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sospechar

to suspect

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The Spanish verb sospechar means to suspect.

Present tense:

yosospecho
sospechas
él/ella/ustedsospecha
nosotrossospechamos
vosotrossospecháis
ellos/ellas/ustedessospechan

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedessospecharan
yosospechara
sospecharas
vosotrossospecharais
nosotrossospecháramos
él/ella/ustedsospechara

The imperfect subjunctive of sospechar is formed from the 'ellos' preterite: sospechara, sospecharas, sospechara, sospecháramos, sospecharais, sospecharan.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedessospechen
yosospeche
sospeches
vosotrossospechéis
nosotrossospechemos
él/ella/ustedsospeche

The present subjunctive of sospechar uses the 'e' endings: sospeche, sospeches, sospeche, sospechemos, sospechéis, sospechen.

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imperative

negative

no sospeches
vosotrosno sospechéis
ustedesno sospechen
nosotrosno sospechemos
ustedno sospeche

The negative imperative of sospechar uses the present subjunctive: no sospeches, no sospeche, no sospechemos, no sospechéis, no sospechen.

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affirmative

sospecha
vosotrossospechad
ustedessospechen
nosotrossospechemos
ustedsospeche

The imperative of sospechar follows standard -ar rules: sospecha (tú), sospeche (usted), sospechad (vosotros).

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedessospecharían
yosospecharía
sospecharías
vosotrossospecharíais
nosotrossospecharíamos
él/ella/ustedsospecharía

The conditional of sospechar is regular: sospecharía, sospecharías, sospecharía, sospecharíamos, sospecharíais, sospecharían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedessospecharon
yosospeché
sospechaste
vosotrossospechasteis
nosotrossospechamos
él/ella/ustedsospechó

Sospechar is regular in the preterite: sospeché, sospechaste, sospechó, sospechamos, sospechasteis, sospecharon.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedessospechaban
yosospechaba
sospechabas
vosotrossospechabais
nosotrossospechábamos
él/ella/ustedsospechaba

Sospechar is regular in the imperfect: sospechaba, sospechabas, sospechaba, sospechábamos, sospechabais, sospechaban.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedessospechan
yosospecho
sospechas
vosotrossospecháis
nosotrossospechamos
él/ella/ustedsospecha

Sospechar is regular in the present: sospecho, sospechas, sospecha, sospechamos, sospecháis, sospechan.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedessospecharán
yosospecharé
sospecharás
vosotrossospecharéis
nosotrossospecharemos
él/ella/ustedsospechará

The future of sospechar is regular: sospecharé, sospecharás, sospechará, sospecharemos, sospecharéis, sospecharán.

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