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Bullir conjugation

Bullir conjugation - to boil

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Bullir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to boil, bubble”.

Below are all of the conjugations for bullir 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.

Bullir Infinitive

English Infinitive to boil, bubble
Spanish Infinitive bullir

Bullir Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bulliendo) and past continuous (estaba bulliendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. boiling).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bullido and hubiera bullido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have boiled).

Gerundio / Gerund  bulliendo
Participio / Past Participle  bullido

Bullir Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Bullir Presente / Present

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 boil” or “they boil”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo bullo
Tú bulles
Él / Ella / Usted bulle
Nosotros / as bullimos
Vosotros / as bullís
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullen
Vos bullís

Bullir Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I boiled” or “she boiled” 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 bullí I boiled
Tú bulliste You boiled
Él / Ella / Usted bullió He / she / you boiled
Nosotros / as bullimos We boiled
Vosotros / as bullisteis You boiled
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullieron They / you boiled
Vos bulliste You boiled

Bullir Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was boiling” or “she was boiling” 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 bullía I was boiling
Tú bullías You were boiling
Él / Ella / Usted bullía He was / she was / you were boiling
Nosotros / as bullíamos We were boiling
Vosotros / as bullíais You were boiling
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullían They / you were boiling
Vos bullías You were boiling

Bullir Perfect / Perfecto

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 boiled” and “she has boiled”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he bullido I have boiled
Tú has bullido You have boiled
Él / Ella / Usted ha bullido He has / she has / you have boiled
Nosotros / as hemos bullido We have boiled
Vosotros / as habéis bullido You have boiled
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han bullido They / you have boiled
Vos has bullido You have boiled

Bullir Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would boil” or “she would boil”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo bulliría I would boil
Tú bullirías You would boil
Él / Ella / Usted bulliría He / she / you would boil
Nosotros / as bulliríamos We would boil
Vosotros / as bulliríais You would boil
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullirían They / you would boil
Vos bullirías You would boil

Bullir Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will boil” or “they will boil”.

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 bullir” means “They are going to boil”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo bulliré I will boil
Tú bullirás You will boil
Él / Ella / Usted bullirá He / she / you will boil
Nosotros / as bulliremos We will boil
Vosotros / as bulliréis You will boil
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullirán They / you will boil
Vos bullirás You will boil

Bullir Subjunctive Conjugations

Bullir Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo bulla
Tú bullas
Él / Ella / Usted bulla
Nosotros / as bullamos
Vosotros / as bulláis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullan
Vos bullas

Bullir Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 bulliera bulliese
Tú bullieras bulliese
Él / Ella / Usted bulliera bulliese
Nosotros / as bulliéramos bulliésemos
Vosotros / as bullierais bullieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullieran bulliesen
Vos bullieras bulliese

Bullir Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 bulliere
Tú bullieres
Él / Ella / Usted bulliera
Nosotros / as bulliéremos
Vosotros / as bulliereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullieren
Vos bullieres

Bullir Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “boil!” and “don’t boil!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
Tú bulle no bullas
Él / Ella / Usted bulla no bulla
Nosotros / as bullamos no bullamos
Vosotros / as bullid no bulláis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes bullan no bullan
Vos bullí no bullas

Bullir Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Bullir Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya bullido
Tú hayas bullido
Él / Ella / Usted haya bullido
Nosotros / as hayamos bullido
Vosotros / as hayáis bullido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan bullido
Vos hayas bullido

Bullir Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera bullido / hubiese bullido
Tú hubieras bullido / hubieses bullido
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera bullido / hubiese bullido
Nosotros / as hubiéramos bullido / hubiésemos bullido
Vosotros / as hubierais bullido / hubieseis bullido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran bullido / hubiesen bullido
Vos hubieras bullido / hubieses bullido

Bullir Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere bullido
Tú hubieres bullido
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere bullido
Nosotros / as hubiéremos bullido
Vosotros / as hubiereis bullido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren bullido
Vos hubieres bullido

Bullir Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté bulliendo
Tú estés bulliendo
Él / Ella / Usted esté bulliendo
Nosotros / as estemos bulliendo
Vosotros / as estéis bulliendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén bulliendo
Vos estés bulliendo

Bullir Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera bulliendo / estuviese bulliendo
Tú estuvieras bulliendo / estuvieses bulliendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera bulliendo / estuviese bulliendo
Nosotros / as estuviéramos bulliendo / estuviésamos bulliendo
Vosotros / as estuvierais bulliendo / estuvieseis bulliendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera bulliendo / estuviese bulliendo
Vos estuvieras bulliendo / estuvieses bulliendo

Bullir Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere bulliendo
Tú estuvieres bulliendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere bulliendo
Nosotros / as estuviéremos bulliendo
Vosotros / as estuviereis bulliendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere bulliendo
Vos estuvieres bulliendo

Bullir Vos Conjugation

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.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos bullís
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos bulliste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos bullías
Conditional
Condicional
Vos bullirías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos bullirás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos bullas
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos bullieras / Vos bulliese
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos bullí
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no bullas