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Embromar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to tease, banter at”.
Below are all of the conjugations for embromar 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 tease, banter at |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | embromar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está embromando) and past continuous (estaba embromando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. teasing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he embromado and hubiera embromado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have teased).
| Gerundio / Gerund | embromando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | embromado |
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 tease” or “they tease”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embromo |
| Tú | embromas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embroma |
| Nosotros / as | embromamos |
| Vosotros / as | embromáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embroman |
| Vos | embromás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I teased” or “she teased” 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 | embromé | I teased |
| Tú | embromaste | You teased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embromó | He / she / you teased |
| Nosotros / as | embromamos | We teased |
| Vosotros / as | embromasteis | You teased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromaron | They / you teased |
| Vos | embromaste | You teased |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was teasing” or “she was teasing” 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 | embromaba | I was teasing |
| Tú | embromabas | You were teasing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embromaba | He was / she was / you were teasing |
| Nosotros / as | embromábamos | We were teasing |
| Vosotros / as | embromabais | You were teasing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromaban | They / you were teasing |
| Vos | embromabas | You were teasing |
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 teased” and “she has teased”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he embromado | I have teased |
| Tú | has embromado | You have teased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha embromado | He has / she has / you have teased |
| Nosotros / as | hemos embromado | We have teased |
| Vosotros / as | habéis embromado | You have teased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han embromado | They / you have teased |
| Vos | has embromado | You have teased |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tease” or “she would tease”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embromaría | I would tease |
| Tú | embromarías | You would tease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embromaría | He / she / you would tease |
| Nosotros / as | embromaríamos | We would tease |
| Vosotros / as | embromaríais | You would tease |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromarían | They / you would tease |
| Vos | embromarías | You would tease |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tease” or “they will tease”.
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 embromar” means “They are going to tease”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embromaré | I will tease |
| Tú | embromarás | You will tease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embromará | He / she / you will tease |
| Nosotros / as | embromaremos | We will tease |
| Vosotros / as | embromaréis | You will tease |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromarán | They / you will tease |
| Vos | embromarás | You will tease |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embrome |
| Tú | embromes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embrome |
| Nosotros / as | embromemos |
| Vosotros / as | embroméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromen |
| Vos | embromes |
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 | embromara | embromase |
| Tú | embromaras | embromase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embromara | embromase |
| Nosotros / as | embromáramos | embromásemos |
| Vosotros / as | embromarais | embromaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromaran | embromasen |
| Vos | embromaras | embromase |
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 | embromare |
| Tú | embromares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embromare |
| Nosotros / as | embromáremos |
| Vosotros / as | embromareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromaren |
| Vos | embromares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tease!” and “don’t tease!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | embroma | no embromes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embrome | no embrome |
| Nosotros / as | embromemos | no embromemos |
| Vosotros / as | embromad | no embroméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embromen | no embromen |
| Vos | embromá | no embromes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya embromado |
| Tú | hayas embromado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya embromado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos embromado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis embromado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan embromado |
| Vos | hayas embromado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera embromado / hubiese embromado |
| Tú | hubieras embromado / hubieses embromado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera embromado / hubiese embromado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos embromado / hubiésemos embromado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais embromado / hubieseis embromado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran embromado / hubiesen embromado |
| Vos | hubieras embromado / hubieses embromado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere embromado |
| Tú | hubieres embromado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere embromado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos embromado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis embromado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren embromado |
| Vos | hubieres embromado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté embromando |
| Tú | estés embromando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté embromando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos embromando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis embromando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén embromando |
| Vos | estés embromando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera embromando / estuviese embromando |
| Tú | estuvieras embromando / estuvieses embromando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera embromando / estuviese embromando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos embromando / estuviésamos embromando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais embromando / estuvieseis embromando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera embromando / estuviese embromando |
| Vos | estuvieras embromando / estuvieses embromando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere embromando |
| Tú | estuvieres embromando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere embromando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos embromando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis embromando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere embromando |
| Vos | estuvieres embromando |
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 embromás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos embromaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos embromabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos embromarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos embromarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos embromes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos embromaras / Vos embromase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos embromá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no embromes |