cenar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cēnāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈnaɾ/ [θeˈnaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈnaɾ/ [seˈnaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ce‧nar
Verb
cenar (first-person singular present ceno, first-person singular preterite cené, past participle cenado)
- to dine; to have supper; to have a lavish meal
Conjugation
Conjugation of cenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cenar | ||||||
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gerund | cenando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cenado | cenada | |||||
plural | cenados | cenadas | |||||
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 | ceno | cenastú cenásvos | cena | cenamos | cenáis | cenan | |
imperfect | cenaba | cenabas | cenaba | cenábamos | cenabais | cenaban | |
preterite | cené | cenaste | cenó | cenamos | cenasteis | cenaron | |
future | cenaré | cenarás | cenará | cenaremos | cenaréis | cenarán | |
conditional | cenaría | cenarías | cenaría | cenaríamos | cenaríais | cenarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cene | cenestú cenésvos2 | cene | cenemos | cenéis | cenen | |
imperfect (ra) | cenara | cenaras | cenara | cenáramos | cenarais | cenaran | |
imperfect (se) | cenase | cenases | cenase | cenásemos | cenaseis | cenasen | |
future1 | cenare | cenares | cenare | cenáremos | cenareis | cenaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cenatú cenávos | cene | cenemos | cenad | cenen | ||
negative | no cenes | no cene | no cenemos | no cenéis | no cenen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- cena
Further reading
- “cenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- carne, crean, nacer, renca