SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

barrer

to sweep

-er verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

barrer: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yobarro
túbarres
él / ella / ustedbarre
nosotros / nosotrasbarremos
vosotros / vosotrasbarréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbarren

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

barrer: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yobarrí
túbarriste
él / ella / ustedbarrió
nosotros / nosotrasbarrimos
vosotros / vosotrasbarristeis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbarrieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

barrer: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yobarría
túbarrías
él / ella / ustedbarría
nosotros / nosotrasbarríamos
vosotros / vosotrasbarríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesbarrían

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

barrer: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yobarreré
túbarrerás
él / ella / ustedbarrerá
nosotros / nosotrasbarreremos
vosotros / vosotrasbarreréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbarrerán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

barrer: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yobarrería
túbarrerías
él / ella / ustedbarrería
nosotros / nosotrasbarreríamos
vosotros / vosotrasbarreríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesbarrerían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

barrer: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yobarra
túbarras
él / ella / ustedbarra
nosotros / nosotrasbarramos
vosotros / vosotrasbarráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesbarran

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to sweep

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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