Non-finite forms
Infinitivo and Gerundio
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitivo | colapsar | Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures. |
| Gerundio | colapsando | Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar colapsando. |
colapsar is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning collapse. In the present tense: yo colapso, tú colapsas, él/ella colapsa, nosotros colapsamos, vosotros colapsáis, ellos colapsan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.
Infinitivo and Gerundio
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitivo | colapsar | Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures. |
| Gerundio | colapsando | Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar colapsando. |
Present
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapso | Yo colapso de cansancio a media tarde.I collapse from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | colapsas | Normalmente, tú colapsas si pasas toda la noche despierto.You usually collapse if you stay up all night. |
| él | colapsa | Hoy, el servidor central colapsa al mediodía sin aviso.Today, the main server collapses at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | colapsamos | A veces, nosotros colapsamos cuando el plan falla otra vez.At times, we collapse when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | colapsáis | Ahora, vosotros colapsáis con demasiadas tareas encima.Right now, you all collapse with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | colapsan | Casi siempre, las líneas del metro colapsan en hora punta cada viernes.Most of the time, the subway lines collapse at rush hour every Friday. |
Present Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | he colapsado | Este año, yo he colapsado de cansancio a media tarde.This year, I have collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | has colapsado | Últimamente, tú has colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto.Lately, you have collapsed if you stay up all night. |
| él | ha colapsado | En estos meses, el servidor central ha colapsado al mediodía sin aviso.In these months, the main server has collapsed at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | hemos colapsado | Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez.So far, we have collapsed when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | habéis colapsado | En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima.This term, you all have collapsed with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | han colapsado | En este tiempo, las líneas del metro han colapsado en hora punta cada viernes.During this time, the subway lines have collapsed at rush hour every Friday. |
Preterite
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapsé | Ayer, yo colapsé de cansancio a media tarde.Yesterday, I collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | colapsaste | Hace un rato, tú colapsaste si pasas toda la noche despierto.A little while ago, you collapsed if you stay up all night. |
| él | colapsó | Esta mañana, el servidor central colapsó al mediodía sin aviso.This morning, the main server collapsed at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | colapsamos | Anoche, nosotros colapsamos cuando el plan falla otra vez.Last night, we collapsed when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | colapsasteis | El sábado, vosotros colapsasteis con demasiadas tareas encima.On Saturday, you all collapsed with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | colapsaron | Hace poco, las líneas del metro colapsaron en hora punta cada viernes.Not long ago, the subway lines collapsed at rush hour every Friday. |
Imperfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapsaba | Antes, yo colapsaba de cansancio a media tarde.Before, I used to collapse from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | colapsabas | Por entonces, tú colapsabas si pasas toda la noche despierto.Back then, you used to collapse if you stay up all night. |
| él | colapsaba | En esa época, el servidor central colapsaba al mediodía sin aviso.At that time, the main server used to collapse at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | colapsábamos | Cuando eso era normal, nosotros colapsábamos cuando el plan falla otra vez.When that was normal, we used to collapse when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | colapsabais | Hace años, vosotros colapsabais con demasiadas tareas encima.Years ago, you all used to collapse with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | colapsaban | En aquellos días, las líneas del metro colapsaban en hora punta cada viernes.In those days, the subway lines used to collapse at rush hour every Friday. |
Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | había colapsado | Cuando llegaste, yo ya había colapsado de cansancio a media tarde.When you arrived, I had already collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | habías colapsado | Para entonces, tú ya habías colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto.By then, you had already collapsed if you stay up all night. |
| él | había colapsado | Al volver, el servidor central ya había colapsado al mediodía sin aviso.When we came back, the main server had already collapsed at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | habíamos colapsado | Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez.Before talking it through, we had already collapsed when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | habíais colapsado | Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima.When you looked again, you all had already collapsed with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | habían colapsado | Para ese momento, las líneas del metro ya habían colapsado en hora punta cada viernes.By that moment, the subway lines had already collapsed at rush hour every Friday. |
Preterite Anterior
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hube colapsado | Apenas yo hube colapsado de cansancio a media tarde, todo cambió.As soon as I had collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon, everything changed. |
| tú | hubiste colapsado | En cuanto tú hubiste colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto, se notó.The moment you had collapsed if you stay up all night, it showed. |
| él | hubo colapsado | No bien el servidor central hubo colapsado al mediodía sin aviso, hubo ruido.As soon as the main server had collapsed at noon without warning, there was trouble. |
| nosotros | hubimos colapsado | Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez, seguimos adelante.Once we had collapsed when the plan fails again, we moved on. |
| vosotros | hubisteis colapsado | Apenas vosotros hubisteis colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had collapsed with too many tasks on top of you, you checked the result. |
| ellos | hubieron colapsado | En cuanto las líneas del metro hubieron colapsado en hora punta cada viernes, el ambiente cambió.The moment the subway lines had collapsed at rush hour every Friday, the mood changed. |
Future
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapsaré | Mañana, yo colapsaré de cansancio a media tarde.Tomorrow, I will collapse from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | colapsarás | Dentro de poco, tú colapsarás si pasas toda la noche despierto.Soon, you will collapse if you stay up all night. |
| él | colapsará | Esta tarde, el servidor central colapsará al mediodía sin aviso.This afternoon, the main server will collapse at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | colapsaremos | La semana que viene, nosotros colapsaremos cuando el plan falla otra vez.Next week, we will collapse when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | colapsaréis | Pronto, vosotros colapsaréis con demasiadas tareas encima.Before long, you all will collapse with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | colapsarán | Más adelante, las líneas del metro colapsarán en hora punta cada viernes.Later on, the subway lines will collapse at rush hour every Friday. |
Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habré colapsado | Para entonces, yo ya habré colapsado de cansancio a media tarde.By then, I will already have collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | habrás colapsado | Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto.Before closing time, you will already have collapsed if you stay up all night. |
| él | habrá colapsado | Al final del día, el servidor central ya habrá colapsado al mediodía sin aviso.By the end of the day, the main server will already have collapsed at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | habremos colapsado | Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez.By tomorrow, we will already have collapsed when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | habréis colapsado | Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima.Before leaving, you all will already have collapsed with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | habrán colapsado | Para esa hora, las líneas del metro ya habrán colapsado en hora punta cada viernes.By that hour, the subway lines will already have collapsed at rush hour every Friday. |
Conditional
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapsaría | En un caso así, yo colapsaría de cansancio a media tarde.In a case like that, I would collapse from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | colapsarías | Con un poco más de tiempo, tú colapsarías si pasas toda la noche despierto.With a little more time, you would collapse if you stay up all night. |
| él | colapsaría | En esa situación, el servidor central colapsaría al mediodía sin aviso.In that situation, the main server would collapse at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | colapsaríamos | Con ese panorama, nosotros colapsaríamos cuando el plan falla otra vez.With that outlook, we would collapse when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | colapsaríais | Llegado el caso, vosotros colapsaríais con demasiadas tareas encima.If it came to that, you all would collapse with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | colapsarían | En un día así, las líneas del metro colapsarían en hora punta cada viernes.On a day like that, the subway lines would collapse at rush hour every Friday. |
Conditional Perfect
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | habría colapsado | En otro momento, yo habría colapsado de cansancio a media tarde.At another moment, I would have collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | habrías colapsado | Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto.With a little more margin, you would have collapsed if you stay up all night. |
| él | habría colapsado | A esas alturas, el servidor central habría colapsado al mediodía sin aviso.By then, the main server would have collapsed at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | habríamos colapsado | Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez.With that turn, we would have collapsed when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | habríais colapsado | Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima.At that point, you all would have collapsed with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | habrían colapsado | En ese punto, las líneas del metro habrían colapsado en hora punta cada viernes.From there, the subway lines would have collapsed at rush hour every Friday. |
Present Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapse | Es mejor que yo colapse de cansancio a media tarde.It is better that I collapse from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | colapses | Hace falta que tú colapses si pasas toda la noche despierto.It is necessary that you collapse if you stay up all night. |
| él | colapse | Conviene que el servidor central colapse al mediodía sin aviso.It is wise that the main server collapse at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | colapsemos | Importa que nosotros colapsemos cuando el plan falla otra vez.It matters that we collapse when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | colapséis | Puede ser útil que vosotros colapséis con demasiadas tareas encima.It may help if you all collapse with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | colapsen | Es posible que las líneas del metro colapsen en hora punta cada viernes.It is possible that the subway lines collapse at rush hour every Friday. |
Present Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | haya colapsado | Ojalá yo haya colapsado de cansancio a media tarde.Hopefully I have collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon. |
| tú | hayas colapsado | Puede que tú ya hayas colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto.Maybe you already have collapsed if you stay up all night. |
| él | haya colapsado | Tal vez el servidor central haya colapsado al mediodía sin aviso.Perhaps the main server has collapsed at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | hayamos colapsado | Quizá nosotros ya hayamos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez.Maybe we already have collapsed when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | hayáis colapsado | Es probable que vosotros hayáis colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima.It is likely that you all have collapsed with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | hayan colapsado | Puede ser que las líneas del metro ya hayan colapsado en hora punta cada viernes.It may be that the subway lines already have collapsed at rush hour every Friday. |
Imperfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapsara | Si yo colapsara de cansancio a media tarde, se notaría enseguida.If I collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon, it would show right away. |
| tú | colapsaras | Si tú colapsaras si pasas toda la noche despierto, costaría ocultarlo.If you collapsed if you stay up all night, it would be hard to hide. |
| él | colapsara | Si el servidor central colapsara al mediodía sin aviso, daría mucho que hablar.If the main server collapsed at noon without warning, it would give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | colapsáramos | Si nosotros colapsáramos cuando el plan falla otra vez, todo iría por otro lado.If we collapsed when the plan fails again, everything would go another way. |
| vosotros | colapsarais | Si vosotros colapsarais con demasiadas tareas encima, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all collapsed with too many tasks on top of you, the mood would change. |
| ellos | colapsaran | Si las líneas del metro colapsaran en hora punta cada viernes, la escena sería otra.If the subway lines collapsed at rush hour every Friday, the whole scene would be different. |
Past Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiera colapsado | Si yo hubiera colapsado de cansancio a media tarde, aún se recordaría.If I had collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon, it would still be remembered. |
| tú | hubieras colapsado | Si tú hubieras colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto, eso habría dejado marca.If you had collapsed if you stay up all night, that would have left a mark. |
| él | hubiera colapsado | Si el servidor central hubiera colapsado al mediodía sin aviso, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the main server had collapsed at noon without warning, people would still be talking about it. |
| nosotros | hubiéramos colapsado | Si nosotros hubiéramos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had collapsed when the plan fails again, the day would have gone another way. |
| vosotros | hubierais colapsado | Si vosotros hubierais colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had collapsed with too many tasks on top of you, the change would have shown earlier. |
| ellos | hubieran colapsado | Si las líneas del metro hubieran colapsado en hora punta cada viernes, nada habría quedado igual.If the subway lines had collapsed at rush hour every Friday, nothing would have stayed the same. |
Future Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | colapsare | Si yo colapsare de cansancio a media tarde, se notará enseguida.If I collapse from tiredness by midafternoon, it will show right away. |
| tú | colapsares | Si tú colapsares si pasas toda la noche despierto, costará ignorarlo.If you collapse if you stay up all night, it will be hard to ignore. |
| él | colapsare | Si el servidor central colapsare al mediodía sin aviso, dará mucho que hablar.If the main server collapses at noon without warning, it will give people plenty to talk about. |
| nosotros | colapsáremos | Si nosotros colapsáremos cuando el plan falla otra vez, todo irá por otro camino.If we collapse when the plan fails again, everything will go another way. |
| vosotros | colapsareis | Si vosotros colapsareis con demasiadas tareas encima, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all collapse with too many tasks on top of you, the mood will change fast. |
| ellos | colapsaren | Si las líneas del metro colapsaren en hora punta cada viernes, la escena será distinta.If the subway lines collapse at rush hour every Friday, the whole scene will be different. |
Future Perfect Subjunctive
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hubiere colapsado | Cuando yo hubiere colapsado de cansancio a media tarde, ya se notará.When I have collapsed from tiredness by midafternoon, it will already show. |
| tú | hubieres colapsado | En cuanto tú hubieres colapsado si pasas toda la noche despierto, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have collapsed if you stay up all night, it will be hard not to see. |
| él | hubiere colapsado | Cuando el servidor central hubiere colapsado al mediodía sin aviso, se verá de inmediato.When the main server has collapsed at noon without warning, it will show at once. |
| nosotros | hubiéremos colapsado | Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos colapsado cuando el plan falla otra vez, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have collapsed when the plan fails again, everything will move differently. |
| vosotros | hubiereis colapsado | Cuando vosotros hubiereis colapsado con demasiadas tareas encima, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have collapsed with too many tasks on top of you, the mood will sound different. |
| ellos | hubieren colapsado | En cuanto las líneas del metro hubieren colapsado en hora punta cada viernes, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the subway lines have collapsed at rush hour every Friday, the change will be clear. |
Affirmative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | colapsa | colapsa si pasas toda la noche despierto.Collapse if you stay up all night. |
| él | colapse | Que el servidor central colapse al mediodía sin aviso.Let the main server Collapse at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | colapsemos | colapsemos cuando el plan falla otra vez.Collapse when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | colapsad | colapsad con demasiadas tareas encima.Collapse with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | colapsen | Que las líneas del metro colapsen en hora punta cada viernes.Let the subway lines Collapse at rush hour every Friday. |
Negative Imperative
| Pronoun | Form | Context |
|---|---|---|
| yo | - | - |
| tú | no colapses | No no colapses si pasas toda la noche despierto.Do not collapse if you stay up all night. |
| él | no colapse | Que el servidor central no no colapse al mediodía sin aviso.Let the main server not collapse at noon without warning. |
| nosotros | no colapsemos | No no colapsemos cuando el plan falla otra vez.Let us not collapse when the plan fails again. |
| vosotros | no colapséis | No no colapséis con demasiadas tareas encima.Do not collapse with too many tasks on top of you. |
| ellos | no colapsen | Que las líneas del metro no no colapsen en hora punta cada viernes.Let the subway lines not collapse at rush hour every Friday. |
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Yo ___ de cansancio a media tarde.
I collapse from tiredness by midafternoon.
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