sorprender
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Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French surprendre, with conjugation based on prender.
Verb
[edit]sorprender
- to surprise
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French surprendre, with conjugation based on prender. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the 17th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sorprender (first-person singular present sorprendo, first-person singular preterite sorprendí, past participle sorprendido)
- (transitive) to surprise
- La sorprendí con nuestro regalo. ― I surprised her with our gift.
- Los periodistas han sorprendido al político en la calle hoy. ― The journalists surprised the politician on the street today.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of sorprender (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of sorprender
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sorprender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “prender”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 640
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