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Estrellarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to smash, crash”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me estrello) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que estrellarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for estrellarse 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 smash, crash |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estrellarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estrellándose) and past continuous (estaba estrellándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. smashing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estrellado and hubiera estrellado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have smashed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estrellándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estrellado |
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 smash” or “they smash”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me estrello |
| Tú | te estrellas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrella |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrellamos |
| Vosotros / as | os estrelláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellan |
| Vos | estrellas |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I smashed” or “she smashed” 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 | me estrellé | I smashed |
| Tú | te estrellaste | You smashed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrelló | He / she / you smashed |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrellamos | We smashed |
| Vosotros / as | os estrellasteis | You smashed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellaron | They / you smashed |
| Vos | te estrellaste | You smashed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was smashing” or “she was smashing” 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 | me estrellaba | I was smashing |
| Tú | te estrellabas | You were smashing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrellaba | He was / she was / you were smashing |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrellábamos | We were smashing |
| Vosotros / as | os estrellabais | You were smashing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellaban | They / you were smashing |
| Vos | te estrellabas | You were smashing |
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 smashed” and “she has smashed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he estrellado | I have smashed |
| Tú | te has estrellado | You have smashed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha estrellado | He has / she has / you have smashed |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos estrellado | We have smashed |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis estrellado | You have smashed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han estrellado | They / you have smashed |
| Vos | te has estrellado | You have smashed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would smash” or “she would smash”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estrellaría | I would smash |
| Tú | te estrellarías | You would smash |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrellaría | He / she / you would smash |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrellaríamos | We would smash |
| Vosotros / as | os estrellaríais | You would smash |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellarían | They / you would smash |
| Vos | te estrellarías | You would smash |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will smash” or “they will smash”.
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 estrellarse” means “They are going to smash”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estrellaré | I will smash |
| Tú | te estrellarás | You will smash |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrellará | He / she / you will smash |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrellaremos | We will smash |
| Vosotros / as | os estrellaréis | You will smash |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellarán | They / you will smash |
| Vos | te estrellarás | You will smash |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me estrelle |
| Tú | te estrelles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrelle |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrellemos |
| Vosotros / as | os estrelléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellen |
| Vos | te estrelles |
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 | me estrellara | me estrellase |
| Tú | te estrellaras | me estrellase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrellara | se estrellase |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrelláramos | nos estrellásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os estrellarais | os estrellaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellaran | se estrellasen |
| Vos | te estrellaras | me estrellase |
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 | me estrellare |
| Tú | te estrellares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se estrellare |
| Nosotros / as | nos estrelláremos |
| Vosotros / as | os estrellareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se estrellaren |
| Vos | te estrellares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “smash!” and “don’t smash!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estréllate | no te estrelles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estréllese | no se estrelle |
| Nosotros / as | estrellémonos | no nos estrellemos |
| Vosotros / as | estrellaos | no os estrelléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estréllense | no se estrellen |
| Vos | estrellá | no te estrelles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estrellado |
| Tú | hayas estrellado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estrellado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estrellado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estrellado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estrellado |
| Vos | hayas estrellado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estrellado / hubiese estrellado |
| Tú | hubieras estrellado / hubieses estrellado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estrellado / hubiese estrellado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estrellado / hubiésemos estrellado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estrellado / hubieseis estrellado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estrellado / hubiesen estrellado |
| Vos | hubieras estrellado / hubieses estrellado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estrellado |
| Tú | hubieres estrellado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estrellado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estrellado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estrellado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estrellado |
| Vos | hubieres estrellado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estrellándose |
| Tú | estés estrellándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estrellándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estrellándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estrellándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estrellándose |
| Vos | estés estrellándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estrellándose / estuviese estrellándose |
| Tú | estuvieras estrellándose / estuvieses estrellándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estrellándose / estuviese estrellándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estrellándose / estuviésamos estrellándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estrellándose / estuvieseis estrellándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estrellándose / estuviese estrellándose |
| Vos | estuvieras estrellándose / estuvieses estrellándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estrellándose |
| Tú | estuvieres estrellándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estrellándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estrellándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estrellándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estrellándose |
| Vos | estuvieres estrellándose |
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 estrellas |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te estrellaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te estrellabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te estrellarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te estrellarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te estrelles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te estrellaras / Vos me estrellase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estrellá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te estrelles |