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SPANISH VERB

destripar

to spoil, the ending

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: destripando
  • Past participle: destripado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use destripar

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

  1. Present

    Mi hermano siempre me destripa el final de las series.

    My brother always spoils the ending of series for me.

  2. Past

    ¡Me destripaste la película antes de verla!

    You spoiled the film for me before I saw it!

  3. Imperfect

    Antes la gente no destripaba nada en las redes.

    People didn't use to spoil anything on social media.

  4. Future

    No te destriparé el libro, tranquilo.

    I won't spoil the book for you, don't worry.

  5. Conditional

    Yo nunca destriparía una novela tan buena.

    I'd never spoil such a good novel.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que nadie me destripe el último capítulo.

    I don't want anyone to spoil the last episode for me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le pedí que no me destripara la sorpresa.

    I asked him not to spoil the surprise for me.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Destrípamela, anda, que no la voy a ver nunca!

    Go on, spoil it for me, I'm never going to watch it!

Good to know

  • Destripar is also to gut a fish; for a film, Spain also says "hacer spoiler".

Where you hear destripar

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • No me destripes el final. Don't spoil the ending for me.
  • Julián me destripó la película. Julian spoiled the film for me.
  • Te voy a destripar el final, que me lo sé. I'm going to spoil the ending for you, I know it.
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It Left Me Cold

Advanced Level 3 · ¡No me lo destripes!

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Verbs like this one

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