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Estrujar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to squeeze, press, crush”.
Below are all of the conjugations for estrujar 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 squeeze, press, crush |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estrujar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estrujando) and past continuous (estaba estrujando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. squeezing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estrujado and hubiera estrujado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have squeezed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estrujando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estrujado |
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 squeeze” or “they squeeze”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estrujo |
| Tú | estrujas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estruja |
| Nosotros / as | estrujamos |
| Vosotros / as | estrujáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujan |
| Vos | estrujás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I squeezed” or “she squeezed” 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 | estrujé | I squeezed |
| Tú | estrujaste | You squeezed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrujó | He / she / you squeezed |
| Nosotros / as | estrujamos | We squeezed |
| Vosotros / as | estrujasteis | You squeezed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujaron | They / you squeezed |
| Vos | estrujaste | You squeezed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was squeezing” or “she was squeezing” 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 | estrujaba | I was squeezing |
| Tú | estrujabas | You were squeezing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrujaba | He was / she was / you were squeezing |
| Nosotros / as | estrujábamos | We were squeezing |
| Vosotros / as | estrujabais | You were squeezing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujaban | They / you were squeezing |
| Vos | estrujabas | You were squeezing |
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 squeezed” and “she has squeezed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estrujado | I have squeezed |
| Tú | has estrujado | You have squeezed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha estrujado | He has / she has / you have squeezed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos estrujado | We have squeezed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis estrujado | You have squeezed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han estrujado | They / you have squeezed |
| Vos | has estrujado | You have squeezed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would squeeze” or “she would squeeze”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estrujaría | I would squeeze |
| Tú | estrujarías | You would squeeze |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrujaría | He / she / you would squeeze |
| Nosotros / as | estrujaríamos | We would squeeze |
| Vosotros / as | estrujaríais | You would squeeze |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujarían | They / you would squeeze |
| Vos | estrujarías | You would squeeze |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will squeeze” or “they will squeeze”.
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 estrujar” means “They are going to squeeze”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estrujaré | I will squeeze |
| Tú | estrujarás | You will squeeze |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrujará | He / she / you will squeeze |
| Nosotros / as | estrujaremos | We will squeeze |
| Vosotros / as | estrujaréis | You will squeeze |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujarán | They / you will squeeze |
| Vos | estrujarás | You will squeeze |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estruje |
| Tú | estrujes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estruje |
| Nosotros / as | estrujemos |
| Vosotros / as | estrujéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujen |
| Vos | estrujes |
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 | estrujara | estrujase |
| Tú | estrujaras | estrujase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrujara | estrujase |
| Nosotros / as | estrujáramos | estrujásemos |
| Vosotros / as | estrujarais | estrujaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujaran | estrujasen |
| Vos | estrujaras | estrujase |
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 | estrujare |
| Tú | estrujares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrujare |
| Nosotros / as | estrujáremos |
| Vosotros / as | estrujareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujaren |
| Vos | estrujares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “squeeze!” and “don’t squeeze!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estruja | no estrujes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estruje | no estruje |
| Nosotros / as | estrujemos | no estrujemos |
| Vosotros / as | estrujad | no estrujéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrujen | no estrujen |
| Vos | estrujá | no estrujes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estrujado |
| Tú | hayas estrujado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estrujado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estrujado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estrujado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estrujado |
| Vos | hayas estrujado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estrujado / hubiese estrujado |
| Tú | hubieras estrujado / hubieses estrujado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estrujado / hubiese estrujado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estrujado / hubiésemos estrujado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estrujado / hubieseis estrujado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estrujado / hubiesen estrujado |
| Vos | hubieras estrujado / hubieses estrujado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estrujado |
| Tú | hubieres estrujado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estrujado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estrujado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estrujado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estrujado |
| Vos | hubieres estrujado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estrujando |
| Tú | estés estrujando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estrujando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estrujando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estrujando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estrujando |
| Vos | estés estrujando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estrujando / estuviese estrujando |
| Tú | estuvieras estrujando / estuvieses estrujando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estrujando / estuviese estrujando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estrujando / estuviésamos estrujando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estrujando / estuvieseis estrujando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estrujando / estuviese estrujando |
| Vos | estuvieras estrujando / estuvieses estrujando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estrujando |
| Tú | estuvieres estrujando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estrujando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estrujando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estrujando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estrujando |
| Vos | estuvieres estrujando |
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 estrujás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos estrujaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos estrujabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos estrujarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos estrujarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos estrujes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos estrujaras / Vos estrujase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estrujá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no estrujes |