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Freír is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fry”.
Below are all of the conjugations for freír 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 fry |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | freír |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está friendo) and past continuous (estaba friendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. fried).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he fried and hubiera fried. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have frying).
| Gerundio / Gerund | friendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | fried |
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 fry” or “they fry”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | frío |
| Tú | fríes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fríe |
| Nosotros / as | freímos |
| Vosotros / as | freís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fríen |
| Vos | freís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I fry” or “she fry” 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 | freí | I fry |
| Tú | freíste | You fry |
| Él / Ella / Usted | frió | He / she / you fry |
| Nosotros / as | freímos | We fry |
| Vosotros / as | freísteis | You fry |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | frieron | They / you fry |
| Vos | freíste | You fry |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was fried” or “she was fried” 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 | freía | I was fried |
| Tú | freías | You were fried |
| Él / Ella / Usted | freía | He was / she was / you were fried |
| Nosotros / as | freíamos | We were fried |
| Vosotros / as | freíais | You were fried |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | freían | They / you were fried |
| Vos | freías | You were fried |
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 frying” and “she has frying”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he fried | I have frying |
| Tú | has fried | You have frying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha fried | He has / she has / you have frying |
| Nosotros / as | hemos fried | We have frying |
| Vosotros / as | habéis fried | You have frying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han fried | They / you have frying |
| Vos | has fried | You have frying |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fry” or “she would fry”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | freiría | I would fry |
| Tú | freirías | You would fry |
| Él / Ella / Usted | freiría | He / she / you would fry |
| Nosotros / as | freiríamos | We would fry |
| Vosotros / as | freiríais | You would fry |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | freirían | They / you would fry |
| Vos | freirías | You would fry |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fry” or “they will fry”.
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 freír” means “They are going to fry”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | freiré | I will fry |
| Tú | freirás | You will fry |
| Él / Ella / Usted | freirá | He / she / you will fry |
| Nosotros / as | freiremos | We will fry |
| Vosotros / as | freiréis | You will fry |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | freirán | They / you will fry |
| Vos | freirás | You will fry |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fría |
| Tú | frías |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fría |
| Nosotros / as | fríamos |
| Vosotros / as | friáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | frían |
| Vos | frías |
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 | friera | friese |
| Tú | frieras | friese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | friera | friese |
| Nosotros / as | friéramos | friésemos |
| Vosotros / as | frierais | frieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | frieran | friesen |
| Vos | frieras | friese |
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 | friere |
| Tú | frieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | friera |
| Nosotros / as | friéremos |
| Vosotros / as | friereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | frieren |
| Vos | frieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fry!” and “don’t fry!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fríe | no frías |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fría | no fría |
| Nosotros / as | fríamos | no fríamos |
| Vosotros / as | freíd | no friáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | frían | no frían |
| Vos | freí | no frías |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya fried |
| Tú | hayas fried |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya fried |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos fried |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis fried |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan fried |
| Vos | hayas fried |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera fried / hubiese fried |
| Tú | hubieras fried / hubieses fried |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera fried / hubiese fried |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos fried / hubiésemos fried |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais fried / hubieseis fried |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran fried / hubiesen fried |
| Vos | hubieras fried / hubieses fried |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere fried |
| Tú | hubieres fried |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere fried |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos fried |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis fried |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren fried |
| Vos | hubieres fried |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté friendo |
| Tú | estés friendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté friendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos friendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis friendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén friendo |
| Vos | estés friendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera friendo / estuviese friendo |
| Tú | estuvieras friendo / estuvieses friendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera friendo / estuviese friendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos friendo / estuviésamos friendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais friendo / estuvieseis friendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera friendo / estuviese friendo |
| Vos | estuvieras friendo / estuvieses friendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere friendo |
| Tú | estuvieres friendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere friendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos friendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis friendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere friendo |
| Vos | estuvieres friendo |
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 freís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos freíste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos freías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos freirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos freirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos frías |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos frieras / Vos friese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos freí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no frías |