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A person sitting on a park bench with shoulders slumped, exhaling a visible puff of air while looking tired but peaceful.

suspirar

to sigh

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a regular -ar verb.

The Spanish verb suspirar means to sigh.

Present tense:

yosuspiro
suspiras
él/ella/ustedsuspira
nosotrossuspiramos
vosotrossuspiráis
ellos/ellas/ustedessuspiran

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedessuspiraran
yosuspirara
suspiraras
vosotrossuspirarais
nosotrossuspiráramos
él/ella/ustedsuspirara

The imperfect subjunctive ('suspirara' or 'suspirase') is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedessuspiren
yosuspire
suspires
vosotrossuspiréis
nosotrossuspiremos
él/ella/ustedsuspire

The present subjunctive ('suspiré' / 'suspires' etc.) is for wishes, doubts, emotions, and uncertainty.

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imperative

negative

no suspires
vosotrosno suspiréis
ustedesno suspiren
nosotrosno suspiremos
ustedno suspire

Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: 'no suspire(s/mos/n/is)'.

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affirmative

suspira
vosotrossuspirad
ustedessuspiren
nosotrossuspiremos
ustedsuspire

Use 'suspira' and 'suspad' for tú and vosotros commands; 'suspire(n)' for usted(es); 'suspiramos' for nosotros.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedessuspirarían
yosuspiraría
suspirarías
vosotrossuspiraríais
nosotrossuspiraríamos
él/ella/ustedsuspiraría

The conditional 'suspiraría', 'suspirarías', etc. expresses 'would' actions or polite requests.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedessuspiraron
yosuspiré
suspiraste
vosotrossuspirasteis
nosotrossuspiramos
él/ella/ustedsuspiró

The preterite of suspirar is regular: suspiré, suspiraste, suspiró, suspiramos, suspirasteis, suspiraron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedessuspiraban
yosuspiraba
suspirabas
vosotrossuspirabais
nosotrossuspirábamos
él/ella/ustedsuspiraba

The imperfect 'suspiraba', 'suspirabas', etc. describes ongoing or habitual past sighing.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedessuspiran
yosuspiro
suspiras
vosotrossuspiráis
nosotrossuspiramos
él/ella/ustedsuspira

The present tense 'suspiro', 'suspiras', etc. is for actions happening now or habitually.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedessuspirarán
yosuspiraré
suspirarás
vosotrossuspiraréis
nosotrossuspiraremos
él/ella/ustedsuspirará

The future tense 'suspiraré', 'suspirarás', etc. indicates actions that will happen.

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