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Estampar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to stamp, print, engrave”.
Below are all of the conjugations for estampar 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 stamp, print, engrave |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estampar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estampando) and past continuous (estaba estampando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. stamping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estampado and hubiera estampado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have stamped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estampando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estampado |
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 stamp” or “they stamp”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estampo |
| Tú | estampas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampa |
| Nosotros / as | estampamos |
| Vosotros / as | estampáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estampan |
| Vos | estampás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I stamped” or “she stamped” 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 | estampé | I stamped |
| Tú | estampaste | You stamped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampó | He / she / you stamped |
| Nosotros / as | estampamos | We stamped |
| Vosotros / as | estampasteis | You stamped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estamparon | They / you stamped |
| Vos | estampaste | You stamped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was stamping” or “she was stamping” 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 | estampaba | I was stamping |
| Tú | estampabas | You were stamping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampaba | He was / she was / you were stamping |
| Nosotros / as | estampábamos | We were stamping |
| Vosotros / as | estampabais | You were stamping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estampaban | They / you were stamping |
| Vos | estampabas | You were stamping |
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 stamped” and “she has stamped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estampado | I have stamped |
| Tú | has estampado | You have stamped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha estampado | He has / she has / you have stamped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos estampado | We have stamped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis estampado | You have stamped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han estampado | They / you have stamped |
| Vos | has estampado | You have stamped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would stamp” or “she would stamp”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estamparía | I would stamp |
| Tú | estamparías | You would stamp |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estamparía | He / she / you would stamp |
| Nosotros / as | estamparíamos | We would stamp |
| Vosotros / as | estamparíais | You would stamp |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estamparían | They / you would stamp |
| Vos | estamparías | You would stamp |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will stamp” or “they will stamp”.
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 estampar” means “They are going to stamp”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estamparé | I will stamp |
| Tú | estamparás | You will stamp |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampará | He / she / you will stamp |
| Nosotros / as | estamparemos | We will stamp |
| Vosotros / as | estamparéis | You will stamp |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estamparán | They / you will stamp |
| Vos | estamparás | You will stamp |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estampe |
| Tú | estampes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampe |
| Nosotros / as | estampemos |
| Vosotros / as | estampéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estampen |
| Vos | estampes |
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 | estampara | estampase |
| Tú | estamparas | estampase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampara | estampase |
| Nosotros / as | estampáramos | estampásemos |
| Vosotros / as | estamparais | estampaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estamparan | estampasen |
| Vos | estamparas | estampase |
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 | estampare |
| Tú | estampares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampare |
| Nosotros / as | estampáremos |
| Vosotros / as | estampareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estamparen |
| Vos | estampares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “stamp!” and “don’t stamp!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estampa | no estampes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estampe | no estampe |
| Nosotros / as | estampemos | no estampemos |
| Vosotros / as | estampad | no estampéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estampen | no estampen |
| Vos | estampá | no estampes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estampado |
| Tú | hayas estampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estampado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estampado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estampado |
| Vos | hayas estampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estampado / hubiese estampado |
| Tú | hubieras estampado / hubieses estampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estampado / hubiese estampado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estampado / hubiésemos estampado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estampado / hubieseis estampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estampado / hubiesen estampado |
| Vos | hubieras estampado / hubieses estampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estampado |
| Tú | hubieres estampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estampado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estampado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estampado |
| Vos | hubieres estampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estampando |
| Tú | estés estampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estampando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estampando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estampando |
| Vos | estés estampando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estampando / estuviese estampando |
| Tú | estuvieras estampando / estuvieses estampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estampando / estuviese estampando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estampando / estuviésamos estampando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estampando / estuvieseis estampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estampando / estuviese estampando |
| Vos | estuvieras estampando / estuvieses estampando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estampando |
| Tú | estuvieres estampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estampando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estampando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estampando |
| Vos | estuvieres estampando |
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 estampás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos estampaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos estampabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos estamparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos estamparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos estampes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos estamparas / Vos estampase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estampá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no estampes |