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Aplastar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to crash, overwhelm”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aplastar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to crash, overwhelm |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aplastar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aplastando) and past continuous (estaba aplastando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. crashing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aplastado and hubiera aplastado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have crashed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aplastando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aplastado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I crash” or “they crash”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplasto |
| Tú | aplastas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplasta |
| Nosotros / as | aplastamos |
| Vosotros / as | aplastáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplastan |
| Vos | aplastás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I crashed” or “she crashed” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplasté | I crashed |
| Tú | aplastaste | You crashed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplastó | He / she / you crashed |
| Nosotros / as | aplastamos | We crashed |
| Vosotros / as | aplastasteis | You crashed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplastaron | They / you crashed |
| Vos | aplastaste | You crashed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was crashing” or “she was crashing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplastaba | I was crashing |
| Tú | aplastabas | You were crashing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplastaba | He was / she was / you were crashing |
| Nosotros / as | aplastábamos | We were crashing |
| Vosotros / as | aplastabais | You were crashing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplastaban | They / you were crashing |
| Vos | aplastabas | You were crashing |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have crashed” and “she has crashed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aplastado | I have crashed |
| Tú | has aplastado | You have crashed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aplastado | He has / she has / you have crashed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aplastado | We have crashed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aplastado | You have crashed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aplastado | They / you have crashed |
| Vos | has aplastado | You have crashed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would crash” or “she would crash”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplastaría | I would crash |
| Tú | aplastarías | You would crash |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplastaría | He / she / you would crash |
| Nosotros / as | aplastaríamos | We would crash |
| Vosotros / as | aplastaríais | You would crash |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplastarían | They / you would crash |
| Vos | aplastarías | You would crash |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will crash” or “they will crash”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a aplastar” means “They are going to crash”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplastaré | I will crash |
| Tú | aplastarás | You will crash |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplastará | He / she / you will crash |
| Nosotros / as | aplastaremos | We will crash |
| Vosotros / as | aplastaréis | You will crash |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplastarán | They / you will crash |
| Vos | aplastarás | You will crash |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplaste |
| Tú | aplastes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaste |
| Nosotros / as | aplastemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplastéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplasten |
| Vos | aplastes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplastara | aplastase |
| Tú | aplastaras | aplastase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplastara | aplastase |
| Nosotros / as | aplastáramos | aplastásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplastarais | aplastaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplastaran | aplastasen |
| Vos | aplastaras | aplastase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplastare |
| Tú | aplastares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplastare |
| Nosotros / as | aplastáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aplastareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplastaren |
| Vos | aplastares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “crash!” and “don’t crash!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aplasta | no aplastes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaste | no aplaste |
| Nosotros / as | aplastemos | no aplastemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplastad | no aplastéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplasten | no aplasten |
| Vos | aplastá | no aplastes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aplastado |
| Tú | hayas aplastado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aplastado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aplastado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aplastado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aplastado |
| Vos | hayas aplastado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aplastado / hubiese aplastado |
| Tú | hubieras aplastado / hubieses aplastado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aplastado / hubiese aplastado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aplastado / hubiésemos aplastado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aplastado / hubieseis aplastado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aplastado / hubiesen aplastado |
| Vos | hubieras aplastado / hubieses aplastado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aplastado |
| Tú | hubieres aplastado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aplastado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aplastado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aplastado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aplastado |
| Vos | hubieres aplastado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aplastando |
| Tú | estés aplastando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aplastando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aplastando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aplastando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aplastando |
| Vos | estés aplastando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aplastando / estuviese aplastando |
| Tú | estuvieras aplastando / estuvieses aplastando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aplastando / estuviese aplastando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aplastando / estuviésamos aplastando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aplastando / estuvieseis aplastando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aplastando / estuviese aplastando |
| Vos | estuvieras aplastando / estuvieses aplastando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aplastando |
| Tú | estuvieres aplastando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aplastando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aplastando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aplastando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aplastando |
| Vos | estuvieres aplastando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos aplastás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aplastaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aplastabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aplastarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aplastarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aplastes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aplastaras / Vos aplastase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aplastá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aplastes |