Abofetear conjugation
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Abofetear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to slap”.
Below are all of the conjugations for abofetear 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.
Abofetear Infinitive
| English Infinitive | to slap |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abofetear |
Abofetear Gerund and Past Participle
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abofeteando) and past continuous (estaba abofeteando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. slapping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abofeteado and hubiera abofeteado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have slapped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abofeteando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abofeteado |
Abofetear Indicative Conjugations
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
Abofetear Presente / Present
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 slap” or “they slap”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abofeteo |
| Tú | abofeteas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofetea |
| Nosotros / as | abofeteamos |
| Vosotros / as | abofeteáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofetean |
| Vos | abofeteás |
Abofetear Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I slapped” or “she slapped” 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 | abofeteé | I slapped |
| Tú | abofeteaste | You slapped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofeteó | He / she / you slapped |
| Nosotros / as | abofeteamos | We slapped |
| Vosotros / as | abofeteasteis | You slapped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofetearon | They / you slapped |
| Vos | abofeteaste | You slapped |
Abofetear Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was slapping” or “she was slapping” 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 | abofeteaba | I was slapping |
| Tú | abofeteabas | You were slapping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofeteaba | He was / she was / you were slapping |
| Nosotros / as | abofeteábamos | We were slapping |
| Vosotros / as | abofeteabais | You were slapping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofeteaban | They / you were slapping |
| Vos | abofeteabas | You were slapping |
Abofetear Perfect / Perfecto
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 slapped” and “she has slapped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abofeteado | I have slapped |
| Tú | has abofeteado | You have slapped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha abofeteado | He has / she has / you have slapped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos abofeteado | We have slapped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis abofeteado | You have slapped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han abofeteado | They / you have slapped |
| Vos | has abofeteado | You have slapped |
Abofetear Conditional / Condicional
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would slap” or “she would slap”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abofetearía | I would slap |
| Tú | abofetearías | You would slap |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofetearía | He / she / you would slap |
| Nosotros / as | abofetearíamos | We would slap |
| Vosotros / as | abofetearíais | You would slap |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofetearían | They / you would slap |
| Vos | abofetearías | You would slap |
Abofetear Future / Futuro
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will slap” or “they will slap”.
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 abofetear” means “They are going to slap”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abofetearé | I will slap |
| Tú | abofetearás | You will slap |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofeteará | He / she / you will slap |
| Nosotros / as | abofetearemos | We will slap |
| Vosotros / as | abofetearéis | You will slap |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofetearán | They / you will slap |
| Vos | abofetearás | You will slap |
Abofetear Subjunctive Conjugations
Abofetear Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abofetee |
| Tú | abofetees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofetee |
| Nosotros / as | abofeteemos |
| Vosotros / as | abofeteéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofeteen |
| Vos | abofetees |
Abofetear Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo
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 | abofeteara | abofetease |
| Tú | abofetearas | abofetease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofeteara | abofetease |
| Nosotros / as | abofeteáramos | abofeteásemos |
| Vosotros / as | abofetearais | abofeteaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofetearan | abofeteasen |
| Vos | abofetearas | abofetease |
Abofetear Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo
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 | abofeteare |
| Tú | abofeteares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofeteare |
| Nosotros / as | abofeteáremos |
| Vosotros / as | abofeteareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofetearen |
| Vos | abofeteares |
Abofetear Imperative Conjugations
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “slap!” and “don’t slap!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abofetea | no abofetees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abofetee | no abofetee |
| Nosotros / as | abofeteemos | no abofeteemos |
| Vosotros / as | abofetead | no abofeteéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abofeteen | no abofeteen |
| Vos | abofeteá | no abofetees |
Abofetear Compound Subjunctive Tenses
Abofetear Subjunctive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abofeteado |
| Tú | hayas abofeteado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abofeteado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abofeteado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abofeteado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abofeteado |
| Vos | hayas abofeteado |
Abofetear Subjunctive Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abofeteado / hubiese abofeteado |
| Tú | hubieras abofeteado / hubieses abofeteado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abofeteado / hubiese abofeteado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abofeteado / hubiésemos abofeteado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abofeteado / hubieseis abofeteado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abofeteado / hubiesen abofeteado |
| Vos | hubieras abofeteado / hubieses abofeteado |
Abofetear Subjunctive Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abofeteado |
| Tú | hubieres abofeteado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abofeteado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abofeteado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abofeteado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abofeteado |
| Vos | hubieres abofeteado |
Abofetear Subjective Progressive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abofeteando |
| Tú | estés abofeteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abofeteando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abofeteando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abofeteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abofeteando |
| Vos | estés abofeteando |
Abofetear Subjunctive Past Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abofeteando / estuviese abofeteando |
| Tú | estuvieras abofeteando / estuvieses abofeteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abofeteando / estuviese abofeteando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abofeteando / estuviésamos abofeteando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abofeteando / estuvieseis abofeteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abofeteando / estuviese abofeteando |
| Vos | estuvieras abofeteando / estuvieses abofeteando |
Abofetear Subjunctive Future Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abofeteando |
| Tú | estuvieres abofeteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abofeteando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abofeteando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abofeteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abofeteando |
| Vos | estuvieres abofeteando |
Abofetear Vos Conjugation
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 abofeteás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos abofeteaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos abofeteabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos abofetearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos abofetearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos abofetees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos abofetearas / Vos abofetease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abofeteá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no abofetees |