Preparamos su regreso.

We prepare his return.

Breakdown of Preparamos su regreso.

• su: his
• preparar: to prepare
• el regreso: the return

Questions & Answers about Preparamos su regreso.

What does preparamos mean here?

Preparamos is the 1st person plural form of preparar, meaning to prepare.

So it can mean:

• we prepare
• we are preparing

In this sentence, it means we prepare / we are preparing someone’s return.

It can also sometimes mean we prepared in certain contexts, because the present and preterite forms are identical for nosotros in many -ar verbs. You need context to know which one is meant.

Why can preparamos mean both we prepare and we prepared?

In Spanish, some verb forms are spelled the same in the present tense and the preterite.

For preparar:

• preparamos = we prepare / we are preparing
• preparamos = we prepared

This is normal with many -ar verbs in the nosotros form.

Context usually makes it clear:

• Ahora preparamos su regreso = Now we are preparing his/her return
• Ayer preparamos su regreso = Yesterday we prepared his/her return

What does su mean in this sentence?