Pisar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb pisar means to step on, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Pisar 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 pisar 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 Yo piso el suelo — "I step on the floor" — and in the preterite you say Yo pisé una piedra — "I steped on a stone". 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: pisar
- English: to step on
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: pisando
- Past participle: pisado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + pisado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for pisar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for pisar. 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: pisando · Past participle: pisado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | piso |
| tú | pisas |
| él/ella/Ud. | pisa |
| nosotros/as | pisamos |
| vosotros/as | pisáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | pisé |
| tú | pisaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | pisó |
| nosotros/as | pisamos |
| vosotros/as | pisasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | pisaba |
| tú | pisabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | pisaba |
| nosotros/as | pisábamos |
| vosotros/as | pisabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | pisaré |
| tú | pisarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | pisará |
| nosotros/as | pisaremos |
| vosotros/as | pisaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | pisaría |
| tú | pisarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | pisaría |
| nosotros/as | pisaríamos |
| vosotros/as | pisaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he pisado |
| tú | has pisado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha pisado |
| nosotros/as | hemos pisado |
| vosotros/as | habéis pisado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han pisado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había pisado |
| tú | habías pisado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había pisado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos pisado |
| vosotros/as | habíais pisado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían pisado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré pisado |
| tú | habrás pisado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá pisado |
| nosotros/as | habremos pisado |
| vosotros/as | habréis pisado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán pisado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría pisado |
| tú | habrías pisado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría pisado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos pisado |
| vosotros/as | habríais pisado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían pisado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | pise |
| tú | pises |
| él/ella/Ud. | pise |
| nosotros/as | pisemos |
| vosotros/as | piséis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | pisara |
| tú | pisaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | pisara |
| nosotros/as | pisáramos |
| vosotros/as | pisarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | pisa |
| él/ella/Ud. | pise |
| nosotros/as | pisemos |
| vosotros/as | pisad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | pises |
| él/ella/Ud. | pise |
| nosotros/as | pisemos |
| vosotros/as | piséis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | pisen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | pisando | with estar for the progressive: estoy pisando |
| Past participle | pisado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he pisado |
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 pisar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo piso una piedra — "I step on a stone". 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 pisar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo pisé el césped — "I steped on the grass". 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 pisar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo pisaba el suelo — "I used to step on the floor". 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 pisar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo pisaré una piedra — "I will step on a stone". 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 pisar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo pisaría el césped — "I would step on the grass". 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 pisar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he pisado el suelo — "I have steped on the floor". 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 pisar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había pisado una piedra — "I had steped on a stone". 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 pisar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré pisado el césped — "I will have steped on the grass". 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 pisar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría pisado el suelo — "I would have steped on the floor". 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 pisar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él pise una piedra — "I hope he steps on a stone". 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 pisar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo pisara el césped, todo cambiaría — "If I steped on the grass, 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 pisar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Pise el suelo — "Let him step on the floor". 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 pisar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No pises una piedra — "Don't step on a stone". 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 pisar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo piso el césped — "I step on the grass"
- Él pisa el suelo — "He steps on the floor"
- Yo pisé una piedra — "I steped on a stone"
- Yo pisaba el césped — "I used to step on the grass"
- Tú pisarás el suelo — "You will step on the floor"
- Yo pisaría una piedra — "I would step on a stone"
- Él ha pisado el césped — "He has steped on the grass"
- Espero que él pise el suelo — "I hope he steps on the floor"
- Yo había pisado una piedra — "I had steped on a stone"
- Ellos pisaban el césped — "They used to step on the grass"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos pisa el suelo — Right: Ellos pisan el suelo — Ellos needs the ellos form pisan. The singular pisa belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo piso — Right: Ayer, yo pisé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to pisé.
- Wrong: De niño, yo pisé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo pisaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (pisaba), not the preterite. The preterite (pisé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy pisado una piedra. — Right: Yo he pisado una piedra. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he pisado, has pisado, ha pisado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él pisa el suelo. — Right: Espero que él pise el suelo. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: pise. The indicative pisa is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on pisar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el suelo. (present tense) A. piso B. habréis pisado C. pisarais D. pisaran
Complete the sentence: Él ___ el suelo. (preterite) A. pisaran B. pisó C. pisad D. habréis pisado
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el suelo. (imperfect) A. pisábamos B. pise C. pisaríamos D. pisé
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ el suelo. (future) A. pisáis B. habíais pisado C. pisarás D. pisó
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el suelo. (conditional) A. ha pisado B. habrán pisado C. pisa D. pisaría
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el suelo. (present subjunctive) A. pisaríamos B. pise C. habríamos pisado D. pisaremos
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ el suelo, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. pisara B. he pisado C. pisa D. habían pisado
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el suelo. (present perfect) A. piséis B. pisabas C. pisará D. hemos pisado
Complete the command: No ___ el suelo. (negative imperative, tú) A. pise B. piséis C. pises D. pisen
Which is the gerund of pisar, used with estar for the progressive? A. pisado B. pisaba C. pisando D. piso
Answer key
- piso — The yo present tense of pisar is piso.
- pisó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of pisar is pisó.
- pisábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of pisar is pisábamos.
- pisarás — The tú future of pisar is pisarás.
- pisaría — The yo conditional of pisar is pisaría.
- pise — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of pisar is pise.
- pisara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of pisar is pisara.
- hemos pisado — The nosotros/as present perfect of pisar is hemos pisado.
- pises — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: pises.
- pisando — The gerund of pisar is pisando: estoy pisando. The participle pisado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does pisar mean in English?
Pisar means to step on. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo piso el suelo. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is pisar regular?
Yes. Pisar is a regular -ar verb: piso, pisas, pisa. 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 pisar?
The gerund is pisando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy pisando. The past participle is pisado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he pisado.
How do I say “I step on” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo pisé una piedra. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo pisaba el césped. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he pisado el suelo.
How do I practise pisar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the pisar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Pisar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for pisar.
- Pisar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for pisar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Planear conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with pisar.
- Planificar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with pisar.
- Plantar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with pisar.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.