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Arrastrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pull, drag, drag down”.
Below are all of the conjugations for arrastrar 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 pull, drag, drag down |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arrastrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arrastrando) and past continuous (estaba arrastrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. pulling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arrastrado and hubiera arrastrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have pulled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arrastrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arrastrado |
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 pull” or “they pull”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrastro |
| Tú | arrastras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastra |
| Nosotros / as | arrastramos |
| Vosotros / as | arrastráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastran |
| Vos | arrastrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I pulled” or “she pulled” 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 | arrastré | I pulled |
| Tú | arrastraste | You pulled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastró | He / she / you pulled |
| Nosotros / as | arrastramos | We pulled |
| Vosotros / as | arrastrasteis | You pulled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastraron | They / you pulled |
| Vos | arrastraste | You pulled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was pulling” or “she was pulling” 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 | arrastraba | I was pulling |
| Tú | arrastrabas | You were pulling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastraba | He was / she was / you were pulling |
| Nosotros / as | arrastrábamos | We were pulling |
| Vosotros / as | arrastrabais | You were pulling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastraban | They / you were pulling |
| Vos | arrastrabas | You were pulling |
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 pulled” and “she has pulled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he arrastrado | I have pulled |
| Tú | has arrastrado | You have pulled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha arrastrado | He has / she has / you have pulled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos arrastrado | We have pulled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis arrastrado | You have pulled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han arrastrado | They / you have pulled |
| Vos | has arrastrado | You have pulled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would pull” or “she would pull”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrastraría | I would pull |
| Tú | arrastrarías | You would pull |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastraría | He / she / you would pull |
| Nosotros / as | arrastraríamos | We would pull |
| Vosotros / as | arrastraríais | You would pull |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastrarían | They / you would pull |
| Vos | arrastrarías | You would pull |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will pull” or “they will pull”.
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 arrastrar” means “They are going to pull”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrastraré | I will pull |
| Tú | arrastrarás | You will pull |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastrará | He / she / you will pull |
| Nosotros / as | arrastraremos | We will pull |
| Vosotros / as | arrastraréis | You will pull |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastrarán | They / you will pull |
| Vos | arrastrarás | You will pull |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrastre |
| Tú | arrastres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastre |
| Nosotros / as | arrastremos |
| Vosotros / as | arrastréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastren |
| Vos | arrastres |
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 | arrastrara | arrastrase |
| Tú | arrastraras | arrastrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastrara | arrastrase |
| Nosotros / as | arrastráramos | arrastrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrastrarais | arrastraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastraran | arrastrasen |
| Vos | arrastraras | arrastrase |
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 | arrastrare |
| Tú | arrastrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastrare |
| Nosotros / as | arrastráremos |
| Vosotros / as | arrastrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastraren |
| Vos | arrastrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “pull!” and “don’t pull!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arrastra | no arrastres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrastre | no arrastre |
| Nosotros / as | arrastremos | no arrastremos |
| Vosotros / as | arrastrad | no arrastréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrastren | no arrastren |
| Vos | arrastrá | no arrastres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arrastrado |
| Tú | hayas arrastrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arrastrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arrastrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arrastrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arrastrado |
| Vos | hayas arrastrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arrastrado / hubiese arrastrado |
| Tú | hubieras arrastrado / hubieses arrastrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arrastrado / hubiese arrastrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arrastrado / hubiésemos arrastrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arrastrado / hubieseis arrastrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arrastrado / hubiesen arrastrado |
| Vos | hubieras arrastrado / hubieses arrastrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arrastrado |
| Tú | hubieres arrastrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arrastrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arrastrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arrastrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arrastrado |
| Vos | hubieres arrastrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arrastrando |
| Tú | estés arrastrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arrastrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arrastrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arrastrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arrastrando |
| Vos | estés arrastrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arrastrando / estuviese arrastrando |
| Tú | estuvieras arrastrando / estuvieses arrastrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arrastrando / estuviese arrastrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arrastrando / estuviésamos arrastrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arrastrando / estuvieseis arrastrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arrastrando / estuviese arrastrando |
| Vos | estuvieras arrastrando / estuvieses arrastrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arrastrando |
| Tú | estuvieres arrastrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arrastrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arrastrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arrastrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arrastrando |
| Vos | estuvieres arrastrando |
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 arrastrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos arrastraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos arrastrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos arrastrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos arrastrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos arrastres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos arrastraras / Vos arrastrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arrastrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no arrastres |