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Acarrear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to transport, carry”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acarrear 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 transport, carry |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acarrear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acarreando) and past continuous (estaba acarreando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. transporting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acarreado and hubiera acarreado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have transported).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acarreando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acarreado |
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 transport” or “they transport”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acarreo |
| Tú | acarreas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarrea |
| Nosotros / as | acarreamos |
| Vosotros / as | acarreáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarrean |
| Vos | acarreás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I transported” or “she transported” 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 | acarreé | I transported |
| Tú | acarreaste | You transported |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarreó | He / she / you transported |
| Nosotros / as | acarreamos | We transported |
| Vosotros / as | acarreasteis | You transported |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarrearon | They / you transported |
| Vos | acarreaste | You transported |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was transporting” or “she was transporting” 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 | acarreaba | I was transporting |
| Tú | acarreabas | You were transporting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarreaba | He was / she was / you were transporting |
| Nosotros / as | acarreábamos | We were transporting |
| Vosotros / as | acarreabais | You were transporting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarreaban | They / you were transporting |
| Vos | acarreabas | You were transporting |
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 transported” and “she has transported”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acarreado | I have transported |
| Tú | has acarreado | You have transported |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acarreado | He has / she has / you have transported |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acarreado | We have transported |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acarreado | You have transported |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acarreado | They / you have transported |
| Vos | has acarreado | You have transported |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would transport” or “she would transport”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acarrearía | I would transport |
| Tú | acarrearías | You would transport |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarrearía | He / she / you would transport |
| Nosotros / as | acarrearíamos | We would transport |
| Vosotros / as | acarrearíais | You would transport |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarrearían | They / you would transport |
| Vos | acarrearías | You would transport |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will transport” or “they will transport”.
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 acarrear” means “They are going to transport”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acarrearé | I will transport |
| Tú | acarrearás | You will transport |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarreará | He / she / you will transport |
| Nosotros / as | acarrearemos | We will transport |
| Vosotros / as | acarrearéis | You will transport |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarrearán | They / you will transport |
| Vos | acarrearás | You will transport |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acarree |
| Tú | acarrees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarree |
| Nosotros / as | acarreemos |
| Vosotros / as | acarreéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarreen |
| Vos | acarrees |
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 | acarreara | acarrease |
| Tú | acarrearas | acarrease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarreara | acarrease |
| Nosotros / as | acarreáramos | acarreásemos |
| Vosotros / as | acarrearais | acarreaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarrearan | acarreasen |
| Vos | acarrearas | acarrease |
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 | acarreare |
| Tú | acarreares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarreare |
| Nosotros / as | acarreáremos |
| Vosotros / as | acarreareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarrearen |
| Vos | acarreares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “transport!” and “don’t transport!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acarrea | no acarrees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acarree | no acarree |
| Nosotros / as | acarreemos | no acarreemos |
| Vosotros / as | acarread | no acarreéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acarreen | no acarreen |
| Vos | acarreá | no acarrees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acarreado |
| Tú | hayas acarreado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acarreado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acarreado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acarreado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acarreado |
| Vos | hayas acarreado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acarreado / hubiese acarreado |
| Tú | hubieras acarreado / hubieses acarreado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acarreado / hubiese acarreado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acarreado / hubiésemos acarreado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acarreado / hubieseis acarreado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acarreado / hubiesen acarreado |
| Vos | hubieras acarreado / hubieses acarreado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acarreado |
| Tú | hubieres acarreado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acarreado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acarreado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acarreado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acarreado |
| Vos | hubieres acarreado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acarreando |
| Tú | estés acarreando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acarreando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acarreando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acarreando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acarreando |
| Vos | estés acarreando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acarreando / estuviese acarreando |
| Tú | estuvieras acarreando / estuvieses acarreando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acarreando / estuviese acarreando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acarreando / estuviésamos acarreando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acarreando / estuvieseis acarreando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acarreando / estuviese acarreando |
| Vos | estuvieras acarreando / estuvieses acarreando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acarreando |
| Tú | estuvieres acarreando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acarreando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acarreando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acarreando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acarreando |
| Vos | estuvieres acarreando |
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 acarreás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acarreaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acarreabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acarrearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acarrearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acarrees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acarrearas / Vos acarrease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acarreá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acarrees |