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SPANISH VERB

dudar

to doubt

  • #276 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: dudando
  • Past participle: dudado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use dudar

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

  1. Present

    Dudo que llegue a tiempo con este tráfico.

    I doubt I'll make it on time with this traffic.

  2. Past

    Nunca dudé de ti, ni un solo segundo.

    I never doubted you, not for a single second.

  3. Imperfect

    Antes dudaba mucho antes de tomar cualquier decisión.

    I used to hesitate a lot before making any decision.

  4. Future

    Nadie dudará de tu talento después de este concierto.

    Nobody will doubt your talent after this concert.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no dudaría ni un momento en aceptar ese trabajo.

    I wouldn't hesitate a moment to accept that job.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No me gusta que dudes de mi palabra.

    I don't like you doubting my word.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si dudara de él, no le prestaría mi carro.

    If I doubted him, I wouldn't lend him my car.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No lo dudes, Carlos, apúntate al maratón!

    Don't hesitate, Carlos, sign up for the marathon!

Good to know

  • "Dudar de alguien" is to doubt someone; "dudar en hacer algo" is to hesitate to do it.

Where you hear dudar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

  • Dudo que me vaya algún día. I doubt I'll ever leave.
  • Dudé mucho, pero me quedé. I had a lot of doubts, but I stayed.
  • No vas a dudar, ya verás. You won't doubt it, you'll see.
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Just a Coffee

Intermediate Level 1 · dudo que · ¡Lo dudo!

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