Remover Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish

remover means "to remove, to stir" in English, and this page shows you how it actually sounds in everyday Spanish — not just the conjugation table, but the verb in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make with it. Remover usually means to stir: remover la sopa, remover el café. It can also mean to remove or shift something, as in remover los escombros, but stirring is the everyday sense. Below you will find twelve example sentences grouped by use, two short dialogues, the most common mistakes with corrections, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. If you want the full tables first, start with the full conjugation of remover; if you want to study one tense in depth, see the remover present tense page.

remover in everyday use: examples with translations

Everyday present uses

How the verb sounds in the present, the future and in hypotheticals — the forms you will use most often.

  1. Yo remuevo la sopa con una cuchara — "I stir the soup with a spoon"
  2. Mi amigo remueve la tierra del jardín — "My friend stirs the soil in the garden"
  3. Mañana, tú removerás el café con azúcar — "Tomorrow, you will stir the coffee with sugar"
  4. Yo removería la pintura antes de usarla si pudiera — "I would stir the paint before using it if I could"

Talking about the past

The same verb in the past: one finished action, a habit, something that has just happened, and something that had already happened.

  1. Ayer, yo removí la sopa con una cuchara — "Yesterday, I stired the soup with a spoon"
  2. Antes, nosotros removíamos la tierra del jardín — "Before, we used to stir the soil in the garden"
  3. Él ha removido el café con azúcar — "He has stired the coffee with sugar"
  4. Yo ya había removido la pintura antes de usarla antes de salir — "I already had stired the paint before using it before leaving"

Wishes, conditions and commands

The verb after espero que, in si clauses, as a command — and in the conditional perfect, for what would have happened.

  1. Espero que él remueva la sopa con una cuchara — "I hope he stirs the soup with a spoon"
  2. Si yo removiera la tierra del jardín, todo cambiaría — "If I stired the soil in the garden, everything would change"
  3. Remueve el café con azúcar. — "Stir the coffee with sugar."
  4. Yo habría removido la pintura antes de usarla con más tiempo — "I would have stired the paint before using it with more time"

remover in conversation

Two short dialogues that use remover the way people really speak it. Notice how the verb changes with the person, and how the same verb fits different situations.

Two friends talk about it.

  • Lucía: Hola, ¿qué tal? — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Lucía: Yo remuevo la sopa con una cuchara — "I stir the soup with a spoon"
  • Marcos: Él remueve la tierra del jardín — "He stirs the soil in the garden"
  • Lucía: Ayer, yo removí el café con azúcar — "Yesterday, I stired the coffee with sugar"
  • Marcos: Mañana, tú removerás la pintura antes de usarla — "Tomorrow, you will stir the paint before using it"

A practical exchange.

  • Marcos: Hola, ¿qué tal? — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Marcos: Remueve la salsa a fuego lento. — "Stir the sauce over a low heat."
  • Lucía: Él ha removido la sopa con una cuchara — "He has stired the soup with a spoon"
  • Marcos: Espero que él remueva la tierra del jardín — "I hope he stirs the soil in the garden"
  • Lucía: Antes, yo removía el café con azúcar — "Before, I used to stir the coffee with sugar"

Common mistakes with remover

The errors learners actually make with remover, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why the right form is right.

✗ *Yo removo la pintura antes de usarla.

✓ Correct: Yo remuevo la pintura antes de usarla.

remover is a stem-changing verb (o → ue): the stem vowel changes in the stressed present forms, so the yo form is remuevo, not removo.

✗ *Espero que él remueve la pintura antes de usarla

✓ Correct: Espero que él remueva la pintura antes de usarla

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: Espero que él remueva la pintura antes de usarla — not the indicative Espero que él remueve la pintura antes de usarla.

✗ *Ayer, yo remuevo la salsa a fuego lento

✓ Correct: Ayer, yo removí la salsa a fuego lento

Ayer points to a finished action in the past, so it needs the preterite: Ayer, yo removí la salsa a fuego lento.

✗ *De niño, yo removí la sopa con una cuchara todos los días

✓ Correct: De niño, yo removía la sopa con una cuchara todos los días

For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect, not the preterite: De niño, yo removía la sopa con una cuchara todos los días.

✗ *Yo remuevo en el café con azúcar.

✓ Correct: Yo remuevo el café con azúcar.

remover takes this complement directly, with no preposition: Yo remuevo el café con azúcar.

Quiz: remover in use

Ten questions on remover — its forms, its tenses and its everyday use. Choose the best answer for each one, then check the answer key below, where every answer is explained.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ la sopa con una cuchara — "I stir the soup with a spoon" (present) A. removemos B. remuevo C. remueves D. remueve

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ______ la tierra del jardín — "Yesterday, I stired the soil in the garden" (preterite) A. removiste B. removió C. removimos D. removí

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ______ el café con azúcar — "Before, we used to stir the coffee with sugar" (imperfect) A. removíamos B. removía C. removías D. removíais

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ______ la pintura antes de usarla — "Tomorrow, you will stir the paint before using it" (future) A. removeremos B. removerás C. removeré D. removerá

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ la salsa a fuego lento — "I would stir the sauce over a low heat" (conditional) A. removeríais B. removería C. removerías D. removeríamos

  6. Complete the sentence: Él ______ la sopa con una cuchara — "He has stired the soup with a spoon" (present perfect) A. has removido B. hemos removido C. ha removido D. he removido

  7. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ______ la tierra del jardín — "I hope he stirs the soil in the garden" (present subjunctive) A. removamos B. remováis C. remueva D. remuevas

  8. Complete the sentence: ______ el café con azúcar. — "Stir the coffee with sugar." (affirmative imperative) A. remueve B. remueva C. removamos D. removed

  9. Which is the gerund of remover, used with estar for the progressive? A. remuevo B. removí C. removiendo D. removido

  10. What does remover mean in English? A. to remove B. to enjoy C. to cross D. to draw

Answer key

  1. remuevo — The present form for yo is remuevo.
  2. removí — The preterite form for yo is removí.
  3. removíamos — The imperfect form for nosotros/as is removíamos.
  4. removerás — The future form for tú is removerás.
  5. removería — The conditional form for yo is removería.
  6. ha removido — The present perfect form for él/ella/Ud. is ha removido.
  7. remueva — The present subjunctive form for él/ella/Ud. is remueva.
  8. remueve — The affirmative imperative form is remueve.
  9. removiendo — The gerund of remover is removiendo: estoy removiendo. The participle removido is used with haber instead.
  10. to remove — remover means to remove.

Frequently asked questions

What does remover mean in English?

remover means to remove, to stir. For example: Yo remuevo la sopa con una cuchara — "I stir the soup with a spoon". The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

What preposition goes with remover?

remover takes its complement directly, with no preposition, as in the examples above. Adding an extra preposition is a common learner error.

Is remover regular?

No. remover is a stem-changing -er verb (o → ue). The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: remuevo, remueves, remueve and remueven — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: removemos, removéis.

How do I practise remover?

Start with the present tense table on the full conjugation page, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure, and come back to the sentences above until you can say them without looking.

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