propender
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prōpendēre, present active infinitive of prōpendeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾopenˈdeɾ/ [pɾo.pẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: pro‧pen‧der
Verb
propender (first-person singular present propendo, first-person singular preterite propendí, past participle propendido)
- to be inclined to
Conjugation
Conjugation of propender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | propender | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | propendiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | propendido | propendida | |||||
| plural | propendidos | propendidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | propendo | propendestú propendésvos | propende | propendemos | propendéis | propenden | |
| imperfect | propendía | propendías | propendía | propendíamos | propendíais | propendían | |
| preterite | propendí | propendiste | propendió | propendimos | propendisteis | propendieron | |
| future | propenderé | propenderás | propenderá | propenderemos | propenderéis | propenderán | |
| conditional | propendería | propenderías | propendería | propenderíamos | propenderíais | propenderían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | propenda | propendastú propendásvos2 | propenda | propendamos | propendáis | propendan | |
| imperfect (ra) | propendiera | propendieras | propendiera | propendiéramos | propendierais | propendieran | |
| imperfect (se) | propendiese | propendieses | propendiese | propendiésemos | propendieseis | propendiesen | |
| future1 | propendiere | propendieres | propendiere | propendiéremos | propendiereis | propendieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | propendetú propendévos | propenda | propendamos | propended | propendan | ||
| negative | no propendas | no propenda | no propendamos | no propendáis | no propendan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- propensión
- propenso
Further reading
- “propender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014