to fry
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Presente · What happens now or habitually
Frío los plátanos en aceite de coco.
I fry the plantains in coconut oil.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Mi mamá frio el pescado con limón.
My mom fried the fish with lime.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mi abuela freía tostones todos los domingos.
My grandmother used to fry tostones every Sunday.
Futuro · What will happen
Freiremos los plátanos ahora.
We'll fry the plantains now.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo freiría el pollo un poco más.
I'd fry the chicken a little longer.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Han freído demasiado pescado.
They've fried too much fish.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ella ya había freído los tostones.
She had already fried the tostones.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Para las doce habremos freído todo el pescado.
By twelve we will have fried all the fish.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Yo habría freído el plátano más maduro.
I would have fried riper plantains.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que frías los tostones.
I want you to fry the tostones.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Le pedí que friera dos huevos.
I asked him to fry two eggs.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Pedí que friesen los plátanos.
I asked them to fry the plantains.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Espero que haya freído suficiente.
I hope she has fried enough.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiera freído más tostones, habrían alcanzado.
If I had fried more tostones, there would have been enough.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Fríe los huevos, por favor.
Fry the eggs, please.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
No frías con tanto aceite.
Don't fry with so much oil.