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Atracar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to hold up, assault”.
Below are all of the conjugations for atracar 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 hold up, assault |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | atracar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está atracando) and past continuous (estaba atracando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. assaulting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he atracado and hubiera atracado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have assaulted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | atracando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | atracado |
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 assault” or “they assault”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | atraco |
| Tú | atracas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atraca |
| Nosotros / as | atracamos |
| Vosotros / as | atracáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atracan |
| Vos | atracás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I assaulted” or “she assaulted” 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 | atraqué | I assaulted |
| Tú | atracaste | You assaulted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atracó | He / she / you assaulted |
| Nosotros / as | atracamos | We assaulted |
| Vosotros / as | atracasteis | You assaulted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atracaron | They / you assaulted |
| Vos | atracaste | You assaulted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was assaulting” or “she was assaulting” 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 | atracaba | I was assaulting |
| Tú | atracabas | You were assaulting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atracaba | He was / she was / you were assaulting |
| Nosotros / as | atracábamos | We were assaulting |
| Vosotros / as | atracabais | You were assaulting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atracaban | They / you were assaulting |
| Vos | atracabas | You were assaulting |
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 assaulted” and “she has assaulted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he atracado | I have assaulted |
| Tú | has atracado | You have assaulted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha atracado | He has / she has / you have assaulted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos atracado | We have assaulted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis atracado | You have assaulted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han atracado | They / you have assaulted |
| Vos | has atracado | You have assaulted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would assault” or “she would assault”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | atracaría | I would assault |
| Tú | atracarías | You would assault |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atracaría | He / she / you would assault |
| Nosotros / as | atracaríamos | We would assault |
| Vosotros / as | atracaríais | You would assault |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atracarían | They / you would assault |
| Vos | atracarías | You would assault |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will assault” or “they will assault”.
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 atracar” means “They are going to assault”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | atracaré | I will assault |
| Tú | atracarás | You will assault |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atracará | He / she / you will assault |
| Nosotros / as | atracaremos | We will assault |
| Vosotros / as | atracaréis | You will assault |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atracarán | They / you will assault |
| Vos | atracarás | You will assault |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | atraque |
| Tú | atraques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atraque |
| Nosotros / as | atraquemos |
| Vosotros / as | atraquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atraquen |
| Vos | atraques |
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 | atracara | atracase |
| Tú | atracaras | atracase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atracara | atracase |
| Nosotros / as | atracáramos | atracásemos |
| Vosotros / as | atracarais | atracaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atracaran | atracasen |
| Vos | atracaras | atracase |
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 | atracare |
| Tú | atracares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atracare |
| Nosotros / as | atracáremos |
| Vosotros / as | atracareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atracaren |
| Vos | atracares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “assault!” and “don’t assault!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | atraca | no atraques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | atraque | no atraque |
| Nosotros / as | atraquemos | no atraquemos |
| Vosotros / as | atracad | no atraquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | atraquen | no atraquen |
| Vos | atracá | no atraques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya atracado |
| Tú | hayas atracado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya atracado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos atracado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis atracado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan atracado |
| Vos | hayas atracado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera atracado / hubiese atracado |
| Tú | hubieras atracado / hubieses atracado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera atracado / hubiese atracado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos atracado / hubiésemos atracado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais atracado / hubieseis atracado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran atracado / hubiesen atracado |
| Vos | hubieras atracado / hubieses atracado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere atracado |
| Tú | hubieres atracado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere atracado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos atracado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis atracado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren atracado |
| Vos | hubieres atracado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté atracando |
| Tú | estés atracando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté atracando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos atracando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis atracando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén atracando |
| Vos | estés atracando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera atracando / estuviese atracando |
| Tú | estuvieras atracando / estuvieses atracando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera atracando / estuviese atracando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos atracando / estuviésamos atracando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais atracando / estuvieseis atracando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera atracando / estuviese atracando |
| Vos | estuvieras atracando / estuvieses atracando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere atracando |
| Tú | estuvieres atracando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere atracando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos atracando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis atracando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere atracando |
| Vos | estuvieres atracando |
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 atracás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos atracaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos atracabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos atracarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos atracarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos atraques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos atracaras / Vos atracase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos atracá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no atraques |