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Burbujear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bubble”.
Below are all of the conjugations for burbujear 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 bubble |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | burbujear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está burbujeando) and past continuous (estaba burbujeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bubbling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he burbujeado and hubiera burbujeado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have bubbled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | burbujeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | burbujeado |
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 bubble” or “they bubble”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | burbujeo |
| Tú | burbujeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujea |
| Nosotros / as | burbujeamos |
| Vosotros / as | burbujeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujean |
| Vos | burbujeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I bubbled” or “she bubbled” 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 | burbujeé | I bubbled |
| Tú | burbujeaste | You bubbled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujeó | He / she / you bubbled |
| Nosotros / as | burbujeamos | We bubbled |
| Vosotros / as | burbujeasteis | You bubbled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujearon | They / you bubbled |
| Vos | burbujeaste | You bubbled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bubbling” or “she was bubbling” 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 | burbujeaba | I was bubbling |
| Tú | burbujeabas | You were bubbling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujeaba | He was / she was / you were bubbling |
| Nosotros / as | burbujeábamos | We were bubbling |
| Vosotros / as | burbujeabais | You were bubbling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujeaban | They / you were bubbling |
| Vos | burbujeabas | You were bubbling |
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 bubbled” and “she has bubbled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he burbujeado | I have bubbled |
| Tú | has burbujeado | You have bubbled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha burbujeado | He has / she has / you have bubbled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos burbujeado | We have bubbled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis burbujeado | You have bubbled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han burbujeado | They / you have bubbled |
| Vos | has burbujeado | You have bubbled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would bubble” or “she would bubble”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | burbujearía | I would bubble |
| Tú | burbujearías | You would bubble |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujearía | He / she / you would bubble |
| Nosotros / as | burbujearíamos | We would bubble |
| Vosotros / as | burbujearíais | You would bubble |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujearían | They / you would bubble |
| Vos | burbujearías | You would bubble |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will bubble” or “they will bubble”.
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 burbujear” means “They are going to bubble”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | burbujearé | I will bubble |
| Tú | burbujearás | You will bubble |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujeará | He / she / you will bubble |
| Nosotros / as | burbujearemos | We will bubble |
| Vosotros / as | burbujearéis | You will bubble |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujearán | They / you will bubble |
| Vos | burbujearás | You will bubble |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | burbujee |
| Tú | burbujees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujee |
| Nosotros / as | burbujeemos |
| Vosotros / as | burbujeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujeen |
| Vos | burbujees |
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 | burbujeara | burbujease |
| Tú | burbujearas | burbujease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujeara | burbujease |
| Nosotros / as | burbujeáramos | burbujeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | burbujearais | burbujeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujearan | burbujeasen |
| Vos | burbujearas | burbujease |
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 | burbujeare |
| Tú | burbujeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujeare |
| Nosotros / as | burbujeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | burbujeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujearen |
| Vos | burbujeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “bubble!” and “don’t bubble!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | burbujea | no burbujees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | burbujee | no burbujee |
| Nosotros / as | burbujeemos | no burbujeemos |
| Vosotros / as | burbujead | no burbujeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | burbujeen | no burbujeen |
| Vos | burbujeá | no burbujees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya burbujeado |
| Tú | hayas burbujeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya burbujeado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos burbujeado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis burbujeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan burbujeado |
| Vos | hayas burbujeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera burbujeado / hubiese burbujeado |
| Tú | hubieras burbujeado / hubieses burbujeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera burbujeado / hubiese burbujeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos burbujeado / hubiésemos burbujeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais burbujeado / hubieseis burbujeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran burbujeado / hubiesen burbujeado |
| Vos | hubieras burbujeado / hubieses burbujeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere burbujeado |
| Tú | hubieres burbujeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere burbujeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos burbujeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis burbujeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren burbujeado |
| Vos | hubieres burbujeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté burbujeando |
| Tú | estés burbujeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté burbujeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos burbujeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis burbujeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén burbujeando |
| Vos | estés burbujeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera burbujeando / estuviese burbujeando |
| Tú | estuvieras burbujeando / estuvieses burbujeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera burbujeando / estuviese burbujeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos burbujeando / estuviésamos burbujeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais burbujeando / estuvieseis burbujeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera burbujeando / estuviese burbujeando |
| Vos | estuvieras burbujeando / estuvieses burbujeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere burbujeando |
| Tú | estuvieres burbujeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere burbujeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos burbujeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis burbujeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere burbujeando |
| Vos | estuvieres burbujeando |
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 burbujeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos burbujeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos burbujeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos burbujearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos burbujearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos burbujees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos burbujearas / Vos burbujease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos burbujeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no burbujees |