cenar

to have dinner, to eat dinner

θ e ˈn a ɾ
cen dine + ar Infinitive
verb Common #3,339
to have dinner, to eat dinner
SP: Vamos a cenar a las ocho.
EN: We’re going to have dinner at eight.
Conjugation of cenar
cenar
Present
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First ceno cenamos
Third cena cenan
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First cené cenamos
Third cenó —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First ceno cenamos
Third cena cenan
Imperative
SingularPlural
First — cenemos
Second cena —
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First cenaré cenaremos
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First cenaré cenaremos
Past

Esta noche tenemos que cenar más tarde a causa de la reunión.

We have to have dinner later tonight because of the meeting.

Acabamos de cenar.

We just had dinner.

Tenía planes para cenar.

I had plans for dinner.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Quiero ir a cenar a un restaurante.

I want to go to a restaurant for dinner.

Quería ir a casa y cenar con mi mujer.

I wanted to go home and have dinner with my wife.

De cenar.

Dinner.

— [REC] (2007)

A veces me he quedado dormido por la tarde y me he quedado sin cenar.

Sometimes I’ve fallen asleep in the afternoon and ended up missing dinner.

Es casi la hora de cenar.

It's almost dinner time.

Y después vamos a cenar juntos.

And then we're going to have dinner together.

— Locuras de verano (1955)

Quiero cenar comida china.

I want to have Chinese food for dinner.

Deberías cenar.

You should have dinner.

— A Taxi Driver: Los héroes de Gwangju (2017)

Me invitaron a cenar.

I was invited to dinner.

Espera a que acabe de cenar.

Wait until I finish dinner.

Yo voy a cenar con un amigo.

I'm going to have dinner with a friend.

— Locuras de verano (1955)

Gracias por cenar con nosotros hoy.

Thank you for having dinner with us today.

— SEND HELP (Enviad ayuda) (2026)

Cenar con Walt.

Dinner with Walt.

— State and Main (2000)

Cuando termines tu baño, te vas para la cama sin cenar.

When you finish your bath, you go to bed without dinner.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Tom acaba de terminar de cenar.

Tom has just finished dinner.

Aquí es donde suelen cenar.

This is where they usually have dinner.

Ya terminé de cenar.

I've finished dinner.

Porque me gustaría cenar con usted.

Because I would like to have dinner with you.

Voy a cenar a las siete.

I'm going to have dinner at seven.

No sé qué hacer de cenar.

I don’t know what to make for dinner.

Esta noche tengo que cenar con mi jefe.

Tonight I have to have dinner with my boss.

Me gustaría cenar contigo.

I’d like to have dinner with you.

He arreglado con Dalal para tener cenar allí.

I’ve arranged with Dalal to have dinner there.

— Aún estoy aquí (2024)

Es mejor acostarse sin cenar que levantarse con deudas.

It's better to go to bed without dinner than to wake up in debt.

Acabo de cenar.

I just had dinner.

— Masaan (2015)

Sí, podemos cenar cuando regrese.

Yes, we can have dinner when I get back.

— Die My Love (2025)

Mis amigos me invitaron a cenar.

My friends invited me to dinner.

Mañana tendré el honor de cenar con ella.

Tomorrow I will have the honor of having dinner with her.

— La gran belleza (2013)

Dijo que podríamos cenar esta noche.

He said we could have dinner tonight.

— El conformista (1971)

No tengo ganas de cenar esta noche.

I don't feel like having dinner tonight.

Él suele cenar pescado.

He usually has fish for dinner.

Los invité a cenar.

I invited them to dinner.

Esperad a que acabe de cenar.

Wait until I finish dinner.

Eh, ¿cenar con tus padres?

Uh, dinner with your parents?

— Pillion (2025)

No voy a cenar con él.

I'm not going to have dinner with him.

— Dos hermanas (2003)

Mañana voy a cenar con Tom.

Tomorrow I'm going to have dinner with Tom.

No quiero cenar.

I don't want to have dinner.

Yo estaba a punto de cenar.

I was about to have dinner.

— Psicosis (1960)

Veremos luego de cenar.

We'll see after dinner.

— Los hermanos demolición (2026)

Te invité a cenar con mi esposa.

I invited you to dinner with my wife.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Casi es hora de cenar.

It’s almost time for dinner.

Tengo que cenar en casa de los Danburry.

I have to have dinner at the Danburys' house.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

Quería ir a casa y cenar con mi esposa.

I wanted to go home and have dinner with my wife.

Te olvidas de la vez que te invité a cenar.

You're forgetting the time I invited you to dinner.

— Kung Fu Sion (2004)

Podríamos cenar algo aquí primero.

We could have something to eat here first.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Pronto será hora de cenar.

It'll be time for dinner soon.

Si prometes cenar conmigo hoy, te contaré todo.

If you promise to have dinner with me today, I'll tell you everything.

— Taxi Express (1998)

Tom no sabe qué quiere cenar Mary.

Tom doesn't know what Mary wants for dinner.

Su primo ha estado de acuerdo en cenar con Sr. Bernay del banco Bernay y Bernay.

His cousin has agreed to have dinner with Mr. Bernay from Bernay and Bernay Bank.

— Los visitantes (1993)

Prefiero no cenar fuera esta noche.

I’d rather not eat out tonight.

Vamos a cenar.

Let's go to dinner.

— Ponyo en el acantilado (2008)

Excepto cenar, quizá.

Except for dinner, perhaps.

— Psicosis (1960)

Tom quería cenar en cama.

Tom wanted to have dinner in bed.

Iba a cenar con mis papás.

I was going to have dinner with my parents.

En algún sitio tendrás que cenar.

You'll have to have dinner somewhere.

Quizás pueda cenar con nosotros mañana en la noche.

Perhaps you can have dinner with us tomorrow night.

— Titanic (1997)

Me fui a la cama sin cenar.

I went to bed without dinner.

Esta noche todos irán a la cama sin cenar.

Everyone will go to bed without dinner tonight.

— La cinta blanca (2009)

Venga a casa y ponga la denuncia a la hora de cenar.

Come home and file the complaint at dinnertime.

— Psicosis (1960)

Lo quiero invitar a cenar.

I want to invite him to dinner.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Es aquí donde suelen cenar.

This is where they usually have dinner.

Quiero cenar en un restaurante.

I want to have dinner at a restaurant.

Solemos cenar bastante tarde en España comparado con otros países europeos.

We tend to have dinner quite late in Spain compared to other European countries.

Usted y yo deberíamos cenar juntos alguna vez.

You and I should have dinner together sometime.

Lo siento, no puedo cenar contigo.

I'm sorry, I can't have dinner with you.

Incluso podemos cenar juntos.

We can even have dinner together.

— Psicosis (1960)

Ya es hora de cenar.

It's time for dinner.

Tom, ¿qué quieres de cenar?

Tom, what would you like for dinner?

A menos que quieras cenar con un espantapájaros.

Unless you want to have dinner with a scarecrow.

— Taxi Express (1998)

Y decidimos cenar juntos igual.

And we decided to have dinner together anyway.

— El conformista (1971)

Se van a cenar.

They are going to have dinner.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Ella iba a cenar con sus amigas.

She was going to have dinner with her friends.

— Mystic River (2003)

Hora de cenar.

Suppertime.

Me encantaría cenar con usted.

I would love to have dinner with you.

Pensé que quizá le gustaría cenar conmigo.

I thought you might like to have dinner with me.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

Ella los invitó a cenar.

She invited them to dinner.

Dije que no iba a cenar con él.

I said I wasn't going to have dinner with him.

— Dos hermanas (2003)

Voy a cenar.

I'm going to have dinner.

Él estaba tan enfadado que se olvidó de cenar.

He was so angry that he forgot to eat dinner.

Me ocuparé de eso en cuanto acabe de cenar.

I’ll take care of that as soon as I finish dinner.

Dónde vamos a cenar?

Where are we going to have dinner?

— State and Main (2000)

Tom aceptó la invitación de María de cenar con ella.

Tom accepted María's invitation to have dinner with her.

Es hora de cenar.

It's time for dinner.

— El hombre sin pasado (2010)

Vamos a cenar algo.

Let's have something to eat.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)

Hoy voy a cenar contigo.

I'm going to have dinner with you tonight.

Odiamos ser groseros, pero somos franceses y es la hora de cenar.

We hate to be rude, but we're French and it's dinnertime.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Tras terminar de cenar, empezó a leer la novela.

After finishing dinner, he began to read the novel.

Los invitó a cenar.

He invited them to dinner.

Estamos por cenar.

We're about to have dinner.

— Buena suerte, pásalo bien, no mueras (2026)

Es la hora de cenar.

It's dinnertime.

— Los cuatrocientos golpes (1959)

Cuando ella entró, habíamos terminado de cenar.

When she came in, we had finished dinner.

Podemos cenar en la cama, así ganamos tiempo.

We can have dinner in bed; that way, we save time.

— Taxi Express (1998)

Podrías cenar con nosotros esta noche.

You could have dinner with us tonight.

— Por un puñado de dólares (1964)

Es mejor irse a la cama sin cenar que despertar con deudas.

It's better to go to bed without dinner than to wake up in debt.

Le dejé algo de cenar.

I left him/her something for dinner.

— Titane (2021)

Me quedo sin cenar.

I'll have to go without dinner.

— Nadie sabe (2004)

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