cenar

to have dinner

θ e ˈn a ɾ
cen to have dinner + ar Infinitive
verb Common #3,660
to have 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
Second cenaste —
Third cenó —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First ceno cenamos
Third cena cenan
Imperative
SingularPlural
First — cenemos
Second cena —
Past
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First cenaré cenaremos
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First cenaré cenaremos

Esta noche todos irán a la cama sin cenar.

Everyone will go to bed without dinner tonight.

— Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

Prefiero no cenar fuera esta noche.

I’d rather not eat out tonight.

¿Quieres cenar?

Would you like to have dinner?

— Volver (2006)

Y después vamos a cenar juntos.

And then we're going to have dinner together.

— Summertime (1955)

Estamos por cenar.

We're about to have dinner.

— Buena suerte, diviértete, no mueras (2026)

Yo voy a cenar con un amigo.

I'm going to have dinner with a friend.

— Summertime (1955)

Incluso podemos cenar juntos.

We can even have dinner together.

— Psicosis (1960)

Tenía planes para cenar.

I had plans for dinner.

— Locamente millonarios (2018)

¿Dónde vamos a cenar?

Where are we going to have dinner?

— State and Main (2000)

Nos invitaron a cenar.

They invited us to dinner.

— La Vida es Bella (1997)

Iba a cenar con mis papás.

I was going to have dinner with my parents.

¿Va a cenar mi padre?

Is my father going to have dinner?

¿Con quién piensas cenar?

Who are you planning to have dinner with?

Se van a cenar.

They are going to have dinner.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Acabo de cenar.

I just had dinner.

— Masaan 2015 (2015)

¿Vamos a cenar?

Shall we have dinner?

— El Perfecto Asesino (1994)

Claro que tiene que cenar.

Of course he has to have dinner.

— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)

¿Con quién vas a cenar?

Who are you going to have dinner with?

Excepto cenar, quizá.

Except for dinner, perhaps.

— Psicosis (1960)

Sí, podemos cenar cuando regrese.

Yes, we can have dinner when I get back.

— Mátate, amor (2025)

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

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

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.

Eh, ¿cenar con tus padres?

Uh, dinner with your parents?

— Pasajero (2025)

¿Y quieres invitar a cenar a toda mi mesa esta noche?

And you want to invite my whole table to dinner tonight?

— Marty Supremo (2025)

¿Quiere cenar afuera?

Would you like to have dinner out?

— Parásitos (2019)

Yo estaba a punto de cenar.

I was about to have dinner.

— Psicosis (1960)

Vamos a cenar algo.

Let's have something to eat.

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Te olvidas de la vez que te invité a cenar.

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

— Kung fu (2004)

Dónde vamos a cenar?

Where are we going to have dinner?

— State and Main (2000)

¿Qué vamos a cenar?

What are we having for dinner?

¿A cenar?

Going to dinner?

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Quiero cenar en un restaurante.

I want to have dinner at a restaurant.

Aquí es donde suelen cenar.

This is where they usually have dinner.

Él estaba tan enfadado que se olvidó de cenar.

He was so angry that he forgot to eat dinner.

Acabamos de cenar.

We just had dinner.

Tom quería cenar en cama.

Tom wanted to have dinner in bed.

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)

Quiero ir a cenar a un restaurante.

I want to go to a restaurant for dinner.

Hoy voy a cenar contigo.

I'm going to have dinner with you tonight.

¡Además, cenar en casa del prefecto me pone tan nerviosa!

Besides, having dinner at the prefect’s house makes me so nervous!

— La Vida es Bella (1997)

Podemos cenar en la cama, así ganamos tiempo.

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

— Taxi (1998)

Quería ir a casa y cenar con mi esposa.

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

Cenar con Walt.

Dinner with Walt.

— State and Main (2000)

¿Qué sueles cenar?

What do you usually have for dinner?

¿Quieres venir a cenar el jueves?

Do you want to come over for dinner on Thursday?

— Jugada Maestra (2026)

No voy a cenar con él.

I'm not going to have dinner with him.

— Dos Hermanas (2003)

Ellos los invitaron a cenar.

They invited them to dinner.

Los invitó a cenar.

He invited them to dinner.

Mañana tendré el honor de cenar con ella.

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

— La grande bellezza (2013)

Es aquí donde suelen cenar.

This is where they usually have dinner.

Dijo que podríamos cenar esta noche.

He said we could have dinner tonight.

— El conformista (1971)

Él suele cenar pescado.

He usually has fish for dinner.

¿Va a cenar o no?

Are you going to have dinner or not?

— El hijo de la novia (2001)

Ella iba a cenar con sus amigas.

She was going to have dinner with her friends.

— Río Místico (2003)

¿Podemos cenar juntos?

Can we have dinner together?

— Familia en renta (2025)

Y decidimos cenar juntos igual.

And we decided to have dinner together anyway.

— El conformista (1971)

¿Puedo invitarte a cenar?

Can I take you out to dinner?

Deberías cenar.

You should have dinner.

— Un Taxista (2017)

Voy a cenar a las siete.

I'm going to have dinner at seven.

Tenía que caminar un poco, pero sabía dónde iba a cenar.

I had to walk a little, but I knew where I was going to have dinner.

Lo quiero invitar a cenar.

I want to invite him to dinner.

— Cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Me quedo sin cenar.

I'll have to go without dinner.

— Nadie sabe (2004)

Vamos a cenar.

Let's go to dinner.

— Ponyo y el secreto de la sirenita (2008)

Es la hora de cenar.

It's dinnertime.

— Los 400 golpes (1959)

¿Me permites invitarte a cenar la próxima semana?

Would you let me take you out to dinner next week?

En algún sitio tendrás que cenar.

You'll have to have dinner somewhere.

Es hora de cenar.

It's time for dinner.

— El Hombre De Ninguna Parte (2010)

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.

Podríamos cenar algo aquí primero.

We could have something to eat here first.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

No tengo ganas de cenar esta noche.

I don't feel like having dinner tonight.

¿Dónde deberíamos cenar esta noche?

Where should we have dinner tonight?

Lo siento, no puedo cenar contigo.

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

Quería ir a casa y cenar con mi mujer.

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

Cenar en la taberna de Antonio se convirtió en parte de mi rutina.

Having dinner at Antonio’s tavern became part of my routine.

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

Come home and file the complaint at dinnertime.

— Psicosis (1960)

Me encantaría cenar con usted.

I would love to have dinner with you.

Casi es hora de cenar.

It’s almost time for dinner.

¿Tienes planes para cenar?

Do you have any plans for dinner?

Me gustaría cenar contigo.

I’d like to have dinner with you.

No quiero cenar.

I don't want to have dinner.

¿Adónde vamos a cenar esta noche?

Where are we going to have dinner tonight?

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)

¿Qué quieres cenar hoy?

What do you want to have for dinner tonight?

— Familia en renta (2025)

¿Vas a cenar en casa?

Are you going to have dinner at home?

¿Qué hay de cenar?

What's for dinner?

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.

Hora de cenar.

Suppertime.

¿Dónde vamos a cenar esta noche?

Where are we going to have dinner tonight?

Tengo que cenar en casa de los Danburry.

I have to have dinner at the Danburys' house.

— La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos (1989)

Voy a cenar.

I'm going to have dinner.

Esta noche tengo que cenar con mi jefe.

Tonight I have to have dinner with my boss.

¡A cenar!

Time for dinner!

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Ella los invitó a cenar.

She invited them to dinner.

Ellas los invitaron a cenar.

They invited them to dinner.

Me fui a la cama sin cenar.

I went to bed without dinner.

A menos que quieras cenar con un espantapájaros.

Unless you want to have dinner with a scarecrow.

— Taxi (1998)

Tom no sabe qué quiere cenar Mary.

Tom doesn't know what Mary wants for dinner.

¿Por qué no nos vamos a cenar?

Why don’t we go out for dinner?

¿Vamos a cenar esta noche?

Shall we have dinner tonight?

— Duro de matar (1988)

Te invité a cenar con mi esposa.

I invited you to dinner with my wife.

— El agente secreto (2025)

¡Y fuimos a cenar dos veces, mínimo una!

And we went out to dinner twice—at least once!

— El hijo de la novia (2001)

Usted y yo deberíamos cenar juntos alguna vez.

You and I should have dinner together sometime.

Dije que no iba a cenar con él.

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

— Dos Hermanas (2003)

No, si no, no van a cenar.

No, otherwise they won't have dinner.

— Museo (2018)

¿Van a cenar algo rico?

Are you going to have something tasty for dinner?

— Pasajero (2025)

Porque me gustaría cenar con usted.

Because I would like to have dinner with you.

Ya es hora de cenar.

It's time for dinner.

Quiero cenar comida china.

I want to have Chinese food for dinner.

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