Eructar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb eructar means to burp, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Eructar is a regular -ar verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of eructar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Después de comer, yo eructo — "After eating, I burp" — and in the preterite you say Yo eructé sin querer — "I burped without meaning to". 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: eructar
- English: to burp
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: eructando
- Past participle: eructado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + eructado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for eructar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for eructar. 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.
Gerund: eructando · Past participle: eructado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | eructo |
| tú | eructas |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructa |
| nosotros/as | eructamos |
| vosotros/as | eructáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | eructé |
| tú | eructaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructó |
| nosotros/as | eructamos |
| vosotros/as | eructasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | eructaba |
| tú | eructabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructaba |
| nosotros/as | eructábamos |
| vosotros/as | eructabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | eructaré |
| tú | eructarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructará |
| nosotros/as | eructaremos |
| vosotros/as | eructaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | eructaría |
| tú | eructarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructaría |
| nosotros/as | eructaríamos |
| vosotros/as | eructaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he eructado |
| tú | has eructado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha eructado |
| nosotros/as | hemos eructado |
| vosotros/as | habéis eructado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han eructado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había eructado |
| tú | habías eructado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había eructado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos eructado |
| vosotros/as | habíais eructado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían eructado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré eructado |
| tú | habrás eructado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá eructado |
| nosotros/as | habremos eructado |
| vosotros/as | habréis eructado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán eructado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría eructado |
| tú | habrías eructado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría eructado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos eructado |
| vosotros/as | habríais eructado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían eructado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | eructe |
| tú | eructes |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructe |
| nosotros/as | eructemos |
| vosotros/as | eructéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | eructara |
| tú | eructaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructara |
| nosotros/as | eructáramos |
| vosotros/as | eructarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | eructa |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructe |
| nosotros/as | eructemos |
| vosotros/as | eructad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | eructes |
| él/ella/Ud. | eructe |
| nosotros/as | eructemos |
| vosotros/as | eructéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | eructen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | eructando | with estar for the progressive: estoy eructando |
| Past participle | eructado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he eructado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For eructar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo eructo sin querer — "I burp without meaning to". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For eructar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo eructé en la mesa — "I burped at the table". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For eructar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de comer, yo eructaba — "After eating, I used to burp". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For eructar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo eructaré sin querer — "I will burp without meaning to". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For eructar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo eructaría en la mesa — "I would burp at the table". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For eructar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de comer, yo he eructado — "After eating, I have burped". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For eructar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había eructado sin querer — "I had burped without meaning to". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For eructar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré eructado en la mesa — "I will have burped at the table". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For eructar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de comer, yo habría eructado — "After eating, I would have burped". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For eructar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él eructe sin querer — "I hope he burps without meaning to". 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 eructar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo eructara en la mesa, todo cambiaría — "If I burped at the table, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For eructar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Eructe después de comer — "Let him burp after eating". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For eructar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No eructes sin querer — "Don't burp without meaning to". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 eructar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo eructo en la mesa — "I burp at the table"
- Después de comer, él eructa — "After eating, he burps"
- Yo eructé sin querer — "I burped without meaning to"
- Yo eructaba en la mesa — "I used to burp at the table"
- Después de comer, tú eructarás — "After eating, you will burp"
- Yo eructaría sin querer — "I would burp without meaning to"
- Él ha eructado en la mesa — "He has burped at the table"
- Espero que él eructe después de comer — "I hope he burps after eating"
- Yo había eructado sin querer — "I had burped without meaning to"
- Ellos eructaban en la mesa — "They used to burp at the table"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos eructa después de comer — Right: Después de comer, ellos eructan — Ellos needs the ellos form eructan. The singular eructa belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo eructo — Right: Ayer, yo eructé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to eructé.
- Wrong: De niño, yo eructé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo eructaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (eructaba), not the preterite. The preterite (eructé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy eructado sin querer. — Right: Yo he eructado sin querer. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he eructado, has eructado, ha eructado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él eructa después de comer. — Right: Espero que él eructe después de comer. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: eructe. The indicative eructa is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on eructar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ sin querer. (present tense) A. habrían eructado B. eructasteis C. habré eructado D. eructo
Complete the sentence: Él ___ sin querer. (preterite) A. eructaba B. eructó C. eructasteis D. eructas
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ sin querer. (imperfect) A. eructábamos B. habíais eructado C. eructaras D. eructarais
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ sin querer. (future) A. eructabais B. eructarás C. eructasteis D. eructarías
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ sin querer. (conditional) A. eructaría B. eructan C. eructábamos D. eructara
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ sin querer. (present subjunctive) A. eructe B. habría eructado C. habrían eructado D. habíamos eructado
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ sin querer, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. eructaré B. eructara C. eructes D. eructarán
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ sin querer. (present perfect) A. eructamos B. eructes C. hemos eructado D. eructaría
Complete the command: No ___ sin querer. (negative imperative, tú) A. eructe B. eructéis C. eructen D. eructes
Which is the gerund of eructar, used with estar for the progressive? A. eructado B. eructo C. eructaré D. eructando
Answer key
- eructo — The yo present tense of eructar is eructo.
- eructó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of eructar is eructó.
- eructábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of eructar is eructábamos.
- eructarás — The tú future of eructar is eructarás.
- eructaría — The yo conditional of eructar is eructaría.
- eructe — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of eructar is eructe.
- eructara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of eructar is eructara.
- hemos eructado — The nosotros/as present perfect of eructar is hemos eructado.
- eructes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: eructes.
- eructando — The gerund of eructar is eructando: estoy eructando. The participle eructado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does eructar mean in English?
Eructar means to burp. It is used in everyday situations such as Después de comer, yo eructo. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is eructar regular?
Yes. Eructar is a regular -ar verb: eructo, eructas, eructa. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ar verb.
What is the gerund and the past participle of eructar?
The gerund is eructando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy eructando. The past participle is eructado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he eructado.
How do I say “I burp” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo eructé sin querer. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo eructaba en la mesa. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Después de comer, yo he eructado.
How do I practise eructar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the eructar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Eructar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for eructar.
- Eructar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for eructar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
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- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
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