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SPANISH VERB

echar de menos

to miss, in Spain

  • #227 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: echando de menos
  • Past participle: echado de menos

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use echar de menos

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

  1. Present

    Echo de menos las tardes de verano en Sevilla.

    I miss the summer afternoons in Seville.

  2. Past

    Te eché de menos muchísimo en la cena de Navidad.

    I missed you so much at the Christmas dinner.

  3. Imperfect

    En Londres echaba de menos el sol y el jamón.

    In London I missed the sun and the ham.

  4. Future

    Echaremos de menos a los vecinos cuando nos mudemos.

    We'll miss the neighbours when we move.

  5. Conditional

    ¿No echarías de menos a tu familia tan lejos?

    Wouldn't you miss your family so far away?

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que me eches de menos, llámame cuando quieras.

    I don't want you to miss me, call me whenever you want.

  7. Past subjunctive

    No imaginaba que echara tanto de menos mi barrio.

    I never imagined I'd miss my neighbourhood so much.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Échame de menos un poquito, al menos!

    Miss me a little, at least!

Good to know

  • Latin America says "extrañar"; Spain says "echar de menos": te echo de menos.

Where you hear echar de menos

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • Te echo de menos cuando no estás. I miss you when you're not here.
  • En septiembre eché mucho de menos Oaxaca. In September I missed Oaxaca a lot.
  • Vas a echar de menos Sevilla. You're going to miss Seville.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Os echo de menos a todos. I miss you all.
  • En Oaxaca eché de menos a Encarna. In Oaxaca I missed Encarna.
  • Te voy a echar de menos, Lucía. I'm going to miss you, Lucia.
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The Same, But Different

Advanced Level 1 · Te echo de menos.

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I Miss Oaxaca

Advanced Level 1 · echamos de menos · os voy a echar de menos

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When Are You Due?

Advanced Level 1 · Te echamos de menos. · os echo de menos · los echo de menos

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Unless I Fall in Love with Sushi

Advanced Level 2 · me echéis de menos

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Like Water in August

Fluency Level 2 · echaba de menos

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