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cenar

to have dinner

verb Word 485 of the core 1,000 · Stage 3, Conversation

How to conjugate cenar

The present, preterite, imperfect and future, with the English for every form.

Present

yo ceno I have dinner
tú cenas you have dinner
él/ella cena he/she has dinner / you have dinner (formal)
nosotros cenamos we have dinner
ellos/ellas cenan they have dinner / you all have dinner

Preterite

yo cené I had dinner
tú cenaste you had dinner
él/ella cenó he/she had dinner / you had dinner (formal)
nosotros cenamos we had dinner
ellos/ellas cenaron they had dinner / you all had dinner

Imperfect

yo cenaba I had dinner / I used to have dinner
tú cenabas you had dinner / you used to have dinner
él/ella cenaba he/she had dinner / he/she used to have dinner / you had dinner (formal) / you used to have dinner (formal)
nosotros cenábamos we had dinner / we used to have dinner
ellos/ellas cenaban they had dinner / they used to have dinner / you all had dinner / you all used to have dinner

Future

yo cenaré I will have dinner
tú cenarás you will have dinner
él/ella cenará he/she will have dinner / you will have dinner (formal)
nosotros cenaremos we will have dinner
ellos/ellas cenarán they will have dinner / you all will have dinner

In a sentence

¿A qué hora cenamos esta noche?

What time are we having dinner tonight?

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