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Interrumpir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to interrupt”.
Below are all of the conjugations for interrumpir 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 interrupt |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | interrumpir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está interrumpiendo) and past continuous (estaba interrumpiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. interrupting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he interrumpido and hubiera interrumpido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have interrupted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | interrumpiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | interrumpido |
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 interrupt” or “they interrupt”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | interrumpo |
| Tú | interrumpes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpe |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpimos |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpen |
| Vos | interrumpís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I interrupted” or “she interrupted” 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 | interrumpí | I interrupted |
| Tú | interrumpiste | You interrupted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpió | He / she / you interrupted |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpimos | We interrupted |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpisteis | You interrupted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpieron | They / you interrupted |
| Vos | interrumpiste | You interrupted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was interrupting” or “she was interrupting” 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 | interrumpía | I was interrupting |
| Tú | interrumpías | You were interrupting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpía | He was / she was / you were interrupting |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpíamos | We were interrupting |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpíais | You were interrupting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpían | They / you were interrupting |
| Vos | interrumpías | You were interrupting |
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 interrupted” and “she has interrupted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he interrumpido | I have interrupted |
| Tú | has interrumpido | You have interrupted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha interrumpido | He has / she has / you have interrupted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos interrumpido | We have interrupted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis interrumpido | You have interrupted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han interrumpido | They / you have interrupted |
| Vos | has interrumpido | You have interrupted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would interrupt” or “she would interrupt”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interrumpiría | I would interrupt |
| Tú | interrumpirías | You would interrupt |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpiría | He / she / you would interrupt |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpiríamos | We would interrupt |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpiríais | You would interrupt |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpirían | They / you would interrupt |
| Vos | interrumpirías | You would interrupt |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will interrupt” or “they will interrupt”.
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 interrumpir” means “They are going to interrupt”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interrumpiré | I will interrupt |
| Tú | interrumpirás | You will interrupt |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpirá | He / she / you will interrupt |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpiremos | We will interrupt |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpiréis | You will interrupt |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpirán | They / you will interrupt |
| Vos | interrumpirás | You will interrupt |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | interrumpa |
| Tú | interrumpas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpa |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpamos |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpan |
| Vos | interrumpas |
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 | interrumpiera | interrumpiese |
| Tú | interrumpieras | interrumpiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpiera | interrumpiese |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpiéramos | interrumpiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpierais | interrumpieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpieran | interrumpiesen |
| Vos | interrumpieras | interrumpiese |
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 | interrumpiere |
| Tú | interrumpieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpiera |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpieren |
| Vos | interrumpieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “interrupt!” and “don’t interrupt!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | interrumpe | no interrumpas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrumpa | no interrumpa |
| Nosotros / as | interrumpamos | no interrumpamos |
| Vosotros / as | interrumpid | no interrumpáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrumpan | no interrumpan |
| Vos | interrumpí | no interrumpas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya interrumpido |
| Tú | hayas interrumpido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya interrumpido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos interrumpido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis interrumpido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan interrumpido |
| Vos | hayas interrumpido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera interrumpido / hubiese interrumpido |
| Tú | hubieras interrumpido / hubieses interrumpido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera interrumpido / hubiese interrumpido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos interrumpido / hubiésemos interrumpido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais interrumpido / hubieseis interrumpido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran interrumpido / hubiesen interrumpido |
| Vos | hubieras interrumpido / hubieses interrumpido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere interrumpido |
| Tú | hubieres interrumpido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere interrumpido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos interrumpido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis interrumpido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren interrumpido |
| Vos | hubieres interrumpido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté interrumpiendo |
| Tú | estés interrumpiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté interrumpiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos interrumpiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis interrumpiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén interrumpiendo |
| Vos | estés interrumpiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera interrumpiendo / estuviese interrumpiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras interrumpiendo / estuvieses interrumpiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera interrumpiendo / estuviese interrumpiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos interrumpiendo / estuviésamos interrumpiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais interrumpiendo / estuvieseis interrumpiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera interrumpiendo / estuviese interrumpiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras interrumpiendo / estuvieses interrumpiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere interrumpiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres interrumpiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere interrumpiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos interrumpiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis interrumpiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere interrumpiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres interrumpiendo |
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 interrumpís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos interrumpiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos interrumpías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos interrumpirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos interrumpirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos interrumpas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos interrumpieras / Vos interrumpiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos interrumpí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no interrumpas |