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Lagrimear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to weep, cry”.
Below are all of the conjugations for lagrimear 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 weep, cry |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | lagrimear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está lagrimeando) and past continuous (estaba lagrimeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. weeping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he lagrimeado and hubiera lagrimeado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have wept).
| Gerundio / Gerund | lagrimeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | lagrimeado |
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 weep” or “they weep”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lagrimeo |
| Tú | lagrimeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimea |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimeamos |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimean |
| Vos | lagrimeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I wept” or “she wept” 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 | lagrimeé | I wept |
| Tú | lagrimeaste | You wept |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimeó | He / she / you wept |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimeamos | We wept |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimeasteis | You wept |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimearon | They / you wept |
| Vos | lagrimeaste | You wept |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was weeping” or “she was weeping” 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 | lagrimeaba | I was weeping |
| Tú | lagrimeabas | You were weeping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimeaba | He was / she was / you were weeping |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimeábamos | We were weeping |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimeabais | You were weeping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimeaban | They / you were weeping |
| Vos | lagrimeabas | You were weeping |
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 wept” and “she has wept”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he lagrimeado | I have wept |
| Tú | has lagrimeado | You have wept |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha lagrimeado | He has / she has / you have wept |
| Nosotros / as | hemos lagrimeado | We have wept |
| Vosotros / as | habéis lagrimeado | You have wept |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han lagrimeado | They / you have wept |
| Vos | has lagrimeado | You have wept |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would weep” or “she would weep”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lagrimearía | I would weep |
| Tú | lagrimearías | You would weep |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimearía | He / she / you would weep |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimearíamos | We would weep |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimearíais | You would weep |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimearían | They / you would weep |
| Vos | lagrimearías | You would weep |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will weep” or “they will weep”.
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 lagrimear” means “They are going to weep”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lagrimearé | I will weep |
| Tú | lagrimearás | You will weep |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimeará | He / she / you will weep |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimearemos | We will weep |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimearéis | You will weep |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimearán | They / you will weep |
| Vos | lagrimearás | You will weep |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lagrimee |
| Tú | lagrimees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimee |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimeemos |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimeen |
| Vos | lagrimees |
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 | lagrimeara | lagrimease |
| Tú | lagrimearas | lagrimease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimeara | lagrimease |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimeáramos | lagrimeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimearais | lagrimeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimearan | lagrimeasen |
| Vos | lagrimearas | lagrimease |
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 | lagrimeare |
| Tú | lagrimeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimeare |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimearen |
| Vos | lagrimeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “weep!” and “don’t weep!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | lagrimea | no lagrimees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lagrimee | no lagrimee |
| Nosotros / as | lagrimeemos | no lagrimeemos |
| Vosotros / as | lagrimead | no lagrimeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lagrimeen | no lagrimeen |
| Vos | lagrimeá | no lagrimees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya lagrimeado |
| Tú | hayas lagrimeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya lagrimeado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos lagrimeado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis lagrimeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan lagrimeado |
| Vos | hayas lagrimeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera lagrimeado / hubiese lagrimeado |
| Tú | hubieras lagrimeado / hubieses lagrimeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera lagrimeado / hubiese lagrimeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos lagrimeado / hubiésemos lagrimeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais lagrimeado / hubieseis lagrimeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran lagrimeado / hubiesen lagrimeado |
| Vos | hubieras lagrimeado / hubieses lagrimeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere lagrimeado |
| Tú | hubieres lagrimeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere lagrimeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos lagrimeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis lagrimeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren lagrimeado |
| Vos | hubieres lagrimeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté lagrimeando |
| Tú | estés lagrimeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté lagrimeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos lagrimeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis lagrimeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén lagrimeando |
| Vos | estés lagrimeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera lagrimeando / estuviese lagrimeando |
| Tú | estuvieras lagrimeando / estuvieses lagrimeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera lagrimeando / estuviese lagrimeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos lagrimeando / estuviésamos lagrimeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais lagrimeando / estuvieseis lagrimeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera lagrimeando / estuviese lagrimeando |
| Vos | estuvieras lagrimeando / estuvieses lagrimeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere lagrimeando |
| Tú | estuvieres lagrimeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere lagrimeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos lagrimeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis lagrimeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere lagrimeando |
| Vos | estuvieres lagrimeando |
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 lagrimeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos lagrimeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos lagrimeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos lagrimearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos lagrimearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos lagrimees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos lagrimearas / Vos lagrimease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos lagrimeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no lagrimees |