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Hurgar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to poke, rummage”.
Below are all of the conjugations for hurgar 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 poke, rummage |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | hurgar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está hurgando) and past continuous (estaba hurgando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. poked).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he poked and hubiera poked. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have poking).
| Gerundio / Gerund | hurgando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | poked |
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 poke” or “they poke”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hurgo |
| Tú | hurgas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurga |
| Nosotros / as | hurgamos |
| Vosotros / as | hurgáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurgan |
| Vos | hurgás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I poke” or “she poke” 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 | hurgué | I poke |
| Tú | hurgaste | You poke |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgó | He / she / you poke |
| Nosotros / as | hurgamos | We poke |
| Vosotros / as | hurgasteis | You poke |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurgaron | They / you poke |
| Vos | hurgaste | You poke |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was poked” or “she was poked” 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 | hurgaba | I was poked |
| Tú | hurgabas | You were poked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgaba | He was / she was / you were poked |
| Nosotros / as | hurgábamos | We were poked |
| Vosotros / as | hurgabais | You were poked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurgaban | They / you were poked |
| Vos | hurgabas | You were poked |
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 poking” and “she has poking”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he poked | I have poking |
| Tú | has poked | You have poking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha poked | He has / she has / you have poking |
| Nosotros / as | hemos poked | We have poking |
| Vosotros / as | habéis poked | You have poking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han poked | They / you have poking |
| Vos | has poked | You have poking |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would poke” or “she would poke”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hurgaría | I would poke |
| Tú | hurgarías | You would poke |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgaría | He / she / you would poke |
| Nosotros / as | hurgaríamos | We would poke |
| Vosotros / as | hurgaríais | You would poke |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurgarían | They / you would poke |
| Vos | hurgarías | You would poke |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will poke” or “they will poke”.
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 hurgar” means “They are going to poke”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hurgaré | I will poke |
| Tú | hurgarás | You will poke |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgará | He / she / you will poke |
| Nosotros / as | hurgaremos | We will poke |
| Vosotros / as | hurgaréis | You will poke |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurgarán | They / you will poke |
| Vos | hurgarás | You will poke |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hurgue |
| Tú | hurgues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgue |
| Nosotros / as | hurguemos |
| Vosotros / as | hurguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurguen |
| Vos | hurgues |
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 | hurgara | hurgase |
| Tú | hurgaras | hurgase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgara | hurgase |
| Nosotros / as | hurgáramos | hurgásemos |
| Vosotros / as | hurgarais | hurgaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurgaran | hurgasen |
| Vos | hurgaras | hurgase |
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 | hurgare |
| Tú | hurgares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgare |
| Nosotros / as | hurgáremos |
| Vosotros / as | hurgareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurgaren |
| Vos | hurgares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “poke!” and “don’t poke!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | hurga | no hurgues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurgue | no hurgue |
| Nosotros / as | hurguemos | no hurguemos |
| Vosotros / as | hurgad | no hurguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurguen | no hurguen |
| Vos | hurgá | no hurgues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya poked |
| Tú | hayas poked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya poked |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos poked |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis poked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan poked |
| Vos | hayas poked |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera poked / hubiese poked |
| Tú | hubieras poked / hubieses poked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera poked / hubiese poked |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos poked / hubiésemos poked |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais poked / hubieseis poked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran poked / hubiesen poked |
| Vos | hubieras poked / hubieses poked |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere poked |
| Tú | hubieres poked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere poked |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos poked |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis poked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren poked |
| Vos | hubieres poked |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté hurgando |
| Tú | estés hurgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté hurgando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos hurgando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis hurgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén hurgando |
| Vos | estés hurgando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera hurgando / estuviese hurgando |
| Tú | estuvieras hurgando / estuvieses hurgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera hurgando / estuviese hurgando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos hurgando / estuviésamos hurgando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais hurgando / estuvieseis hurgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera hurgando / estuviese hurgando |
| Vos | estuvieras hurgando / estuvieses hurgando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere hurgando |
| Tú | estuvieres hurgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere hurgando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos hurgando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis hurgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere hurgando |
| Vos | estuvieres hurgando |
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 hurgás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos hurgaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos hurgabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos hurgarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos hurgarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos hurgues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos hurgaras / Vos hurgase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos hurgá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no hurgues |