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SPANISH VERB

disculparse

to apologise

  • #465 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: disculpándose
  • Past participle: disculpado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use disculparse

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

  1. Present

    Me disculpo por llegar tarde, había mucho tráfico.

    I apologise for being late, there was a lot of traffic.

  2. Past

    El mesero se disculpó por la sopa fría.

    The waiter apologised for the cold soup.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi hermano nunca se disculpaba, ni cuando se equivocaba.

    My brother never apologised, not even when he was wrong.

  4. Future

    Me disculparé con Carla en cuanto la vea.

    I'll apologise to Carla as soon as I see her.

  5. Conditional

    Yo me disculparía antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

    I'd apologise before it's too late.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que te disculpes con tu hermana ahora mismo.

    I want you to apologise to your sister right now.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le pedí que se disculpara por su comentario.

    I asked him to apologise for his comment.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Discúlpate, que ella no tiene la culpa!

    Apologise, it's not her fault!

Good to know

  • "Disculparse con alguien por algo": me disculpé con ella por el retraso.

Verbs like this one

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