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Estregar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to rub, scrub, scour”.
Below are all of the conjugations for estregar 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 rub, scrub, scour |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estregar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estregando) and past continuous (estaba estregando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. rubbing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estregado and hubiera estregado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have rubbed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estregando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estregado |
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 rub” or “they rub”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estriego |
| Tú | estriegas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estriega |
| Nosotros / as | estregamos |
| Vosotros / as | estregáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estriegan |
| Vos | estregás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I rubbed” or “she rubbed” 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 | estregué | I rubbed |
| Tú | estregaste | You rubbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estregó | He / she / you rubbed |
| Nosotros / as | estregamos | We rubbed |
| Vosotros / as | estregasteis | You rubbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estregaron | They / you rubbed |
| Vos | estregaste | You rubbed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was rubbing” or “she was rubbing” 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 | estregaba | I was rubbing |
| Tú | estregabas | You were rubbing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estregaba | He was / she was / you were rubbing |
| Nosotros / as | estregábamos | We were rubbing |
| Vosotros / as | estregabais | You were rubbing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estregaban | They / you were rubbing |
| Vos | estregabas | You were rubbing |
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 rubbed” and “she has rubbed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estregado | I have rubbed |
| Tú | has estregado | You have rubbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha estregado | He has / she has / you have rubbed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos estregado | We have rubbed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis estregado | You have rubbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han estregado | They / you have rubbed |
| Vos | has estregado | You have rubbed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would rub” or “she would rub”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estregaría | I would rub |
| Tú | estregarías | You would rub |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estregaría | He / she / you would rub |
| Nosotros / as | estregaríamos | We would rub |
| Vosotros / as | estregaríais | You would rub |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estregarían | They / you would rub |
| Vos | estregarías | You would rub |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will rub” or “they will rub”.
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 estregar” means “They are going to rub”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estregaré | I will rub |
| Tú | estregarás | You will rub |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estregará | He / she / you will rub |
| Nosotros / as | estregaremos | We will rub |
| Vosotros / as | estregaréis | You will rub |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estregarán | They / you will rub |
| Vos | estregarás | You will rub |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estriegue |
| Tú | estriegues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estriegue |
| Nosotros / as | estreguemos |
| Vosotros / as | estreguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrieguen |
| Vos | estriegues |
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 | estregara | estregase |
| Tú | estregaras | estregase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estregara | estregase |
| Nosotros / as | estregáramos | estregásemos |
| Vosotros / as | estregarais | estregaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estregaran | estregasen |
| Vos | estregaras | estregase |
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 | estregare |
| Tú | estregares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estregare |
| Nosotros / as | estregáremos |
| Vosotros / as | estregareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estregaren |
| Vos | estregares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “rub!” and “don’t rub!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estriega | no estriegues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estriegue | no estriegue |
| Nosotros / as | estreguemos | no estreguemos |
| Vosotros / as | estregad | no estreguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrieguen | no estrieguen |
| Vos | estregá | no estriegues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estregado |
| Tú | hayas estregado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estregado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estregado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estregado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estregado |
| Vos | hayas estregado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estregado / hubiese estregado |
| Tú | hubieras estregado / hubieses estregado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estregado / hubiese estregado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estregado / hubiésemos estregado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estregado / hubieseis estregado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estregado / hubiesen estregado |
| Vos | hubieras estregado / hubieses estregado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estregado |
| Tú | hubieres estregado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estregado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estregado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estregado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estregado |
| Vos | hubieres estregado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estregando |
| Tú | estés estregando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estregando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estregando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estregando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estregando |
| Vos | estés estregando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estregando / estuviese estregando |
| Tú | estuvieras estregando / estuvieses estregando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estregando / estuviese estregando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estregando / estuviésamos estregando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estregando / estuvieseis estregando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estregando / estuviese estregando |
| Vos | estuvieras estregando / estuvieses estregando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estregando |
| Tú | estuvieres estregando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estregando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estregando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estregando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estregando |
| Vos | estuvieres estregando |
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 estregás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos estregaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos estregabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos estregarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos estregarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos estriegues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos estregaras / Vos estregase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estregá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no estriegues |