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Chupar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to suck, absorb”.
Below are all of the conjugations for chupar 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 suck, absorb |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | chupar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está chupando) and past continuous (estaba chupando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. sucking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he chupado and hubiera chupado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have sucked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | chupando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | chupado |
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 suck” or “they suck”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | chupo |
| Tú | chupas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupa |
| Nosotros / as | chupamos |
| Vosotros / as | chupáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chupan |
| Vos | chupás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I sucked” or “she sucked” 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 | chupé | I sucked |
| Tú | chupaste | You sucked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupó | He / she / you sucked |
| Nosotros / as | chupamos | We sucked |
| Vosotros / as | chupasteis | You sucked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chuparon | They / you sucked |
| Vos | chupaste | You sucked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was sucking” or “she was sucking” 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 | chupaba | I was sucking |
| Tú | chupabas | You were sucking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupaba | He was / she was / you were sucking |
| Nosotros / as | chupábamos | We were sucking |
| Vosotros / as | chupabais | You were sucking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chupaban | They / you were sucking |
| Vos | chupabas | You were sucking |
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 sucked” and “she has sucked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he chupado | I have sucked |
| Tú | has chupado | You have sucked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha chupado | He has / she has / you have sucked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos chupado | We have sucked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis chupado | You have sucked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han chupado | They / you have sucked |
| Vos | has chupado | You have sucked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would suck” or “she would suck”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | chuparía | I would suck |
| Tú | chuparías | You would suck |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chuparía | He / she / you would suck |
| Nosotros / as | chuparíamos | We would suck |
| Vosotros / as | chuparíais | You would suck |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chuparían | They / you would suck |
| Vos | chuparías | You would suck |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will suck” or “they will suck”.
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 chupar” means “They are going to suck”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | chuparé | I will suck |
| Tú | chuparás | You will suck |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupará | He / she / you will suck |
| Nosotros / as | chuparemos | We will suck |
| Vosotros / as | chuparéis | You will suck |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chuparán | They / you will suck |
| Vos | chuparás | You will suck |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | chupe |
| Tú | chupes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupe |
| Nosotros / as | chupemos |
| Vosotros / as | chupéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chupen |
| Vos | chupes |
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 | chupara | chupase |
| Tú | chuparas | chupase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupara | chupase |
| Nosotros / as | chupáramos | chupásemos |
| Vosotros / as | chuparais | chupaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chuparan | chupasen |
| Vos | chuparas | chupase |
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 | chupare |
| Tú | chupares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupare |
| Nosotros / as | chupáremos |
| Vosotros / as | chupareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chuparen |
| Vos | chupares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “suck!” and “don’t suck!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | chupa | no chupes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | chupe | no chupe |
| Nosotros / as | chupemos | no chupemos |
| Vosotros / as | chupad | no chupéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | chupen | no chupen |
| Vos | chupá | no chupes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya chupado |
| Tú | hayas chupado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya chupado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos chupado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis chupado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan chupado |
| Vos | hayas chupado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera chupado / hubiese chupado |
| Tú | hubieras chupado / hubieses chupado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera chupado / hubiese chupado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos chupado / hubiésemos chupado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais chupado / hubieseis chupado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran chupado / hubiesen chupado |
| Vos | hubieras chupado / hubieses chupado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere chupado |
| Tú | hubieres chupado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere chupado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos chupado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis chupado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren chupado |
| Vos | hubieres chupado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté chupando |
| Tú | estés chupando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté chupando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos chupando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis chupando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén chupando |
| Vos | estés chupando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera chupando / estuviese chupando |
| Tú | estuvieras chupando / estuvieses chupando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera chupando / estuviese chupando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos chupando / estuviésamos chupando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais chupando / estuvieseis chupando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera chupando / estuviese chupando |
| Vos | estuvieras chupando / estuvieses chupando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere chupando |
| Tú | estuvieres chupando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere chupando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos chupando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis chupando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere chupando |
| Vos | estuvieres chupando |
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 chupás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos chupaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos chupabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos chuparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos chuparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos chupes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos chuparas / Vos chupase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos chupá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no chupes |