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SPANISH VERB

rendirse

to give up

  • #400 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: rindiéndose
  • Past participle: rendido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use rendirse

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

  1. Present

    Me rindo, no sé quién es el actor.

    I give up, I don't know who the actor is.

  2. Past

    Se rindieron después de tres horas de partido.

    They gave up after three hours of the match.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi hermano nunca se rendía en los exámenes.

    My brother never gave up on exams.

  4. Future

    No me rendiré hasta aprobar el carné de conducir.

    I won't give up until I pass my driving test.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no me rendiría tan pronto, inténtalo otra vez.

    I wouldn't give up so soon, try again.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que te rindas con el español.

    I don't want you to give up on Spanish.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le dije que no se rindiera con la guitarra.

    I told her not to give up on the guitar.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Ríndete ya, que te he ganado otra vez!

    Give up already, I've beaten you again!

Good to know

  • "Me rindo" is also "I give up" when you can't guess the answer.

Where you hear rendirse

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • No me rindo tan fácilmente. I don't give up so easily.
  • No me rendí cuando el ejercicio se hizo difícil. I didn't give up when the exercise got difficult.
  • No voy a rendirme ahora. I'm not going to give up now.
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