spade – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of spade

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to spade
Participle: spaded
Gerund: spading

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ispade
youspade
he;she;itspades
wespade
youspade
theyspade

Perfect

Ihave spaded
youhave spaded
he;she;ithas spaded
wehave spaded
youhave spaded
theyhave spaded

Past

Ispaded
youspaded
he;she;itspaded
wespaded
youspaded
theyspaded

Pluperfect

Ihad spaded
youhad spaded
he;she;ithad spaded
wehad spaded
youhad spaded
theyhad spaded

Future

Iwill spade
youwill spade
he;she;itwill spade
wewill spade
youwill spade
theywill spade

Future Perfect

Iwill have spaded
youwill have spaded
he;she;itwill have spaded
wewill have spaded
youwill have spaded
theywill have spaded

Subjunctive

Present

Ispade
youspade
he;she;itspade
wespade
youspade
theyspade

Perfect

Ihave spaded
youhave spaded
he;she;ithave spaded
wehave spaded
youhave spaded
theyhave spaded

Imperfect

Ispaded
youspaded
he;she;itspaded
wespaded
youspaded
theyspaded

Pluperfect

Ihad spaded
youhad spaded
he;she;ithad spaded
wehad spaded
youhad spaded
theyhad spaded

Conditional

Present

Iwould spade
youwould spade
he;she;itwould spade
wewould spade
youwould spade
theywould spade

Perfect

Iwould have spaded
youwould have spaded
he;she;itwould have spaded
wewould have spaded
youwould have spaded
theywould have spaded

Imperative

youspade
weLet's spade
youspade

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam spading
youare spading
he;she;itis spading
weare spading
youare spading
theyare spading

Perfect

Ihave been spading
youhave been spading
he;she;ithas been spading
wehave been spading
youhave been spading
theyhave been spading

Past

Iwas spading
youwere spading
he;she;itwas spading
wewere spading
youwere spading
theywere spading

Pluperfect

Ihad been spading
youhad been spading
he;she;ithad been spading
wehad been spading
youhad been spading
theyhad been spading

Future

Iwill be spading
youwill be spading
he;she;itwill be spading
wewill be spading
youwill be spading
theywill be spading

Future Perfect

Iwill have been spading
youwill have been spading
he;she;itwill have been spading
wewill have been spading
youwill have been spading
theywill have been spading

Conditional

Present

Iwould be spading
youwould be spading
he;she;itwould be spading
wewould be spading
youwould be spading
theywould be spading

Perfect

Iwould have been spading
youwould have been spading
he;she;itwould have been spading
wewould have been spading
youwould have been spading
theywould have been spading

Other

Verbs similar to 'spade'

sade, shade, space, spane, spare, spave, suade, blade, cade, clade,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English spade, from Old English spada, spade, spadu (“spade”), from Proto-Germanic *spadô. Doublet of spatha, spathe, and épée.

Sample Sentences

  • ‘Le baccarat,’ intoned the croupier as he spaded the thick chips over the table to Bond. [1953, Ian Fleming, “Moment of Truth”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 78:]