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