Escribir conjugation chart
Escribir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I write | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you write | |
| vos | you write | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she writes | |
| nosotros | we write | |
| vosotros | you all write | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they write |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Escribir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I wrote | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you wrote | |
| vos | you wrote | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she wrote | |
| nosotros | we wrote | |
| vosotros | you all wrote | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they wrote |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Escribir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to write | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to write | |
| vos | you used to write | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to write | |
| nosotros | we used to write | |
| vosotros | you all used to write | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to write |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Escribir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will write | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will write | |
| vos | you will write | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will write | |
| nosotros | we will write | |
| vosotros | you all will write | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will write |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Escribir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would write | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would write | |
| vos | you would write | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would write | |
| nosotros | we would write | |
| vosotros | you all would write | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would write |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Escribir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I write | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you write | |
| vos | that you write | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she write | |
| nosotros | that we write | |
| vosotros | that you all write | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they write |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Escribir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I wrote | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you wrote | |
| vos | if you wrote | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she wrote | |
| nosotros | if we wrote | |
| vosotros | if you all wrote | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they wrote |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (escribiese), more common in writing.
Escribir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | write! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | write! | |
| usted | write! | |
| nosotros | let's write! | |
| vosotros | write! | |
| ustedes | write! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: escribe. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (escriba, escribamos, escriban).
Escribir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't write! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't write! | |
| usted | don't write! | |
| nosotros | let's not write! | |
| vosotros | don't write! | |
| ustedes | don't write! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + escribas, escriba…
Always the verb haber + the past participle escrito, which never changes.
Escribir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he escrito |
|---|---|
| tú | has escrito |
| vos | has escrito |
| él, ella, usted | ha escrito |
| nosotros | hemos escrito |
| vosotros | habéis escrito |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han escrito |
Escribir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había escrito |
|---|---|
| tú | habías escrito |
| vos | habías escrito |
| él, ella, usted | había escrito |
| nosotros | habíamos escrito |
| vosotros | habíais escrito |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían escrito |
Escribir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré escrito |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás escrito |
| vos | habrás escrito |
| él, ella, usted | habrá escrito |
| nosotros | habremos escrito |
| vosotros | habréis escrito |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán escrito |
Escribir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría escrito |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías escrito |
| vos | habrías escrito |
| él, ella, usted | habría escrito |
| nosotros | habríamos escrito |
| vosotros | habríais escrito |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían escrito |
Escribir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya escrito |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas escrito |
| vos | hayas escrito |
| él, ella, usted | haya escrito |
| nosotros | hayamos escrito |
| vosotros | hayáis escrito |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan escrito |
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.
Watch out
The past participle is escrito, not “escribido.” And it's spelled with a b, not a v: escribo.
Examples with escribir
Te escribo mañana.
I'll write to you tomorrow.
¿Has escrito el informe?
Have you written the report?
Escribí una carta.
I wrote a letter.
Practice escribir
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Verbs like escribir
Other irregular verbs. Also irregular in the preterite: