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Apedrear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to stone, attack”.
Below are all of the conjugations for apedrear 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 stone, attack |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | apedrear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está apedreando) and past continuous (estaba apedreando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. attacking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he apedreado and hubiera apedreado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have attacked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | apedreando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | apedreado |
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 attack” or “they attack”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | apedreo |
| Tú | apedreas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedrea |
| Nosotros / as | apedreamos |
| Vosotros / as | apedreáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedrean |
| Vos | apedreás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I attacked” or “she attacked” 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 | apedreé | I attacked |
| Tú | apedreaste | You attacked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedreó | He / she / you attacked |
| Nosotros / as | apedreamos | We attacked |
| Vosotros / as | apedreasteis | You attacked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedrearon | They / you attacked |
| Vos | apedreaste | You attacked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was attacking” or “she was attacking” 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 | apedreaba | I was attacking |
| Tú | apedreabas | You were attacking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedreaba | He was / she was / you were attacking |
| Nosotros / as | apedreábamos | We were attacking |
| Vosotros / as | apedreabais | You were attacking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedreaban | They / you were attacking |
| Vos | apedreabas | You were attacking |
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 attacked” and “she has attacked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he apedreado | I have attacked |
| Tú | has apedreado | You have attacked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha apedreado | He has / she has / you have attacked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos apedreado | We have attacked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis apedreado | You have attacked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han apedreado | They / you have attacked |
| Vos | has apedreado | You have attacked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would attack” or “she would attack”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apedrearía | I would attack |
| Tú | apedrearías | You would attack |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedrearía | He / she / you would attack |
| Nosotros / as | apedrearíamos | We would attack |
| Vosotros / as | apedrearíais | You would attack |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedrearían | They / you would attack |
| Vos | apedrearías | You would attack |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will attack” or “they will attack”.
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 apedrear” means “They are going to attack”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apedrearé | I will attack |
| Tú | apedrearás | You will attack |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedreará | He / she / you will attack |
| Nosotros / as | apedrearemos | We will attack |
| Vosotros / as | apedrearéis | You will attack |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedrearán | They / you will attack |
| Vos | apedrearás | You will attack |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | apedree |
| Tú | apedrees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedree |
| Nosotros / as | apedreemos |
| Vosotros / as | apedreéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedreen |
| Vos | apedrees |
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 | apedreara | apedrease |
| Tú | apedrearas | apedrease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedreara | apedrease |
| Nosotros / as | apedreáramos | apedreásemos |
| Vosotros / as | apedrearais | apedreaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedrearan | apedreasen |
| Vos | apedrearas | apedrease |
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 | apedreare |
| Tú | apedreares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedreare |
| Nosotros / as | apedreáremos |
| Vosotros / as | apedreareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedrearen |
| Vos | apedreares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “attack!” and “don’t attack!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | apedrea | no apedrees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apedree | no apedree |
| Nosotros / as | apedreemos | no apedreemos |
| Vosotros / as | apedread | no apedreéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apedreen | no apedreen |
| Vos | apedreá | no apedrees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya apedreado |
| Tú | hayas apedreado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya apedreado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos apedreado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis apedreado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan apedreado |
| Vos | hayas apedreado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera apedreado / hubiese apedreado |
| Tú | hubieras apedreado / hubieses apedreado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera apedreado / hubiese apedreado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos apedreado / hubiésemos apedreado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais apedreado / hubieseis apedreado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran apedreado / hubiesen apedreado |
| Vos | hubieras apedreado / hubieses apedreado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere apedreado |
| Tú | hubieres apedreado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere apedreado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos apedreado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis apedreado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren apedreado |
| Vos | hubieres apedreado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté apedreando |
| Tú | estés apedreando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté apedreando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos apedreando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis apedreando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén apedreando |
| Vos | estés apedreando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera apedreando / estuviese apedreando |
| Tú | estuvieras apedreando / estuvieses apedreando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera apedreando / estuviese apedreando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos apedreando / estuviésamos apedreando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais apedreando / estuvieseis apedreando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera apedreando / estuviese apedreando |
| Vos | estuvieras apedreando / estuvieses apedreando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere apedreando |
| Tú | estuvieres apedreando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere apedreando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos apedreando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis apedreando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere apedreando |
| Vos | estuvieres apedreando |
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 apedreás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos apedreaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos apedreabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos apedrearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos apedrearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos apedrees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos apedrearas / Vos apedrease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos apedreá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no apedrees |