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SPANISH VERB

adivinar

to guess

  • #396 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: adivinando
  • Past participle: adivinado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I guess
  2. tú you guess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she guesses
  4. nosotros we guess
  5. vosotros Spain you all guess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they guess

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I guessed
  2. tú you guessed
  3. usted, él, ella he/she guessed
  4. nosotros we guessed
  5. vosotros Spain you all guessed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they guessed

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to guess
  2. tú you used to guess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to guess
  4. nosotros we used to guess
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to guess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to guess

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will guess
  2. tú you will guess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will guess
  4. nosotros we will guess
  5. vosotros Spain you all will guess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will guess

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would guess
  2. tú you would guess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would guess
  4. nosotros we would guess
  5. vosotros Spain you all would guess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would guess

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I guess
  2. tú (that) you guess
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she guess
  4. nosotros (that) we guess
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all guess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they guess

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I guessed
  2. tú (if) you guessed
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she guessed
  4. nosotros (if) we guessed
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all guessed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they guessed

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú guess!
  2. usted guess! (formal)
  3. nosotros guess! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain guess! (all of you)
  5. ustedes guess! (all of you)

How to use adivinar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    ¿Adivinas quién me llamó esta mañana?

    Can you guess who called me this morning?

  2. Past

    Mi hija adivinó el final de la película enseguida.

    My daughter guessed the end of the movie right away.

  3. Imperfect

    De niños adivinábamos las canciones de la radio.

    As kids we used to guess the songs on the radio.

  4. Future

    Nadie adivinará lo que te regalé, es imposible.

    Nobody will guess what I got you, it's impossible.

  5. Conditional

    Nunca adivinarías cuánto costó este vestido.

    You'd never guess how much this dress cost.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que adivines mi edad sin mirar mi pasaporte.

    I want you to guess my age without looking at my passport.

  7. Past subjunctive

    No esperaba que adivinaras la respuesta tan rápido.

    I didn't expect you to guess the answer so fast.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Adivina qué! Nos vamos de vacaciones a Cuba.

    Guess what! We're going on vacation to Cuba.

Good to know

  • "¡Adivina qué!" is "guess what!", the way to start a piece of news.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.