Enviudar means to lose one's spouse due to death, becoming widowed. It is used to describe the state or process of becoming a widow or widower.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviudo | Yo enviudo en verano. I become widowed in summer. | |
| Tú | enviudas | Tú enviudas muy pronto. You become widowed very soon. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviuda | Ella enviuda después del accidente. She becomes widowed after the accident. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudamos | Nosotros enviudamos en la misma fecha. We become widowed on the same date. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudáis | Vosotros enviudáis en invierno. You all become widowed in winter. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudan | Ellos enviudan en la misma semana. They become widowed in the same week. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviudí | Enviudí el año pasado. I widowed last year. | |
| Tú | enviudaste | Tú enviudaste hace meses. You widowed months ago. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviudó | Mi madre enviudó en 2010. My mother widowed in 2010. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudamos | Nosotros enviudamos en ese tiempo. We widowed at that time. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudasteis | Vosotros enviudasteis hace años. You all widowed years ago. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudaron | Ellos enviudaron en la misma época. They widowed at the same time. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviudaba | Yo enviudaba cuando era joven. I was widowed when I was young. | |
| Tú | enviudabas | Tú enviudabas hace años. You were widowed years ago. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviudaba | Ella enviudaba en ese momento. She was widowed at that time. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudábamos | Nosotros enviudábamos en esa época. We were widowed at that time. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudabais | Vosotros enviudabais hace años. You all were widowed years ago. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudaban | Ellos enviudaban en esa época. They were widowed at that time. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy enviudando | Estoy enviudando después de la pérdida. I am becoming widowed after the loss. | |
| Tú | estás enviudando | Estás enviudando lentamente. You are becoming widowed slowly. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | está enviudando | Ella está enviudando tras la separación. She is becoming widowed after the separation. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos enviudando | Estamos enviudando por la enfermedad. We are becoming widowed because of the illness. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis enviudando | Vosotros estáis enviudando lentamente. You all are becoming widowed slowly. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están enviudando | Ellos están enviudando después del accidente. They are becoming widowed after the accident. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a enviudar | Voy a enviudar la próxima semana. I am going to become a widow next week. | |
| Tú | vas a enviudar | ¿Vas a enviudar pronto? Are you going to become a widow soon? | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | va a enviudar | Ella va a enviudar en unos meses. She is going to become a widow in a few months. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a enviudar | Vamos a enviudar en el futuro cercano. We are going to become widows in the near future. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a enviudar | ¿Vosotros vais a enviudar pronto? Are you all going to become widows soon? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a enviudar | Ellos van a enviudar el próximo mes. They are going to become widowers next month. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviudaré | Enviudaré cuando mi pareja se vaya. I will become a widow when my partner leaves. | |
| Tú | enviudarás | Tú enviudarás si no cuidas bien a tu esposo. You will become a widow if you don't take good care of your husband. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviudará | Ella enviudará en unos años. She will become a widow in a few years. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudaremos | Nosotros enviudaremos si algo sale mal. We will become widows if something goes wrong. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudaréis | Vosotros enviudaréis si no cuidan su matrimonio. You all will become widowers if you don't take care of your marriage. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudarán | Ellos enviudarán en el futuro cercano. They will become widowers in the near future. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviudaría | Yo enviudaría si mi pareja falleciera. I would become widowed if my partner passed away. | |
| Tú | enviudarías | Tú enviudarías si tu esposo muriera. You would become widowed if your husband died. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviudaría | Ella enviudaría si su esposo falleciera. She would become widowed if her husband passed away. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudaríamos | Nosotros enviudaríamos si perdemos a nuestros cónyuges. We would become widowed if we lost our spouses. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudaríais | Vosotros enviudaríais si os quedáis solos. You all would become widowed if you were left alone. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudarían | Ellos enviudarían si sus parejas murieran. They would become widowed if their partners died. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he enviudado | Me he enviudado en los últimos meses. I have become a widower/widow in recent months. | |
| Tú | te has enviudado | ¿Te has enviudado alguna vez? Have you become a widower/widow before? | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha enviudado | Él se ha enviudado recientemente. He has become a widower recently. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos hemos enviudado | Nos hemos enviudado en el último año. We have become widowers/widows in the last year. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os habéis enviudado | ¿Os habéis enviudado ya? Have you all become widowers/widows yet? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han enviudado | Ellos se han enviudado en el pasado. They have become widowers/widows in the past. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | había enviudado | Antes de casarse, ella ya había enviudado. Before getting married, she had already been widowed. | |
| Tú | habías enviudado | Tú habías enviudado antes de conocerlo. You had been widowed before meeting him. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | había enviudado | Él había enviudado hace años. He had been widowed for years. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos enviudado | Nosotros habíamos enviudado antes del viaje. We had been widowed before the trip. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais enviudado | Vosotros habíais enviudado en esa época. You all had been widowed at that time. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían enviudado | Ellos habían enviudado hace mucho tiempo. They had been widowed a long time ago. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré enviudado | Para entonces, habré enviudado. By then, I will have become a widow. | |
| Tú | habrás enviudado | Para esa fecha, habrás enviudado. By that date, you will have become a widow. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habrá enviudado | Cuando llegues, ella habrá enviudado. When you arrive, she will have become a widow. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos enviudado | Para entonces, habremos enviudado. By then, we will have become widows. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis enviudado | Para el próximo año, habréis enviudado. By next year, you all will have become widows. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán enviudado | Para ese momento, habrán enviudado. By that moment, they will have become widows. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría enviudado | Yo habría enviudado si no me hubieras ayudado. I would have become a widow if you hadn't helped me. | |
| Tú | habrías enviudado | Tú habrías enviudado si no te hubieras casado. You would have become a widow if you hadn't gotten married. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habría enviudado | Ella habría enviudado si su esposo hubiera fallecido. She would have become a widow if her husband had passed away. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos enviudado | Nosotros habríamos enviudado sin su apoyo. We would have become widows/widowers without her support. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais enviudado | Vosotros habríais enviudado si no hubierais tenido cuidado. You all would have become widows/widowers if you hadn't been careful. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían enviudado | Ellos habrían enviudado si no hubieran evitado el accidente. They would have become widows/widowers if they hadn't avoided the accident. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviude | Espero que enviude pronto. I hope he/she widows soon. | |
| Tú | enviudes | Es importante que enviudes con cuidado. It's important that you widow carefully. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviude | Dudo que él enviude este año. I doubt that he widows this year. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudemos | Queremos que enviudemos en paz. We want us to widow peacefully. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudéis | Es posible que enviudéis pronto. It's possible that you all widows soon. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviuden | No creo que ellos enviuden todavía. I don't think they widows yet. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviudara | Si enviudara, viviría solo. If I became widowed, I would live alone. | |
| Tú | enviudaras | Esperaba que enviudaras pronto. I hoped that you would become widowed soon. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviudara | No creía que enviudara tan joven. He didn't believe that she would become widowed so young. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudiéramos | Si enviudiéramos, nos apoyaríamos más. If we became widowed, we would support each other more. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudarais | Ojalá no enviudarais nunca. I hope that you (plural) never become widowed. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudaran | No pensaba que enviudaran tan pronto. I didn't think they would become widowed so soon. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviudare | Si él enviudare, viviría solo. If he were to become widowed, he would live alone. | |
| Tú | enviudares | En caso de que tú enviudares, te apoyaría. In case you became widowed, I would support you. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviudare | Cuando ella enviudare, viajará más. When she becomes widowed, she will travel more. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudáremos | Si nosotros enviudáremos, viviríamos juntos. If we were to become widowed, we would live together. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudareis | En caso de que vosotros enviudareis, os apoyaría. In case you all became widowed, I would support you. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudaren | Si ellos enviudaren, cambiarían de vida. If they were to become widowed, they would change their lives. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya enviudado | Espero que haya enviudado en paz. I hope he/she has widowed peacefully. | |
| Tú | hayas enviudado | No creo que hayas enviudado todavía. I don't think you have widowed yet. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enviudado | Es posible que haya enviudado hace años. It's possible that he/she has widowed years ago. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos enviudado | Es probable que hayamos enviudado ya. It's likely that we have widowed already. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis enviudado | ¿Crees que hayáis enviudado alguna vez? Do you think you have widowed ever? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enviudado | Es importante que hayan enviudado con dignidad. It's important that they have widowed with dignity. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enviudado | Si él hubiera enviudado antes, habría sido difícil. If he had been widowed before, it would have been difficult. | |
| Tú | hubieras enviudado | Me sorprendió que tú hubieras enviudado tan joven. I was surprised that you had been widowed so young. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enviudado | Esperaba que ella hubiera enviudado en paz. She hoped that she had been widowed peacefully. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos enviudado | No creía que nosotros hubiéramos enviudado aún. I didn't think that we had been widowed yet. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais enviudado | No pensaba que vosotros hubierais enviudado antes. I didn't think that you all had been widowed before. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enviudado | Era posible que ellos hubieran enviudado en ese momento. It was possible that they had been widowed at that time. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enviudado | Para entonces, ya hubiere enviudado. By then, I will have already been widowed. | |
| Tú | hubieres enviudado | Es posible que tú hubieres enviudado antes de casarte. It's possible that you will have been widowed before getting married. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enviudado | Es probable que ella hubiere enviudado para entonces. It's likely that she will have been widowed by then. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos enviudado | Para el próximo año, nosotros hubiéremos enviudado. By next year, we will have been widowed. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis enviudado | Es posible que vosotros hubiereis enviudado en ese momento. It's possible that you all will have been widowed at that time. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enviudado | Cuando llegues, ellos hubieren enviudado. When you arrive, they will have been widowed. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | enviude | No se usa la forma 'yo' en imperativo. The 'yo' form is not used in the imperative. | |
| Tú | enviuda | ¡Enviuda a tu hermana de la fiesta! Marry off your sister from the party! | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enviuda | Enviuda a tu esposa pronto. Marry off your wife soon. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | enviudemos | Enviudemos a los invitados ahora. Let's marry off the guests now. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | enviudad | ¡Enviudad a los niños antes de cenar! Marry off the children before dinner! | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enviudan | Enviudan a los solteros en la fiesta. Marry off the singles at the party. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | no envious | No envious a nadie en la fiesta. Don't envy anyone at the party. | |
| Tú | no envides | No envides a tus amigos. Don't envy your friends. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | no envidie | No envidie sus logros. Don't envy his achievements. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | no envidemos | No envidemos las vidas de otros. Let's not envy others' lives. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | no envidéis | No envidiéis las posesiones de ellos. Don't envy their possessions. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no envidien | No envidien el éxito de los demás. Don't envy others' success. |
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