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ganar

to win, to earn

verb Word 326 of the core 1,000 · Stage 2, Everyday

How to conjugate ganar

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

Present

yo gano I win / I am winning / I earn / I am earning
tú ganas you win / you are winning / you earn / you are earning
él/ella gana he/she wins / he/she is winning / you win (formal) / you are winning (formal) / he/she earns / he/she is earning / you earn (formal) / you are earning (formal)
nosotros ganamos we win / we are winning / we earn / we are earning
ellos/ellas ganan they win / they are winning / you all win / you all are winning / they earn / they are earning / you all earn / you all are earning

Preterite

yo gané I won / I earned
tú ganaste you won / you earned
él/ella ganó he/she won / you won (formal) / he/she earned / you earned (formal)
nosotros ganamos we won / we earned
ellos/ellas ganaron they won / you all won / they earned / you all earned

Imperfect

yo ganaba I was winning / I used to win / I was earning / I used to earn
tú ganabas you were winning / you used to win / you were earning / you used to earn
él/ella ganaba he/she was winning / he/she used to win / you were winning (formal) / you used to win (formal) / he/she was earning / he/she used to earn / you were earning (formal) / you used to earn (formal)
nosotros ganábamos we were winning / we used to win / we were earning / we used to earn
ellos/ellas ganaban they were winning / they used to win / you all were winning / you all used to win / they were earning / they used to earn / you all were earning / you all used to earn

Future

yo ganaré I will win / I will earn
tú ganarás you will win / you will earn
él/ella ganará he/she will win / you will win (formal) / he/she will earn / you will earn (formal)
nosotros ganaremos we will win / we will earn
ellos/ellas ganarán they will win / you all will win / they will earn / you all will earn

In a sentence

Mi hermano gana mucho dinero.

My brother earns a lot of money.

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