to have dinner
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Cenamos a las siete en casa.
We have dinner at seven at home.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Cené con mis primos anoche.
I had dinner with my cousins last night.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Cenábamos todos juntos.
We used to have dinner all together.
Futuro · What will happen
Cenaremos en casa de mi tía.
We'll have dinner at my aunt's house.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo cenaría en la playa.
I'd have dinner at the beach.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Los niños ya han cenado.
The kids have already had dinner.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ella ya había cenado.
She had already had dinner.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Para las nueve ya habremos cenado.
By nine we will have had dinner.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Habrían cenado con nosotros.
They would have had dinner with us.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que cenes con nosotros.
I want you to have dinner with us.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Esperé a que mi esposo cenara.
I waited for my husband to have dinner.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Los invité a que cenasen con nosotros.
I invited them to have dinner with us.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Espero que hayas cenado bien.
I hope you've had a good dinner.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiéramos cenado antes, habríamos llegado al cine.
If we had had dinner earlier, we would have made it to the movies.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Cena con nosotros esta noche.
Have dinner with us tonight.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
No cenes tan tarde.
Don't have dinner so late.