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SPANISH VERB

apurarse

to hurry up

  • #424 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: apurándose
  • Past participle: apurado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I hurry up
  2. tú you hurry up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she hurries up
  4. nosotros we hurry up
  5. vosotros Spain you all hurry up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they hurry up

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I hurried up
  2. tú you hurried up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she hurried up
  4. nosotros we hurried up
  5. vosotros Spain you all hurried up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they hurried up

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to hurry up
  2. tú you used to hurry up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to hurry up
  4. nosotros we used to hurry up
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to hurry up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to hurry up

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will hurry up
  2. tú you will hurry up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will hurry up
  4. nosotros we will hurry up
  5. vosotros Spain you all will hurry up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will hurry up

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would hurry up
  2. tú you would hurry up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would hurry up
  4. nosotros we would hurry up
  5. vosotros Spain you all would hurry up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would hurry up

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I hurry up
  2. tú (that) you hurry up
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she hurry up
  4. nosotros (that) we hurry up
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all hurry up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they hurry up

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I hurried up
  2. tú (if) you hurried up
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she hurried up
  4. nosotros (if) we hurried up
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all hurried up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they hurried up

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú hurry up!
  2. usted hurry up! (formal)
  3. nosotros hurry up! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain hurry up! (all of you)
  5. ustedes hurry up! (all of you)

How to use apurarse

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Me apuro para no perder el autobús de las siete.

    I hurry so I don't miss the seven o'clock bus.

  2. Past

    Nos apuramos y llegamos antes de que cerraran.

    We hurried and got there before they closed.

  3. Imperfect

    Siempre me apuraba por la mañana y olvidaba algo.

    I always rushed in the morning and forgot something.

  4. Future

    Me apuraré, te prometo que llego a tiempo.

    I'll hurry, I promise I'll be on time.

  5. Conditional

    Yo me apuraría, el vuelo sale en una hora.

    I'd hurry, the flight leaves in an hour.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Necesito que te apures, el taxi ya llegó.

    I need you to hurry up, the taxi is here.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El chofer nos pidió que nos apuráramos un poco.

    The driver asked us to hurry up a bit.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Apúrate, que empieza la película!

    Hurry up, the movie's starting!

Good to know

  • "Apurarse" is the Latin American word; in Spain people say "darse prisa".

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.