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Chillar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to scream, shriek, squeak, screech”.
Below are all of the conjugations for chillar 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 scream, shriek, squeak, screech |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | chillar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está chillando) and past continuous (estaba chillando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. screaming).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he chillado and hubiera chillado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have screamed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | chillando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | chillado |
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 scream” or “they scream”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | chillo |
| Tú | chillas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chilla |
| Nosotros / as | chillamos |
| Vosotros / as | chilláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillan |
| Vos | chillás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I screamed” or “she screamed” 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 | chillé | I screamed |
| Tú | chillaste | You screamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chilló | He / she / you screamed |
| Nosotros / as | chillamos | We screamed |
| Vosotros / as | chillasteis | You screamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillaron | They / you screamed |
| Vos | chillaste | You screamed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was screaming” or “she was screaming” 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 | chillaba | I was screaming |
| Tú | chillabas | You were screaming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chillaba | He was / she was / you were screaming |
| Nosotros / as | chillábamos | We were screaming |
| Vosotros / as | chillabais | You were screaming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillaban | They / you were screaming |
| Vos | chillabas | You were screaming |
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 screamed” and “she has screamed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he chillado | I have screamed |
| Tú | has chillado | You have screamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha chillado | He has / she has / you have screamed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos chillado | We have screamed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis chillado | You have screamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han chillado | They / you have screamed |
| Vos | has chillado | You have screamed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would scream” or “she would scream”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | chillaría | I would scream |
| Tú | chillarías | You would scream |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chillaría | He / she / you would scream |
| Nosotros / as | chillaríamos | We would scream |
| Vosotros / as | chillaríais | You would scream |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillarían | They / you would scream |
| Vos | chillarías | You would scream |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will scream” or “they will scream”.
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 chillar” means “They are going to scream”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | chillaré | I will scream |
| Tú | chillarás | You will scream |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chillará | He / she / you will scream |
| Nosotros / as | chillaremos | We will scream |
| Vosotros / as | chillaréis | You will scream |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillarán | They / you will scream |
| Vos | chillarás | You will scream |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | chille |
| Tú | chilles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chille |
| Nosotros / as | chillemos |
| Vosotros / as | chilléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillen |
| Vos | chilles |
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 | chillara | chillase |
| Tú | chillaras | chillase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chillara | chillase |
| Nosotros / as | chilláramos | chillásemos |
| Vosotros / as | chillarais | chillaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillaran | chillasen |
| Vos | chillaras | chillase |
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 | chillare |
| Tú | chillares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chillare |
| Nosotros / as | chilláremos |
| Vosotros / as | chillareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillaren |
| Vos | chillares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “scream!” and “don’t scream!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | chilla | no chilles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chille | no chille |
| Nosotros / as | chillemos | no chillemos |
| Vosotros / as | chillad | no chilléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chillen | no chillen |
| Vos | chillá | no chilles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya chillado |
| Tú | hayas chillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya chillado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos chillado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis chillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan chillado |
| Vos | hayas chillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera chillado / hubiese chillado |
| Tú | hubieras chillado / hubieses chillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera chillado / hubiese chillado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos chillado / hubiésemos chillado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais chillado / hubieseis chillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran chillado / hubiesen chillado |
| Vos | hubieras chillado / hubieses chillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere chillado |
| Tú | hubieres chillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere chillado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos chillado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis chillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren chillado |
| Vos | hubieres chillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté chillando |
| Tú | estés chillando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté chillando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos chillando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis chillando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén chillando |
| Vos | estés chillando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera chillando / estuviese chillando |
| Tú | estuvieras chillando / estuvieses chillando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera chillando / estuviese chillando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos chillando / estuviésamos chillando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais chillando / estuvieseis chillando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera chillando / estuviese chillando |
| Vos | estuvieras chillando / estuvieses chillando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere chillando |
| Tú | estuvieres chillando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere chillando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos chillando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis chillando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere chillando |
| Vos | estuvieres chillando |
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 chillás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos chillaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos chillabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos chillarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos chillarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos chilles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos chillaras / Vos chillase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos chillá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no chilles |