Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I drip
- tú you drip
- usted, él, ella he/she drips
- nosotros we drip
- vosotros Spain you all drip
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they drip
SPANISH VERB
gotear
to drip, to leak
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: goteando
- Past participle: goteado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I dripped
- tú you dripped
- usted, él, ella he/she dripped
- nosotros we dripped
- vosotros Spain you all dripped
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they dripped
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to drip
- tú you used to drip
- usted, él, ella he/she used to drip
- nosotros we used to drip
- vosotros Spain you all used to drip
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to drip
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will drip
- tú you will drip
- usted, él, ella he/she will drip
- nosotros we will drip
- vosotros Spain you all will drip
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will drip
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would drip
- tú you would drip
- usted, él, ella he/she would drip
- nosotros we would drip
- vosotros Spain you all would drip
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would drip
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I drip
- tú (that) you drip
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she drip
- nosotros (that) we drip
- vosotros Spain (that) you all drip
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they drip
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I dripped
- tú (if) you dripped
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she dripped
- nosotros (if) we dripped
- vosotros Spain (if) you all dripped
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they dripped
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú drip!
- usted drip! (formal)
- nosotros drip! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain drip! (all of you)
- ustedes drip! (all of you)
How to use gotear
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
La llave de la cocina gotea toda la noche.
The kitchen faucet drips all night.
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Past
El techo goteó durante toda la tormenta de ayer.
The roof leaked all through yesterday's storm.
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Imperfect
Cuando llovía, el baño siempre goteaba por una esquina.
When it rained, the bathroom always leaked at one corner.
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Future
Si no cambias el empaque, la llave goteará otra vez.
If you don't change the washer, the faucet will drip again.
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Conditional
Sin esa reparación, el tinaco gotearía sin parar.
Without that repair, the water tank would drip nonstop.
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Present subjunctive
Avísame en cuanto el aire acondicionado gotee de nuevo.
Let me know as soon as the air conditioner drips again.
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Past subjunctive
No sabía que la regadera goteara tanto por las noches.
I didn't know the shower dripped so much at night.
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Imperative
¡Ya no gotees, por favor, llave necia!
Stop dripping, please, you stubborn faucet!
Where you hear gotear
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 1
- El baño está goteando. The bathroom is leaking.
- El techo goteó toda la noche. The roof leaked all night.
- Ya no va a gotear. It's not going to leak any more.
Spanish · Fluency Level 2
- El techo gotea cada vez que os ducháis. The ceiling drips every time you two have a shower.
- En marzo, la azotea goteó tres días seguidos. In March, the roof terrace dripped three days running.
- Con la junta nueva, no va a gotear más. With the new seal, it isn't going to drip any more.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.