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SPANISH VERB

almorzar

to have lunch

  • #323 most used
  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: almorzando
  • Past participle: almorzado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use almorzar

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

  1. Present

    Almuerzo con mis compañeros en el parque.

    I have lunch with my coworkers in the park.

  2. Past

    ¿Dónde almorzaste ayer con tu hermana?

    Where did you have lunch with your sister yesterday?

  3. Imperfect

    Los domingos almorzábamos todos en casa de la abuela.

    On Sundays we all had lunch at grandma's house.

  4. Future

    Mañana almorzaremos en el restaurante del puerto.

    Tomorrow we'll have lunch at the restaurant by the harbor.

  5. Conditional

    Yo almorzaría algo ligero antes de la entrevista.

    I'd have something light for lunch before the interview.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que almuerces bien, el día es largo.

    I want you to have a good lunch, it's a long day.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me pidieron que almorzara con el nuevo cliente.

    They asked me to have lunch with the new client.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Almuerza ya, que después no tendrás tiempo!

    Have lunch now, you won't have time later!

Good to know

  • In Spain "almorzar" is often a late-morning bite and lunch is "comer"; in Mexico it can be a late breakfast.

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