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Expulsar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to expel, drive out”.
Below are all of the conjugations for expulsar 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 expel, drive out |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | expulsar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está expulsando) and past continuous (estaba expulsando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. expelling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he expulsado and hubiera expulsado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have expelled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | expulsando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | expulsado |
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 expel” or “they expel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | expulso |
| Tú | expulsas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulsa |
| Nosotros / as | expulsamos |
| Vosotros / as | expulsáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsan |
| Vos | expulsás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I expelled” or “she expelled” 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 | expulsé | I expelled |
| Tú | expulsaste | You expelled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulsó | He / she / you expelled |
| Nosotros / as | expulsamos | We expelled |
| Vosotros / as | expulsasteis | You expelled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsaron | They / you expelled |
| Vos | expulsaste | You expelled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was expelling” or “she was expelling” 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 | expulsaba | I was expelling |
| Tú | expulsabas | You were expelling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulsaba | He was / she was / you were expelling |
| Nosotros / as | expulsábamos | We were expelling |
| Vosotros / as | expulsabais | You were expelling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsaban | They / you were expelling |
| Vos | expulsabas | You were expelling |
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 expelled” and “she has expelled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he expulsado | I have expelled |
| Tú | has expulsado | You have expelled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha expulsado | He has / she has / you have expelled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos expulsado | We have expelled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis expulsado | You have expelled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han expulsado | They / you have expelled |
| Vos | has expulsado | You have expelled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would expel” or “she would expel”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | expulsaría | I would expel |
| Tú | expulsarías | You would expel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulsaría | He / she / you would expel |
| Nosotros / as | expulsaríamos | We would expel |
| Vosotros / as | expulsaríais | You would expel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsarían | They / you would expel |
| Vos | expulsarías | You would expel |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will expel” or “they will expel”.
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 expulsar” means “They are going to expel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | expulsaré | I will expel |
| Tú | expulsarás | You will expel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulsará | He / she / you will expel |
| Nosotros / as | expulsaremos | We will expel |
| Vosotros / as | expulsaréis | You will expel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsarán | They / you will expel |
| Vos | expulsarás | You will expel |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | expulse |
| Tú | expulses |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulse |
| Nosotros / as | expulsemos |
| Vosotros / as | expulséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsen |
| Vos | expulses |
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 | expulsara | expulsase |
| Tú | expulsaras | expulsase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulsara | expulsase |
| Nosotros / as | expulsáramos | expulsásemos |
| Vosotros / as | expulsarais | expulsaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsaran | expulsasen |
| Vos | expulsaras | expulsase |
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 | expulsare |
| Tú | expulsares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulsare |
| Nosotros / as | expulsáremos |
| Vosotros / as | expulsareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsaren |
| Vos | expulsares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “expel!” and “don’t expel!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | expulsa | no expulses |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expulse | no expulse |
| Nosotros / as | expulsemos | no expulsemos |
| Vosotros / as | expulsad | no expulséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expulsen | no expulsen |
| Vos | expulsá | no expulses |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya expulsado |
| Tú | hayas expulsado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya expulsado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos expulsado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis expulsado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan expulsado |
| Vos | hayas expulsado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera expulsado / hubiese expulsado |
| Tú | hubieras expulsado / hubieses expulsado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera expulsado / hubiese expulsado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos expulsado / hubiésemos expulsado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais expulsado / hubieseis expulsado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran expulsado / hubiesen expulsado |
| Vos | hubieras expulsado / hubieses expulsado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere expulsado |
| Tú | hubieres expulsado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere expulsado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos expulsado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis expulsado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren expulsado |
| Vos | hubieres expulsado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté expulsando |
| Tú | estés expulsando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté expulsando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos expulsando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis expulsando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén expulsando |
| Vos | estés expulsando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera expulsando / estuviese expulsando |
| Tú | estuvieras expulsando / estuvieses expulsando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera expulsando / estuviese expulsando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos expulsando / estuviésamos expulsando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais expulsando / estuvieseis expulsando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera expulsando / estuviese expulsando |
| Vos | estuvieras expulsando / estuvieses expulsando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere expulsando |
| Tú | estuvieres expulsando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere expulsando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos expulsando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis expulsando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere expulsando |
| Vos | estuvieres expulsando |
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 expulsás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos expulsaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos expulsabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos expulsarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos expulsarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos expulses |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos expulsaras / Vos expulsase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos expulsá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no expulses |