perdonar Conditional Conjugation
perdonar — to forgive
The conditional of perdonar uses the infinitive plus -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
perdonar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to say you 'would forgive' someone under certain circumstances, or to make a polite suggestion about forgiveness.
Notes on perdonar in the Conditional
Perdonar is regular in the conditional. Every form has an accent on the 'í'.
Example Sentences
Yo te perdonaría si me dijeras la verdad.
I would forgive you if you told me the truth.
yo
¿Tú perdonarías una mentira así?
Would you forgive a lie like that?
tú
Nosotros perdonaríamos la deuda si fuera posible.
We would forgive the debt if it were possible.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the conditional for a past habit.
Correct: Use the imperfect (perdonaba) instead.
Why: English uses 'would' for both habits and hypotheticals, but Spanish uses different tenses.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: perdono
Perdonar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: perdono, perdonas, perdona, perdonamos, perdonáis, perdonan.
Preterite
yo: perdoné
The preterite of perdonar is regular: perdoné, perdonaste, perdonó, perdonamos, perdonasteis, perdonaron.
Imperfect
yo: perdonaba
Perdonar is regular in the imperfect: perdonaba, perdonabas, perdonaba, perdonábamos, perdonabais, perdonaban.
Future
yo: perdonaré
For the future of perdonar, add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: perdone
To form the present subjunctive of perdonar, change the -ar ending to -e: perdone, perdones, perdone, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: perdonara
The imperfect subjunctive of perdonar is built from the 'ellos' preterite stem: perdonara, perdonaras, perdonara, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: perdona
The affirmative imperative of perdonar uses perdona (tú) and perdonad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no perdones
The negative imperative of perdonar uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms.