriríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. hieren herían hirieron herirán herirían
vos herís herías heriste herirás herirías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo hiera hiriera hiriese hiriere
hieras hirieras hirieses hirieres
él/ella/Ud. hiera hiriera hiriese hiriere
nosotros hiramos hiriéramos hiriésemos hiriéremos
vosotros hiráis hirierais hirieseis hiriereis
ellos/ellas/Uds. hieran hirieran hiriesen hirieren
vos hirás hirieras hirieses hirieres

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
hiere no hieras
Ud. hiera no hiera
nosotros hiramos no hiramos
vosotros herid no hiráis
Uds. hieran no hieran
vos herí no hieras

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


Examples
  • Tom no quiso herir a Mary.

    Tom didn't mean to hurt Mary.

  • Tuve miedo de que pudiera herir sus sentimientos.

    I was afraid that it might hurt her feelings.

  • Lo último que querría hacer es herir a Tom.

    The last thing I'd ever want to do is hurt Tom.

  • Tom no quería herir a nadie.

    Tom didn't mean to hurt anybody.

  • No quiero herir a Tom, pero si tengo que hacerlo lo haré.

    I don't want to hurt Tom, but I will if I have to.

  • No quiero volver a herir a Tom.

    I don't want to hurt Tom again.

  • Si alguna vez haces algo para herir a Tom, te mataré.

    If you ever do anything to hurt Tom, I'll kill you.

  • Una simple palabra puede herir a una persona.

    Just a word can do harm to a person.

  • Él no quería herir tus sentimientos.

    He did not intend to hurt your feelings.

  • A veces mentimos para no herir los sentimientos de otro.

    Sometimes we lie so that we don't hurt the feelings of others.

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