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Formas del verbo: abusar (to go too far, take advantage)


[Regular. Note: This is an intransitive verb; that is, it does not take a direct object; however, abusar de (alguien/algo) is used as to abuse (someone/something), to presume upon, take unfair advantage of.]

Indicativo
English yo tú Ud./él/ella nosotros, -as vosotros, -as Uds./ellos/ellas
Presente I go too far, am going too far abuso abusas abusa abusamos abusáis abusan
Futuro I will go too far abusaré abusarás abusará abusaremos abusaréis abusarán
Imperfecto I was going too far, used to go too far, went too far abusaba abusabas abusaba abusábamos abusabais abusaban
Pretérito I went too far abusé abusaste abusó abusamos abusasteis abusaron
Condicional I would go too far abusaría abusarías abusaría abusaríamos abusaríais abusarían
Presente perfecto I have gone too far he abusado has abusado ha abusado hemos abusado habéis abusado han abusado
Futuro perfecto I will have gone too far habré abusado habrás abusado habrá abusado habremos abusado habréis abusado habrán abusado
Pluscuamperfecto I had gone too far había abusado habías abusado había abusado habíamos abusado habíais abusado habían abusado
Pretérito anterior1 I had gone too far hube abusado hubiste abusado hubo abusado hubimos abusado hubisteis abusado hubieron abusado
Condicional perfecto I would have gone too far habría abusado habrías abusado habría abusado habríamos abusado habríais abusado habrían abusado
Subjuntivo
Presente I go too far, am going too far abuse abuses abuse abusemos abuséis abusen
Imperfecto2 I went too far, was going too far abusara abusaras abusara abusáramos abusarais abusaran
Futuro1 I will go too far abusare abusares abusare abusáremos abusareis abusaren
Presente perfecto I have gone too far, went too far haya abusado hayas abusado haya abusado hayamos abusado hayáis abusado hayan abusado
Futuro perfecto1 I will have gone too far hubiere abusado hubieres abusado hubiere abusado hubiéremos abusado hubiereis abusado hubieren abusado
Pluscuamperfecto3 I had gone too far hubiera abusado hubieras abusado hubiera abusado hubiéramos abusado hubierais abusado hubieran abusado
Imperativo

Afirmativo

Negativo
Tú Go too far! Don't go too far! abusa no abuses
Vosotros, -as " abusad no abuséis
Usted " abuse no abuse
Ustedes " abusen no abusen
Otras formas
Gerundio going too far abusando
Participio pasado gone too far, abused abusado

1 Tiempo arcaico.
2 O: abusase, abusases, abusase, abusásemos, abusaseis, abusasen.
3 O: hubiese abusado, hubieses abusado, hubiese abusado, hubiésemos abusado, hubieseis abusado, hubiesen abusado.

Subject Pronouns

 

yo

yoh

I

nosotros(as)

noh-soh-trohs

we

tú

too

you (informal) vosotros(

as)

boh-soh-trohs

you all

él / ella / usted

ail / ay-yah / oo-sted

he / she / you (formal)

ellos / ellas / ustedes

ay-yohs / ay-yahs / oo-sted-ays

they / they / you (plural)

 

Note: Vosotros is used only in Spain when speaking to more than one person with whom you know well. Nosotras and vosotras refer to a group of all females, as well as ellas. Ustedes is almost always used for saying "you all" in all Spanish speaking countries. Usted can be abreviated to Ud. Ustedes can also be abreviated to Uds. Please note that the subject pronouns are rarely used before verbs.

 

Conjugating Regular Verbs

 

Verbs in Spanish end in -ar, -er or -ir. Before a verb is conjugated, it is called the infinitive. Removing the last two letters gives you the stem of the verb (cantar is to sing, cant- is the stem.) To conjugate regular verbs in the present tense, add these endings to the stems:

 

-ar

-er

-ir

o

amos

o

emos

o

  imos

as           

áis

es

 éis

es

  ís

a            

 an

e              

  en

e            

 en


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