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SPANISH VERB

vender

to sell

  • #150 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: vendiendo
  • Past participle: vendido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use vender

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

  1. Present

    Mi tía vende tamales afuera del metro.

    My aunt sells tamales outside the subway.

  2. Past

    Vendimos el carro viejo en dos días.

    We sold the old car in two days.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuelo vendía fruta en el mercado de la Merced.

    My grandpa sold fruit at the Merced market.

  4. Future

    El año que viene venderé mi bicicleta.

    Next year I'll sell my bike.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no vendería la casa de mis papás.

    I wouldn't sell my parents' house.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Dudo que vendan boletos en la entrada.

    I doubt they sell tickets at the door.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si vendiera más, abriría otra tienda.

    If I sold more, I'd open another store.

  8. Imperative

    Vende lo que no uses y gana dinero extra.

    Sell what you don't use and earn extra money.

Where you hear vender

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

  • Vendemos café de las montañas. We sell coffee from the mountains.
  • Ayer vendimos mucho café. Yesterday we sold a lot of coffee.
  • En verano vamos a vender bebidas frías. In summer we're going to sell cold drinks.

Spanish · Fluency Level 2

  • Vendo participaciones de lotería todos los diciembres. I sell lottery shares every December.
  • Vendí cien participaciones en un día. I sold a hundred shares in one day.
  • Este piso no lo voy a vender nunca. I'm never going to sell this flat.
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San Cristobal

Intermediate Level 1 · vende

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Put Like That

Fluency Level 2 · me lo vendes

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