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Arrullar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lull or sing to sleep”.
Below are all of the conjugations for arrullar 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 lull or sing to sleep |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arrullar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arrullando) and past continuous (estaba arrullando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lulling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arrullado and hubiera arrullado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lulled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arrullando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arrullado |
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 lull” or “they lull”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrullo |
| Tú | arrullas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrulla |
| Nosotros / as | arrullamos |
| Vosotros / as | arrulláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullan |
| Vos | arrullás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lulled” or “she lulled” 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 | arrullé | I lulled |
| Tú | arrullaste | You lulled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrulló | He / she / you lulled |
| Nosotros / as | arrullamos | We lulled |
| Vosotros / as | arrullasteis | You lulled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullaron | They / you lulled |
| Vos | arrullaste | You lulled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lulling” or “she was lulling” 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 | arrullaba | I was lulling |
| Tú | arrullabas | You were lulling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrullaba | He was / she was / you were lulling |
| Nosotros / as | arrullábamos | We were lulling |
| Vosotros / as | arrullabais | You were lulling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullaban | They / you were lulling |
| Vos | arrullabas | You were lulling |
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 lulled” and “she has lulled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he arrullado | I have lulled |
| Tú | has arrullado | You have lulled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha arrullado | He has / she has / you have lulled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos arrullado | We have lulled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis arrullado | You have lulled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han arrullado | They / you have lulled |
| Vos | has arrullado | You have lulled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lull” or “she would lull”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrullaría | I would lull |
| Tú | arrullarías | You would lull |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrullaría | He / she / you would lull |
| Nosotros / as | arrullaríamos | We would lull |
| Vosotros / as | arrullaríais | You would lull |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullarían | They / you would lull |
| Vos | arrullarías | You would lull |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lull” or “they will lull”.
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 arrullar” means “They are going to lull”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrullaré | I will lull |
| Tú | arrullarás | You will lull |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrullará | He / she / you will lull |
| Nosotros / as | arrullaremos | We will lull |
| Vosotros / as | arrullaréis | You will lull |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullarán | They / you will lull |
| Vos | arrullarás | You will lull |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrulle |
| Tú | arrulles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrulle |
| Nosotros / as | arrullemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrulléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullen |
| Vos | arrulles |
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 | arrullara | arrullase |
| Tú | arrullaras | arrullase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrullara | arrullase |
| Nosotros / as | arrulláramos | arrullásemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrullarais | arrullaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullaran | arrullasen |
| Vos | arrullaras | arrullase |
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 | arrullare |
| Tú | arrullares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrullare |
| Nosotros / as | arrulláremos |
| Vosotros / as | arrullareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullaren |
| Vos | arrullares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lull!” and “don’t lull!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arrulla | no arrulles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrulle | no arrulle |
| Nosotros / as | arrullemos | no arrullemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrullad | no arrulléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrullen | no arrullen |
| Vos | arrullá | no arrulles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arrullado |
| Tú | hayas arrullado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arrullado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arrullado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arrullado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arrullado |
| Vos | hayas arrullado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arrullado / hubiese arrullado |
| Tú | hubieras arrullado / hubieses arrullado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arrullado / hubiese arrullado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arrullado / hubiésemos arrullado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arrullado / hubieseis arrullado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arrullado / hubiesen arrullado |
| Vos | hubieras arrullado / hubieses arrullado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arrullado |
| Tú | hubieres arrullado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arrullado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arrullado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arrullado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arrullado |
| Vos | hubieres arrullado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arrullando |
| Tú | estés arrullando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arrullando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arrullando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arrullando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arrullando |
| Vos | estés arrullando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arrullando / estuviese arrullando |
| Tú | estuvieras arrullando / estuvieses arrullando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arrullando / estuviese arrullando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arrullando / estuviésamos arrullando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arrullando / estuvieseis arrullando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arrullando / estuviese arrullando |
| Vos | estuvieras arrullando / estuvieses arrullando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arrullando |
| Tú | estuvieres arrullando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arrullando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arrullando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arrullando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arrullando |
| Vos | estuvieres arrullando |
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 arrullás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos arrullaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos arrullabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos arrullarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos arrullarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos arrulles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos arrullaras / Vos arrullase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arrullá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no arrulles |