Verbo maintain en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to maintain significa «maintain» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de maintain en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | maintain |
| you | maintain |
| he/she/it | maintains |
| we | maintain |
| they | maintain |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am maintaining |
| you | are maintaining |
| he/she/it | is maintaining |
| we | are maintaining |
| they | are maintaining |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have maintained |
| you | have maintained |
| he/she/it | has maintained |
| we | have maintained |
| they | have maintained |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | maintained |
| you | maintained |
| he/she/it | maintained |
| we | maintained |
| they | maintained |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was maintaining |
| you | were maintaining |
| he/she/it | was maintaining |
| we | were maintaining |
| they | were maintaining |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had maintained |
| you | had maintained |
| he/she/it | had maintained |
| we | had maintained |
| they | had maintained |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will maintain |
| you | will maintain |
| he/she/it | will maintain |
| we | will maintain |
| they | will maintain |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have maintained |
| you | will have maintained |
| he/she/it | will have maintained |
| we | will have maintained |
| they | will have maintained |
Conjugación de maintain en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would maintain |
| you | would maintain |
| he/she/it | would maintain |
| we | would maintain |
| they | would maintain |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have maintained |
| you | would have maintained |
| he/she/it | would have maintained |
| we | would have maintained |
| they | would have maintained |
Conjugación de maintain en imperativo
Conjugación de maintain en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | maintaining |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | maintained |
Ejemplos
I maintain every day.
Yo maintain todos los días.
He maintains regularly.
Él maintain regularmente.
We maintain together.
Nosotros maintain juntos.
I maintained yesterday.
Yo maintain ayer.
I have maintained.
Yo he maintain.
I will maintain tomorrow.
Yo maintainé mañana.
I am maintaining right now.
Yo estoy maintain ahora mismo.
I like to maintain.
Me gusta maintain.
You should maintain more often.
Deberías maintain más a menudo.
Can you maintain?
¿Puedes maintain?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He maintain en vez de He maintains
Correcto: He/She/It maintains
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 maintain? en vez de Do you maintain?
Correcto: Do you maintain? / Does he/she maintain?
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 maintain vs I am maintaining
Correcto: Hábito/general → I maintain | Ahora mismo → I am maintaining
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 maintain | yo maintain |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she maintains | él/ella maintain |
| Present continuous | I am maintaining | yo estoy maintain |
| Past simple | I maintained | yo maintain |
| Present perfect | I have maintained | yo he maintain |
| Future simple | I will maintain | yo maintainé |
| Negative | I don't maintain | yo no maintain |
| Question | Do you maintain? | ¿tú maintain? |