To eat dinner in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: se-NAR

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cenar info.

Tips to remember the word ‘cenar’:
– The word ‘cenar’ sounds similar to ‘supper,’ which is another word for dinner; both end with the ‘er’ sound.
– Think of the phrase “See an evening meal,” phonetically similar to ‘cenar,’ tying the action to the time of day.

Explanations:
– ‘Cenar’ is a regular -ar verb in Spanish that means ‘to eat dinner’ or ‘to have dinner.’
– It refers specifically to the meal typically eaten in the late afternoon or evening.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– ‘Comer’ can also mean to eat in a general sense, but ‘cenar’ is specific to the evening meal.

Different conjugations (indicative mood):
Present:
– yo ceno (I have dinner)
– tú cenas (you have dinner, informal singular)
– él/ella/usted cena (he/she has dinner/you have dinner, formal singular)
– nosotros/nosotras cenamos (we have dinner)
– vosotros/vosotras cenáis (you have dinner, informal plural)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cenan (they have dinner/you have dinner, formal plural)

Preterite (Simple Past):
– yo cené (I had dinner)
– tú cenaste (you had dinner, informal singular)
– él/ella/usted cenó (he/she had dinner/you had dinner, formal singular)
– nosotros/nosotras cenamos (we had dinner)
– vosotros/vosotras cenasteis (you had dinner, informal plural)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cenaron (they had dinner/you had dinner, formal plural)

Imperfect:
– yo cenaba (I used to have dinner)
– tú cenabas (you used to have dinner, informal singular)
– él/ella/usted cenaba (he/she used to have dinner/you used to have dinner, formal singular)
– nosotros/nosotras cenábamos (we used to have dinner)
– vosotros/vosotras cenabais (you used to have dinner, informal plural)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cenaban (they used to have dinner/you used to have dinner, formal plural)

Future:
– yo cenaré (I will have dinner)
– tú cenarás (you will have dinner, informal singular)
– él/ella/usted cenará (he/she will have dinner/you will have dinner, formal singular)
– nosotros/nosotras cenaremos (we will have dinner)
– vosotros/vosotras cenaréis (you will have dinner, informal plural)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes cenarán (they will have dinner/you will have dinner, formal plural)

Examples of sentences that use ‘cenar’:
– Voy a cenar temprano esta noche. (I am going to have dinner early tonight.)
– ¿A qué hora cenaste ayer? (What time did you have dinner yesterday?)
– Cuando era niño, cenaba a las seis de la tarde. (When I was a child, I used to have dinner at six in the evening.)
– Este fin de semana, cenaremos en un restaurante italiano. (This weekend, we will have dinner at an Italian restaurant.)

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