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SPANISH VERB

sellar

to seal, to stamp

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: sellando
  • Past participle: sellado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use sellar

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

  1. Present

    En esta ventanilla solo sellan documentos originales.

    At this window they only stamp original documents.

  2. Past

    El funcionario selló el formulario y me mandó a otra cola.

    The clerk stamped the form and sent me to another queue.

  3. Imperfect

    Antes se sellaba el pasaporte en cada frontera de Europa.

    Passports used to get stamped at every border in Europe.

  4. Future

    Te sellarán la solicitud y te darán una copia.

    They'll stamp your application and give you a copy.

  5. Conditional

    Sin la firma del jefe, nadie te sellaría ese papel.

    Without the boss's signature, nobody would stamp that paper for you.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Necesito que me sellen el certificado hoy mismo.

    I need them to stamp the certificate today.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me pidieron que sellara el sobre antes de entregarlo.

    They asked me to seal the envelope before handing it in.

  8. Imperative

    Sella bien el táper, que si no se sale la salsa.

    Seal the lunchbox properly, or the sauce leaks out.

Good to know

  • In an office "sellar" is to stamp a paper; "sellar el paro" is to sign on as unemployed; a sealed envelope is "un sobre sellado".

Where you hear sellar

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

Spanish · Fluency Level 2

  • Aquí no sellamos nada sin el pasaporte. We don't stamp anything here without the passport.
  • Esta carta la sellaron en Cádiz en mil setecientos noventa. This letter was sealed in Cadiz in seventeen ninety.
  • Mañana le voy a sellar el impreso. Tomorrow I'm going to stamp your form.

Verbs like this one

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