to hurry
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Me apuro para no perder la guagua.
I hurry so I don't miss the bus.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Nos apuramos y llegamos a tiempo.
We hurried and arrived on time.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mi madre siempre se apuraba por la mañana.
My mother was always in a hurry in the morning.
Futuro · What will happen
Te apurarás cuando veas la hora.
You'll hurry when you see the time.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo me apuraría.
I'd hurry.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Nos hemos apurado mucho.
We've hurried a lot.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Rarely used with this verb.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Nos habríamos apurado.
We would have hurried.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que te apures.
I want you to hurry.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Le dije que se apurara.
I told him to hurry.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Les pedí que se apurasen.
I asked them to hurry.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Rarely used with this verb.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si me hubiera apurado, habría llegado.
If I had hurried, I would have made it.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Apúrate, que nos vamos.
Hurry up, we're leaving.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
No te apures, hay tiempo.
Don't hurry, there's time.