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SPANISH VERB

sudar

to sweat

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: sudando
  • Past participle: sudado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use sudar

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

  1. Present

    Sudo solo de pensar en subir la Giralda en julio.

    I sweat just thinking about climbing the Giralda in July.

  2. Past

    Sudé la gota gorda en la entrevista de ayer.

    I sweated buckets in yesterday's interview.

  3. Imperfect

    Sin aire acondicionado, sudábamos hasta durmiendo.

    Without air conditioning, we sweated even in our sleep.

  4. Future

    Con esa chaqueta sudarás como un pollo en la procesión.

    In that jacket you'll sweat like a pig in the procession.

  5. Conditional

    Yo sudaría menos si no llevara tanta ropa.

    I'd sweat less if I didn't wear so many clothes.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No corras, que no quiero que sudes antes de la foto.

    Don't run, I don't want you sweating before the photo.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Aunque sudara mucho, no se quitaría la corbata.

    Even if he sweated a lot, he wouldn't take off his tie.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Suda la camiseta, que para eso te han fichado!

    Give it everything out there, that's what they signed you for!

Good to know

  • "Sudar la gota gorda" is to sweat buckets; "sudar la camiseta" is to give it everything on the pitch.

Where you hear sudar

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

Spanish · Fluency Level 2

  • En agosto, en Sevilla, se suda hasta a la sombra. In August, in Seville, you sweat even in the shade.
  • Subiendo el colchón, sudé como un pollo. Carrying the mattress up, I sweated buckets.
  • Mañana vais a sudar, que dan cuarenta y dos grados. Tomorrow you're going to sweat, they say it'll be forty-two degrees.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.