Empuñar

to grasp

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

empuñar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

empuñando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

empuñado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empuño I grasp	I grasp
tú	empuñas you grasp	you grasp
él/ella/usted	empuña he/she/you grasps	he/she/you grasps
nosotros	empuñamos we grasp	we grasp
vosotros	empuñáis you all grasp	you all grasp
ellos/ustedes	empuñan they/you all grasp	they/you all grasp

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empuñaba I used to grasp	I used to grasp
tú	empuñabas you used to grasp	you used to grasp
él/ella/usted	empuñaba he/she/you used to grasp	he/she/you used to grasp
nosotros	empuñábamos we used to grasp	we used to grasp
vosotros	empuñabais you all used to grasp	you all used to grasp
ellos/ustedes	empuñaban they/you all used to grasp	they/you all used to grasp

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empuñé I grasped	I grasped
tú	empuñaste you grasped	you grasped
él/ella/usted	empuñó he/she/you grasped	he/she/you grasped
nosotros	empuñamos we grasped	we grasped
vosotros	empuñasteis you all grasped	you all grasped
ellos/ustedes	empuñaron they/you all grasped	they/you all grasped

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empuñaré I will grasp	I will grasp
tú	empuñarás you will grasp	you will grasp
él/ella/usted	empuñará he/she/you will grasp	he/she/you will grasp
nosotros	empuñaremos we will grasp	we will grasp
vosotros	empuñaréis you all will grasp	you all will grasp
ellos/ustedes	empuñarán they/you all will grasp	they/you all will grasp

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empuñaría I would grasp	I would grasp
tú	empuñarías you would grasp	you would grasp
él/ella/usted	empuñaría he/she/you would grasp	he/she/you would grasp
nosotros	empuñaríamos we would grasp	we would grasp
vosotros	empuñaríais you all would grasp	you all would grasp
ellos/ustedes	empuñarían they/you all would grasp	they/you all would grasp

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empuñe that I grasp	that I grasp
tú	empuñes that you grasp	that you grasp
él/ella/usted	empuñe that he/she/you grasp	that he/she/you grasp
nosotros	empuñemos that we grasp	that we grasp
vosotros	empuñéis that you all grasp	that you all grasp
ellos/ustedes	empuñen that they/you all grasp	that they/you all grasp

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	empuñara or empuñase that I grasped	that I grasped
tú	empuñaras or empuñases that you grasped	that you grasped
él/ella/usted	empuñara or empuñase that he/she/you grasped	that he/she/you grasped
nosotros	empuñáramos or empuñásemos that we grasped	that we grasped
vosotros	empuñarais or empuñaseis that you all grasped	that you all grasped
ellos/ustedes	empuñaran or empuñasen that they/you all grasped	that they/you all grasped

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he empuñado I have grasped	I have grasped
tú	has empuñado you have grasped	you have grasped
él/ella/usted	ha empuñado he/she/you have grasped	he/she/you have grasped
nosotros	hemos empuñado we have grasped	we have grasped
vosotros	habéis empuñado you all have grasped	you all have grasped
ellos/ustedes	han empuñado they/you all have grasped	they/you all have grasped

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había empuñado I had grasped	I had grasped
tú	habías empuñado you had grasped	you had grasped
él/ella/usted	había empuñado he/she/you had grasped	he/she/you had grasped
nosotros	habíamos empuñado we had grasped	we had grasped
vosotros	habíais empuñado you all had grasped	you all had grasped
ellos/ustedes	habían empuñado they/you all had grasped	they/you all had grasped

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube empuñado I had grasped	I had grasped
tú	hubiste empuñado you had grasped	you had grasped
él/ella/usted	hubo empuñado he/she/you had grasped	he/she/you had grasped
nosotros	hubimos empuñado we had grasped	we had grasped
vosotros	hubisteis empuñado you all had grasped	you all had grasped
ellos/ustedes	hubieron empuñado they/you all had grasped	they/you all had grasped

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré empuñado I will have grasped	I will have grasped
tú	habrás empuñado you will have grasped	you will have grasped
él/ella/usted	habrá empuñado he/she/you will have grasped	he/she/you will have grasped
nosotros	habremos empuñado we will have grasped	we will have grasped
vosotros	habréis empuñado you all will have grasped	you all will have grasped
ellos/ustedes	habrán empuñado they/you all will have grasped	they/you all will have grasped

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría empuñado I would have grasped	I would have grasped
tú	habrías empuñado you would have grasped	you would have grasped
él/ella/usted	habría empuñado he/she/you would have grasped	he/she/you would have grasped
nosotros	habríamos empuñado we would have grasped	we would have grasped
vosotros	habríais empuñado you all would have grasped	you all would have grasped
ellos/ustedes	habrían empuñado they/you all would have grasped	they/you all would have grasped

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya empuñado that I have grasped	that I have grasped
tú	hayas empuñado that you have grasped	that you have grasped
él/ella/usted	haya empuñado that he/she/you have grasped	that he/she/you have grasped
nosotros	hayamos empuñado that we have grasped	that we have grasped
vosotros	hayáis empuñado that you all have grasped	that you all have grasped
ellos/ustedes	hayan empuñado that they/you all have grasped	that they/you all have grasped

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera empuñado that I had grasped	that I had grasped
tú	hubieras empuñado that you had grasped	that you had grasped
él/ella/usted	hubiera empuñado that he/she/you had grasped	that he/she/you had grasped
nosotros	hubiéramos empuñado that we had grasped	that we had grasped
vosotros	hubierais empuñado that you all had grasped	that you all had grasped
ellos/ustedes	hubieran empuñado that they/you all had grasped	that they/you all had grasped

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	empuña	grasp! (you)
usted	empuñe	grasp! (you formal)
nosotros	empuñemos	let's grasp!
vosotros	empuñad	grasp! (you all)
ustedes	empuñen	grasp! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no empuñes	don't grasp! (you)
usted	no empuñe	don't grasp! (you formal)
nosotros	no empuñemos	let's not grasp!
vosotros	no empuñéis	don't grasp! (you all)
ustedes	no empuñen	don't grasp! (you all)

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