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Exprimir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to squeeze, wring out”.
Below are all of the conjugations for exprimir 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 squeeze, wring out |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | exprimir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está exprimiendo) and past continuous (estaba exprimiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. squeezing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he exprimido and hubiera exprimido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have squeezed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | exprimiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | exprimido |
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 squeeze” or “they squeeze”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exprimo |
| Tú | exprimes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprime |
| Nosotros / as | exprimimos |
| Vosotros / as | exprimís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exprimen |
| Vos | exprimís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I squeezed” or “she squeezed” 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 | exprimí | I squeezed |
| Tú | exprimiste | You squeezed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprimió | He / she / you squeezed |
| Nosotros / as | exprimimos | We squeezed |
| Vosotros / as | exprimisteis | You squeezed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exprimieron | They / you squeezed |
| Vos | exprimiste | You squeezed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was squeezing” or “she was squeezing” 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 | exprimía | I was squeezing |
| Tú | exprimías | You were squeezing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprimía | He was / she was / you were squeezing |
| Nosotros / as | exprimíamos | We were squeezing |
| Vosotros / as | exprimíais | You were squeezing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exprimían | They / you were squeezing |
| Vos | exprimías | You were squeezing |
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 squeezed” and “she has squeezed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he exprimido | I have squeezed |
| Tú | has exprimido | You have squeezed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha exprimido | He has / she has / you have squeezed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos exprimido | We have squeezed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis exprimido | You have squeezed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han exprimido | They / you have squeezed |
| Vos | has exprimido | You have squeezed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would squeeze” or “she would squeeze”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exprimiría | I would squeeze |
| Tú | exprimirías | You would squeeze |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprimiría | He / she / you would squeeze |
| Nosotros / as | exprimiríamos | We would squeeze |
| Vosotros / as | exprimiríais | You would squeeze |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exprimirían | They / you would squeeze |
| Vos | exprimirías | You would squeeze |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will squeeze” or “they will squeeze”.
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 exprimir” means “They are going to squeeze”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exprimiré | I will squeeze |
| Tú | exprimirás | You will squeeze |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprimirá | He / she / you will squeeze |
| Nosotros / as | exprimiremos | We will squeeze |
| Vosotros / as | exprimiréis | You will squeeze |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exprimirán | They / you will squeeze |
| Vos | exprimirás | You will squeeze |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exprima |
| Tú | exprimas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprima |
| Nosotros / as | exprimamos |
| Vosotros / as | exprimáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expriman |
| Vos | exprimas |
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 | exprimiera | exprimiese |
| Tú | exprimieras | exprimiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprimiera | exprimiese |
| Nosotros / as | exprimiéramos | exprimiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | exprimierais | exprimieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exprimieran | exprimiesen |
| Vos | exprimieras | exprimiese |
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 | exprimiere |
| Tú | exprimieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprimiera |
| Nosotros / as | exprimiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | exprimiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exprimieren |
| Vos | exprimieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “squeeze!” and “don’t squeeze!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | exprime | no exprimas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exprima | no exprima |
| Nosotros / as | exprimamos | no exprimamos |
| Vosotros / as | exprimid | no exprimáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expriman | no expriman |
| Vos | exprimí | no exprimas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya exprimido |
| Tú | hayas exprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya exprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos exprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis exprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan exprimido |
| Vos | hayas exprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera exprimido / hubiese exprimido |
| Tú | hubieras exprimido / hubieses exprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera exprimido / hubiese exprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos exprimido / hubiésemos exprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais exprimido / hubieseis exprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran exprimido / hubiesen exprimido |
| Vos | hubieras exprimido / hubieses exprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere exprimido |
| Tú | hubieres exprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere exprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos exprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis exprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren exprimido |
| Vos | hubieres exprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté exprimiendo |
| Tú | estés exprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté exprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos exprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis exprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén exprimiendo |
| Vos | estés exprimiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera exprimiendo / estuviese exprimiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras exprimiendo / estuvieses exprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera exprimiendo / estuviese exprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos exprimiendo / estuviésamos exprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais exprimiendo / estuvieseis exprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera exprimiendo / estuviese exprimiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras exprimiendo / estuvieses exprimiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere exprimiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres exprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere exprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos exprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis exprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere exprimiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres exprimiendo |
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 exprimís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos exprimiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos exprimías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos exprimirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos exprimirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos exprimas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos exprimieras / Vos exprimiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos exprimí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no exprimas |