Reprender means ‘to tell off/reprimand’. It is a regular -er verb: reprendo (present), reprendí (preterite), reprendido (past participle), reprendiendo (gerund).
Reprender in use
La profesora reprendió a los alumnos por llegar tardeThe teacher told the pupils off for arriving late
Mi jefa nunca reprende a nadie delante de los clientesMy boss never tells anyone off in front of the customers
No lo reprendas, solo es un niñoDon't tell him off, he's only a child
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Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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