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SPANISH VERB

poncharse

to go flat (a tyre)

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: ponchándose
  • Past participle: ponchado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use poncharse

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

  1. Present

    Las llantas se ponchan seguido en esta carretera.

    Tires go flat often on this highway.

  2. Past

    Se me ponchó una llanta a mitad del periférico.

    I got a flat tire halfway down the ring road.

  3. Imperfect

    A mi bici se le ponchaba la llanta cada semana.

    My bike's tire used to go flat every week.

  4. Future

    Con esos clavos en el camino, se poncharán las llantas.

    With those nails on the road, the tires will go flat.

  5. Conditional

    Con llantas nuevas no se poncharía tan fácil.

    With new tires it wouldn't go flat so easily.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Lleva refacción por si se poncha una llanta.

    Bring a spare in case a tire goes flat.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si se ponchara la llanta aquí, nadie nos ayudaría.

    If the tire went flat here, nobody would help us.

  8. Imperative

    Pónchate otro día, llanta, no en la carretera.

    Go flat another day, tire, not on the highway.

Good to know

  • "Se me ponchó una llanta" is how Mexicans say they got a flat tire.

Where you hear poncharse

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

Spanish · Beginner Level 3

  • En estas carreteras, las llantas se ponchan mucho. On these roads, tyres go flat a lot.
  • Se nos ponchó una llanta en medio de la nada. We got a flat tyre in the middle of nowhere.
  • Con esta llanta, no se les va a ponchar otra vez. With this tyre, you won't get a flat again.
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The Whole Trip

Beginner Level 3 · se les ponchó

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