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SPANISH VERB

grabar

to film, to record

  • #311 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: grabando
  • Past participle: grabado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use grabar

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

  1. Present

    Mi hija graba vídeos de cocina para internet.

    My daughter films cooking videos for the internet.

  2. Past

    Grabamos toda la boda con el móvil.

    We filmed the whole wedding on the phone.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi padre grababa las Navidades con una cámara enorme.

    My father used to film Christmases with a huge camera.

  4. Future

    Grabaré la entrevista si te parece bien.

    I'll record the interview if that's OK with you.

  5. Conditional

    Yo grabaría la procesión desde ese balcón.

    I'd film the procession from that balcony.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que grabes a los niños sin permiso.

    I don't want you filming the children without permission.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le pedí que grabara la canción otra vez.

    I asked him to record the song again.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Graba esto, que no se lo van a creer!

    Film this, they're not going to believe it!

Good to know

  • "Grabar" is to record sound or video, and also to engrave: grabó su nombre en el anillo.

Where you hear grabar

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Siempre lo grabo todo con el móvil. I always film everything on my phone.
  • Grabé la saeta de Encarna para Lucía. I filmed Encarna's arrow song for Lucia.
  • Mañana Emily va a grabar mi discurso. Tomorrow Emily is going to film my speech.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • En esta tienda graban los anillos. In this shop they engrave rings.
  • Nos grabaron la fecha en los anillos. They engraved the date on our rings.
  • Nos van a grabar los anillos. We're having the rings engraved.
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Not Even If They Paid Me

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Something Borrowed

Advanced Level 3 · grabar

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