What does perjudicar mean?
perjudicar means to malign, defame in English. It is a irregular -ar verb.
Spanish verb guide
Perjudicar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn perjudicar, meaning to malign, defame, through verified forms and contextual examples.
irregular-argerund: perjudicandoparticiple: perjudicado
Principal forms of perjudicar
- Infinitive
- perjudicar
- Gerund
- perjudicando
- Past participle
- perjudicado
Perjudicar conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | perjudico | perjudiqué | perjudicaba | perjudicaré |
| tú | perjudicas | perjudicaste | perjudicabas | perjudicarás |
| él / ella / usted | perjudica | perjudicó | perjudicaba | perjudicará |
| nosotros/as | perjudicamos | perjudicamos | perjudicábamos | perjudicaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | perjudican | perjudicaron | perjudicaban | perjudicarán |
Pattern notes
- Its forms differ from a fully regular -ar pattern in the preterite.
Examples with perjudicar
Esto perjudica al medio ambiente.This is bad for the environment.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
La sequía perjudicó gravemente a la cosecha.The drought did severe damage to the harvest.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
El escándalo perjudicó enormemente su impecable imagen.The scandal has badly damaged his clean image.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate perjudicar for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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