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How to conjugate Abrir in Spanish

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Abrir is the Spanish verb for "to open". It is an irregular verb, and one of the most popular 100 Spanish verbs. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!

ItemSpanishEnglish
Infinitiveabrirto open
Past participleabiertoopened
Gerundabriendoopening

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Indicative Tenses of Abrir

Abrir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of abrir 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, "abro la puerta", meaning "I open the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabroI open
abresyou open
Ella / Él / Ustedabres/he opens, you (formal) open
Nosotras / Nosotrosabrimoswe open
Vosotras / Vosotrosabrísyou (plural) open
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabrenthey open,

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Abrir in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of abrir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "abrí la puerta", meaning "I opened the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabríI opened
abristeyou opened
Ella / Él / Ustedabriós/he opened, you (formal) opened
Nosotras / Nosotrosabrimoswe opened
Vosotras / Vosotrosabristeisyou (plural) opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabrieronthey opened,

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Abrir in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of abrir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "abría la puerta", meaning "I used to open the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabríaI used to open
abríasyou used to open
Ella / Él / Ustedabrías/he used to open, you (formal) used to open
Nosotras / Nosotrosabríamoswe used to open
Vosotras / Vosotrosabríaisyou (plural) used to open
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabríanthey used to open,

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Abrir in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of abrir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy abriendo la puerta", meaning "I am opening the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy abriendoI am opening
estás abriendoyou are opening
Ella / Él / Ustedestá abriendos/he is opening, you (formal) are opening
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos abriendowe are opening
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis abriendoyou (plural) are opening
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán abriendothey are opening,

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Abrir in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of abrir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a abrir la puerta", meaning "I am going to open the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a abrirI am going to open
vas a abriryou are going to open
Ella / Él / Ustedva a abrirs/he is going to open, you (formal) are going to open
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a abrirwe are going to open
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a abriryou (plural) are going to open
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a abrirthey are going to open,

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Abrir in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of abrir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "abriré la puerta", meaning "I will open the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabriréI will open
abrirásyou will open
Ella / Él / Ustedabrirás/he will open, you (formal) will open
Nosotras / Nosotrosabriremoswe will open
Vosotras / Vosotrosabriréisyou (plural) will open
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabriránthey will open,

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Abrir in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of abrir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "abriría la puerta", meaning "I would open the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabriríaI would open
abriríasyou would open
Ella / Él / Ustedabrirías/he would open, you (formal) would open
Nosotras / Nosotrosabriríamoswe would open
Vosotras / Vosotrosabriríaisyou (plural) would open
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabriríanthey would open,

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Abrir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of abrir 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 abierto la puerta", meaning "I have opened the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe abierto I have opened
has abierto you have opened
Ella / Él / Ustedha abierto s/he has opened, you (formal) have opened
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos abierto we have opened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis abierto you (plural) have opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan abierto they have opened,

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Abrir in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of abrir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había abierto la puerta", meaning "I had opened the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía abierto I had opened
habías abierto you had opened
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía abierto s/he had opened, you (formal) had opened
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos abierto we had opened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais abierto you (plural) had opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían abierto they had opened,

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Abrir in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of abrir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré abierto la puerta", meaning "I will have opened the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré abierto I will have opened
habrás abierto you will have opened
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá abierto s/he will have opened, you (formal) will have opened
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos abierto we will have opened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis abierto you (plural) will have opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán abierto they will have opened,

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Abrir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of abrir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría abierto la puerta", meaning "I would have opened the door".

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría abierto I would have opened
habrías abierto you would have opened
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría abierto s/he would have opened, you (formal) would have opened
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos abierto we would have opened
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais abierto you (plural) would have opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían abierto they would have opened,

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Subjunctive Tenses of Abrir

Abrir in the Subjunctive Present

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, "abra", meaning "I open".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabraI open
abrasyou open
Ella / Él / Ustedabras/he opens, you (formal) open
Nosotras / Nosotrosabramoswe open
Vosotras / Vosotrosabráisyou (plural) open
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabranthey open,

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Abrir in the Subjunctive Imperfect

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, "abriera", meaning "I opened".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabrieraI opened
abrierasyou opened
Ella / Él / Ustedabrieras/he opened, you (formal) opened
Nosotras / Nosotrosabriéramoswe opened
Vosotras / Vosotrosabrieraisyou (plural) opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabrieranthey opened,

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Abrir in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "abriere", meaning "I will open".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoabriereI will open
abrieresyou will open
Ella / Él / Ustedabrieres/he will open, you (formal) will open
Nosotras / Nosotrosabriéremoswe will open
Vosotras / Vosotrosabriereisyou (plural) will open
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabrierenthey will open,

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Abrir in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

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 abierto", meaning "I have opened".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya abierto I have opened
hayas abierto you have opened
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya abierto s/he has opened, you (formal) have opened
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos abierto we have opened
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis abierto you (plural) have opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan abierto they have opened,

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Abrir in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

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 abierto", meaning "I had opened".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera abierto I had opened
hubieras abierto you had opened
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera abierto s/he had opened, you (formal) had opened
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos abierto we had opened
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais abierto you (plural) had opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran abierto they had opened,

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Abrir in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

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 abierto", meaning "I will have opened".

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere abierto I will have opened
hubieres abierto you will have opened
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere abierto s/he will have opened, you (formal) will have opened
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos abierto we will have opened
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis abierto you (plural) will have opened
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren abierto they will have opened,

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Imperative Tenses of Abrir

Abrir in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "abra", meaning "(to you formal) open!".

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
abre(to you) open!
Ella / Él / Ustedabra(to you formal) open!
Nosotras / Nosotrosabramoslet's open!
Vosotras / Vosotrosabrid(to you plural) open!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesabran(to you plural formal) open!

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Abrir in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no abra", meaning "(to you formal) don't open!".

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
no abras(to you) don't open!
Ella / Él / Ustedno abra(to you formal) don't open!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno abramoslet's not open!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno abráis(to you plural) don't open!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno abran(to you plural formal) don't open!

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Example sentences and usage

  • ¿Con qué lo abriste? What did you open it with?
  • Abre el armario de la izquierda, allí están las botellas. Open the cupboard to the left, the bottles are in there.
  • ¿Con qué lo abriste? What did you open it with?
  • Abre tu libro por la página nueve. Open your book to page nine.
  • Abrid vuestros textos en la página 50. Open your texts to page 50.

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