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Carraspear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to clear one’s throat”.
Below are all of the conjugations for carraspear 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 clear one’s throat |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | carraspear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está carraspeando) and past continuous (estaba carraspeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. clearing one’s throat).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he carraspeado and hubiera carraspeado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have cleared one’s throat).
| Gerundio / Gerund | carraspeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | carraspeado |
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 clear one’s throat” or “they clear one’s throat”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | carraspeo |
| Tú | carraspeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspea |
| Nosotros / as | carraspeamos |
| Vosotros / as | carraspeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspean |
| Vos | carraspeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I cleared one’s throat” or “she cleared one’s throat” 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 | carraspeé | I cleared one’s throat |
| Tú | carraspeaste | You cleared one’s throat |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspeó | He / she / you cleared one’s throat |
| Nosotros / as | carraspeamos | We cleared one’s throat |
| Vosotros / as | carraspeasteis | You cleared one’s throat |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspearon | They / you cleared one’s throat |
| Vos | carraspeaste | You cleared one’s throat |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was clearing one’s throat” or “she was clearing one’s throat” 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 | carraspeaba | I was clearing one’s throat |
| Tú | carraspeabas | You were clearing one’s throat |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspeaba | He was / she was / you were clearing one’s throat |
| Nosotros / as | carraspeábamos | We were clearing one’s throat |
| Vosotros / as | carraspeabais | You were clearing one’s throat |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspeaban | They / you were clearing one’s throat |
| Vos | carraspeabas | You were clearing one’s throat |
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 cleared one’s throat” and “she has cleared one’s throat”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he carraspeado | I have cleared one’s throat |
| Tú | has carraspeado | You have cleared one’s throat |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha carraspeado | He has / she has / you have cleared one’s throat |
| Nosotros / as | hemos carraspeado | We have cleared one’s throat |
| Vosotros / as | habéis carraspeado | You have cleared one’s throat |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han carraspeado | They / you have cleared one’s throat |
| Vos | has carraspeado | You have cleared one’s throat |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would clear one’s throat” or “she would clear one’s throat”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | carraspearía | I would clear one’s throat |
| Tú | carraspearías | You would clear one’s throat |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspearía | He / she / you would clear one’s throat |
| Nosotros / as | carraspearíamos | We would clear one’s throat |
| Vosotros / as | carraspearíais | You would clear one’s throat |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspearían | They / you would clear one’s throat |
| Vos | carraspearías | You would clear one’s throat |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will clear one’s throat” or “they will clear one’s throat”.
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 carraspear” means “They are going to clear one’s throat”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | carraspearé | I will clear one’s throat |
| Tú | carraspearás | You will clear one’s throat |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspeará | He / she / you will clear one’s throat |
| Nosotros / as | carraspearemos | We will clear one’s throat |
| Vosotros / as | carraspearéis | You will clear one’s throat |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspearán | They / you will clear one’s throat |
| Vos | carraspearás | You will clear one’s throat |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | carraspee |
| Tú | carraspees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspee |
| Nosotros / as | carraspeemos |
| Vosotros / as | carraspeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspeen |
| Vos | carraspees |
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 | carraspeara | carraspease |
| Tú | carraspearas | carraspease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspeara | carraspease |
| Nosotros / as | carraspeáramos | carraspeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | carraspearais | carraspeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspearan | carraspeasen |
| Vos | carraspearas | carraspease |
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 | carraspeare |
| Tú | carraspeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspeare |
| Nosotros / as | carraspeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | carraspeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspearen |
| Vos | carraspeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “clear one’s throat!” and “don’t clear one’s throat!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | carraspea | no carraspees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | carraspee | no carraspee |
| Nosotros / as | carraspeemos | no carraspeemos |
| Vosotros / as | carraspead | no carraspeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | carraspeen | no carraspeen |
| Vos | carraspeá | no carraspees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya carraspeado |
| Tú | hayas carraspeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya carraspeado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos carraspeado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis carraspeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan carraspeado |
| Vos | hayas carraspeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera carraspeado / hubiese carraspeado |
| Tú | hubieras carraspeado / hubieses carraspeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera carraspeado / hubiese carraspeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos carraspeado / hubiésemos carraspeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais carraspeado / hubieseis carraspeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran carraspeado / hubiesen carraspeado |
| Vos | hubieras carraspeado / hubieses carraspeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere carraspeado |
| Tú | hubieres carraspeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere carraspeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos carraspeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis carraspeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren carraspeado |
| Vos | hubieres carraspeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté carraspeando |
| Tú | estés carraspeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté carraspeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos carraspeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis carraspeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén carraspeando |
| Vos | estés carraspeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera carraspeando / estuviese carraspeando |
| Tú | estuvieras carraspeando / estuvieses carraspeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera carraspeando / estuviese carraspeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos carraspeando / estuviésamos carraspeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais carraspeando / estuvieseis carraspeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera carraspeando / estuviese carraspeando |
| Vos | estuvieras carraspeando / estuvieses carraspeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere carraspeando |
| Tú | estuvieres carraspeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere carraspeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos carraspeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis carraspeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere carraspeando |
| Vos | estuvieres carraspeando |
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 carraspeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos carraspeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos carraspeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos carraspearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos carraspearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos carraspees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos carraspearas / Vos carraspease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos carraspeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no carraspees |