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SPANISH VERB

hinchar

to swell

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: hinchando
  • Past participle: hinchado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use hinchar

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

  1. Present

    El calor de Sevilla me hincha los pies en verano.

    The Seville heat makes my feet swell in summer.

  2. Past

    Se me hinchó el tobillo después de la caída.

    My ankle swelled up after the fall.

  3. Imperfect

    Al final del embarazo se me hinchaban mucho las manos.

    At the end of the pregnancy my hands swelled up a lot.

  4. Future

    ¿Se me hinchará mucho el pie si no voy al médico?

    Will my foot swell a lot if I don't go to the doctor?

  5. Conditional

    Sin la crema, la picadura se hincharía el doble.

    Without the cream, the bite would swell twice as much.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Pon la pierna en alto para que no se hinche.

    Put your leg up so it doesn't swell.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El médico temía que la herida se hinchara durante la noche.

    The doctor was afraid the wound would swell during the night.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Hincha los globos tú, que yo ya no tengo aire!

    You blow up the balloons, I've no breath left!

Good to know

  • "Hincharse" is what a sprained ankle does; "hinchar un globo" is to blow up a balloon. In Spain "hincharse a comer" is to stuff yourself.

Where you hear hinchar

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

Spanish · Fluency Level 1

  • Con este calor, se me hinchan los pies. In this heat, my feet swell.
  • Anoche se me hinchó el tobillo como un melón. Last night my ankle swelled up like a melon.
  • Si no pone hielo, se le hinchará más. If you don't put ice on it, it'll swell more.
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Fluency Level 1 · hinchado

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