What does 'languidecer' mean in English?

In Spanish, 'languidecer' means to wither. It is a irregular -ER verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.

Is languidecer an irregular verb in Spanish?

Yes, languidecer is an irregular Spanish verb. It does not follow the regular -ER ending pattern in every tense — some forms change stem or use unique endings. The complete conjugation table on this page shows every irregular form.

How do you conjugate languidecer in the present tense?

Present tense (Presente) of languidecer: yo languidezco, tú languideces, él/ella/usted languidece, nosotros languidecemos, vosotros languidecéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes languidecen.

How do you conjugate languidecer in the preterite?

Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of languidecer: yo languidecí, tú languideciste, él/ella/usted languideció, nosotros languidecimos, vosotros languidecisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes languidecieron. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.

What is the imperfect tense of languidecer?

Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of languidecer: yo languidecía, tú languidecías, él/ella/usted languidecía, nosotros languidecíamos, vosotros languidecíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes languidecían. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.

What is the past participle of languidecer?

The past participle of languidecer is 'languidecido'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he languidecido' (I have withered), 'has languidecido', 'ha languidecido'.

What is the gerundio (present participle) of languidecer?

The gerundio of languidecer is 'languideciendo'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy languideciendo) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.

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Spanish verb conjugation

Languidecer conjugation

languidecer is an irregular Spanish -ER verb meaning wither. In the present tense: yo languidezco, tú languideces, él/ella languidece, nosotros languidecemos, vosotros languidecéis, ellos languidecen. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.

Rank #1896-ERIrregular18 tense tables

At a glance

Infinitive: languidecer
Gerundio: languideciendo
Meaning: wither
Pattern: Irregular
Difficulty: Level 2

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Conjugation tables

Languidecer across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Infinitivo and Gerundio

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Form	Spanish	Use
Infinitivo	languidecer	Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures.
Gerundio	languideciendo	Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar languideciendo.

Presente

Present

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languidezco	Yo languidezco sin noticias tuyas.I wither without news from you.
tú	languideces	Normalmente, tú languideces durante las tardes de agosto.You usually wither during the afternoons in August.
él	languidece	Hoy, la planta del balcón languidece por falta de agua.Today, the plant on the balcony withers from lack of water.
nosotros	languidecemos	A veces, nosotros languidecemos sin clientes en invierno.At times, we wither without customers in winter.
vosotros	languidecéis	Ahora, vosotros languidecéis con este calor de julio.Right now, you all wither in this July heat.
ellos	languidecen	Casi siempre, los viejos carteles languidecen bajo el sol del escaparate.Most of the time, the old posters wither under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	he languidecido	Este año, yo he languidecido sin noticias tuyas.This year, I have withered without news from you.
tú	has languidecido	Últimamente, tú has languidecido durante las tardes de agosto.Lately, you have withered during the afternoons in August.
él	ha languidecido	En estos meses, la planta del balcón ha languidecido por falta de agua.In these months, the plant on the balcony has withered from lack of water.
nosotros	hemos languidecido	Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos languidecido sin clientes en invierno.So far, we have withered without customers in winter.
vosotros	habéis languidecido	En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis languidecido con este calor de julio.This term, you all have withered in this July heat.
ellos	han languidecido	En este tiempo, los viejos carteles han languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate.During this time, the old posters have withered under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languidecí	Ayer, yo languidecí sin noticias tuyas.Yesterday, I withered without news from you.
tú	languideciste	Hace un rato, tú languideciste durante las tardes de agosto.A little while ago, you withered during the afternoons in August.
él	languideció	Esta mañana, la planta del balcón languideció por falta de agua.This morning, the plant on the balcony withered from lack of water.
nosotros	languidecimos	Anoche, nosotros languidecimos sin clientes en invierno.Last night, we withered without customers in winter.
vosotros	languidecisteis	El sábado, vosotros languidecisteis con este calor de julio.On Saturday, you all withered in this July heat.
ellos	languidecieron	Hace poco, los viejos carteles languidecieron bajo el sol del escaparate.Not long ago, the old posters withered under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languidecía	Antes, yo languidecía sin noticias tuyas.Before, I used to wither without news from you.
tú	languidecías	Por entonces, tú languidecías durante las tardes de agosto.Back then, you used to wither during the afternoons in August.
él	languidecía	En esa época, la planta del balcón languidecía por falta de agua.At that time, the plant on the balcony used to wither from lack of water.
nosotros	languidecíamos	Cuando eso era normal, nosotros languidecíamos sin clientes en invierno.When that was normal, we used to wither without customers in winter.
vosotros	languidecíais	Hace años, vosotros languidecíais con este calor de julio.Years ago, you all used to wither in this July heat.
ellos	languidecían	En aquellos días, los viejos carteles languidecían bajo el sol del escaparate.In those days, the old posters used to wither under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	había languidecido	Cuando llegaste, yo ya había languidecido sin noticias tuyas.When you arrived, I had already withered without news from you.
tú	habías languidecido	Para entonces, tú ya habías languidecido durante las tardes de agosto.By then, you had already withered during the afternoons in August.
él	había languidecido	Al volver, la planta del balcón ya había languidecido por falta de agua.When we came back, the plant on the balcony had already withered from lack of water.
nosotros	habíamos languidecido	Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos languidecido sin clientes en invierno.Before talking it through, we had already withered without customers in winter.
vosotros	habíais languidecido	Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais languidecido con este calor de julio.When you looked again, you all had already withered in this July heat.
ellos	habían languidecido	Para ese momento, los viejos carteles ya habían languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate.By that moment, the old posters had already withered under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hube languidecido	Apenas yo hube languidecido sin noticias tuyas, todo cambió.As soon as I had withered without news from you, everything changed.
tú	hubiste languidecido	En cuanto tú hubiste languidecido durante las tardes de agosto, se notó.The moment you had withered during the afternoons in August, it showed.
él	hubo languidecido	No bien la planta del balcón hubo languidecido por falta de agua, hubo ruido.As soon as the plant on the balcony had withered from lack of water, there was trouble.
nosotros	hubimos languidecido	Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos languidecido sin clientes en invierno, seguimos adelante.Once we had withered without customers in winter, we moved on.
vosotros	hubisteis languidecido	Apenas vosotros hubisteis languidecido con este calor de julio, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had withered in this July heat, you checked the result.
ellos	hubieron languidecido	En cuanto los viejos carteles hubieron languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate, el ambiente cambió.The moment the old posters had withered under the shop-window sun, the mood changed.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languideceré	Mañana, yo languideceré sin noticias tuyas.Tomorrow, I will wither without news from you.
tú	languidecerás	Dentro de poco, tú languidecerás durante las tardes de agosto.Soon, you will wither during the afternoons in August.
él	languidecerá	Esta tarde, la planta del balcón languidecerá por falta de agua.This afternoon, the plant on the balcony will wither from lack of water.
nosotros	languideceremos	La semana que viene, nosotros languideceremos sin clientes en invierno.Next week, we will wither without customers in winter.
vosotros	languideceréis	Pronto, vosotros languideceréis con este calor de julio.Before long, you all will wither in this July heat.
ellos	languidecerán	Más adelante, los viejos carteles languidecerán bajo el sol del escaparate.Later on, the old posters will wither under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habré languidecido	Para entonces, yo ya habré languidecido sin noticias tuyas.By then, I will already have withered without news from you.
tú	habrás languidecido	Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás languidecido durante las tardes de agosto.Before closing time, you will already have withered during the afternoons in August.
él	habrá languidecido	Al final del día, la planta del balcón ya habrá languidecido por falta de agua.By the end of the day, the plant on the balcony will already have withered from lack of water.
nosotros	habremos languidecido	Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos languidecido sin clientes en invierno.By tomorrow, we will already have withered without customers in winter.
vosotros	habréis languidecido	Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis languidecido con este calor de julio.Before leaving, you all will already have withered in this July heat.
ellos	habrán languidecido	Para esa hora, los viejos carteles ya habrán languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate.By that hour, the old posters will already have withered under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languidecería	En un caso así, yo languidecería sin noticias tuyas.In a case like that, I would wither without news from you.
tú	languidecerías	Con un poco más de tiempo, tú languidecerías durante las tardes de agosto.With a little more time, you would wither during the afternoons in August.
él	languidecería	En esa situación, la planta del balcón languidecería por falta de agua.In that situation, the plant on the balcony would wither from lack of water.
nosotros	languideceríamos	Con ese panorama, nosotros languideceríamos sin clientes en invierno.With that outlook, we would wither without customers in winter.
vosotros	languideceríais	Llegado el caso, vosotros languideceríais con este calor de julio.If it came to that, you all would wither in this July heat.
ellos	languidecerían	En un día así, los viejos carteles languidecerían bajo el sol del escaparate.On a day like that, the old posters would wither under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habría languidecido	En otro momento, yo habría languidecido sin noticias tuyas.At another moment, I would have withered without news from you.
tú	habrías languidecido	Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías languidecido durante las tardes de agosto.With a little more margin, you would have withered during the afternoons in August.
él	habría languidecido	A esas alturas, la planta del balcón habría languidecido por falta de agua.By then, the plant on the balcony would have withered from lack of water.
nosotros	habríamos languidecido	Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos languidecido sin clientes en invierno.With that turn, we would have withered without customers in winter.
vosotros	habríais languidecido	Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais languidecido con este calor de julio.At that point, you all would have withered in this July heat.
ellos	habrían languidecido	En ese punto, los viejos carteles habrían languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate.From there, the old posters would have withered under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languidezca	Es mejor que yo languidezca sin noticias tuyas.It is better that I wither without news from you.
tú	languidezcas	Hace falta que tú languidezcas durante las tardes de agosto.It is necessary that you wither during the afternoons in August.
él	languidezca	Conviene que la planta del balcón languidezca por falta de agua.It is wise that the plant on the balcony wither from lack of water.
nosotros	languidezcamos	Importa que nosotros languidezcamos sin clientes en invierno.It matters that we wither without customers in winter.
vosotros	languidezcáis	Puede ser útil que vosotros languidezcáis con este calor de julio.It may help if you all wither in this July heat.
ellos	languidezcan	Es posible que los viejos carteles languidezcan bajo el sol del escaparate.It is possible that the old posters wither under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	haya languidecido	Ojalá yo haya languidecido sin noticias tuyas.Hopefully I have withered without news from you.
tú	hayas languidecido	Puede que tú ya hayas languidecido durante las tardes de agosto.Maybe you already have withered during the afternoons in August.
él	haya languidecido	Tal vez la planta del balcón haya languidecido por falta de agua.Perhaps the plant on the balcony has withered from lack of water.
nosotros	hayamos languidecido	Quizá nosotros ya hayamos languidecido sin clientes en invierno.Maybe we already have withered without customers in winter.
vosotros	hayáis languidecido	Es probable que vosotros hayáis languidecido con este calor de julio.It is likely that you all have withered in this July heat.
ellos	hayan languidecido	Puede ser que los viejos carteles ya hayan languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate.It may be that the old posters already have withered under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languideciera	Si yo languideciera sin noticias tuyas, se notaría enseguida.If I withered without news from you, it would show right away.
tú	languidecieras	Si tú languidecieras durante las tardes de agosto, costaría ocultarlo.If you withered during the afternoons in August, it would be hard to hide.
él	languideciera	Si la planta del balcón languideciera por falta de agua, daría mucho que hablar.If the plant on the balcony withered from lack of water, it would give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	languideciéramos	Si nosotros languideciéramos sin clientes en invierno, todo iría por otro lado.If we withered without customers in winter, everything would go another way.
vosotros	languidecierais	Si vosotros languidecierais con este calor de julio, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all withered in this July heat, the mood would change.
ellos	languidecieran	Si los viejos carteles languidecieran bajo el sol del escaparate, la escena sería otra.If the old posters withered under the shop-window sun, the whole scene would be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiera languidecido	Si yo hubiera languidecido sin noticias tuyas, aún se recordaría.If I had withered without news from you, it would still be remembered.
tú	hubieras languidecido	Si tú hubieras languidecido durante las tardes de agosto, eso habría dejado marca.If you had withered during the afternoons in August, that would have left a mark.
él	hubiera languidecido	Si la planta del balcón hubiera languidecido por falta de agua, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the plant on the balcony had withered from lack of water, people would still be talking about it.
nosotros	hubiéramos languidecido	Si nosotros hubiéramos languidecido sin clientes en invierno, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had withered without customers in winter, the day would have gone another way.
vosotros	hubierais languidecido	Si vosotros hubierais languidecido con este calor de julio, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had withered in this July heat, the change would have shown earlier.
ellos	hubieran languidecido	Si los viejos carteles hubieran languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate, nada habría quedado igual.If the old posters had withered under the shop-window sun, nothing would have stayed the same.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	languideciere	Si yo languideciere sin noticias tuyas, se notará enseguida.If I wither without news from you, it will show right away.
tú	languidecieres	Si tú languidecieres durante las tardes de agosto, costará ignorarlo.If you wither during the afternoons in August, it will be hard to ignore.
él	languideciere	Si la planta del balcón languideciere por falta de agua, dará mucho que hablar.If the plant on the balcony withers from lack of water, it will give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	languideciéremos	Si nosotros languideciéremos sin clientes en invierno, todo irá por otro camino.If we wither without customers in winter, everything will go another way.
vosotros	languideciereis	Si vosotros languideciereis con este calor de julio, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all wither in this July heat, the mood will change fast.
ellos	languidecieren	Si los viejos carteles languidecieren bajo el sol del escaparate, la escena será distinta.If the old posters wither under the shop-window sun, the whole scene will be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiere languidecido	Cuando yo hubiere languidecido sin noticias tuyas, ya se notará.When I have withered without news from you, it will already show.
tú	hubieres languidecido	En cuanto tú hubieres languidecido durante las tardes de agosto, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have withered during the afternoons in August, it will be hard not to see.
él	hubiere languidecido	Cuando la planta del balcón hubiere languidecido por falta de agua, se verá de inmediato.When the plant on the balcony has withered from lack of water, it will show at once.
nosotros	hubiéremos languidecido	Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos languidecido sin clientes en invierno, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have withered without customers in winter, everything will move differently.
vosotros	hubiereis languidecido	Cuando vosotros hubiereis languidecido con este calor de julio, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have withered in this July heat, the mood will sound different.
ellos	hubieren languidecido	En cuanto los viejos carteles hubieren languidecido bajo el sol del escaparate, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the old posters have withered under the shop-window sun, the change will be clear.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	languidece	languidece durante las tardes de agosto.Wither during the afternoons in August.
él	languidezca	Que la planta del balcón languidezca por falta de agua.Let the plant on the balcony wither from lack of water.
nosotros	languidezcamos	languidezcamos sin clientes en invierno.Wither without customers in winter.
vosotros	languideced	languideced con este calor de julio.Wither in this July heat.
ellos	languidezcan	Que los viejos carteles languidezcan bajo el sol del escaparate.Let the old posters wither under the shop-window sun.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	no languidezcas	No no languidezcas durante las tardes de agosto.Do not wither during the afternoons in August.
él	no languidezca	Que la planta del balcón no no languidezca por falta de agua.Let the plant on the balcony not wither from lack of water.
nosotros	no languidezcamos	No no languidezcamos sin clientes en invierno.Let us not wither without customers in winter.
vosotros	no languidezcáis	No no languidezcáis con este calor de julio.Do not wither in this July heat.
ellos	no languidezcan	Que los viejos carteles no no languidezcan bajo el sol del escaparate.Let the old posters not wither under the shop-window sun.

Languidecer conjugation

Languidecer across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Presente

Pretérito Perfecto

Pretérito Indefinido

Pretérito Imperfecto

Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Pretérito Anterior

Futuro

Futuro Perfecto

Condicional

Condicional Perfecto

Subjuntivo Presente

Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Subjuntivo Futuro

Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto

Imperativo Afirmativo

Imperativo Negativo

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