gruñir Future Conjugation
gruñir — to growl
The future of gruñir is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
gruñir Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to predict that someone will grumble or a dog will growl in the future.
Notes on gruñir in the Future
Gruñir is fully regular in the future tense.
Example Sentences
El perro gruñirá si te acercas a su comida.
The dog will growl if you get close to his food.
él/ella/usted
Mañana gruñiremos por el trabajo extra.
Tomorrow we will grumble about the extra work.
nosotros
Te gruñirán si no les das el juguete.
They will growl at you if you don't give them the toy.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'gruñará' instead of 'gruñirá'.
Correct: The future stem is the full infinitive 'gruñir' + 'á'.
Why: Learners sometimes try to use the -ar endings for -ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: gruño
Gruñir is regular in the present tense: gruño, gruñes, gruñe, gruñimos, gruñís, gruñen.
Preterite
yo: gruñí
Gruñir has a spelling change in the third person: gruñó and gruñeron (dropping the 'i').
Imperfect
yo: gruñía
The imperfect of gruñir is regular: gruñía, gruñías, gruñía, gruñíamos, gruñíais, gruñían.
Conditional
yo: gruñiría
The conditional of gruñir is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: gruña
Gruñir uses the present subjunctive stem 'gruñ-' with -ir endings: gruña, gruñas, gruña, gruñamos, gruñáis, gruñan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: gruñera
The imperfect subjunctive of gruñir drops the 'ie' before the ending: gruñera, gruñeras, gruñera, gruñéramos, gruñerais, gruñeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: gruñe
The imperative forms for gruñir are: gruñe (tú), gruña (usted), gruñamos (nosotros), gruñid (vosotros), gruñan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no gruñas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no gruñas, no gruña, no gruñamos, no gruñáis, no gruñan.