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SPANISH VERB

borrar

to erase, to delete

  • #308 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: borrando
  • Past participle: borrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use borrar

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

  1. Present

    Borro los mensajes viejos cada fin de semana.

    I delete old messages every weekend.

  2. Past

    ¿Borraste las fotos del viaje sin querer?

    Did you delete the trip photos by accident?

  3. Imperfect

    La maestra borraba la pizarra antes de cada clase.

    The teacher erased the board before each class.

  4. Future

    Borraré la aplicación si sigue fallando.

    I'll delete the app if it keeps crashing.

  5. Conditional

    Yo borraría ese comentario antes de que lo vea tu jefe.

    I'd delete that comment before your boss sees it.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que borres nuestros mensajes.

    I don't want you to delete our messages.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le pedí que borrara mi número de su teléfono.

    I asked him to delete my number from his phone.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Borra eso ahora mismo, por favor!

    Delete that right now, please!

Verbs like this one

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