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Abrasar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to burn, set fire”.
Below are all of the conjugations for abrasar 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 burn, set fire |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abrasar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abrasando) and past continuous (estaba abrasando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. burning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abrasado and hubiera abrasado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have burned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abrasando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abrasado |
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 burn” or “they burn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abraso |
| Tú | abrasas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrasa |
| Nosotros / as | abrasamos |
| Vosotros / as | abrasáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasan |
| Vos | abrasás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I burned” or “she burned” 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 | abrasé | I burned |
| Tú | abrasaste | You burned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrasó | He / she / you burned |
| Nosotros / as | abrasamos | We burned |
| Vosotros / as | abrasasteis | You burned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasaron | They / you burned |
| Vos | abrasaste | You burned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was burning” or “she was burning” 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 | abrasaba | I was burning |
| Tú | abrasabas | You were burning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrasaba | He was / she was / you were burning |
| Nosotros / as | abrasábamos | We were burning |
| Vosotros / as | abrasabais | You were burning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasaban | They / you were burning |
| Vos | abrasabas | You were burning |
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 burned” and “she has burned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abrasado | I have burned |
| Tú | has abrasado | You have burned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha abrasado | He has / she has / you have burned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos abrasado | We have burned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis abrasado | You have burned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han abrasado | They / you have burned |
| Vos | has abrasado | You have burned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would burn” or “she would burn”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abrasaría | I would burn |
| Tú | abrasarías | You would burn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrasaría | He / she / you would burn |
| Nosotros / as | abrasaríamos | We would burn |
| Vosotros / as | abrasaríais | You would burn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasarían | They / you would burn |
| Vos | abrasarías | You would burn |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will burn” or “they will burn”.
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 abrasar” means “They are going to burn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abrasaré | I will burn |
| Tú | abrasarás | You will burn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrasará | He / she / you will burn |
| Nosotros / as | abrasaremos | We will burn |
| Vosotros / as | abrasaréis | You will burn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasarán | They / you will burn |
| Vos | abrasarás | You will burn |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abrase |
| Tú | abrases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrase |
| Nosotros / as | abrasemos |
| Vosotros / as | abraséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasen |
| Vos | abrases |
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 | abrasara | abrasase |
| Tú | abrasaras | abrasase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrasara | abrasase |
| Nosotros / as | abrasáramos | abrasásemos |
| Vosotros / as | abrasarais | abrasaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasaran | abrasasen |
| Vos | abrasaras | abrasase |
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 | abrasare |
| Tú | abrasares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrasare |
| Nosotros / as | abrasáremos |
| Vosotros / as | abrasareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasaren |
| Vos | abrasares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “burn!” and “don’t burn!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abrasa | no abrases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrase | no abrase |
| Nosotros / as | abrasemos | no abrasemos |
| Vosotros / as | abrasad | no abraséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrasen | no abrasen |
| Vos | abrasá | no abrases |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abrasado |
| Tú | hayas abrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abrasado |
| Vos | hayas abrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abrasado / hubiese abrasado |
| Tú | hubieras abrasado / hubieses abrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abrasado / hubiese abrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abrasado / hubiésemos abrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abrasado / hubieseis abrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abrasado / hubiesen abrasado |
| Vos | hubieras abrasado / hubieses abrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abrasado |
| Tú | hubieres abrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abrasado |
| Vos | hubieres abrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abrasando |
| Tú | estés abrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abrasando |
| Vos | estés abrasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abrasando / estuviese abrasando |
| Tú | estuvieras abrasando / estuvieses abrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abrasando / estuviese abrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abrasando / estuviésamos abrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abrasando / estuvieseis abrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abrasando / estuviese abrasando |
| Vos | estuvieras abrasando / estuvieses abrasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abrasando |
| Tú | estuvieres abrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abrasando |
| Vos | estuvieres abrasando |
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 abrasás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos abrasaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos abrasabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos abrasarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos abrasarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos abrases |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos abrasaras / Vos abrasase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abrasá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no abrases |