Check out the translation for "sorprender" on SpanishDict!

sorprender

to surprise

Dictionary

Conjugation

sorprender(

)

1. (to astonish)

a. to surprise

Sus amigos la sorprendieron con una fiesta de cumpleaños.Her friends surprised her with a birthday party.

2. (to catch unawares)

a. to catch

Sorprendí a mi hijo intentando sacar una galleta del tarro de galletas.I caught my son trying to take a cookie out of the cookie jar.

sorprenderse

3. (to be amazed)

a. to be surprised

Me sorprendí cuando me propuso matrimonio.I was surprised when he proposed.

sorprender

1. (asombrar)

a. to surprise

me sorprende verte por aquíI'm surprised to see you here

no me sorprende que se haya marchadoI'm not surprised she's left

2. (atrapar, pillar)

a. to catch

nos sorprendió la tormentawe got caught in the storm

sorprender a alguien (haciendo algo)to catch somebody (doing something)

3. (general)

a. to be surprised

sorprender

transitive verb

1 (asombrar) to surprise

no me sorprendería que ... I wouldn't be surprised if ...

2 (coger desprevenido) to catch; (Mil) to surprise

lo sorprendieron robando they caught him stealing

nos sorprendieron todavía en pijama

3 [+conversación] to overhear; [+secreto] to find out; discover; [+escondrijo] to find

intransitive verb

to be surprising

sorprende observar cómo lo hace it's surprising to see how he does it; sorprende la delicadeza de su verso the delicacy of her poetry is surprising

pronominal verb

sorprenderse to be surprised

me sorprendí de la claridad de sus ideas I was surprised at the clarity of his ideas; no me sorprendí de que se enfadara I wasn't surprised he got angry; se sorprendió mucho he was very surprised

Examples

'sorprender' in our machine translators

Learn Spanish with Fluencia, the easiest way to learn Spanish from the creators of SpanishDict

Verb Conjugations for sorprender

Present Participle: sorprendiendo

Past Participle: sorprendido

Indicative

View complete conjugation for sorprender

Explore SpanishDict

We've combined the most accurate English to Spanish translations, dictionary, verb conjugations, and Spanish to English translators into one very powerful search box.

Learn Spanish with Fluencia

Try Fluencia, the new Spanish learning program from SpanishDict.

Fun and interactive
Highly effective

Easy to use
Works on any device

Start Learning

Did this page answer your question?

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	sorprendo	sorprendí	sorprendía	sorprendería	sorprenderé
tú	sorprendes	sorprendiste	sorprendías	sorprenderías	sorprenderás
él/ella/Ud.	sorprende	sorprendió	sorprendía	sorprendería	sorprenderá
nosotros	sorprendemos	sorprendimos	sorprendíamos	sorprenderíamos	sorprenderemos
vosotros	sorprendéis	sorprendisteis	sorprendíais	sorprenderíais	sorprenderéis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	sorprenden	sorprendieron	sorprendían	sorprenderían	sorprenderán