Verbo mean en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to mean significa «significar/querer decir» 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 mean en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | mean |
| you | mean |
| he/she/it | means |
| we | mean |
| they | mean |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am meaning |
| you | are meaning |
| he/she/it | is meaning |
| we | are meaning |
| they | are meaning |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have meant |
| you | have meant |
| he/she/it | has meant |
| we | have meant |
| they | have meant |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | meant |
| you | meant |
| he/she/it | meant |
| we | meant |
| they | meant |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was meaning |
| you | were meaning |
| he/she/it | was meaning |
| we | were meaning |
| they | were meaning |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had meant |
| you | had meant |
| he/she/it | had meant |
| we | had meant |
| they | had meant |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will mean |
| you | will mean |
| he/she/it | will mean |
| we | will mean |
| they | will mean |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have meant |
| you | will have meant |
| he/she/it | will have meant |
| we | will have meant |
| they | will have meant |
Conjugación de mean en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would mean |
| you | would mean |
| he/she/it | would mean |
| we | would mean |
| they | would mean |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have meant |
| you | would have meant |
| he/she/it | would have meant |
| we | would have meant |
| they | would have meant |
Conjugación de mean en imperativo
Conjugación de mean en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | meaning |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | meant |
Ejemplos
I mean every day.
Yo significo todos los días.
He means regularly.
Él significa regularmente.
We mean together.
Nosotros significamos juntos.
I meant yesterday.
Yo significé ayer.
I have meant.
Yo he significado.
I will mean tomorrow.
Yo significaré mañana.
I am meaning right now.
Yo estoy significando ahora mismo.
I like to mean.
Me gusta significar/querer decir.
You should mean more often.
Deberías significar/querer decir más a menudo.
Can you mean?
¿Puedes significar/querer decir?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He mean en vez de He means
Correcto: He/She/It means
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: meaned en vez de meant
Correcto: Past simple: meant — Past participle: meant
«mean» es irregular: sus formas de pasado no siguen la regla estándar de añadir -ed. Deben aprenderse de memoria.
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You mean? en vez de Do you mean?
Correcto: Do you mean? / Does he/she mean?
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 mean vs I am meaning
Correcto: Hábito/general → I mean | Ahora mismo → I am meaning
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 mean | yo significo |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she means | él/ella significa |
| Present continuous | I am meaning | yo estoy significando |
| Past simple | I meant | yo significé |
| Present perfect | I have meant | yo he significado |
| Future simple | I will mean | yo significaré |
| Negative | I don't mean | yo no significo |
| Question | Do you mean? | ¿tú significas? |