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Arropar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to clothe, wrap up”.
Below are all of the conjugations for arropar 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 clothe, wrap up |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arropar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arropando) and past continuous (estaba arropando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. wrapping up).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arropado and hubiera arropado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have wrapped up).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arropando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arropado |
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 wrap up” or “they wrap up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arropo |
| Tú | arropas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arropa |
| Nosotros / as | arropamos |
| Vosotros / as | arropáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arropan |
| Vos | arropás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I wrapped up” or “she wrapped up” 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 | arropé | I wrapped up |
| Tú | arropaste | You wrapped up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arropó | He / she / you wrapped up |
| Nosotros / as | arropamos | We wrapped up |
| Vosotros / as | arropasteis | You wrapped up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arroparon | They / you wrapped up |
| Vos | arropaste | You wrapped up |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was wrapping up” or “she was wrapping up” 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 | arropaba | I was wrapping up |
| Tú | arropabas | You were wrapping up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arropaba | He was / she was / you were wrapping up |
| Nosotros / as | arropábamos | We were wrapping up |
| Vosotros / as | arropabais | You were wrapping up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arropaban | They / you were wrapping up |
| Vos | arropabas | You were wrapping up |
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 wrapped up” and “she has wrapped up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he arropado | I have wrapped up |
| Tú | has arropado | You have wrapped up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha arropado | He has / she has / you have wrapped up |
| Nosotros / as | hemos arropado | We have wrapped up |
| Vosotros / as | habéis arropado | You have wrapped up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han arropado | They / you have wrapped up |
| Vos | has arropado | You have wrapped up |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would wrap up” or “she would wrap up”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arroparía | I would wrap up |
| Tú | arroparías | You would wrap up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arroparía | He / she / you would wrap up |
| Nosotros / as | arroparíamos | We would wrap up |
| Vosotros / as | arroparíais | You would wrap up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arroparían | They / you would wrap up |
| Vos | arroparías | You would wrap up |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will wrap up” or “they will wrap up”.
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 arropar” means “They are going to wrap up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arroparé | I will wrap up |
| Tú | arroparás | You will wrap up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arropará | He / she / you will wrap up |
| Nosotros / as | arroparemos | We will wrap up |
| Vosotros / as | arroparéis | You will wrap up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arroparán | They / you will wrap up |
| Vos | arroparás | You will wrap up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrope |
| Tú | arropes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrope |
| Nosotros / as | arropemos |
| Vosotros / as | arropéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arropen |
| Vos | arropes |
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 | arropara | arropase |
| Tú | arroparas | arropase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arropara | arropase |
| Nosotros / as | arropáramos | arropásemos |
| Vosotros / as | arroparais | arropaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arroparan | arropasen |
| Vos | arroparas | arropase |
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 | arropare |
| Tú | arropares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arropare |
| Nosotros / as | arropáremos |
| Vosotros / as | arropareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arroparen |
| Vos | arropares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “wrap up!” and “don’t wrap up!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arropa | no arropes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrope | no arrope |
| Nosotros / as | arropemos | no arropemos |
| Vosotros / as | arropad | no arropéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arropen | no arropen |
| Vos | arropá | no arropes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arropado |
| Tú | hayas arropado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arropado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arropado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arropado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arropado |
| Vos | hayas arropado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arropado / hubiese arropado |
| Tú | hubieras arropado / hubieses arropado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arropado / hubiese arropado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arropado / hubiésemos arropado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arropado / hubieseis arropado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arropado / hubiesen arropado |
| Vos | hubieras arropado / hubieses arropado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arropado |
| Tú | hubieres arropado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arropado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arropado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arropado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arropado |
| Vos | hubieres arropado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arropando |
| Tú | estés arropando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arropando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arropando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arropando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arropando |
| Vos | estés arropando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arropando / estuviese arropando |
| Tú | estuvieras arropando / estuvieses arropando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arropando / estuviese arropando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arropando / estuviésamos arropando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arropando / estuvieseis arropando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arropando / estuviese arropando |
| Vos | estuvieras arropando / estuvieses arropando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arropando |
| Tú | estuvieres arropando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arropando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arropando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arropando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arropando |
| Vos | estuvieres arropando |
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 arropás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos arropaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos arropabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos arroparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos arroparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos arropes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos arroparas / Vos arropase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arropá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no arropes |