to sweep
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Barro el patio por la mañana.
I sweep the yard in the morning.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
Mi madre barrió la acera.
My mother swept the sidewalk.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Mi abuela barría la casa todos los días.
My grandmother swept the house every day.
Futuro · What will happen
Yo barreré la cocina.
I'll sweep the kitchen.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo barrería primero.
I'd sweep first.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
¿Has barrido el piso?
Have you swept the floor?
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Ya había barrido la sala.
She had already swept the living room.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Yo habría barrido.
I would have swept.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que barras el patio.
I want you to sweep the yard.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Le pedí que barriera la entrada.
I asked him to sweep the entrance.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Pedí que barriesen las hojas.
I asked them to sweep up the leaves.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Espero que hayas barrido.
I hope you've swept.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Si hubiera barrido, no habría tanta arena.
If I had swept, there wouldn't be so much sand.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Barre la cocina, por favor.
Sweep the kitchen, please.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
Rarely used with this verb.