Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Menu
Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Gotear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to drip, trickle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for gotear 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 drip, trickle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | gotear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está goteando) and past continuous (estaba goteando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. dripped).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he dripped and hubiera dripped. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dripping).
| Gerundio / Gerund | goteando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | dripped |
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 drip” or “they drip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | goteo |
| Tú | goteas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gotea |
| Nosotros / as | goteamos |
| Vosotros / as | goteáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gotean |
| Vos | goteás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I drip” or “she drip” 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 | goteé | I drip |
| Tú | goteaste | You drip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | goteó | He / she / you drip |
| Nosotros / as | goteamos | We drip |
| Vosotros / as | goteasteis | You drip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gotearon | They / you drip |
| Vos | goteaste | You drip |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was dripped” or “she was dripped” 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 | goteaba | I was dripped |
| Tú | goteabas | You were dripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | goteaba | He was / she was / you were dripped |
| Nosotros / as | goteábamos | We were dripped |
| Vosotros / as | goteabais | You were dripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | goteaban | They / you were dripped |
| Vos | goteabas | You were dripped |
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 dripping” and “she has dripping”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he dripped | I have dripping |
| Tú | has dripped | You have dripping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha dripped | He has / she has / you have dripping |
| Nosotros / as | hemos dripped | We have dripping |
| Vosotros / as | habéis dripped | You have dripping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han dripped | They / you have dripping |
| Vos | has dripped | You have dripping |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would drip” or “she would drip”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | gotearía | I would drip |
| Tú | gotearías | You would drip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gotearía | He / she / you would drip |
| Nosotros / as | gotearíamos | We would drip |
| Vosotros / as | gotearíais | You would drip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gotearían | They / you would drip |
| Vos | gotearías | You would drip |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will drip” or “they will drip”.
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 gotear” means “They are going to drip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | gotearé | I will drip |
| Tú | gotearás | You will drip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | goteará | He / she / you will drip |
| Nosotros / as | gotearemos | We will drip |
| Vosotros / as | gotearéis | You will drip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gotearán | They / you will drip |
| Vos | gotearás | You will drip |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | gotee |
| Tú | gotees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gotee |
| Nosotros / as | goteemos |
| Vosotros / as | goteéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | goteen |
| Vos | gotees |
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 | goteara | gotease |
| Tú | gotearas | gotease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | goteara | gotease |
| Nosotros / as | goteáramos | goteásemos |
| Vosotros / as | gotearais | goteaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gotearan | goteasen |
| Vos | gotearas | gotease |
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 | goteare |
| Tú | goteares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | goteare |
| Nosotros / as | goteáremos |
| Vosotros / as | goteareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gotearen |
| Vos | goteares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “drip!” and “don’t drip!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | gotea | no gotees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gotee | no gotee |
| Nosotros / as | goteemos | no goteemos |
| Vosotros / as | gotead | no goteéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | goteen | no goteen |
| Vos | goteá | no gotees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya dripped |
| Tú | hayas dripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya dripped |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos dripped |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis dripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan dripped |
| Vos | hayas dripped |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera dripped / hubiese dripped |
| Tú | hubieras dripped / hubieses dripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera dripped / hubiese dripped |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos dripped / hubiésemos dripped |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais dripped / hubieseis dripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran dripped / hubiesen dripped |
| Vos | hubieras dripped / hubieses dripped |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere dripped |
| Tú | hubieres dripped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere dripped |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos dripped |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis dripped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren dripped |
| Vos | hubieres dripped |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté goteando |
| Tú | estés goteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté goteando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos goteando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis goteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén goteando |
| Vos | estés goteando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera goteando / estuviese goteando |
| Tú | estuvieras goteando / estuvieses goteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera goteando / estuviese goteando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos goteando / estuviésamos goteando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais goteando / estuvieseis goteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera goteando / estuviese goteando |
| Vos | estuvieras goteando / estuvieses goteando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere goteando |
| Tú | estuvieres goteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere goteando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos goteando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis goteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere goteando |
| Vos | estuvieres goteando |
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 goteás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos goteaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos goteabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos gotearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos gotearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos gotees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos gotearas / Vos gotease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos goteá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no gotees |