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Bombardear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bombard, bomb”.
Below are all of the conjugations for bombardear 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 bombard, bomb |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | bombardear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bombardeando) and past continuous (estaba bombardeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bombarding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bombardeado and hubiera bombardeado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have bombarded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | bombardeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bombardeado |
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 bombard” or “they bombard”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bombardeo |
| Tú | bombardeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardea |
| Nosotros / as | bombardeamos |
| Vosotros / as | bombardeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardean |
| Vos | bombardeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I bombarded” or “she bombarded” 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 | bombardeé | I bombarded |
| Tú | bombardeaste | You bombarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardeó | He / she / you bombarded |
| Nosotros / as | bombardeamos | We bombarded |
| Vosotros / as | bombardeasteis | You bombarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardearon | They / you bombarded |
| Vos | bombardeaste | You bombarded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bombarding” or “she was bombarding” 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 | bombardeaba | I was bombarding |
| Tú | bombardeabas | You were bombarding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardeaba | He was / she was / you were bombarding |
| Nosotros / as | bombardeábamos | We were bombarding |
| Vosotros / as | bombardeabais | You were bombarding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardeaban | They / you were bombarding |
| Vos | bombardeabas | You were bombarding |
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 bombarded” and “she has bombarded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he bombardeado | I have bombarded |
| Tú | has bombardeado | You have bombarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha bombardeado | He has / she has / you have bombarded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos bombardeado | We have bombarded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis bombardeado | You have bombarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han bombardeado | They / you have bombarded |
| Vos | has bombardeado | You have bombarded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would bombard” or “she would bombard”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bombardearía | I would bombard |
| Tú | bombardearías | You would bombard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardearía | He / she / you would bombard |
| Nosotros / as | bombardearíamos | We would bombard |
| Vosotros / as | bombardearíais | You would bombard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardearían | They / you would bombard |
| Vos | bombardearías | You would bombard |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will bombard” or “they will bombard”.
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 bombardear” means “They are going to bombard”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bombardearé | I will bombard |
| Tú | bombardearás | You will bombard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardeará | He / she / you will bombard |
| Nosotros / as | bombardearemos | We will bombard |
| Vosotros / as | bombardearéis | You will bombard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardearán | They / you will bombard |
| Vos | bombardearás | You will bombard |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bombardee |
| Tú | bombardees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardee |
| Nosotros / as | bombardeemos |
| Vosotros / as | bombardeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardeen |
| Vos | bombardees |
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 | bombardeara | bombardease |
| Tú | bombardearas | bombardease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardeara | bombardease |
| Nosotros / as | bombardeáramos | bombardeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | bombardearais | bombardeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardearan | bombardeasen |
| Vos | bombardearas | bombardease |
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 | bombardeare |
| Tú | bombardeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardeare |
| Nosotros / as | bombardeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | bombardeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardearen |
| Vos | bombardeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “bombard!” and “don’t bombard!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | bombardea | no bombardees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bombardee | no bombardee |
| Nosotros / as | bombardeemos | no bombardeemos |
| Vosotros / as | bombardead | no bombardeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bombardeen | no bombardeen |
| Vos | bombardeá | no bombardees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bombardeado |
| Tú | hayas bombardeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bombardeado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bombardeado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bombardeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bombardeado |
| Vos | hayas bombardeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bombardeado / hubiese bombardeado |
| Tú | hubieras bombardeado / hubieses bombardeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bombardeado / hubiese bombardeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bombardeado / hubiésemos bombardeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bombardeado / hubieseis bombardeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bombardeado / hubiesen bombardeado |
| Vos | hubieras bombardeado / hubieses bombardeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bombardeado |
| Tú | hubieres bombardeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bombardeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bombardeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bombardeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bombardeado |
| Vos | hubieres bombardeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté bombardeando |
| Tú | estés bombardeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté bombardeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos bombardeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis bombardeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén bombardeando |
| Vos | estés bombardeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera bombardeando / estuviese bombardeando |
| Tú | estuvieras bombardeando / estuvieses bombardeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera bombardeando / estuviese bombardeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos bombardeando / estuviésamos bombardeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais bombardeando / estuvieseis bombardeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera bombardeando / estuviese bombardeando |
| Vos | estuvieras bombardeando / estuvieses bombardeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere bombardeando |
| Tú | estuvieres bombardeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere bombardeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos bombardeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis bombardeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere bombardeando |
| Vos | estuvieres bombardeando |
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 bombardeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos bombardeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos bombardeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos bombardearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos bombardearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos bombardees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos bombardearas / Vos bombardease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos bombardeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no bombardees |