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Fracturar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fracture, break, rupture”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fracturar 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 fracture, break, rupture |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fracturar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fracturando) and past continuous (estaba fracturando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. fractured).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he fractured and hubiera fractured. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have fracturing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fracturando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | fractured |
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 fracture” or “they fracture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fracturo |
| Tú | fracturas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fractura |
| Nosotros / as | fracturamos |
| Vosotros / as | fracturáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturan |
| Vos | fracturás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I fracture” or “she fracture” 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 | fracturé | I fracture |
| Tú | fracturaste | You fracture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracturó | He / she / you fracture |
| Nosotros / as | fracturamos | We fracture |
| Vosotros / as | fracturasteis | You fracture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturaron | They / you fracture |
| Vos | fracturaste | You fracture |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was fractured” or “she was fractured” 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 | fracturaba | I was fractured |
| Tú | fracturabas | You were fractured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracturaba | He was / she was / you were fractured |
| Nosotros / as | fracturábamos | We were fractured |
| Vosotros / as | fracturabais | You were fractured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturaban | They / you were fractured |
| Vos | fracturabas | You were fractured |
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 fracturing” and “she has fracturing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he fractured | I have fracturing |
| Tú | has fractured | You have fracturing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha fractured | He has / she has / you have fracturing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos fractured | We have fracturing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis fractured | You have fracturing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han fractured | They / you have fracturing |
| Vos | has fractured | You have fracturing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fracture” or “she would fracture”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fracturaría | I would fracture |
| Tú | fracturarías | You would fracture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracturaría | He / she / you would fracture |
| Nosotros / as | fracturaríamos | We would fracture |
| Vosotros / as | fracturaríais | You would fracture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturarían | They / you would fracture |
| Vos | fracturarías | You would fracture |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fracture” or “they will fracture”.
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 fracturar” means “They are going to fracture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fracturaré | I will fracture |
| Tú | fracturarás | You will fracture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracturará | He / she / you will fracture |
| Nosotros / as | fracturaremos | We will fracture |
| Vosotros / as | fracturaréis | You will fracture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturarán | They / you will fracture |
| Vos | fracturarás | You will fracture |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fracture |
| Tú | fractures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracture |
| Nosotros / as | fracturemos |
| Vosotros / as | fracturéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturen |
| Vos | fractures |
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 | fracturara | fracturase |
| Tú | fracturaras | fracturase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracturara | fracturase |
| Nosotros / as | fracturáramos | fracturásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fracturarais | fracturaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturaran | fracturasen |
| Vos | fracturaras | fracturase |
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 | fracturare |
| Tú | fracturares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracturare |
| Nosotros / as | fracturáremos |
| Vosotros / as | fracturareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturaren |
| Vos | fracturares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fracture!” and “don’t fracture!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fractura | no fractures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fracture | no fracture |
| Nosotros / as | fracturemos | no fracturemos |
| Vosotros / as | fracturad | no fracturéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fracturen | no fracturen |
| Vos | fracturá | no fractures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya fractured |
| Tú | hayas fractured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya fractured |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos fractured |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis fractured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan fractured |
| Vos | hayas fractured |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera fractured / hubiese fractured |
| Tú | hubieras fractured / hubieses fractured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera fractured / hubiese fractured |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos fractured / hubiésemos fractured |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais fractured / hubieseis fractured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran fractured / hubiesen fractured |
| Vos | hubieras fractured / hubieses fractured |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere fractured |
| Tú | hubieres fractured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere fractured |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos fractured |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis fractured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren fractured |
| Vos | hubieres fractured |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fracturando |
| Tú | estés fracturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fracturando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fracturando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fracturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fracturando |
| Vos | estés fracturando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fracturando / estuviese fracturando |
| Tú | estuvieras fracturando / estuvieses fracturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fracturando / estuviese fracturando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fracturando / estuviésamos fracturando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fracturando / estuvieseis fracturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fracturando / estuviese fracturando |
| Vos | estuvieras fracturando / estuvieses fracturando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fracturando |
| Tú | estuvieres fracturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fracturando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fracturando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fracturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fracturando |
| Vos | estuvieres fracturando |
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 fracturás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fracturaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fracturabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fracturarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fracturarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fractures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fracturaras / Vos fracturase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fracturá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fractures |