Agrupar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb agrupar means to group, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Agrupar means to group, and it is used for putting things or people into groups: you group students by level, books by topic, chairs in a circle, data into categories. It is a regular -ar verb, common in school, work and research. Like every Spanish verb, agrupar changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say agrupo a los alumnos por niveles, and in the preterite you say agrupé las sillas en círculo. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: agrupar
- English: to group
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: agrupando
- Past participle: agrupado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + agrupado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for agrupar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Agrupar is fully regular: agrupé, agrupaba, agruparé. Its reflexive partner agruparse means to gather into groups by yourselves.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for agrupar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | agrupo |
| tú | agrupas |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupa |
| nosotros/as | agrupamos |
| vosotros/as | agrupáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agrupan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | agrupé |
| tú | agrupaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupó |
| nosotros/as | agrupamos |
| vosotros/as | agrupasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agruparon |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | agrupaba |
| tú | agrupabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupaba |
| nosotros/as | agrupábamos |
| vosotros/as | agrupabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agrupaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | agruparé |
| tú | agruparás |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupará |
| nosotros/as | agruparemos |
| vosotros/as | agruparéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agruparán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | agruparía |
| tú | agruparías |
| él/ella/Ud. | agruparía |
| nosotros/as | agruparíamos |
| vosotros/as | agruparíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agruparían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he agrupado |
| tú | has agrupado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha agrupado |
| nosotros/as | hemos agrupado |
| vosotros/as | habéis agrupado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han agrupado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había agrupado |
| tú | habías agrupado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había agrupado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos agrupado |
| vosotros/as | habíais agrupado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían agrupado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré agrupado |
| tú | habrás agrupado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá agrupado |
| nosotros/as | habremos agrupado |
| vosotros/as | habréis agrupado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán agrupado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría agrupado |
| tú | habrías agrupado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría agrupado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos agrupado |
| vosotros/as | habríais agrupado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían agrupado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | agrupe |
| tú | agrupes |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupe |
| nosotros/as | agrupemos |
| vosotros/as | agrupéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agrupen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | agrupara |
| tú | agruparas |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupara |
| nosotros/as | agrupáramos |
| vosotros/as | agruparais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agruparan |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | agrupa |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupe |
| nosotros/as | agrupemos |
| vosotros/as | agrupad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agrupen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | agrupes |
| él/ella/Ud. | agrupe |
| nosotros/as | agrupemos |
| vosotros/as | agrupéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | agrupen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | agrupando | with estar for the progressive: estoy agrupando |
| Past participle | agrupado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he agrupado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Agrupo a los alumnos por niveles. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Preterite
Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, agrupé los libros por temas. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect
Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, agrupaba las sillas en círculo. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future
Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, agruparé los datos en categorías. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional
Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Agruparía a los alumnos por niveles si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present perfect
Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he agrupado los libros por temas. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Pluperfect
Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había agrupado las sillas en círculo antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future perfect
Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré agrupado los datos en categorías. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional perfect
Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría agrupado a los alumnos por niveles con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él agrupe los libros por temas. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él agrupara las sillas en círculo, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (affirmative)
Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡agrupa los datos en categorías! Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (negative)
Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For agrupar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No agrupes a los alumnos por niveles. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with agrupar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Agrupo a los alumnos por niveles. — I group the students by level.
- Agrupa los libros por temas. — He/she groups the books by topic.
- Ayer, agrupé las sillas en círculo. — Yesterday, I grouped the chairs in a circle.
- Antes, nosotros agrupábamos los datos en categorías. — Before, we used to group the data into categories.
- Mañana, tú agruparás a los alumnos por niveles. — Tomorrow, you will group the students by level.
- Yo agruparía los libros por temas si tuviera más tiempo. — I would group the books by topic if I had more time.
- Él ha agrupado las sillas en círculo. — He has grouped the chairs in a circle.
- Espero que él agrupe los datos en categorías. — I hope he groups the data into categories.
- Yo ya había agrupado a los alumnos por niveles antes de salir. — I had already grouped the students by level before leaving.
- Ellos agrupaban los libros por temas cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to group the books by topic when they were young.
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Yo agrupa a los alumnos por niveles. — Right: Yo agrupo a los alumnos por niveles. — The person matters: agrupa is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is agrupo. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
- Wrong: Treating agrupar and reunir as identical in every context. — Right: Agrupar means to group, while reunir means to gather people or things together. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: agrupar fits sentences such as Agrupo a los alumnos por niveles, while reunir belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
- Wrong: Yo soy agrupado los libros por temas. — Right: Yo he agrupado los libros por temas. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he agrupado, has agrupado, ha agrupado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: De niño, yo agrupé las sillas en círculo todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo agrupaba las sillas en círculo todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (agrupaba), not the preterite. The preterite (agrupé) is for one finished action.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on agrupar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a los alumnos por niveles. (present tense) A. agrupo B. agrupas C. agrupa D. agrupamos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ los libros por temas. (preterite) A. agrupé B. agrupaste C. agruparon D. agrupó
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ las sillas en círculo. (imperfect) A. agrupabas B. agrupaban C. agrupábamos D. agrupaba
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ los datos en categorías. (future) A. agruparemos B. agruparás C. agruparé D. agrupará
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a los alumnos por niveles si pudiera. (conditional) A. agruparía B. agruparías C. agruparían D. agrupo
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ los libros por temas. (present subjunctive) A. agrupes B. agrupemos C. agrupo D. agrupe
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ las sillas en círculo, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. agrupáramos B. agrupo C. agrupara D. agruparas
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ los datos en categorías. (present perfect) A. han agrupado B. hemos agrupado C. he agrupado D. has agrupado
Complete the command: ¡___ a los alumnos por niveles! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. agrupa B. agrupe C. agrupemos D. agrupad
Which is the gerund of agrupar, used with estar for the progressive? A. agrupado B. agrupo C. agrupé D. agrupando
Answer key
- agrupo — The first-person present of agrupar is agrupo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
- agrupó — The third-person preterite of agrupar is agrupó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
- agrupábamos — The nosotros imperfect of agrupar is agrupábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
- agruparás — The second-person future of agrupar is agruparás.
- agruparía — The first-person conditional of agrupar is agruparía, the form for what would happen.
- agrupe — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of agrupar is agrupe.
- agrupara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of agrupar is agrupara.
- hemos agrupado — The nosotros present perfect of agrupar is hemos agrupado: hemos + agrupado.
- agrupa — The affirmative tú imperative of agrupar is agrupa.
- agrupando — The gerund of agrupar is agrupando: estoy agrupando. The participle agrupado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does agrupar mean in English?
Agrupar means to group. It is used in everyday situations such as Agrupo a los alumnos por niveles. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is agrupar regular or irregular?
Agrupar is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including agrupo in the present and agrupé in the preterite.
What is the difference between agrupar and reunir?
Agrupar means to group, while reunir means to gather people or things together. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use agrupar when you mean to group, as in Agrupo a los alumnos por niveles, and use reunir for to gather people or things together. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I group” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo agrupé los libros por temas. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo agrupaba las sillas en círculo. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he agrupado los libros por temas.
How do I practise agrupar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the agrupar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Agrupar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for agrupar.
- Agrupar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for agrupar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Agrandar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with agrupar.
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- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.