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Escurrir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to drain, drip”.
Below are all of the conjugations for escurrir 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 drain, drip |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | escurrir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está escurriendo) and past continuous (estaba escurriendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. draining).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he escurrido and hubiera escurrido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have drained).
| Gerundio / Gerund | escurriendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | escurrido |
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 drain” or “they drain”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escurro |
| Tú | escurres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurre |
| Nosotros / as | escurrimos |
| Vosotros / as | escurrís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurren |
| Vos | escurrís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I drained” or “she drained” 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 | escurrí | I drained |
| Tú | escurriste | You drained |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurrió | He / she / you drained |
| Nosotros / as | escurrimos | We drained |
| Vosotros / as | escurristeis | You drained |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurrieron | They / you drained |
| Vos | escurriste | You drained |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was draining” or “she was draining” 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 | escurría | I was draining |
| Tú | escurrías | You were draining |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurría | He was / she was / you were draining |
| Nosotros / as | escurríamos | We were draining |
| Vosotros / as | escurríais | You were draining |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurrían | They / you were draining |
| Vos | escurrías | You were draining |
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 drained” and “she has drained”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he escurrido | I have drained |
| Tú | has escurrido | You have drained |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha escurrido | He has / she has / you have drained |
| Nosotros / as | hemos escurrido | We have drained |
| Vosotros / as | habéis escurrido | You have drained |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han escurrido | They / you have drained |
| Vos | has escurrido | You have drained |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would drain” or “she would drain”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escurriría | I would drain |
| Tú | escurrirías | You would drain |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurriría | He / she / you would drain |
| Nosotros / as | escurriríamos | We would drain |
| Vosotros / as | escurriríais | You would drain |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurrirían | They / you would drain |
| Vos | escurrirías | You would drain |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will drain” or “they will drain”.
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 escurrir” means “They are going to drain”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escurriré | I will drain |
| Tú | escurrirás | You will drain |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurrirá | He / she / you will drain |
| Nosotros / as | escurriremos | We will drain |
| Vosotros / as | escurriréis | You will drain |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurrirán | They / you will drain |
| Vos | escurrirás | You will drain |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escurra |
| Tú | escurras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurra |
| Nosotros / as | escurramos |
| Vosotros / as | escurráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurran |
| Vos | escurras |
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 | escurriera | escurriese |
| Tú | escurrieras | escurriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurriera | escurriese |
| Nosotros / as | escurriéramos | escurriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | escurrierais | escurrieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurrieran | escurriesen |
| Vos | escurrieras | escurriese |
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 | escurriere |
| Tú | escurrieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurriera |
| Nosotros / as | escurriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | escurriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurrieren |
| Vos | escurrieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “drain!” and “don’t drain!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | escurre | no escurras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escurra | no escurra |
| Nosotros / as | escurramos | no escurramos |
| Vosotros / as | escurrid | no escurráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escurran | no escurran |
| Vos | escurrí | no escurras |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya escurrido |
| Tú | hayas escurrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya escurrido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos escurrido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis escurrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan escurrido |
| Vos | hayas escurrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera escurrido / hubiese escurrido |
| Tú | hubieras escurrido / hubieses escurrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera escurrido / hubiese escurrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos escurrido / hubiésemos escurrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais escurrido / hubieseis escurrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran escurrido / hubiesen escurrido |
| Vos | hubieras escurrido / hubieses escurrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere escurrido |
| Tú | hubieres escurrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere escurrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos escurrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis escurrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren escurrido |
| Vos | hubieres escurrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté escurriendo |
| Tú | estés escurriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté escurriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos escurriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis escurriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén escurriendo |
| Vos | estés escurriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera escurriendo / estuviese escurriendo |
| Tú | estuvieras escurriendo / estuvieses escurriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera escurriendo / estuviese escurriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos escurriendo / estuviésamos escurriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais escurriendo / estuvieseis escurriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera escurriendo / estuviese escurriendo |
| Vos | estuvieras escurriendo / estuvieses escurriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere escurriendo |
| Tú | estuvieres escurriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere escurriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos escurriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis escurriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere escurriendo |
| Vos | estuvieres escurriendo |
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 escurrís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos escurriste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos escurrías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos escurrirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos escurrirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos escurras |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos escurrieras / Vos escurriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos escurrí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no escurras |