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Acachetear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to slap”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acachetear 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 slap |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acachetear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acacheteando) and past continuous (estaba acacheteando). 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 acacheteado and hubiera acacheteado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have slapped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acacheteando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acacheteado |
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 slap” or “they slap”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acacheteo |
| Tú | acacheteas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acachetea |
| Nosotros / as | acacheteamos |
| Vosotros / as | acacheteáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acachetean |
| Vos | acacheteás |
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 | acacheteé | I slapped |
| Tú | acacheteaste | You slapped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acacheteó | He / she / you slapped |
| Nosotros / as | acacheteamos | We slapped |
| Vosotros / as | acacheteasteis | You slapped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acachetearon | They / you slapped |
| Vos | acacheteaste | You slapped |
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 | acacheteaba | I was slapping |
| Tú | acacheteabas | You were slapping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acacheteaba | He was / she was / you were slapping |
| Nosotros / as | acacheteábamos | We were slapping |
| Vosotros / as | acacheteabais | You were slapping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acacheteaban | They / you were slapping |
| Vos | acacheteabas | You were slapping |
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 acacheteado | I have slapped |
| Tú | has acacheteado | You have slapped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acacheteado | He has / she has / you have slapped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acacheteado | We have slapped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acacheteado | You have slapped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acacheteado | They / you have slapped |
| Vos | has acacheteado | You have slapped |
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 | acachetearía | I would slap |
| Tú | acachetearías | You would slap |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acachetearía | He / she / you would slap |
| Nosotros / as | acachetearíamos | We would slap |
| Vosotros / as | acachetearíais | You would slap |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acachetearían | They / you would slap |
| Vos | acachetearías | You would slap |
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 acachetear” means “They are going to slap”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acachetearé | I will slap |
| Tú | acachetearás | You will slap |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acacheteará | He / she / you will slap |
| Nosotros / as | acachetearemos | We will slap |
| Vosotros / as | acachetearéis | You will slap |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acachetearán | They / you will slap |
| Vos | acachetearás | You will slap |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acachetee |
| Tú | acachetees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acachetee |
| Nosotros / as | acacheteemos |
| Vosotros / as | acacheteéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acacheteen |
| Vos | acachetees |
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 | acacheteara | acachetease |
| Tú | acachetearas | acachetease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acacheteara | acachetease |
| Nosotros / as | acacheteáramos | acacheteásemos |
| Vosotros / as | acachetearais | acacheteaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acachetearan | acacheteasen |
| Vos | acachetearas | acachetease |
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 | acacheteare |
| Tú | acacheteares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acacheteare |
| Nosotros / as | acacheteáremos |
| Vosotros / as | acacheteareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acachetearen |
| Vos | acacheteares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “slap!” and “don’t slap!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acachetea | no acachetees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acachetee | no acachetee |
| Nosotros / as | acacheteemos | no acacheteemos |
| Vosotros / as | acachetead | no acacheteéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acacheteen | no acacheteen |
| Vos | acacheteate | no acachetees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acacheteado |
| Tú | hayas acacheteado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acacheteado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acacheteado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acacheteado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acacheteado |
| Vos | hayas acacheteado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acacheteado / hubiese acacheteado |
| Tú | hubieras acacheteado / hubieses acacheteado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acacheteado / hubiese acacheteado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acacheteado / hubiésemos acacheteado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acacheteado / hubieseis acacheteado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acacheteado / hubiesen acacheteado |
| Vos | hubieras acacheteado / hubieses acacheteado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acacheteado |
| Tú | hubieres acacheteado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acacheteado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acacheteado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acacheteado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acacheteado |
| Vos | hubieres acacheteado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acacheteando |
| Tú | estés acacheteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acacheteando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acacheteando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acacheteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acacheteando |
| Vos | estés acacheteando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acacheteando / estuviese acacheteando |
| Tú | estuvieras acacheteando / estuvieses acacheteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acacheteando / estuviese acacheteando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acacheteando / estuviésamos acacheteando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acacheteando / estuvieseis acacheteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acacheteando / estuviese acacheteando |
| Vos | estuvieras acacheteando / estuvieses acacheteando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acacheteando |
| Tú | estuvieres acacheteando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acacheteando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acacheteando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acacheteando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acacheteando |
| Vos | estuvieres acacheteando |
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 acacheteás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acacheteaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acacheteabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acachetearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acachetearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acachetees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acachetearas / Vos acachetease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acacheteate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acachetees |