Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escobo | |
| tú | escobas | |
| él / ella / usted | escoba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escobamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escobáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escoban |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escobé | |
| tú | escobaste | |
| él / ella / usted | escobó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escobamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escobasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escobaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escobaba | |
| tú | escobabas | |
| él / ella / usted | escobaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escobábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escobabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escobaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escobaré | |
| tú | escobarás | |
| él / ella / usted | escobará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escobaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escobaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escobarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escobaría | |
| tú | escobarías | |
| él / ella / usted | escobaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escobaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escobaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escobarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | escobe | |
| tú | escobes | |
| él / ella / usted | escobe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | escobemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | escobéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | escoben |
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 (clean by sweeping)
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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