Ella VerbsTo flow Irregular Verb
At a glance: Fluir (to flow) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: fluyo, fluyes, fluye, fluimos, fluís, fluyen. Its irregularities include: Add y in the gerundio, indicative present (except nosotras and vosotras), indicative preterite (just the 3rd person singular and plural) and as a result: the subjunctive present, subjunctive imperfect and imperatives.
Fluir is the Spanish verb for "to flow". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to fluir include: manar.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fluir | to flow |
| Past participle | fluido | flowed |
| Gerund | fluyendo | flowing |
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The Indicative Present of fluir 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, "fluyo", meaning "I flow".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluyo | I flow |
| Tú | fluyes | you flow |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluye | s/he flows |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluimos | we flow |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluís | you (plural) flow |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluyen | they flow |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Preterite of fluir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "fluí", meaning "I flowed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluí | I flowed |
| Tú | fluiste | you flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluyó | s/he flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluimos | we flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluisteis | you (plural) flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluyeron | they flowed |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Imperfect of fluir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "fluía", meaning "I used to flow".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluía | I used to flow |
| Tú | fluías | you used to flow |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluía | s/he used to flow |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluíamos | we used to flow |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluíais | you (plural) used to flow |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluían | they used to flow |
The Indicative Present Continuous of fluir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy fluyendo", meaning "I am flowing".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy fluyendo | I am flowing |
| Tú | estás fluyendo | you are flowing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está fluyendo | s/he is flowing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos fluyendo | we are flowing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis fluyendo | you (plural) are flowing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están fluyendo | they are flowing |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Informal Future of fluir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a fluir", meaning "I am going to flow".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a fluir | I am going to flow |
| Tú | vas a fluir | you are going to flow |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a fluir | s/he is going to flow |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a fluir | we are going to flow |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a fluir | you (plural) are going to flow |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a fluir | they are going to flow |
The Indicative Future of fluir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "fluiré", meaning "I will flow".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluiré | I will flow |
| Tú | fluirás | you will flow |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluirá | s/he will flow |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluiremos | we will flow |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluiréis | you (plural) will flow |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluirán | they will flow |
The Indicative Conditional of fluir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "fluiría", meaning "I would flow".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluiría | I would flow |
| Tú | fluirías | you would flow |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluiría | s/he would flow |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluiríamos | we would flow |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluiríais | you (plural) would flow |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluirían | they would flow |
The Indicative Present Perfect of fluir 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 fluido", meaning "I have flowed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he fluido | I have flowed |
| Tú | has fluido | you have flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha fluido | s/he has flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos fluido | we have flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis fluido | you (plural) have flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han fluido | they have flowed |
The Indicative Past Perfect of fluir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había fluido", meaning "I had flowed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había fluido | I had flowed |
| Tú | habías fluido | you had flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había fluido | s/he had flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos fluido | we had flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais fluido | you (plural) had flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían fluido | they had flowed |
The Indicative Future Perfect of fluir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré fluido", meaning "I will have flowed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré fluido | I will have flowed |
| Tú | habrás fluido | you will have flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá fluido | s/he will have flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos fluido | we will have flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis fluido | you (plural) will have flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán fluido | they will have flowed |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of fluir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría fluido", meaning "I would have flowed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría fluido | I would have flowed |
| Tú | habrías fluido | you would have flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría fluido | s/he would have flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos fluido | we would have flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais fluido | you (plural) would have flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían fluido | they would have flowed |
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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, "fluya", meaning "I flow".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluya | I flow |
| Tú | fluyas | you flow |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluya | s/he flows |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluyamos | we flow |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluyáis | you (plural) flow |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluyan | they flow |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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, "fluyera", meaning "I flowed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluyera | I flowed |
| Tú | fluyeras | you flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluyera | s/he flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluyéramos | we flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluyerais | you (plural) flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluyeran | they flowed |
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, "fluyere", meaning "I will flow".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluyere | I will flow |
| Tú | fluyeres | you will flow |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluyere | s/he will flow |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluyéremos | we will flow |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluyereis | you (plural) will flow |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluyeren | they will flow |
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, "haya fluido", meaning "I have flowed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya fluido | I have flowed |
| Tú | hayas fluido | you have flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya fluido | s/he has flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos fluido | we have flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis fluido | you (plural) have flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan fluido | they have flowed |
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 fluido", meaning "I had flowed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera fluido | I had flowed |
| Tú | hubieras fluido | you had flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera fluido | s/he had flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos fluido | we had flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais fluido | you (plural) had flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran fluido | they had flowed |
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 fluido", meaning "I will have flowed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere fluido | I will have flowed |
| Tú | hubieres fluido | you will have flowed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere fluido | s/he will have flowed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos fluido | we will have flowed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis fluido | you (plural) will have flowed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren fluido | they will have flowed |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "fluya", meaning "(to you formal) flow!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | fluye | (to you) flow! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | fluya | (to you formal) flow! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | fluyamos | let's flow! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | fluid | (to you plural) flow! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | fluyan | (to you plural formal) flow! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no fluya", meaning "(to you formal) don't flow!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no fluyas | (to you) don't flow! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no fluya | (to you formal) don't flow! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no fluyamos | let's not flow! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no fluyáis | (to you plural) don't flow! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no fluyan | (to you plural formal) don't flow! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
Fluir is an irregular Spanish verb. Its irregularities include: Add y in the gerundio, indicative present (except nosotras and vosotras), indicative preterite (just the 3rd person singular and plural) and as a result: the subjunctive present, subjunctive imperfect and imperatives.
In the present tense (presente), fluir is conjugated as: yo fluyo, tú fluyes, él/ella/usted fluye, nosotros fluimos, vosotros fluís, ellos/ellas/ustedes fluyen. 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), fluir is conjugated as: yo fluí, tú fluiste, él/ella/usted fluyó, nosotros fluimos, vosotros fluisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fluyeron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), fluir is conjugated as: yo fluía, tú fluías, él/ella/usted fluía, nosotros fluíamos, vosotros fluíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes fluían. 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), fluir is conjugated as: yo fluiré, tú fluirás, él/ella/usted fluirá, nosotros fluiremos, vosotros fluiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fluirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), fluir is conjugated as: yo fluya, tú fluyas, él/ella/usted fluya, nosotros fluyamos, vosotros fluyáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes fluyan. 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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