Pensar Conjugation: all tenses with charts
pensar — to think
Present tense
pienso, piensas, piensa, pensamos, pensáis, piensan
Participle pensado · gerund pensando
pensar — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | pienso |
| tú | piensas |
| él / ella / usted | piensa |
| nosotros | pensamos |
| vosotros | pensáis |
| ellos / ustedes | piensan |
pensar — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | pensé |
| tú | pensaste |
| él / ella / usted | pensó |
| nosotros | pensamos |
| vosotros | pensasteis |
| ellos / ustedes | pensaron |
pensar — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | pensaba |
| tú | pensabas |
| él / ella / usted | pensaba |
| nosotros | pensábamos |
| vosotros | pensabais |
| ellos / ustedes | pensaban |
pensar — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | pensaré |
| tú | pensarás |
| él / ella / usted | pensará |
| nosotros | pensaremos |
| vosotros | pensaréis |
| ellos / ustedes | pensarán |
pensar — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | pensaría |
| tú | pensarías |
| él / ella / usted | pensaría |
| nosotros | pensaríamos |
| vosotros | pensaríais |
| ellos / ustedes | pensarían |
pensar — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | piense |
| tú | pienses |
| él / ella / usted | piense |
| nosotros | pensemos |
| vosotros | penséis |
| ellos / ustedes | piensen |
pensar — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | pensara |
| tú | pensaras |
| él / ella / usted | pensara |
| nosotros | pensáramos |
| vosotros | pensarais |
| ellos / ustedes | pensaran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: pensase, pensases, pensase…
pensar — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | piensa | no pienses |
| él / ella / usted | piense | no piense |
| nosotros | pensemos | no pensemos |
| vosotros | pensad | no penséis |
| ellos / ustedes | piensen | no piensen |
pensar — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle pensado — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he pensado |
| Past perfect | había pensado |
| Future perfect | habré pensado |
| Conditional perfect | habría pensado |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya pensado |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera pensado |
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pensar — yo · present
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