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Embarrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to splash with mud, stain”.
Below are all of the conjugations for embarrar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to splash with mud, stain |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | embarrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está embarrando) and past continuous (estaba embarrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. splashing with mud).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he embarrado and hubiera embarrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have splashed with mud).
| Gerundio / Gerund | embarrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | embarrado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I splash with mud” or “they splash with mud”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embarro |
| Tú | embarras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarra |
| Nosotros / as | embarramos |
| Vosotros / as | embarráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarran |
| Vos | embarrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I splashed with mud” or “she splashed with mud” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embarré | I splashed with mud |
| Tú | embarraste | You splashed with mud |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarró | He / she / you splashed with mud |
| Nosotros / as | embarramos | We splashed with mud |
| Vosotros / as | embarrasteis | You splashed with mud |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarraron | They / you splashed with mud |
| Vos | embarraste | You splashed with mud |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was splashing with mud” or “she was splashing with mud” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embarraba | I was splashing with mud |
| Tú | embarrabas | You were splashing with mud |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarraba | He was / she was / you were splashing with mud |
| Nosotros / as | embarrábamos | We were splashing with mud |
| Vosotros / as | embarrabais | You were splashing with mud |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarraban | They / you were splashing with mud |
| Vos | embarrabas | You were splashing with mud |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have splashed with mud” and “she has splashed with mud”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he embarrado | I have splashed with mud |
| Tú | has embarrado | You have splashed with mud |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha embarrado | He has / she has / you have splashed with mud |
| Nosotros / as | hemos embarrado | We have splashed with mud |
| Vosotros / as | habéis embarrado | You have splashed with mud |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han embarrado | They / you have splashed with mud |
| Vos | has embarrado | You have splashed with mud |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would splash with mud” or “she would splash with mud”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embarraría | I would splash with mud |
| Tú | embarrarías | You would splash with mud |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarraría | He / she / you would splash with mud |
| Nosotros / as | embarraríamos | We would splash with mud |
| Vosotros / as | embarraríais | You would splash with mud |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarrarían | They / you would splash with mud |
| Vos | embarrarías | You would splash with mud |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will splash with mud” or “they will splash with mud”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a embarrar” means “They are going to splash with mud”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embarraré | I will splash with mud |
| Tú | embarrarás | You will splash with mud |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarrará | He / she / you will splash with mud |
| Nosotros / as | embarraremos | We will splash with mud |
| Vosotros / as | embarraréis | You will splash with mud |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarrarán | They / you will splash with mud |
| Vos | embarrarás | You will splash with mud |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embarre |
| Tú | embarres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarre |
| Nosotros / as | embarremos |
| Vosotros / as | embarréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarren |
| Vos | embarres |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embarrara | embarrase |
| Tú | embarraras | embarrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarrara | embarrase |
| Nosotros / as | embarráramos | embarrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | embarrarais | embarraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarraran | embarrasen |
| Vos | embarraras | embarrase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embarrare |
| Tú | embarrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarrare |
| Nosotros / as | embarráremos |
| Vosotros / as | embarrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarraren |
| Vos | embarrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “splash with mud!” and “don’t splash with mud!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | embarra | no embarres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarre | no embarre |
| Nosotros / as | embarremos | no embarremos |
| Vosotros / as | embarrad | no embarréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarren | no embarren |
| Vos | embarrá | no embarres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya embarrado |
| Tú | hayas embarrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya embarrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos embarrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis embarrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan embarrado |
| Vos | hayas embarrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera embarrado / hubiese embarrado |
| Tú | hubieras embarrado / hubieses embarrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera embarrado / hubiese embarrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos embarrado / hubiésemos embarrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais embarrado / hubieseis embarrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran embarrado / hubiesen embarrado |
| Vos | hubieras embarrado / hubieses embarrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere embarrado |
| Tú | hubieres embarrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere embarrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos embarrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis embarrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren embarrado |
| Vos | hubieres embarrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté embarrando |
| Tú | estés embarrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté embarrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos embarrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis embarrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén embarrando |
| Vos | estés embarrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera embarrando / estuviese embarrando |
| Tú | estuvieras embarrando / estuvieses embarrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera embarrando / estuviese embarrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos embarrando / estuviésamos embarrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais embarrando / estuvieseis embarrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera embarrando / estuviese embarrando |
| Vos | estuvieras embarrando / estuvieses embarrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere embarrando |
| Tú | estuvieres embarrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere embarrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos embarrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis embarrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere embarrando |
| Vos | estuvieres embarrando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos embarrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos embarraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos embarrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos embarrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos embarrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos embarres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos embarraras / Vos embarrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos embarrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no embarres |