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SPANISH VERB

asustar

to scare

  • #405 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: asustando
  • Past participle: asustado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use asustar

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

  1. Present

    Los cohetes de las fiestas asustan a mi perro.

    The fireworks at the fiestas scare my dog.

  2. Past

    ¡Me asustaste! No te oí entrar.

    You scared me! I didn't hear you come in.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi hermano mayor me asustaba con historias de la Llorona.

    My older brother used to scare me with stories of La Llorona.

  4. Future

    ¿Crees que la película asustará a los niños?

    Do you think the movie will scare the kids?

  5. Conditional

    Un temblor así asustaría a cualquiera.

    An earthquake like that would scare anyone.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Baja la voz, no quiero que asustes al bebé.

    Keep your voice down, I don't want you to scare the baby.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si el ruido te asustara, podrías quedarte con nosotros.

    If the noise scared you, you could stay with us.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No asustes a tu hermana con ese disfraz!

    Don't scare your sister with that costume!

Good to know

  • "Asustar" is to scare someone; "asustarse" is to get scared: ¡me asustaste!, no te asustes.

Where you hear asustar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Intermediate Level 2

  • Las tormentas me asustan un poco. Storms scare me a little.
  • Nos asustaste mucho. You scared us a lot.
  • Papá, vas a asustar a mamá. Dad, you're going to scare Mom.
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The Emergency Room

Intermediate Level 2 · nos asustaste

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