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Embadurnar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to smear, daub”.
Below are all of the conjugations for embadurnar 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 smear, daub |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | embadurnar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está embadurnando) and past continuous (estaba embadurnando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. smearing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he embadurnado and hubiera embadurnado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have smeared).
| Gerundio / Gerund | embadurnando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | embadurnado |
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 smear” or “they smear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embadurno |
| Tú | embadurnas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurna |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnamos |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnan |
| Vos | embadurnás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I smeared” or “she smeared” 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 | embadurné | I smeared |
| Tú | embadurnaste | You smeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurnó | He / she / you smeared |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnamos | We smeared |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnasteis | You smeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnaron | They / you smeared |
| Vos | embadurnaste | You smeared |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was smearing” or “she was smearing” 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 | embadurnaba | I was smearing |
| Tú | embadurnabas | You were smearing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurnaba | He was / she was / you were smearing |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnábamos | We were smearing |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnabais | You were smearing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnaban | They / you were smearing |
| Vos | embadurnabas | You were smearing |
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 smeared” and “she has smeared”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he embadurnado | I have smeared |
| Tú | has embadurnado | You have smeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha embadurnado | He has / she has / you have smeared |
| Nosotros / as | hemos embadurnado | We have smeared |
| Vosotros / as | habéis embadurnado | You have smeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han embadurnado | They / you have smeared |
| Vos | has embadurnado | You have smeared |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would smear” or “she would smear”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embadurnaría | I would smear |
| Tú | embadurnarías | You would smear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurnaría | He / she / you would smear |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnaríamos | We would smear |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnaríais | You would smear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnarían | They / you would smear |
| Vos | embadurnarías | You would smear |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will smear” or “they will smear”.
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 embadurnar” means “They are going to smear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embadurnaré | I will smear |
| Tú | embadurnarás | You will smear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurnará | He / she / you will smear |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnaremos | We will smear |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnaréis | You will smear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnarán | They / you will smear |
| Vos | embadurnarás | You will smear |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embadurne |
| Tú | embadurnes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurne |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnemos |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnen |
| Vos | embadurnes |
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 | embadurnara | embadurnase |
| Tú | embadurnaras | embadurnase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurnara | embadurnase |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnáramos | embadurnásemos |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnarais | embadurnaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnaran | embadurnasen |
| Vos | embadurnaras | embadurnase |
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 | embadurnare |
| Tú | embadurnares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurnare |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnáremos |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnaren |
| Vos | embadurnares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “smear!” and “don’t smear!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | embadurna | no embadurnes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embadurne | no embadurne |
| Nosotros / as | embadurnemos | no embadurnemos |
| Vosotros / as | embadurnad | no embadurnéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embadurnen | no embadurnen |
| Vos | embadurná | no embadurnes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya embadurnado |
| Tú | hayas embadurnado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya embadurnado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos embadurnado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis embadurnado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan embadurnado |
| Vos | hayas embadurnado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera embadurnado / hubiese embadurnado |
| Tú | hubieras embadurnado / hubieses embadurnado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera embadurnado / hubiese embadurnado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos embadurnado / hubiésemos embadurnado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais embadurnado / hubieseis embadurnado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran embadurnado / hubiesen embadurnado |
| Vos | hubieras embadurnado / hubieses embadurnado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere embadurnado |
| Tú | hubieres embadurnado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere embadurnado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos embadurnado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis embadurnado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren embadurnado |
| Vos | hubieres embadurnado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté embadurnando |
| Tú | estés embadurnando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté embadurnando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos embadurnando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis embadurnando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén embadurnando |
| Vos | estés embadurnando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera embadurnando / estuviese embadurnando |
| Tú | estuvieras embadurnando / estuvieses embadurnando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera embadurnando / estuviese embadurnando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos embadurnando / estuviésamos embadurnando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais embadurnando / estuvieseis embadurnando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera embadurnando / estuviese embadurnando |
| Vos | estuvieras embadurnando / estuvieses embadurnando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere embadurnando |
| Tú | estuvieres embadurnando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere embadurnando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos embadurnando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis embadurnando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere embadurnando |
| Vos | estuvieres embadurnando |
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 embadurnás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos embadurnaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos embadurnabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos embadurnarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos embadurnarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos embadurnes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos embadurnaras / Vos embadurnase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos embadurná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no embadurnes |