Spanish Without Borders

Search Spanish Without Borders

    Popular searches

    Or start here

    Tip: use ↑ ↓ to move and Enter to open.

    Conjugator 710 verbs
    Practice

    Atrapar conjugation in Spanish

    to catch, to trap

    regular gerund atrapandopast participle atrapado

    Here is the full atrapar conjugation in Spanish, with audio for every form. How it changes: a regular -ar verb, with the same endings as hablar in every tense.

    Atrapar conjugation chart

    Atrapar present tense

    presente · I speak

    yoI catch
    túyou catch
    vosyou catch
    él, ella, ustedhe/she catches
    nosotroswe catch
    vosotrosyou all catch
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey catch

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Atrapar preterite

    pretérito · I spoke

    yoI caught
    túyou caught
    vosyou caught
    él, ella, ustedhe/she caught
    nosotroswe caught
    vosotrosyou all caught
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey caught

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Atrapar imperfect

    pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak

    yoI used to catch
    túyou used to catch
    vosyou used to catch
    él, ella, ustedhe/she used to catch
    nosotroswe used to catch
    vosotrosyou all used to catch
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey used to catch

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Atrapar future

    futuro · I will speak

    yoI will catch
    túyou will catch
    vosyou will catch
    él, ella, ustedhe/she will catch
    nosotroswe will catch
    vosotrosyou all will catch
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey will catch

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Atrapar conditional

    condicional · I would speak

    yoI would catch
    túyou would catch
    vosyou would catch
    él, ella, ustedhe/she would catch
    nosotroswe would catch
    vosotrosyou all would catch
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthey would catch

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Atrapar present subjunctive

    presente de subjuntivo · that I speak

    yothat I catch
    túthat you catch
    vosthat you catch
    él, ella, ustedthat he/she catch
    nosotrosthat we catch
    vosotrosthat you all catch
    ellos, ellas, ustedesthat they catch

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    Atrapar imperfect subjunctive

    imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke

    yoif I caught
    túif you caught
    vosif you caught
    él, ella, ustedif he/she caught
    nosotrosif we caught
    vosotrosif you all caught
    ellos, ellas, ustedesif they caught

    Regular: same endings as hablar.

    In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (atrapase), more common in writing.

    Atrapar affirmative commands

    imperativo · speak!

    túcatch!
    voscatch!
    ustedcatch!
    nosotroslet's catch!
    vosotroscatch!
    ustedescatch!

    The tú form is the él form of the present: atrapa. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (atrape, atrapemos, atrapen).

    Atrapar negative commands

    imperativo negativo · don't speak!

    túdon't catch!
    vosdon't catch!
    usteddon't catch!
    nosotroslet's not catch!
    vosotrosdon't catch!
    ustedesdon't catch!

    Built from the present subjunctive: no + atrapes, atrape…

    Always the verb haber + the past participle atrapado, which never changes.

    Atrapar present perfect

    pretérito perfecto · I have spoken

    yohe atrapado
    túhas atrapado
    voshas atrapado
    él, ella, ustedha atrapado
    nosotroshemos atrapado
    vosotroshabéis atrapado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshan atrapado

    Atrapar pluperfect

    pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken

    yohabía atrapado
    túhabías atrapado
    voshabías atrapado
    él, ella, ustedhabía atrapado
    nosotroshabíamos atrapado
    vosotroshabíais atrapado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabían atrapado

    Atrapar future perfect

    futuro perfecto · I will have spoken

    yohabré atrapado
    túhabrás atrapado
    voshabrás atrapado
    él, ella, ustedhabrá atrapado
    nosotroshabremos atrapado
    vosotroshabréis atrapado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrán atrapado

    Atrapar conditional perfect

    condicional perfecto · I would have spoken

    yohabría atrapado
    túhabrías atrapado
    voshabrías atrapado
    él, ella, ustedhabría atrapado
    nosotroshabríamos atrapado
    vosotroshabríais atrapado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshabrían atrapado

    Atrapar present perfect subjunctive

    pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken

    yohaya atrapado
    túhayas atrapado
    voshayas atrapado
    él, ella, ustedhaya atrapado
    nosotroshayamos atrapado
    vosotroshayáis atrapado
    ellos, ellas, ustedeshayan atrapado

    In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.

    Practice atrapar

    Type the right form and press Enter. A missing accent still counts, but I'll point it out.

    Verbs like atrapar

    Regular -ar verbs (same endings as hablar). Same pattern:

    hablartrabajarestudiarllegarpasarllevardejarquedar