temer

/teˈmeɾ/

verb #887 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to fear, to be afraid of

Grammar

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yotemotemítemíatemerétemería
temestemistetemíastemerástemerías
él/ella/ud.temetemiótemíatemerátemería
nos.tememostemimostemíamostemeremostemeríamos
vos.teméistemisteistemíaistemeréistemeríais
ellos/uds.tementemierontemíantemerántemerían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yotematemieratemiese
temastemierastemieses
él/ella/ud.tematemieratemiese
nos.temamostemiéramostemiésemos
vos.temáistemieraistemieseis
ellos/uds.temantemierantemiesen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
teme
ud.tema
nosotrostemamos
vosotrostemed
uds.teman

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
temiendo
Past participle
temido

Examples

cambiarlo.

I fear it is too late to change it.

.

I am not afraid of anything or anyone.

enfadara .

I was afraid he would get angry with me.

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