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Atormentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to torment, cause pain, torture”.
Below are all of the conjugations for atormentar 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 torment, cause pain, torture |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | atormentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está atormentando) and past continuous (estaba atormentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tormenting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he atormentado and hubiera atormentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have tormented).
| Gerundio / Gerund | atormentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | atormentado |
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 torment” or “they torment”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | atormento |
| Tú | atormentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormenta |
| Nosotros / as | atormentamos |
| Vosotros / as | atormentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormentan |
| Vos | atormentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tormented” or “she tormented” 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 | atormenté | I tormented |
| Tú | atormentaste | You tormented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormentó | He / she / you tormented |
| Nosotros / as | atormentamos | We tormented |
| Vosotros / as | atormentasteis | You tormented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormentaron | They / you tormented |
| Vos | atormentaste | You tormented |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tormenting” or “she was tormenting” 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 | atormentaba | I was tormenting |
| Tú | atormentabas | You were tormenting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormentaba | He was / she was / you were tormenting |
| Nosotros / as | atormentábamos | We were tormenting |
| Vosotros / as | atormentabais | You were tormenting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormentaban | They / you were tormenting |
| Vos | atormentabas | You were tormenting |
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 tormented” and “she has tormented”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he atormentado | I have tormented |
| Tú | has atormentado | You have tormented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha atormentado | He has / she has / you have tormented |
| Nosotros / as | hemos atormentado | We have tormented |
| Vosotros / as | habéis atormentado | You have tormented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han atormentado | They / you have tormented |
| Vos | has atormentado | You have tormented |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would torment” or “she would torment”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | atormentaría | I would torment |
| Tú | atormentarías | You would torment |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormentaría | He / she / you would torment |
| Nosotros / as | atormentaríamos | We would torment |
| Vosotros / as | atormentaríais | You would torment |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormentarían | They / you would torment |
| Vos | atormentarías | You would torment |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will torment” or “they will torment”.
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 atormentar” means “They are going to torment”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | atormentaré | I will torment |
| Tú | atormentarás | You will torment |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormentará | He / she / you will torment |
| Nosotros / as | atormentaremos | We will torment |
| Vosotros / as | atormentaréis | You will torment |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormentarán | They / you will torment |
| Vos | atormentarás | You will torment |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | atormente |
| Tú | atormentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormente |
| Nosotros / as | atormentemos |
| Vosotros / as | atormentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormenten |
| Vos | atormentes |
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 | atormentara | atormentase |
| Tú | atormentaras | atormentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormentara | atormentase |
| Nosotros / as | atormentáramos | atormentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | atormentarais | atormentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormentaran | atormentasen |
| Vos | atormentaras | atormentase |
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 | atormentare |
| Tú | atormentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormentare |
| Nosotros / as | atormentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | atormentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormentaren |
| Vos | atormentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “torment!” and “don’t torment!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | atormenta | no atormentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atormente | no atormente |
| Nosotros / as | atormentemos | no atormentemos |
| Vosotros / as | atormentad | no atormentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atormenten | no atormenten |
| Vos | atormentá | no atormentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya atormentado |
| Tú | hayas atormentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya atormentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos atormentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis atormentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan atormentado |
| Vos | hayas atormentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera atormentado / hubiese atormentado |
| Tú | hubieras atormentado / hubieses atormentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera atormentado / hubiese atormentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos atormentado / hubiésemos atormentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais atormentado / hubieseis atormentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran atormentado / hubiesen atormentado |
| Vos | hubieras atormentado / hubieses atormentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere atormentado |
| Tú | hubieres atormentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere atormentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos atormentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis atormentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren atormentado |
| Vos | hubieres atormentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté atormentando |
| Tú | estés atormentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté atormentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos atormentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis atormentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén atormentando |
| Vos | estés atormentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera atormentando / estuviese atormentando |
| Tú | estuvieras atormentando / estuvieses atormentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera atormentando / estuviese atormentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos atormentando / estuviésamos atormentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais atormentando / estuvieseis atormentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera atormentando / estuviese atormentando |
| Vos | estuvieras atormentando / estuvieses atormentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere atormentando |
| Tú | estuvieres atormentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere atormentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos atormentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis atormentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere atormentando |
| Vos | estuvieres atormentando |
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 atormentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos atormentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos atormentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos atormentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos atormentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos atormentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos atormentaras / Vos atormentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos atormentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no atormentes |