Gritar Conjugation in Spanish
gritar means "to shout" in English, and it is one of the Spanish verbs you will use again and again in everyday conversation. It is used for talking about shouting — with joy, anger, fear, or to be heard across a distance, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of gritar in every tense and mood — present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, the four perfect tenses, both subjunctive tenses and the imperative — with all six persons, plus the gerund and the past participle. Every form below comes from VerbFlow's verified conjugation tables, so you can trust the accents and the irregular forms. Gritar is a regular -ar verb verb, and the notes under each tense explain exactly where it follows the rules and where it breaks them. To hear it in a real sentence: Yo grito de alegría cuando gana mi equipo. — "I shout with joy when my team wins.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: gritar
- English: to shout
- Verb type: Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: gritando
- Past participle: gritado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + gritado)
Full conjugation table
Every tense of gritar with all six persons. The gerund is gritando and the past participle is gritado.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | grito |
| tú | gritas |
| él/ella/Ud. | grita |
| nosotros/as | gritamos |
| vosotros/as | gritáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | gritan |
Preterite (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | grité |
| tú | gritaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | gritó |
| nosotros/as | gritamos |
| vosotros/as | gritasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | gritaron |
Imperfect (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | gritaba |
| tú | gritabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | gritaba |
| nosotros/as | gritábamos |
| vosotros/as | gritabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | gritaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | gritaré |
| tú | gritarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | gritará |
| nosotros/as | gritaremos |
| vosotros/as | gritaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | gritarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | gritaría |
| tú | gritarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | gritaría |
| nosotros/as | gritaríamos |
| vosotros/as | gritaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | gritarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he gritado |
| tú | has gritado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha gritado |
| nosotros/as | hemos gritado |
| vosotros/as | habéis gritado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han gritado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había gritado |
| tú | habías gritado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había gritado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos gritado |
| vosotros/as | habíais gritado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían gritado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré gritado |
| tú | habrás gritado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá gritado |
| nosotros/as | habremos gritado |
| vosotros/as | habréis gritado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán gritado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría gritado |
| tú | habrías gritado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría gritado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos gritado |
| vosotros/as | habríais gritado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían gritado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | grite |
| tú | grites |
| él/ella/Ud. | grite |
| nosotros/as | gritemos |
| vosotros/as | gritéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | griten |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | gritara |
| tú | gritaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | gritara |
| nosotros/as | gritáramos |
| vosotros/as | gritarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | gritaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | grita |
| él/ella/Ud. | grite |
| nosotros/as | gritemos |
| vosotros/as | gritad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | griten |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | grites |
| él/ella/Ud. | grite |
| nosotros/as | gritemos |
| vosotros/as | gritéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | griten |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | gritando |
| Past participle | gritado |
How to use each tense
Each tense below explains when to use it with gritar, with one example sentence. The example forms are taken from the tables above.
Present indicative
The present tense talks about what happens now, habits, routines and general truths. It is the first tense every learner needs, because it covers daily life: what you do, what you like, where you live. For most verbs the present is also the base for the present subjunctive, so learning it well pays off twice.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo grito de alegría.
Preterite (past)
The preterite talks about finished actions in the past — things that started and ended at a specific moment. Use it for events, for what happened yesterday, last year, or at a particular time. It answers the question "what happened?" and it is the tense of stories told as a sequence of events.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Ayer yo grité de alegría.
Imperfect (past)
The imperfect talks about the past as background: habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that were in progress when something else happened. Use it for "used to", for setting a scene, and for age, time and weather in the past. It answers "what was going on?" rather than "what happened?".
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: En aquella época, yo gritaba de alegría.
Future
The future tense talks about what will happen: plans, predictions and promises. In everyday speech Spanish speakers often use "ir a + infinitive" instead, but the future tense is essential for formal writing, for promises, and for guessing about the present ("¿Dónde estará?").
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Mañana yo gritaré de alegría.
Conditional
The conditional talks about what would happen: hypothetical situations, polite requests, and advice. It pairs with the imperfect subjunctive in "if" sentences ("Si pudiera, lo haría"). It is also the polite way to ask for things and to soften opinions.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo gritaría de alegría si pudiera.
Present perfect
The present perfect (haber + past participle) talks about the recent past and about experience: what you have done, what has just happened, what you have never tried. It connects the past to the present moment, so it often appears with "hoy", "esta semana", "ya" and "todavía no".
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo ya he gritado de alegría.
Pluperfect
The pluperfect (había + past participle) talks about the past before the past: what had already happened when something else happened. Use it to order two past events — the pluperfect one comes first in time. It appears constantly in stories and explanations.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo ya había gritado de alegría antes.
Future perfect
The future perfect (habré + past participle) talks about something that will already be finished by a future moment: "Para mañana ya habré terminado". It is also used to guess about the past: "¿Dónde habrá ido?". It is less common in speech but regular in writing.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Para mañana yo ya habré gritado de alegría.
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect (habría + past participle) talks about what would have happened: the past of the conditional. It appears in "if" sentences about a past that did not happen ("Si hubiera sabido, habría venido") and in polite regrets and reproaches.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Yo habría gritado de alegría si hubiera podido.
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is the mood of wishes, doubts, emotions and influence: what you want, hope, doubt or demand. It appears after "quiero que", "espero que", "es posible que", "ojalá" and after verbs of emotion and doubt. It never stands alone — a trigger in the main clause calls for it.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Espero que él grite de alegría.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive is the past of the subjunctive: it follows past-tense triggers ("Quería que vinieras") and it is the tense of "if" clauses about unlikely or impossible situations ("Si tuviera dinero, viajaría"). The -ra forms shown here are the standard ones; -se forms exist too but -ra is far more common in speech.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: Si él gritara de alegría, sería perfecto.
Imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands tell someone to do something: "¡Ven aquí!", "¡Siéntate!". The tú and vosotros forms are the ones you will use most, and they are also the ones that break the regular pattern most often — the tú affirmative command comes from the él/ella present form, not from the infinitive.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: ¡Grita de alegría!
Imperative (negative)
Negative commands tell someone not to do something: "¡No hables!", "¡No te vayas!". Unlike affirmative commands, negative commands always use the subjunctive forms, for every person. If you know the present subjunctive, you already know the negative imperative.
This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.
Example: No grites de alegría.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with gritar, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.
- Yo grito de alegría cuando gana mi equipo. — "I shout with joy when my team wins."
- ¿Tú gritas de alegría en los partidos? — "Do you shout with joy at matches?"
- Ayer grité de alegría al verla. — "Yesterday I shouted with joy when I saw her."
- Ella gritaba de alegría cada vez que ganaba. — "She used to shout with joy every time she won."
- Mañana gritaré de alegría en el concierto. — "Tomorrow I will shout with joy at the concert."
- Yo gritaría de alegría si ganáramos. — "I would shout with joy if we won."
- Ya he gritado de alegría hoy. — "I have already shouted with joy today."
- ¡No grites de alegría en la biblioteca! — "Don't shout with joy in the library!"
Common mistakes
The errors learners actually make with gritar — and how to fix them.
- Wrong: *Yo grité de alegría — learners often write grite without the accent. → Right: Yo grité de alegría.. The preterite yo form is grité, with an accent on the final e. Gritar is regular, so the accent is the only spelling point.
- Wrong: *Espero que tú gritas de alegría. → Right: Espero que tú grites de alegría.. After espero que, use the subjunctive grites, not the indicative gritas.
- Wrong: *Grito de alegría — some learners confuse gritar with llorar (to cry); gritar is to shout, llorar is to cry. → Right: Yo grito de alegría.. Gritar means to shout, loudly and with the voice. Llorar means to cry, with tears. De alegría (with joy) works with both, but the verbs are different.
- Wrong: *Yo he gritado de alegría — learners sometimes write he grito instead of the participle. → Right: Yo he gritado de alegría.. The perfect tenses use the participle gritado after haber: he gritado, not he grito.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on gritar. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.
What is the yo form of gritar in the present indicative?
- a) gritas
- b) gritamos
- c) grita
- d) grito
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of gritar in the preterite (past)?
- a) gritamos
- b) gritó
- c) gritaste
- d) grité
What is the nosotros/as form of gritar in the imperfect (past)?
- a) gritábamos
- b) gritaba
- c) gritaba
- d) gritabas
What is the tú form of gritar in the future?
- a) gritará
- b) gritarás
- c) gritaré
- d) gritaremos
What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of gritar in the conditional?
- a) gritaría
- b) gritaría
- c) gritarías
- d) gritarían
What is the yo form of gritar in the present subjunctive?
- a) grites
- b) gritemos
- c) grite
- d) grite
What is the gerund of gritar?
- a) gritar
- b) gritando
- c) grita
- d) gritado
What is the past participle of gritar?
- a) gritando
- b) he gritado
- c) grito
- d) gritado
What does gritar mean in English?
- a) to amuse, to entertain
- b) to smell
- c) to shout
- d) to get bored
The form grité belongs to which tense?
- a) Preterite
- b) Imperfect
- c) Present
- d) Future
Answer key
- grito — The yo form in the present indicative is grito — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- gritó — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is gritó — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- gritábamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is gritábamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- gritarás — The tú form in the future is gritarás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- gritarían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is gritarían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- grite — The yo form in the present subjunctive is grite — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- gritando — The gerund is gritando — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy gritando). The past participle is gritado.
- gritado — The past participle is gritado — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he gritado).
- to shout — gritar means "to shout".
- Preterite — grité is the yo form of the preterite of gritar — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is gritaba.
Frequently asked questions
Is gritar regular?
Yes, gritar is a completely regular -ar verb: grito, gritas, grita, gritamos, gritáis, gritan. The preterite is grité, gritaste, gritó, and the participle is gritado.
What is the difference between gritar and chillar?
Gritar means to shout, usually with words; chillar means to scream or shriek, usually a high-pitched sound without words. You shout (gritas) a name across the street; a child screams (chilla) in fright.
How do you say "to shout for joy" in Spanish?
Gritar de alegría — for example: Grité de alegría cuando ganó mi equipo. For anger, say gritar de rabia; for fear, gritar de miedo.
Does gritar take a preposition?
Yes, de for the reason: gritar de alegría, gritar de dolor. To say what you shout, use a direct object or que: Gritó mi nombre, Gritó que venía.
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