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Hurtar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to steal, rob”.
Below are all of the conjugations for hurtar 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 steal, rob |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | hurtar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está hurtando) and past continuous (estaba hurtando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. stole).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he stolen and hubiera stolen. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have stealing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | hurtando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | stolen |
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 steal” or “they steal”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hurto |
| Tú | hurtas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurta |
| Nosotros / as | hurtamos |
| Vosotros / as | hurtáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurtan |
| Vos | hurtás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I steal” or “she steal” 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 | hurté | I steal |
| Tú | hurtaste | You steal |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurtó | He / she / you steal |
| Nosotros / as | hurtamos | We steal |
| Vosotros / as | hurtasteis | You steal |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurtaron | They / you steal |
| Vos | hurtaste | You steal |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was stole” or “she was stole” 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 | hurtaba | I was stole |
| Tú | hurtabas | You were stole |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurtaba | He was / she was / you were stole |
| Nosotros / as | hurtábamos | We were stole |
| Vosotros / as | hurtabais | You were stole |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurtaban | They / you were stole |
| Vos | hurtabas | You were stole |
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 stealing” and “she has stealing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he stolen | I have stealing |
| Tú | has stolen | You have stealing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha stolen | He has / she has / you have stealing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos stolen | We have stealing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis stolen | You have stealing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han stolen | They / you have stealing |
| Vos | has stolen | You have stealing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would steal” or “she would steal”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hurtaría | I would steal |
| Tú | hurtarías | You would steal |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurtaría | He / she / you would steal |
| Nosotros / as | hurtaríamos | We would steal |
| Vosotros / as | hurtaríais | You would steal |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurtarían | They / you would steal |
| Vos | hurtarías | You would steal |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will steal” or “they will steal”.
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 hurtar” means “They are going to steal”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hurtaré | I will steal |
| Tú | hurtarás | You will steal |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurtará | He / she / you will steal |
| Nosotros / as | hurtaremos | We will steal |
| Vosotros / as | hurtaréis | You will steal |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurtarán | They / you will steal |
| Vos | hurtarás | You will steal |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hurte |
| Tú | hurtes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurte |
| Nosotros / as | hurtemos |
| Vosotros / as | hurtéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurten |
| Vos | hurtes |
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 | hurtara | hurtase |
| Tú | hurtaras | hurtase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurtara | hurtase |
| Nosotros / as | hurtáramos | hurtásemos |
| Vosotros / as | hurtarais | hurtaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurtaran | hurtasen |
| Vos | hurtaras | hurtase |
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 | hurtare |
| Tú | hurtares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurtare |
| Nosotros / as | hurtáremos |
| Vosotros / as | hurtareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurtaren |
| Vos | hurtares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “steal!” and “don’t steal!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | hurta | no hurtes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hurte | no hurte |
| Nosotros / as | hurtemos | no hurtemos |
| Vosotros / as | hurtad | no hurtéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hurten | no hurten |
| Vos | hurtá | no hurtes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya stolen |
| Tú | hayas stolen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya stolen |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos stolen |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis stolen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan stolen |
| Vos | hayas stolen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera stolen / hubiese stolen |
| Tú | hubieras stolen / hubieses stolen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera stolen / hubiese stolen |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos stolen / hubiésemos stolen |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais stolen / hubieseis stolen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran stolen / hubiesen stolen |
| Vos | hubieras stolen / hubieses stolen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere stolen |
| Tú | hubieres stolen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere stolen |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos stolen |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis stolen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren stolen |
| Vos | hubieres stolen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté hurtando |
| Tú | estés hurtando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté hurtando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos hurtando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis hurtando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén hurtando |
| Vos | estés hurtando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera hurtando / estuviese hurtando |
| Tú | estuvieras hurtando / estuvieses hurtando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera hurtando / estuviese hurtando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos hurtando / estuviésamos hurtando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais hurtando / estuvieseis hurtando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera hurtando / estuviese hurtando |
| Vos | estuvieras hurtando / estuvieses hurtando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere hurtando |
| Tú | estuvieres hurtando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere hurtando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos hurtando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis hurtando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere hurtando |
| Vos | estuvieres hurtando |
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 hurtás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos hurtaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos hurtabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos hurtarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos hurtarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos hurtes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos hurtaras / Vos hurtase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos hurtá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no hurtes |