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Empapelar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to paper, line”.
Below are all of the conjugations for empapelar 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 paper, line |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | empapelar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está empapelando) and past continuous (estaba empapelando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. papering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he empapelado and hubiera empapelado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have papered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | empapelando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | empapelado |
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 paper” or “they paper”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | empapelo |
| Tú | empapelas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapela |
| Nosotros / as | empapelamos |
| Vosotros / as | empapeláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelan |
| Vos | empapelás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I papered” or “she papered” 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 | empapelé | I papered |
| Tú | empapelaste | You papered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapeló | He / she / you papered |
| Nosotros / as | empapelamos | We papered |
| Vosotros / as | empapelasteis | You papered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelaron | They / you papered |
| Vos | empapelaste | You papered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was papering” or “she was papering” 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 | empapelaba | I was papering |
| Tú | empapelabas | You were papering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapelaba | He was / she was / you were papering |
| Nosotros / as | empapelábamos | We were papering |
| Vosotros / as | empapelabais | You were papering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelaban | They / you were papering |
| Vos | empapelabas | You were papering |
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 papered” and “she has papered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he empapelado | I have papered |
| Tú | has empapelado | You have papered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha empapelado | He has / she has / you have papered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos empapelado | We have papered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis empapelado | You have papered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han empapelado | They / you have papered |
| Vos | has empapelado | You have papered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would paper” or “she would paper”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | empapelaría | I would paper |
| Tú | empapelarías | You would paper |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapelaría | He / she / you would paper |
| Nosotros / as | empapelaríamos | We would paper |
| Vosotros / as | empapelaríais | You would paper |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelarían | They / you would paper |
| Vos | empapelarías | You would paper |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will paper” or “they will paper”.
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 empapelar” means “They are going to paper”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | empapelaré | I will paper |
| Tú | empapelarás | You will paper |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapelará | He / she / you will paper |
| Nosotros / as | empapelaremos | We will paper |
| Vosotros / as | empapelaréis | You will paper |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelarán | They / you will paper |
| Vos | empapelarás | You will paper |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | empapele |
| Tú | empapeles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapele |
| Nosotros / as | empapelemos |
| Vosotros / as | empapeléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelen |
| Vos | empapeles |
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 | empapelara | empapelase |
| Tú | empapelaras | empapelase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapelara | empapelase |
| Nosotros / as | empapeláramos | empapelásemos |
| Vosotros / as | empapelarais | empapelaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelaran | empapelasen |
| Vos | empapelaras | empapelase |
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 | empapelare |
| Tú | empapelares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapelare |
| Nosotros / as | empapeláremos |
| Vosotros / as | empapelareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelaren |
| Vos | empapelares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “paper!” and “don’t paper!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | empapela | no empapeles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | empapele | no empapele |
| Nosotros / as | empapelemos | no empapelemos |
| Vosotros / as | empapelad | no empapeléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | empapelen | no empapelen |
| Vos | empapelá | no empapeles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya empapelado |
| Tú | hayas empapelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya empapelado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos empapelado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis empapelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan empapelado |
| Vos | hayas empapelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera empapelado / hubiese empapelado |
| Tú | hubieras empapelado / hubieses empapelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera empapelado / hubiese empapelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos empapelado / hubiésemos empapelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais empapelado / hubieseis empapelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran empapelado / hubiesen empapelado |
| Vos | hubieras empapelado / hubieses empapelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere empapelado |
| Tú | hubieres empapelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere empapelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos empapelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis empapelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren empapelado |
| Vos | hubieres empapelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté empapelando |
| Tú | estés empapelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté empapelando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos empapelando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis empapelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén empapelando |
| Vos | estés empapelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera empapelando / estuviese empapelando |
| Tú | estuvieras empapelando / estuvieses empapelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera empapelando / estuviese empapelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos empapelando / estuviésamos empapelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais empapelando / estuvieseis empapelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera empapelando / estuviese empapelando |
| Vos | estuvieras empapelando / estuvieses empapelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere empapelando |
| Tú | estuvieres empapelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere empapelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos empapelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis empapelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere empapelando |
| Vos | estuvieres empapelando |
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 empapelás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos empapelaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos empapelabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos empapelarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos empapelarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos empapeles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos empapelaras / Vos empapelase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos empapelá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no empapeles |