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SPANISH VERB

salpicar

to splash

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: salpicando
  • Past participle: salpicado

Conjugation

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

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use salpicar

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

  1. Present

    El aceite salpica si echas el pescado mojado.

    The oil splashes if you put the fish in wet.

  2. Past

    Un autobús pasó por el charco y nos salpicó a todos.

    A bus went through the puddle and splashed us all.

  3. Imperfect

    De pequeños salpicábamos a todo el mundo en la piscina.

    As kids we splashed everyone in the pool.

  4. Future

    Si fríes así, te salpicarás la camisa de aceite.

    If you fry like that, you'll splash oil on your shirt.

  5. Conditional

    ¿No salpicaría menos la sartén con una tapa?

    Wouldn't the pan splash less with a lid?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Ponte el delantal para que no te salpique la salsa.

    Put the apron on so the sauce doesn't splash you.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Le dije al niño que no salpicara a su hermana.

    I told the boy not to splash his sister.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Salpica un poco de agua a las plantas, que están secas!

    Splash a bit of water on the plants, they're dry!

Good to know

  • "Salpicar" is also for a scandal splashing onto someone: "el caso salpicó al alcalde".

Where you hear salpicar

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

Spanish · Fluency Level 2

  • Pablo, salpicas más de lo que pintas. Pablo, you splash more than you paint.
  • Pablo me salpicó la manga de pintura. Pablo splashed paint on my sleeve.
  • Si pintas tan rápido, vas a salpicar el techo. If you paint that fast, you'll splash the ceiling.
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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.