SPANISH VERB
for your waters to break
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Presente · now, habits and facts
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
Condicional · “would”
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
¿Qué hago si rompo aguas y Pablo está de guardia?
What do I do if my waters break and Pablo is on call?
Ana rompió aguas en el taxi camino del hospital.
Ana's waters broke in the taxi on the way to the hospital.
Antes muchas mujeres rompían aguas en casa y daban a luz allí.
In the old days many women's waters broke at home and they gave birth there.
Tranquila, no romperás aguas en el supermercado como tu hermana.
Relax, your waters won't break in the supermarket like your sister's did.
Con tanto estrés, cualquiera rompería aguas antes de tiempo.
With this much stress, anyone's waters would break early.
Cuando rompas aguas, llámame y voy corriendo.
When your waters break, call me and I'll come running.
Temía que rompiera aguas en pleno vuelo a Madrid.
She was afraid her waters would break mid-flight to Madrid.
¡Rompe aguas ya, mujer, que llevamos tres días esperando!
Break your waters already, woman, we've been waiting three days!
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -er verb.