guardar Preterite Conjugation
guardar — to put away
The preterite of guardar is regular: guardé, guardaste, guardó, guardamos, guardasteis, guardaron.
guardar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite when you finished putting something away at a specific time, like when you put the car in the garage last night.
Notes on guardar in the Preterite
Guardar is fully regular in the preterite. Note that the 'nosotros' form is the same as the present tense.
Example Sentences
Ayer guardé toda la ropa limpia.
Yesterday I put away all the clean clothes.
yo
Él guardó el dinero en el banco.
He put the money in the bank.
él/ella/usted
Ellos guardaron silencio durante la película.
They kept quiet during the movie.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on guardé or guardó.
Correct: guardé / guardó
Why: Without the accent, the meaning or the person changes entirely.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: guardo
Guardar is completely regular in the present: guardo, guardas, guarda, guardamos, guardáis, guardan.
Imperfect
yo: guardaba
In the imperfect, guardar uses standard -aba endings: guardaba, guardabas, guardaba, guardábamos, guardabais, guardaban.
Future
yo: guardaré
The future of guardar uses the infinitive as the stem: guardaré, guardarás, guardará, guardaremos, guardaréis, guardarán.
Conditional
yo: guardaría
The conditional of guardar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: guardaría, guardarías, guardaría, guardaríamos, guardaríais, guardarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: guarde
The present subjunctive of guardar uses 'e' endings: guarde, guardes, guarde, guardemos, guardéis, guarden.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: guardara
The imperfect subjunctive of guardar is formed from the preterite 'ellos' form: guardara, guardaras, guardara, guardáramos, guardarais, guardaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: guarda
The imperative of guardar provides direct commands: guarda, guarde, guardemos, guardad, guarden.
Negative Imperative
yo: no guardes
The negative imperative of guardar uses present subjunctive forms: no guardes, no guarde, no guardemos, no guardéis, no guarden.