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