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Forrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to line, cover”.
Below are all of the conjugations for forrar 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 line, cover |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | forrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está forrando) and past continuous (estaba forrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lined).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he lined and hubiera lined. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lining).
| Gerundio / Gerund | forrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | lined |
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 line” or “they line”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | forro |
| Tú | forras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forra |
| Nosotros / as | forramos |
| Vosotros / as | forráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forran |
| Vos | forrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I line” or “she line” 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 | forré | I line |
| Tú | forraste | You line |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forró | He / she / you line |
| Nosotros / as | forramos | We line |
| Vosotros / as | forrasteis | You line |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forraron | They / you line |
| Vos | forraste | You line |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lined” or “she was lined” 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 | forraba | I was lined |
| Tú | forrabas | You were lined |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forraba | He was / she was / you were lined |
| Nosotros / as | forrábamos | We were lined |
| Vosotros / as | forrabais | You were lined |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forraban | They / you were lined |
| Vos | forrabas | You were lined |
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 lining” and “she has lining”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he lined | I have lining |
| Tú | has lined | You have lining |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha lined | He has / she has / you have lining |
| Nosotros / as | hemos lined | We have lining |
| Vosotros / as | habéis lined | You have lining |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han lined | They / you have lining |
| Vos | has lined | You have lining |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would line” or “she would line”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | forraría | I would line |
| Tú | forrarías | You would line |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forraría | He / she / you would line |
| Nosotros / as | forraríamos | We would line |
| Vosotros / as | forraríais | You would line |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forrarían | They / you would line |
| Vos | forrarías | You would line |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will line” or “they will line”.
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 forrar” means “They are going to line”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | forraré | I will line |
| Tú | forrarás | You will line |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forrará | He / she / you will line |
| Nosotros / as | forraremos | We will line |
| Vosotros / as | forraréis | You will line |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forrarán | They / you will line |
| Vos | forrarás | You will line |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | forre |
| Tú | forres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forre |
| Nosotros / as | forremos |
| Vosotros / as | forréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forren |
| Vos | forres |
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 | forrara | forrase |
| Tú | forraras | forrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forrara | forrase |
| Nosotros / as | forráramos | forrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | forrarais | forraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forraran | forrasen |
| Vos | forraras | forrase |
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 | forrare |
| Tú | forrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forrare |
| Nosotros / as | forráremos |
| Vosotros / as | forrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forraren |
| Vos | forrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “line!” and “don’t line!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | forra | no forres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forre | no forre |
| Nosotros / as | forremos | no forremos |
| Vosotros / as | forrad | no forréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forren | no forren |
| Vos | forrá | no forres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya lined |
| Tú | hayas lined |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya lined |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos lined |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis lined |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan lined |
| Vos | hayas lined |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera lined / hubiese lined |
| Tú | hubieras lined / hubieses lined |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera lined / hubiese lined |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos lined / hubiésemos lined |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais lined / hubieseis lined |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran lined / hubiesen lined |
| Vos | hubieras lined / hubieses lined |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere lined |
| Tú | hubieres lined |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere lined |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos lined |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis lined |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren lined |
| Vos | hubieres lined |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté forrando |
| Tú | estés forrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté forrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos forrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis forrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén forrando |
| Vos | estés forrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera forrando / estuviese forrando |
| Tú | estuvieras forrando / estuvieses forrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera forrando / estuviese forrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos forrando / estuviésamos forrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais forrando / estuvieseis forrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera forrando / estuviese forrando |
| Vos | estuvieras forrando / estuvieses forrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere forrando |
| Tú | estuvieres forrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere forrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos forrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis forrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere forrando |
| Vos | estuvieres forrando |
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 forrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos forraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos forrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos forrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos forrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos forres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos forraras / Vos forrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos forrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no forres |