Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I hide
- tú you hide
- usted, él, ella he/she hides
- nosotros we hide
- vosotros Spain you all hide
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they hide
SPANISH VERB
esconder
to hide
- #478 most used
- Regular -er verb
- Gerund: escondiendo
- Past participle: escondido
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I hid
- tú you hid
- usted, él, ella he/she hid
- nosotros we hid
- vosotros Spain you all hid
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they hid
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to hide
- tú you used to hide
- usted, él, ella he/she used to hide
- nosotros we used to hide
- vosotros Spain you all used to hide
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to hide
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will hide
- tú you will hide
- usted, él, ella he/she will hide
- nosotros we will hide
- vosotros Spain you all will hide
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will hide
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would hide
- tú you would hide
- usted, él, ella he/she would hide
- nosotros we would hide
- vosotros Spain you all would hide
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would hide
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I hide
- tú (that) you hide
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she hide
- nosotros (that) we hide
- vosotros Spain (that) you all hide
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they hide
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I hid
- tú (if) you hid
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she hid
- nosotros (if) we hid
- vosotros Spain (if) you all hid
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they hid
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú hide!
- usted hide! (formal)
- nosotros hide! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain hide! (all of you)
- ustedes hide! (all of you)
How to use esconder
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Mi hijo esconde los dulces debajo de la almohada.
My son hides the candy under his pillow.
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Past
¿Dónde escondiste el regalo de tu mamá?
Where did you hide your mom's present?
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Imperfect
De niños escondíamos las calificaciones malas.
As kids we hid our bad grades.
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Future
Esconderé las llaves donde nadie las encuentre.
I'll hide the keys where nobody can find them.
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Conditional
Yo escondería el pastel hasta la fiesta.
I'd hide the cake until the party.
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Present subjunctive
No quiero que me escondas nada, dime la verdad.
I don't want you to hide anything from me, tell me the truth.
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Past subjunctive
Le pedí a mi hermana que escondiera los boletos.
I asked my sister to hide the tickets.
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Imperative
¡Esconde el celular, ahí viene la maestra!
Hide your phone, here comes the teacher!
Good to know
- "Esconder" is to hide something; "esconderse" is to hide yourself. "Las escondidas" is hide-and-seek.
Where you hear esconder
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 3
- Siempre escondo los regalos debajo de la cama. I always hide presents under the bed.
- Escondimos la caja en el cuarto. We hid the box in the bedroom.
- Voy a esconder las listas, para no verlas más. I'm going to hide the lists, so I don't see them any more.
Spanish · Advanced Level 1
- Escondo el regalo en el armario. I hide the present in the wardrobe.
- Escondí la llave debajo del libro. I hid the key under the book.
- Voy a esconder el regalo aquí. I'm going to hide the present here.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.