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SPANISH VERB

odiar

to hate

  • #234 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: odiando
  • Past participle: odiado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use odiar

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

  1. Present

    Odio madrugar los lunes, no lo soporto.

    I hate getting up early on Mondays, I can't stand it.

  2. Past

    Odié aquella película desde el primer minuto.

    I hated that film from the first minute.

  3. Imperfect

    De pequeño odiaba las lentejas, ahora me encantan.

    As a kid I hated lentils, now I love them.

  4. Future

    Odiarás el calor de agosto, te lo aseguro.

    You'll hate the August heat, I promise you.

  5. Conditional

    Yo odiaría vivir lejos del mar.

    I'd hate living far from the sea.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que odies a tu hermano por una tontería.

    I don't want you to hate your brother over something silly.

  7. Past subjunctive

    No pensé que odiaras tanto los domingos.

    I didn't think you hated Sundays that much.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Odia el pecado, no al pecador, como decía la abuela!

    Hate the sin, not the sinner, as grandma used to say!

Where you hear odiar

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • No odio a nadie por el fútbol. I don't hate anyone over football.
  • Odié esperar tantas horas. I hated waiting so many hours.
  • No te va a odiar por una camiseta. He isn't going to hate you over a shirt.
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The Other Side of the Pond

Advanced Level 3 · te va a odiar

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