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Abrazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to embrace, hug, clamp”.
Below are all of the conjugations for abrazar 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 embrace, hug, clamp |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abrazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abrazando) and past continuous (estaba abrazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. embracing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abrazado and hubiera abrazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have embraced).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abrazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abrazado |
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 embrace” or “they embrace”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abrazo |
| Tú | abrazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abraza |
| Nosotros / as | abrazamos |
| Vosotros / as | abrazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrazan |
| Vos | abrazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I embraced” or “she embraced” 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 | abracé | I embraced |
| Tú | abrazaste | You embraced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrazó | He / she / you embraced |
| Nosotros / as | abrazamos | We embraced |
| Vosotros / as | abrazasteis | You embraced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrazaron | They / you embraced |
| Vos | abrazaste | You embraced |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was embracing” or “she was embracing” 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 | abrazaba | I was embracing |
| Tú | abrazabas | You were embracing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrazaba | He was / she was / you were embracing |
| Nosotros / as | abrazábamos | We were embracing |
| Vosotros / as | abrazabais | You were embracing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrazaban | They / you were embracing |
| Vos | abrazabas | You were embracing |
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 embraced” and “she has embraced”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abrazado | I have embraced |
| Tú | has abrazado | You have embraced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha abrazado | He has / she has / you have embraced |
| Nosotros / as | hemos abrazado | We have embraced |
| Vosotros / as | habéis abrazado | You have embraced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han abrazado | They / you have embraced |
| Vos | has abrazado | You have embraced |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would embrace” or “she would embrace”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abrazaría | I would embrace |
| Tú | abrazarías | You would embrace |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrazaría | He / she / you would embrace |
| Nosotros / as | abrazaríamos | We would embrace |
| Vosotros / as | abrazaríais | You would embrace |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrazarían | They / you would embrace |
| Vos | abrazarías | You would embrace |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will embrace” or “they will embrace”.
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 abrazar” means “They are going to embrace”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abrazaré | I will embrace |
| Tú | abrazarás | You will embrace |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrazará | He / she / you will embrace |
| Nosotros / as | abrazaremos | We will embrace |
| Vosotros / as | abrazaréis | You will embrace |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrazarán | They / you will embrace |
| Vos | abrazarás | You will embrace |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abrace |
| Tú | abraces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrace |
| Nosotros / as | abracemos |
| Vosotros / as | abracéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abracen |
| Vos | abraces |
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 | abrazara | abrazase |
| Tú | abrazaras | abrazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrazara | abrazase |
| Nosotros / as | abrazáramos | abrazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | abrazarais | abrazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrazaran | abrazasen |
| Vos | abrazaras | abrazase |
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 | abrazare |
| Tú | abrazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrazare |
| Nosotros / as | abrazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | abrazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abrazaren |
| Vos | abrazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “embrace!” and “don’t embrace!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abraza | no abraces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abrace | no abrace |
| Nosotros / as | abracemos | no abracemos |
| Vosotros / as | abrazad | no abracéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abracen | no abracen |
| Vos | abrazá | no abraces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abrazado |
| Tú | hayas abrazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abrazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abrazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abrazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abrazado |
| Vos | hayas abrazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abrazado / hubiese abrazado |
| Tú | hubieras abrazado / hubieses abrazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abrazado / hubiese abrazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abrazado / hubiésemos abrazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abrazado / hubieseis abrazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abrazado / hubiesen abrazado |
| Vos | hubieras abrazado / hubieses abrazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abrazado |
| Tú | hubieres abrazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abrazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abrazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abrazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abrazado |
| Vos | hubieres abrazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abrazando |
| Tú | estés abrazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abrazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abrazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abrazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abrazando |
| Vos | estés abrazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abrazando / estuviese abrazando |
| Tú | estuvieras abrazando / estuvieses abrazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abrazando / estuviese abrazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abrazando / estuviésamos abrazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abrazando / estuvieseis abrazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abrazando / estuviese abrazando |
| Vos | estuvieras abrazando / estuvieses abrazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abrazando |
| Tú | estuvieres abrazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abrazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abrazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abrazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abrazando |
| Vos | estuvieres abrazando |
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 abrazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos abrazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos abrazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos abrazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos abrazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos abraces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos abrazaras / Vos abrazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abrazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no abraces |