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At a glance: Escabullirse (to escape) is a reflexive irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: me escabullo, te escabulles, se escabulle, nos escabullimos, os escabullís, se escabullen. Its irregularities include: Drop i in the gerundio and from the endings for ella and ellas in the indicative preterite (note this also affects the subjunctive imperfect).
Escabullirse is the Spanish verb for "to escape". It is an irregular reflexive verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to escabullirse include: escapar, escaparse, fugar, fugarse, huir, zafar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | escabullirse | to escape |
| Past participle | escabullido | escaped |
| Gerund | escabullendo | escaping |
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The Indicative Present of escabullirse 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, "me escabullo", meaning "I escape".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabullo | I escape |
| Tú | te escabulles | you escape |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabulle | s/he escapes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabullimos | we escape |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabullís | you (plural) escape |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabullen | they escape |
The Indicative Preterite of escabullirse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "me escabullí", meaning "I escaped".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabullí | I escaped |
| Tú | te escabulliste | you escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabulló | s/he escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabullimos | we escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabullisteis | you (plural) escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabulleron | they escaped |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Imperfect of escabullirse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "me escabullía", meaning "I used to escape".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabullía | I used to escape |
| Tú | te escabullías | you used to escape |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabullía | s/he used to escape |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabullíamos | we used to escape |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabullíais | you (plural) used to escape |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabullían | they used to escape |
The Indicative Present Continuous of escabullirse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "me estoy escabullendo", meaning "I am escaping".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estoy escabullendo | I am escaping |
| Tú | te estás escabullendo | you are escaping |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se está escabullendo | s/he is escaping |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos estamos escabullendo | we are escaping |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os estáis escabullendo | you (plural) are escaping |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se están escabullendo | they are escaping |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Informal Future of escabullirse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "me voy a escabullir", meaning "I am going to escape".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me voy a escabullir | I am going to escape |
| Tú | te vas a escabullir | you are going to escape |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se va a escabullir | s/he is going to escape |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos vamos a escabullir | we are going to escape |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os vais a escabullir | you (plural) are going to escape |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se van a escabullir | they are going to escape |
The Indicative Future of escabullirse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "me escabulliré", meaning "I will escape".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabulliré | I will escape |
| Tú | te escabullirás | you will escape |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabullirá | s/he will escape |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabulliremos | we will escape |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabulliréis | you (plural) will escape |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabullirán | they will escape |
The Indicative Conditional of escabullirse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "me escabulliría", meaning "I would escape".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabulliría | I would escape |
| Tú | te escabullirías | you would escape |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabulliría | s/he would escape |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabulliríamos | we would escape |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabulliríais | you (plural) would escape |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabullirían | they would escape |
The Indicative Present Perfect of escabullirse 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, "me he escabullido", meaning "I have escaped".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he escabullido | I have escaped |
| Tú | te has escabullido | you have escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se ha escabullido | s/he has escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hemos escabullido | we have escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habéis escabullido | you (plural) have escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se han escabullido | they have escaped |
The Indicative Past Perfect of escabullirse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "me había escabullido", meaning "I had escaped".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me había escabullido | I had escaped |
| Tú | te habías escabullido | you had escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se había escabullido | s/he had escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habíamos escabullido | we had escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habíais escabullido | you (plural) had escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habían escabullido | they had escaped |
The Indicative Future Perfect of escabullirse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "me habré escabullido", meaning "I will have escaped".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habré escabullido | I will have escaped |
| Tú | te habrás escabullido | you will have escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habrá escabullido | s/he will have escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habremos escabullido | we will have escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habréis escabullido | you (plural) will have escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrán escabullido | they will have escaped |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of escabullirse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "me habría escabullido", meaning "I would have escaped".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habría escabullido | I would have escaped |
| Tú | te habrías escabullido | you would have escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habría escabullido | s/he would have escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habríamos escabullido | we would have escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habríais escabullido | you (plural) would have escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrían escabullido | they would have escaped |
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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, "me escabulla", meaning "I escape".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabulla | I escape |
| Tú | te escabullas | you escape |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabulla | s/he escapes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabullamos | we escape |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabulláis | you (plural) escape |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabullan | they escape |
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, "me escabullera", meaning "I escaped".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabullera | I escaped |
| Tú | te escabulleras | you escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabullera | s/he escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabulléramos | we escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabullerais | you (plural) escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabulleran | they escaped |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "me escabullere", meaning "I will escape".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me escabullere | I will escape |
| Tú | te escabulleres | you will escape |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se escabullere | s/he will escape |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos escabulléremos | we will escape |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os escabullereis | you (plural) will escape |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se escabulleren | they will escape |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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, "me haya escabullido", meaning "I have escaped".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me haya escabullido | I have escaped |
| Tú | te hayas escabullido | you have escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se haya escabullido | s/he has escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hayamos escabullido | we have escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hayáis escabullido | you (plural) have escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hayan escabullido | they have escaped |
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, "me hubiera escabullido", meaning "I had escaped".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiera escabullido | I had escaped |
| Tú | te hubieras escabullido | you had escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiera escabullido | s/he had escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéramos escabullido | we had escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubierais escabullido | you (plural) had escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieran escabullido | they had escaped |
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "me hubiere escabullido", meaning "I will have escaped".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiere escabullido | I will have escaped |
| Tú | te hubieres escabullido | you will have escaped |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiere escabullido | s/he will have escaped |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéremos escabullido | we will have escaped |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubiereis escabullido | you (plural) will have escaped |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieren escabullido | they will have escaped |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "escabúllase", meaning "(to you formal) escape!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | escabúllete | (to you) escape! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | escabúllase | (to you formal) escape! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | escabullámonos | let's escape! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | escabullíos | (to you plural) escape! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | escabúllanse | (to you plural formal) escape! |
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no se escabulla", meaning "(to you formal) don't escape!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no te escabullas | (to you) don't escape! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no se escabulla | (to you formal) don't escape! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no nos escabullamos | let's not escape! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no os escabulláis | (to you plural) don't escape! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no se escabullan | (to you plural formal) don't escape! |
Escabullirse is an irregular Spanish verb. Its irregularities include: Drop i in the gerundio and from the endings for ella and ellas in the indicative preterite (note this also affects the subjunctive imperfect).
In the present tense (presente), escabullirse is conjugated as: yo me escabullo, tú te escabulles, él/ella/usted se escabulle, nosotros nos escabullimos, vosotros os escabullís, ellos/ellas/ustedes se escabullen. 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), escabullirse is conjugated as: yo me escabullí, tú te escabulliste, él/ella/usted se escabulló, nosotros nos escabullimos, vosotros os escabullisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se escabulleron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), escabullirse is conjugated as: yo me escabullía, tú te escabullías, él/ella/usted se escabullía, nosotros nos escabullíamos, vosotros os escabullíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se escabullían. 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), escabullirse is conjugated as: yo me escabulliré, tú te escabullirás, él/ella/usted se escabullirá, nosotros nos escabulliremos, vosotros os escabulliréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se escabullirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), escabullirse is conjugated as: yo me escabulla, tú te escabullas, él/ella/usted se escabulla, nosotros nos escabullamos, vosotros os escabulláis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se escabullan. 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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