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Lamer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lick, lap”.
Below are all of the conjugations for lamer 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 lick, lap |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | lamer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está lamiendo) and past continuous (estaba lamiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. licking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he lamido and hubiera lamido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have licked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | lamiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | lamido |
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 lick” or “they lick”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lamo |
| Tú | lames |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lame |
| Nosotros / as | lamemos |
| Vosotros / as | laméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lamen |
| Vos | lamés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I licked” or “she licked” 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 | lamí | I licked |
| Tú | lamiste | You licked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lamió | He / she / you licked |
| Nosotros / as | lamimos | We licked |
| Vosotros / as | lamisteis | You licked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lamieron | They / you licked |
| Vos | lamiste | You licked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was licking” or “she was licking” 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 | lamía | I was licking |
| Tú | lamías | You were licking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lamía | He was / she was / you were licking |
| Nosotros / as | lamíamos | We were licking |
| Vosotros / as | lamíais | You were licking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lamían | They / you were licking |
| Vos | lamías | You were licking |
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 licked” and “she has licked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he lamido | I have licked |
| Tú | has lamido | You have licked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha lamido | He has / she has / you have licked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos lamido | We have licked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis lamido | You have licked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han lamido | They / you have licked |
| Vos | has lamido | You have licked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lick” or “she would lick”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lamería | I would lick |
| Tú | lamerías | You would lick |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lamería | He / she / you would lick |
| Nosotros / as | lameríamos | We would lick |
| Vosotros / as | lameríais | You would lick |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lamerían | They / you would lick |
| Vos | lamerías | You would lick |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lick” or “they will lick”.
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 lamer” means “They are going to lick”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lameré | I will lick |
| Tú | lamerás | You will lick |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lamerá | He / she / you will lick |
| Nosotros / as | lameremos | We will lick |
| Vosotros / as | lameréis | You will lick |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lamerán | They / you will lick |
| Vos | lamerás | You will lick |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lama |
| Tú | lamas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lama |
| Nosotros / as | lamamos |
| Vosotros / as | lamáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laman |
| Vos | lamas |
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 | lamiera | lamiese |
| Tú | lamieras | lamiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lamiera | lamiese |
| Nosotros / as | lamiéramos | lamiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | lamierais | lamieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lamieran | lamiesen |
| Vos | lamieras | lamiese |
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 | lamiere |
| Tú | lamieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lamiere |
| Nosotros / as | lamiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | lamiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lamieren |
| Vos | lamieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lick!” and “don’t lick!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | lame | no lamas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lama | no lama |
| Nosotros / as | lamamos | no lamamos |
| Vosotros / as | lamed | no lamáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laman | no laman |
| Vos | lamé | no lamas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya lamido |
| Tú | hayas lamido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya lamido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos lamido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis lamido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan lamido |
| Vos | hayas lamido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera lamido / hubiese lamido |
| Tú | hubieras lamido / hubieses lamido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera lamido / hubiese lamido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos lamido / hubiésemos lamido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais lamido / hubieseis lamido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran lamido / hubiesen lamido |
| Vos | hubieras lamido / hubieses lamido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere lamido |
| Tú | hubieres lamido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere lamido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos lamido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis lamido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren lamido |
| Vos | hubieres lamido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté lamiendo |
| Tú | estés lamiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté lamiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos lamiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis lamiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén lamiendo |
| Vos | estés lamiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera lamiendo / estuviese lamiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras lamiendo / estuvieses lamiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera lamiendo / estuviese lamiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos lamiendo / estuviésamos lamiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais lamiendo / estuvieseis lamiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera lamiendo / estuviese lamiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras lamiendo / estuvieses lamiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere lamiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres lamiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere lamiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos lamiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis lamiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere lamiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres lamiendo |
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 lamés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos lamiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos lamías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos lamerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos lamerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos lamas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos lamieras / Vos lamiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos lamé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no lamas |