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Discurrir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to roam, reflect or ponder, think up”.
Below are all of the conjugations for discurrir 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 roam, reflect or ponder, think up |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | discurrir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está discurriendo) and past continuous (estaba discurriendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. roaming).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he discurrido and hubiera discurrido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have roamed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | discurriendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | discurrido |
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 roam” or “they roam”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | discurro |
| Tú | discurres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurre |
| Nosotros / as | discurrimos |
| Vosotros / as | discurrís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurren |
| Vos | discurrís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I roamed” or “she roamed” 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 | discurrí | I roamed |
| Tú | discurriste | You roamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurrió | He / she / you roamed |
| Nosotros / as | discurrimos | We roamed |
| Vosotros / as | discurristeis | You roamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurrieron | They / you roamed |
| Vos | discurriste | You roamed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was roaming” or “she was roaming” 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 | discurría | I was roaming |
| Tú | discurrías | You were roaming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurría | He was / she was / you were roaming |
| Nosotros / as | discurríamos | We were roaming |
| Vosotros / as | discurríais | You were roaming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurrían | They / you were roaming |
| Vos | discurrías | You were roaming |
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 roamed” and “she has roamed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he discurrido | I have roamed |
| Tú | has discurrido | You have roamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha discurrido | He has / she has / you have roamed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos discurrido | We have roamed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis discurrido | You have roamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han discurrido | They / you have roamed |
| Vos | has discurrido | You have roamed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would roam” or “she would roam”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | discurriría | I would roam |
| Tú | discurrirías | You would roam |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurriría | He / she / you would roam |
| Nosotros / as | discurriríamos | We would roam |
| Vosotros / as | discurriríais | You would roam |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurrirían | They / you would roam |
| Vos | discurrirías | You would roam |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will roam” or “they will roam”.
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 discurrir” means “They are going to roam”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | discurriré | I will roam |
| Tú | discurrirás | You will roam |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurrirá | He / she / you will roam |
| Nosotros / as | discurriremos | We will roam |
| Vosotros / as | discurriréis | You will roam |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurrirán | They / you will roam |
| Vos | discurrirás | You will roam |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | discurra |
| Tú | discurras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurra |
| Nosotros / as | discurramos |
| Vosotros / as | discurráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurran |
| Vos | discurras |
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 | discurriera | discurriese |
| Tú | discurrieras | discurriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurriera | discurriese |
| Nosotros / as | discurriéramos | discurriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | discurrierais | discurrieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurrieran | discurriesen |
| Vos | discurrieras | discurriese |
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 | discurriere |
| Tú | discurrieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurriera |
| Nosotros / as | discurriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | discurriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurrieren |
| Vos | discurrieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “roam!” and “don’t roam!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | discurre | no discurras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | discurra | no discurra |
| Nosotros / as | discurramos | no discurramos |
| Vosotros / as | discurrid | no discurráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | discurran | no discurran |
| Vos | discurrí | no discurras |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya discurrido |
| Tú | hayas discurrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya discurrido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos discurrido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis discurrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan discurrido |
| Vos | hayas discurrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera discurrido / hubiese discurrido |
| Tú | hubieras discurrido / hubieses discurrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera discurrido / hubiese discurrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos discurrido / hubiésemos discurrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais discurrido / hubieseis discurrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran discurrido / hubiesen discurrido |
| Vos | hubieras discurrido / hubieses discurrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere discurrido |
| Tú | hubieres discurrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere discurrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos discurrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis discurrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren discurrido |
| Vos | hubieres discurrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté discurriendo |
| Tú | estés discurriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté discurriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos discurriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis discurriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén discurriendo |
| Vos | estés discurriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera discurriendo / estuviese discurriendo |
| Tú | estuvieras discurriendo / estuvieses discurriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera discurriendo / estuviese discurriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos discurriendo / estuviésamos discurriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais discurriendo / estuvieseis discurriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera discurriendo / estuviese discurriendo |
| Vos | estuvieras discurriendo / estuvieses discurriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere discurriendo |
| Tú | estuvieres discurriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere discurriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos discurriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis discurriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere discurriendo |
| Vos | estuvieres discurriendo |
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 discurrís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos discurriste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos discurrías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos discurrirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos discurrirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos discurras |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos discurrieras / Vos discurriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos discurrí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no discurras |