Spanish Verb DESPEDIR - to say goodbye. Irregular IR family

Spanish Verb DESPEDIR: to say goodbye

The Spanish verb despedir means 'to say goodbye ' and is an irregular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, imagine DESPERATE DEER say goodbye to their young!

Around 30 verbs are conjugated like despedir, replacing the e with an i in the present, preterite, subjunctive and imperative tenses.
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to say goodbye : despedir
Imagine DESPERATE DEER say goodbye
to their young!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE DESPEDIR - to say goodbye
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb despedir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente say goodbye	despido	despides	despide	despedimos	despedís	despiden
Imperfect Imperfecto said goodbye	despedía	despedías	despedía	despedíamos	despedíais	despedían
Preterit Pretérito said goodbye	despedí	despediste	despidió	despedemos	despedisteis	despidieron
Future Futuro will say goodbye	despediré	despedirás	despedirá	despediremos	despediréis	despedirán
Conditional Condicional would say goodbye	despediría	despedirías	despediría	despediríamos	despediríais	despedirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may say goodbye	despida	despidas	despida	despidamos	despidáis	despidan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might say goodbye	despidiera	despidieras	despidiera	despidiéramos	despidierais	despidieran
	despidiese	despidieses	despidiese	despidiésemos	despidieseis	despidiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb despedir - to say goodbye
Imperative Imperativo say goodbye!		¡despide!	¡despida!	¡despidamos!	¡despedid!	¡despidan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't say goodbye!		¡no despidas!	¡no despida!	¡no despidamos!	¡no despidáis!	¡no despidan!
Despedound Tenses of the Spanish Verb DESPEDIR Past Participle: despedido - have said goodbye
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have said goodbye	he despedido	has despedido	ha despedido	hemos despedido	habéis despedido	han despedido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had said goodbye	hube despedido	hubiste despedido	hubo despedido	hubimos despedido	hubisteis despedido	hubieron despedido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had said goodbye	había despedido	habías despedido	había despedido	habíamos despedido	habíais despedido	habían despedido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have said goodbye	haya despedido	hayas despedido	haya despedido	hayamos despedido	hayáis despedido	hayan despedido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have said goodbye	habré despedido	habrás despedido	habrá despedido	habremos despedido	habréis despedido	habrán despedido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have said goodbye	habría despedido	habrías despedido	habría despedido	habríamos despedido	habríais despedido	habrían despedido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have said goodbye	hubiera despedido	hubieras despedido	hubiera despedido	hubiéramos despedido	hubierais despedido	hubieran despedido
	hubiese despedido	hubieses despedido	hubiese despedido	hubiésemos despedido	hubieseis despedido	hubiesen despedido
Progressive Tenses DESPEDIR Present Participle: despidiendo - saying goodbye
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am saying goodbye	estoy despidiendo	estás despidiendo	está despidiendo	estamos despidiendo	estáis despidiendo	están despidiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was saying goodbye	estuve despidiendo	estuviste despidiendo	estuvo despidiendo	estuvimos despidiendo	estuvisteis despidiendo	estuvieron despidiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been saying goodbye	estaba despidiendo	estabas despidiendo	estaba despidiendo	estábamos despidiendo	estabais despidiendo	estaban despidiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be saying goodbye	estaré despidiendo	estarás despidiendo	estará despidiendo	estaremos despidiendo	estaréis despidiendo	estarán despidiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría despidiendo	estarías despidiendo	estabría despidiendo	estaríamos despidiendo	estaríais despidiendo	estarían despidiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ...ing	que ~ despidiendo	que ~ despidiendo	que ~ despidiendo	que ~ despidiendo	que ~ despidiendo	que ~ despidiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB DESPEDIR

despedir can also mean: to bid farewell: to emit, to discharge, to dismiss, to give notice, to sack; to set forth.
despedirse de alguien (vr): to say goodbye to someone.
Se despide atentamente: Yours sincerely (at end of a letter).

la despedida (nf): farewell, goodbye.
una despedida soltero/soltera (nmf): stag party / hen party (lit. farewell to bachelor/spinster).

una carta/regalo de despedida (nf): a farewell card/present.
un discurso de despedida (nm): a farewell speech.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos despedís
Imperativo: ¡despedí!

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