Escampar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb escampar means to clear up (weather), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Escampar 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 escampar 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 Por la tarde, escampa — "In the afternoon, it clears up" — and in the preterite you say Al mediodía, escampó — "At midday, it cleared up". 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: escampar
- English: to clear up (weather)
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: escampando
- Past participle: escampado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + escampado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for escampar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for escampar. 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: escampando · Past participle: escampado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | escampo |
| tú | escampas |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampa |
| nosotros/as | escampamos |
| vosotros/as | escampáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escampan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | escampé |
| tú | escampaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampó |
| nosotros/as | escampamos |
| vosotros/as | escampasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escamparon |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | escampaba |
| tú | escampabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampaba |
| nosotros/as | escampábamos |
| vosotros/as | escampabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escampaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | escamparé |
| tú | escamparás |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampará |
| nosotros/as | escamparemos |
| vosotros/as | escamparéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escamparán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | escamparía |
| tú | escamparías |
| él/ella/Ud. | escamparía |
| nosotros/as | escamparíamos |
| vosotros/as | escamparíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escamparían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he escampado |
| tú | has escampado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha escampado |
| nosotros/as | hemos escampado |
| vosotros/as | habéis escampado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han escampado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había escampado |
| tú | habías escampado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había escampado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos escampado |
| vosotros/as | habíais escampado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían escampado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré escampado |
| tú | habrás escampado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá escampado |
| nosotros/as | habremos escampado |
| vosotros/as | habréis escampado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán escampado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría escampado |
| tú | habrías escampado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría escampado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos escampado |
| vosotros/as | habríais escampado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían escampado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | escampe |
| tú | escampes |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampe |
| nosotros/as | escampemos |
| vosotros/as | escampéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escampen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | escampara |
| tú | escamparas |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampara |
| nosotros/as | escampáramos |
| vosotros/as | escamparais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escamparan |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | escampa |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampe |
| nosotros/as | escampemos |
| vosotros/as | escampad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escampen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | escampes |
| él/ella/Ud. | escampe |
| nosotros/as | escampemos |
| vosotros/as | escampéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | escampen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | escampando | with estar for the progressive: estoy escampando |
| Past participle | escampado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he escampado |
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 escampar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Al mediodía, escampa — "At midday, it clears up". 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 escampar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Después de la lluvia, escampó — "After the rain, it cleared up". 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 escampar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Por la tarde, escampaba — "In the afternoon, it used to clear up". 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 escampar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Al mediodía, escampará — "At midday, it will clear up". 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 escampar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Después de la lluvia, escamparía — "After the rain, it would clear up". 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 escampar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Por la tarde, ha escampado — "In the afternoon, it has cleared up". 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 escampar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Al mediodía, había escampado — "At midday, it had cleared up". 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 escampar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de la lluvia, habrá escampado — "After the rain, it will have cleared up". 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 escampar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Por la tarde, habría escampado — "In the afternoon, it would have cleared up". 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 escampar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que escampe al mediodía — "I hope it clears up at midday". 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 escampar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si escampara después de la lluvia, todo cambiaría — "If it cleared up after the rain, 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 escampar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Escampe por la tarde — "Let it clear up in the afternoon". 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 escampar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No escampes al mediodía — "Don't clear up at midday". 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 escampar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Después de la lluvia, escampa — "After the rain, it clears up"
- Por la tarde, escampó — "In the afternoon, it cleared up"
- Al mediodía, escampaba — "At midday, it used to clear up"
- Después de la lluvia, escampará — "After the rain, it will clear up"
- Por la tarde, ha escampado — "In the afternoon, it has cleared up"
- Al mediodía, escamparía — "At midday, it would clear up"
- Después de la lluvia, había escampado — "After the rain, it had cleared up"
- Por la tarde, habrá escampado — "In the afternoon, it will have cleared up"
- Espero que escampe al mediodía — "I hope it clears up at midday"
- Si escampara después de la lluvia, todo cambiaría — "If it cleared up after the rain, everything would change"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Mañana escampa por la tarde. — Right: Mañana escampará por la tarde. — For something that will happen tomorrow, use the future (escampará), not the present. The present (escampa) describes what is happening now.
- Wrong: Ayer, escampa — Right: Ayer, escampó — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to escampé.
- Wrong: Cada día, escampó. — Right: Cada día, escampaba. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (escampaba), not the preterite. The preterite (escampó) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy escampado al mediodía. — Right: Yo he escampado al mediodía. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he escampado, has escampado, ha escampado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él escampa por la tarde. — Right: Espero que él escampe por la tarde. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: escampe. The indicative escampa is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on escampar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Hoy, ___ por la tarde. (present tense) A. escampa B. escampará C. ha escampado D. escamparé
Complete the sentence: Ayer, ___ por la tarde. (preterite) A. escamparás B. escamparíamos C. escamparían D. escampó
Complete the sentence: Antes, ___ por la tarde. (imperfect) A. escampaban B. habrán escampado C. habrías escampado D. escampaba
Complete the sentence: Mañana, ___ por la tarde. (future) A. habréis escampado B. habré escampado C. escamparéis D. escampará
Complete the sentence: Si pudiera, ___ por la tarde. (conditional) A. escamparía B. escampo C. habremos escampado D. escampáis
Complete the sentence: Espero que ___ por la tarde. (present subjunctive) A. escampemos B. escamparas C. habrás escampado D. escampe
Complete the sentence: Si ___ por la tarde, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. escampara B. habremos escampado C. has escampado D. escampo
Complete the sentence: Hoy, ___ por la tarde. (present perfect) A. habéis escampado B. habríamos escampado C. escampéis D. ha escampado
Complete the command: No ___ por la tarde. (negative imperative, él/ella/Ud.) A. escampen B. escampemos C. escampe D. escampéis
Which is the gerund of escampar, used with estar for the progressive? A. escamparé B. escampo C. escampado D. escampando
Answer key
- escampa — The él/ella/Ud. present tense of escampar is escampa.
- escampó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of escampar is escampó.
- escampaba — The él/ella/Ud. imperfect of escampar is escampaba.
- escampará — The él/ella/Ud. future of escampar is escampará.
- escamparía — The él/ella/Ud. conditional of escampar is escamparía.
- escampe — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of escampar is escampe.
- escampara — The él/ella/Ud. imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of escampar is escampara.
- ha escampado — The él/ella/Ud. present perfect of escampar is ha escampado.
- escampe — The negative él/ella/Ud. imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: escampe.
- escampando — The gerund of escampar is escampando: estoy escampando. The participle escampado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does escampar mean in English?
Escampar means to clear up (weather). It is used in everyday situations such as Por la tarde, escampa. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is escampar regular?
Yes. Escampar is a regular -ar verb: escampo, escampas, escampa. 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 escampar?
The gerund is escampando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy escampando. The past participle is escampado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he escampado.
How do I say “I clear up” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Al mediodía, escampó. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Después de la lluvia, escampaba. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Por la tarde, ha escampado.
How do I practise escampar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the escampar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Escampar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for escampar.
- Escampar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for escampar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
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- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.