Ella Verbsabarcar to encompass, to include Irregular Verb
At a glance: Abarcar (to encompass, to include) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: abarco, abarcas, abarca, abarcamos, abarcáis, abarcan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (abarqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (abarque).

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The Indicative Present of abarcar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “abarco”, meaning “I encompass”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarco | I encompass |
| TĂş | abarcas | you encompass |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarca | s/he encompasses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarcamos | we encompass |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcáis | you (plural) encompass |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarcan | they encompass |
How it’s built: Regular: stem abarc- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Preterite of abarcar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “abarqué”, meaning “I encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarqué | I encompassed |
| TĂş | abarcaste | you encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarcó | s/he encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarcamos | we encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcasteis | you (plural) encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarcaron | they encompassed |
How it’s built: Yo changes c to qu (abarqué); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of abarcar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “abarcaba”, meaning “I used to encompass”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarcaba | I used to encompass |
| TĂş | abarcabas | you used to encompass |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarcaba | s/he used to encompass |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarcábamos | we used to encompass |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcabais | you (plural) used to encompass |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarcaban | they used to encompass |
How it’s built: Regular: stem abarc- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of abarcar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy abarcando”, meaning “I am encompassing”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy abarcando | I am encompassing |
| Tú | estás abarcando | you are encompassing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está abarcando | s/he is encompassing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos abarcando | we are encompassing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis abarcando | you (plural) are encompassing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están abarcando | they are encompassing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund abarcando.
The Indicative Informal Future of abarcar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a abarcar”, meaning “I am going to encompass”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro PrĂłximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a abarcar | I am going to encompass |
| TĂş | vas a abarcar | you are going to encompass |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a abarcar | s/he is going to encompass |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a abarcar | we are going to encompass |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a abarcar | you (plural) are going to encompass |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a abarcar | they are going to encompass |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive abarcar.
The Indicative Future of abarcar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “abarcaré”, meaning “I will encompass”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarcaré | I will encompass |
| Tú | abarcarás | you will encompass |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarcará | s/he will encompass |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarcaremos | we will encompass |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcaréis | you (plural) will encompass |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarcarán | they will encompass |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive abarcar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of abarcar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “abarcarĂa”, meaning “I would encompass”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarcarĂa | I would encompass |
| TĂş | abarcarĂas | you would encompass |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarcarĂa | s/he would encompass |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarcarĂamos | we would encompass |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcarĂais | you (plural) would encompass |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarcarĂan | they would encompass |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive abarcar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of abarcar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he abarcado”, meaning “I have encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abarcado | I have encompassed |
| TĂş | has abarcado | you have encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha abarcado | s/he has encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos abarcado | we have encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis abarcado | you (plural) have encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han abarcado | they have encompassed |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle abarcado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of abarcar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “habĂa abarcado”, meaning “I had encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habĂa abarcado | I had encompassed |
| TĂş | habĂas abarcado | you had encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habĂa abarcado | s/he had encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habĂamos abarcado | we had encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habĂais abarcado | you (plural) had encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habĂan abarcado | they had encompassed |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (habĂa, habĂas, habĂa, habĂamos, habĂais, habĂan) plus the past participle abarcado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of abarcar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré abarcado”, meaning “I will have encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré abarcado | I will have encompassed |
| Tú | habrás abarcado | you will have encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá abarcado | s/he will have encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos abarcado | we will have encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis abarcado | you (plural) will have encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán abarcado | they will have encompassed |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle abarcado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of abarcar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habrĂa abarcado”, meaning “I would have encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habrĂa abarcado | I would have encompassed |
| TĂş | habrĂas abarcado | you would have encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrĂa abarcado | s/he would have encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habrĂamos abarcado | we would have encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habrĂais abarcado | you (plural) would have encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrĂan abarcado | they would have encompassed |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habrĂa, habrĂas, habrĂa, habrĂamos, habrĂais, habrĂan) plus the past participle abarcado.
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “abarque”, meaning “I encompass”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarque | I encompass |
| TĂş | abarques | you encompass |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarque | s/he encompasses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarquemos | we encompass |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarquéis | you (plural) encompass |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarquen | they encompass |
How it’s built: Every form changes c to qu (abarque, abarques, abarque, abarquemos, abarquéis, abarquen).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “abarcara”, meaning “I encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarcara | I encompassed |
| TĂş | abarcaras | you encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarcara | s/he encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarcáramos | we encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcarais | you (plural) encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarcaran | they encompassed |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, abarcaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (abarcáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “abarcare”, meaning “I will encompass”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abarcare | I will encompass |
| TĂş | abarcares | you will encompass |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarcare | s/he will encompass |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarcáremos | we will encompass |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcareis | you (plural) will encompass |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarcaren | they will encompass |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, abarcaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (abarcáremos).
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya abarcado”, meaning “I have encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya abarcado | I have encompassed |
| TĂş | hayas abarcado | you have encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya abarcado | s/he has encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos abarcado | we have encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis abarcado | you (plural) have encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan abarcado | they have encompassed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle abarcado.
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera abarcado”, meaning “I had encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abarcado | I had encompassed |
| TĂş | hubieras abarcado | you had encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera abarcado | s/he had encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos abarcado | we had encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais abarcado | you (plural) had encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran abarcado | they had encompassed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle abarcado.
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere abarcado”, meaning “I will have encompassed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abarcado | I will have encompassed |
| TĂş | hubieres abarcado | you will have encompassed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere abarcado | s/he will have encompassed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos abarcado | we will have encompassed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis abarcado | you (plural) will have encompassed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren abarcado | they will have encompassed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle abarcado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “abarque”, meaning “(to you formal) encompass!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| TĂş | abarca | (to you) encompass! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abarque | (to you formal) encompass! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abarquemos | let's encompass! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abarcad | (to you plural) encompass! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abarquen | (to you plural formal) encompass! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (abarca); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (abarque, abarquemos, abarquen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (abarcad).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no abarque”, meaning “(to you formal) don't encompass!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| TĂş | no abarques | (to you) don't encompass! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no abarque | (to you formal) don't encompass! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no abarquemos | let's not encompass! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no abarquéis | (to you plural) don't encompass! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no abarquen | (to you plural formal) don't encompass! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no abarques, no abarque, no abarquemos, no abarquéis, no abarquen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Abarcar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (abarqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (abarque).
In the present tense (presente), abarcar is conjugated as: yo abarco, tú abarcas, él/ella/usted abarca, nosotros abarcamos, vosotros abarcáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abarcan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), abarcar is conjugated as: yo abarqué, tú abarcaste, él/ella/usted abarcó, nosotros abarcamos, vosotros abarcasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abarcaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), abarcar is conjugated as: yo abarcaba, tú abarcabas, él/ella/usted abarcaba, nosotros abarcábamos, vosotros abarcabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes abarcaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), abarcar is conjugated as: yo abarcaré, tú abarcarás, él/ella/usted abarcará, nosotros abarcaremos, vosotros abarcaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abarcarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), abarcar is conjugated as: yo abarque, tú abarques, él/ella/usted abarque, nosotros abarquemos, vosotros abarquéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes abarquen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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