while

Inglés

while
sin "wine-whine" merger (AFI)	/ʍaɪl/ Nueva Inglaterra, EE. UU.ⓘ
con "wine-whine" merger (AFI)	/waɪl/ Londresⓘ Californiaⓘ
longitud silábica	monosílaba

Etimología

Del inglés medio hwīl.

Verbo

1

Hacer que pase el tiempo, entretener.

Conjunción

2

Mientras.

3

Aunque.

Sustantivo

4

Algún tiempo, mucho tiempo.

Conjugación

Conjugación de while (whiled, whiled)  (regular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	while
Gerundio	whiling
Participio	whiled
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you (thou)	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I while	you while, whilest†	he, she, it whiles, whileth†	we, you, they while
Pretérito	I whiled	you whiled, whiledst†	he, she, it whiled	we, you, they whiled
Pretérito compuesto	I have whiled	you have whiled	he, she, it has whiled	we, you, they have whiled
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had whiled	you had whiled	he, she, it had whiled	we, you, they had whiled
Futuro	I will while	you will while	he, she, it will while	we, you, they will while
Futuro compuesto	I will have whiled	you will have whiled	he, she, it will have whiled	we, you, they will have whiled
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would while	you would while	he, she, it would while	we, you, they would while
Condicional compuesto	I would have whiled	you would have whiled	he, she, it would have whiled	we, you, they would have whiled
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I while	you while	he, she, it while	we, you, they while
Pretérito	I whiled	you whiled	he, she, it whiled	we, you, they whiled
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	― ―	(you) while	― ―	(we) let's while
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad