Verbo hold en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to hold significa «sostener» en español. Es un verbo irregular, lo que significa que sus formas de pasado simple y participio pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed y deben memorizarse.
Conjugación de hold en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | hold |
| you | hold |
| he/she/it | holds |
| we | hold |
| they | hold |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am holding |
| you | are holding |
| he/she/it | is holding |
| we | are holding |
| they | are holding |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have held |
| you | have held |
| he/she/it | has held |
| we | have held |
| they | have held |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | held |
| you | held |
| he/she/it | held |
| we | held |
| they | held |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was holding |
| you | were holding |
| he/she/it | was holding |
| we | were holding |
| they | were holding |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had held |
| you | had held |
| he/she/it | had held |
| we | had held |
| they | had held |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will hold |
| you | will hold |
| he/she/it | will hold |
| we | will hold |
| they | will hold |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have held |
| you | will have held |
| he/she/it | will have held |
| we | will have held |
| they | will have held |
Conjugación de hold en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would hold |
| you | would hold |
| he/she/it | would hold |
| we | would hold |
| they | would hold |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have held |
| you | would have held |
| he/she/it | would have held |
| we | would have held |
| they | would have held |
Conjugación de hold en imperativo
Conjugación de hold en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | holding |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | held |
Ejemplos
I hold every day.
Yo sosteno todos los días.
He holds regularly.
Él sostene regularmente.
We hold together.
Nosotros sostenemos juntos.
I held yesterday.
Yo sostení ayer.
I have held.
Yo he sostenido.
I will hold tomorrow.
Yo sosteneré mañana.
I am holding right now.
Yo estoy sosteniendo ahora mismo.
I like to hold.
Me gusta sostener.
You should hold more often.
Deberías sostener más a menudo.
Can you hold?
¿Puedes sostener?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He hold en vez de He holds
Correcto: He/She/It holds
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.
Regularizar el pasado: holded en vez de held
Correcto: Past simple: held — Past participle: held
«hold» es irregular: sus formas de pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed. Deben aprenderse de memoria.
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You hold? en vez de Do you hold?
Correcto: Do you hold? / Does he/she hold?
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 hold vs I am holding
Correcto: Hábito/general → I hold | Ahora mismo → I am holding
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 hold | yo sosteno |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she holds | él/ella sostene |
| Present continuous | I am holding | yo estoy sosteniendo |
| Past simple | I held | yo sostení |
| Present perfect | I have held | yo he sostenido |
| Future simple | I will hold | yo sosteneré |
| Negative | I don't hold | yo no sosteno |
| Question | Do you hold? | ¿tú sostenes? |