Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I spit out
- tú you spit out
- usted, él, ella he/she spits out
- nosotros we spit out
- vosotros Spain you all spit out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they spit out
SPANISH VERB
escupir
to spit out
- Regular -ir verb
- Gerund: escupiendo
- Past participle: escupido
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I spat out
- tú you spat out
- usted, él, ella he/she spat out
- nosotros we spat out
- vosotros Spain you all spat out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they spat out
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to spit out
- tú you used to spit out
- usted, él, ella he/she used to spit out
- nosotros we used to spit out
- vosotros Spain you all used to spit out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to spit out
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will spit out
- tú you will spit out
- usted, él, ella he/she will spit out
- nosotros we will spit out
- vosotros Spain you all will spit out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will spit out
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would spit out
- tú you would spit out
- usted, él, ella he/she would spit out
- nosotros we would spit out
- vosotros Spain you all would spit out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would spit out
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I spit out
- tú (that) you spit out
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she spit out
- nosotros (that) we spit out
- vosotros Spain (that) you all spit out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they spit out
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I spat out
- tú (if) you spat out
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she spat out
- nosotros (if) we spat out
- vosotros Spain (if) you all spat out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they spat out
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú spit out!
- usted spit out! (formal)
- nosotros spit out! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain spit out! (all of you)
- ustedes spit out! (all of you)
How to use escupir
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
El bebé escupe la papilla cada vez que se la doy.
The baby spits out the purée every time I give it to him.
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Past
Probé el vino y lo escupí, estaba picado.
I tried the wine and spat it out, it had turned.
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Imperfect
Mi abuelo escupía los huesos de las aceitunas al suelo.
My grandfather used to spit the olive stones onto the ground.
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Future
¿Crees que la escupirá si se la mezclo con zumo?
Do you think he'll spit it out if I mix it with juice?
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Conditional
Yo escupiría ese pescado, huele fatal.
I'd spit that fish out, it smells awful.
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Present subjunctive
Dile al niño que no escupa en la calle.
Tell the boy not to spit in the street.
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Past subjunctive
El dentista me pidió que escupiera y me enjuagara.
The dentist asked me to spit and rinse.
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Imperative
¡Escúpelo ya, Pablo, que te conozco!
Spit it out, Pablo, I know you!
Good to know
- "Escupir" is literally to spit; "¡escúpelo!" also means "spit it out", say what you have to say.
Where you hear escupir
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Fluency Level 2
- Mi tío escupe los huesos de aceituna en una servilleta. My uncle spits his olive stones into a napkin.
- Al final escupí la palabra, y Encarna me entendió. In the end I spat the word out, and Encarna understood me.
- Si le echas tanto vinagre al gazpacho, Pablo lo va a escupir. If you put that much vinegar in the gazpacho, Pablo's going to spit it out.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.