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Arrasar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to level, flatten, demolish, raze”.
Below are all of the conjugations for arrasar 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 level, flatten, demolish, raze |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arrasar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arrasando) and past continuous (estaba arrasando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. flattening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arrasado and hubiera arrasado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have flattened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arrasando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arrasado |
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 flatten” or “they flatten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arraso |
| Tú | arrasas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrasa |
| Nosotros / as | arrasamos |
| Vosotros / as | arrasáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasan |
| Vos | arrasás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I flattened” or “she flattened” 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 | arrasé | I flattened |
| Tú | arrasaste | You flattened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrasó | He / she / you flattened |
| Nosotros / as | arrasamos | We flattened |
| Vosotros / as | arrasasteis | You flattened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasaron | They / you flattened |
| Vos | arrasaste | You flattened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was flattening” or “she was flattening” 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 | arrasaba | I was flattening |
| Tú | arrasabas | You were flattening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrasaba | He was / she was / you were flattening |
| Nosotros / as | arrasábamos | We were flattening |
| Vosotros / as | arrasabais | You were flattening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasaban | They / you were flattening |
| Vos | arrasabas | You were flattening |
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 flattened” and “she has flattened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he arrasado | I have flattened |
| Tú | has arrasado | You have flattened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha arrasado | He has / she has / you have flattened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos arrasado | We have flattened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis arrasado | You have flattened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han arrasado | They / you have flattened |
| Vos | has arrasado | You have flattened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would flatten” or “she would flatten”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrasaría | I would flatten |
| Tú | arrasarías | You would flatten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrasaría | He / she / you would flatten |
| Nosotros / as | arrasaríamos | We would flatten |
| Vosotros / as | arrasaríais | You would flatten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasarían | They / you would flatten |
| Vos | arrasarías | You would flatten |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will flatten” or “they will flatten”.
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 arrasar” means “They are going to flatten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrasaré | I will flatten |
| Tú | arrasarás | You will flatten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrasará | He / she / you will flatten |
| Nosotros / as | arrasaremos | We will flatten |
| Vosotros / as | arrasaréis | You will flatten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasarán | They / you will flatten |
| Vos | arrasarás | You will flatten |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrase |
| Tú | arrases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrase |
| Nosotros / as | arrasemos |
| Vosotros / as | arraséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasen |
| Vos | arrases |
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 | arrasara | arrasase |
| Tú | arrasaras | arrasase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrasara | arrasase |
| Nosotros / as | arrasáramos | arrasásemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrasarais | arrasaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasaran | arrasasen |
| Vos | arrasaras | arrasase |
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 | arrasare |
| Tú | arrasares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrasare |
| Nosotros / as | arrasáremos |
| Vosotros / as | arrasareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasaren |
| Vos | arrasares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “flatten!” and “don’t flatten!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arrasa | no arrases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrase | no arrase |
| Nosotros / as | arrasemos | no arrasemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrasad | no arraséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrasen | no arrasen |
| Vos | arrasá | no arrases |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arrasado |
| Tú | hayas arrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arrasado |
| Vos | hayas arrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arrasado / hubiese arrasado |
| Tú | hubieras arrasado / hubieses arrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arrasado / hubiese arrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arrasado / hubiésemos arrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arrasado / hubieseis arrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arrasado / hubiesen arrasado |
| Vos | hubieras arrasado / hubieses arrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arrasado |
| Tú | hubieres arrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arrasado |
| Vos | hubieres arrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arrasando |
| Tú | estés arrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arrasando |
| Vos | estés arrasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arrasando / estuviese arrasando |
| Tú | estuvieras arrasando / estuvieses arrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arrasando / estuviese arrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arrasando / estuviésamos arrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arrasando / estuvieseis arrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arrasando / estuviese arrasando |
| Vos | estuvieras arrasando / estuvieses arrasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arrasando |
| Tú | estuvieres arrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arrasando |
| Vos | estuvieres arrasando |
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 arrasás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos arrasaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos arrasabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos arrasarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos arrasarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos arrases |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos arrasaras / Vos arrasase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arrasá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no arrases |