Verbo employ en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to employ significa «employ» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de employ en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | employ |
| you | employ |
| he/she/it | employs |
| we | employ |
| they | employ |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am employing |
| you | are employing |
| he/she/it | is employing |
| we | are employing |
| they | are employing |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have employed |
| you | have employed |
| he/she/it | has employed |
| we | have employed |
| they | have employed |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | employed |
| you | employed |
| he/she/it | employed |
| we | employed |
| they | employed |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was employing |
| you | were employing |
| he/she/it | was employing |
| we | were employing |
| they | were employing |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had employed |
| you | had employed |
| he/she/it | had employed |
| we | had employed |
| they | had employed |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will employ |
| you | will employ |
| he/she/it | will employ |
| we | will employ |
| they | will employ |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have employed |
| you | will have employed |
| he/she/it | will have employed |
| we | will have employed |
| they | will have employed |
Conjugación de employ en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would employ |
| you | would employ |
| he/she/it | would employ |
| we | would employ |
| they | would employ |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have employed |
| you | would have employed |
| he/she/it | would have employed |
| we | would have employed |
| they | would have employed |
Conjugación de employ en imperativo
Conjugación de employ en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | employing |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | employed |
Ejemplos
I employ every day.
Yo employ todos los días.
He employs regularly.
Él employ regularmente.
We employ together.
Nosotros employ juntos.
I employed yesterday.
Yo employ ayer.
I have employed.
Yo he employ.
I will employ tomorrow.
Yo employé mañana.
I am employing right now.
Yo estoy employ ahora mismo.
I like to employ.
Me gusta employ.
You should employ more often.
Deberías employ más a menudo.
Can you employ?
¿Puedes employ?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He employ en vez de He employs
Correcto: He/She/It employs
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Pronunciar la -ed como sílaba separada en todos los casos
Correcto: La -ed solo se pronuncia como sílaba extra (/ɪd/) tras t o d. Tras consonante sorda suena /t/, tras sonora /d/.
En español todas las sílabas se pronuncian, pero en inglés -ed no siempre es una sílaba: walked = /wɔːkt/ (una sílaba), wanted = /ˈwɒntɪd/ (dos sílabas).
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You employ? en vez de Do you employ?
Correcto: Do you employ? / Does he/she employ?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I employ vs I am employing
Correcto: Hábito/general → I employ | Ahora mismo → I am employing
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I employ | yo employ |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she employs | él/ella employ |
| Present continuous | I am employing | yo estoy employ |
| Past simple | I employed | yo employ |
| Present perfect | I have employed | yo he employ |
| Future simple | I will employ | yo employé |
| Negative | I don't employ | yo no employ |
| Question | Do you employ? | ¿tú employ? |