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Escampar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to clear up, stop raining”.
Below are all of the conjugations for escampar 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 up, stop raining |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | escampar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está escampando) and past continuous (estaba escampando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. clearing up).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he escampado and hubiera escampado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have cleared up).
| Gerundio / Gerund | escampando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | escampado |
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 up” or “they clear up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escampo |
| Tú | escampas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampa |
| Nosotros / as | escampamos |
| Vosotros / as | escampáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escampan |
| Vos | escampás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I cleared up” or “she cleared up” 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 | escampé | I cleared up |
| Tú | escampaste | You cleared up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampó | He / she / you cleared up |
| Nosotros / as | escampamos | We cleared up |
| Vosotros / as | escampasteis | You cleared up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escamparon | They / you cleared up |
| Vos | escampaste | You cleared up |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was clearing up” or “she was clearing up” 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 | escampaba | I was clearing up |
| Tú | escampabas | You were clearing up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampaba | He was / she was / you were clearing up |
| Nosotros / as | escampábamos | We were clearing up |
| Vosotros / as | escampabais | You were clearing up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escampaban | They / you were clearing up |
| Vos | escampabas | You were clearing up |
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 up” and “she has cleared up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he escampado | I have cleared up |
| Tú | has escampado | You have cleared up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha escampado | He has / she has / you have cleared up |
| Nosotros / as | hemos escampado | We have cleared up |
| Vosotros / as | habéis escampado | You have cleared up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han escampado | They / you have cleared up |
| Vos | has escampado | You have cleared up |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would clear up” or “she would clear up”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escamparía | I would clear up |
| Tú | escamparías | You would clear up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escamparía | He / she / you would clear up |
| Nosotros / as | escamparíamos | We would clear up |
| Vosotros / as | escamparíais | You would clear up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escamparían | They / you would clear up |
| Vos | escamparías | You would clear up |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will clear up” or “they will clear up”.
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 escampar” means “They are going to clear up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escamparé | I will clear up |
| Tú | escamparás | You will clear up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampará | He / she / you will clear up |
| Nosotros / as | escamparemos | We will clear up |
| Vosotros / as | escamparéis | You will clear up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escamparán | They / you will clear up |
| Vos | escamparás | You will clear up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escampe |
| Tú | escampes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampe |
| Nosotros / as | escampemos |
| Vosotros / as | escampéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escampen |
| Vos | escampes |
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 | escampara | escampase |
| Tú | escamparas | escampase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampara | escampase |
| Nosotros / as | escampáramos | escampásemos |
| Vosotros / as | escamparais | escampaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escamparan | escampasen |
| Vos | escamparas | escampase |
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 | escampare |
| Tú | escampares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampare |
| Nosotros / as | escampáremos |
| Vosotros / as | escampareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escamparen |
| Vos | escampares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “clear up!” and “don’t clear up!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | escampa | no escampes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escampe | no escampe |
| Nosotros / as | escampemos | no escampemos |
| Vosotros / as | escampad | no escampéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escampen | no escampen |
| Vos | escampá | no escampes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya escampado |
| Tú | hayas escampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya escampado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos escampado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis escampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan escampado |
| Vos | hayas escampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera escampado / hubiese escampado |
| Tú | hubieras escampado / hubieses escampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera escampado / hubiese escampado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos escampado / hubiésemos escampado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais escampado / hubieseis escampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran escampado / hubiesen escampado |
| Vos | hubieras escampado / hubieses escampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere escampado |
| Tú | hubieres escampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere escampado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos escampado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis escampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren escampado |
| Vos | hubieres escampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté escampando |
| Tú | estés escampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté escampando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos escampando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis escampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén escampando |
| Vos | estés escampando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera escampando / estuviese escampando |
| Tú | estuvieras escampando / estuvieses escampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera escampando / estuviese escampando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos escampando / estuviésamos escampando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais escampando / estuvieseis escampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera escampando / estuviese escampando |
| Vos | estuvieras escampando / estuvieses escampando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere escampando |
| Tú | estuvieres escampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere escampando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos escampando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis escampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere escampando |
| Vos | estuvieres escampando |
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 escampás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos escampaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos escampabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos escamparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos escamparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos escampes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos escamparas / Vos escampase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos escampá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no escampes |