Sangrar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb sangrar means to bleed, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Sangrar 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 sangrar 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 sangro por la nariz — "I bleed from the nose" — and in the preterite you say Yo sangré mucho — "I bled a lot". 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: sangrar
- English: to bleed
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: sangrando
- Past participle: sangrado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + sangrado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for sangrar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for sangrar. 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: sangrando · Past participle: sangrado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | sangro |
| tú | sangras |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangra |
| nosotros/as | sangramos |
| vosotros/as | sangráis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangran |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | sangré |
| tú | sangraste |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangró |
| nosotros/as | sangramos |
| vosotros/as | sangrasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangraron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | sangraba |
| tú | sangrabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangraba |
| nosotros/as | sangrábamos |
| vosotros/as | sangrabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangraban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | sangraré |
| tú | sangrarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangrará |
| nosotros/as | sangraremos |
| vosotros/as | sangraréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangrarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | sangraría |
| tú | sangrarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangraría |
| nosotros/as | sangraríamos |
| vosotros/as | sangraríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangrarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he sangrado |
| tú | has sangrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha sangrado |
| nosotros/as | hemos sangrado |
| vosotros/as | habéis sangrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han sangrado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había sangrado |
| tú | habías sangrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había sangrado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos sangrado |
| vosotros/as | habíais sangrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían sangrado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré sangrado |
| tú | habrás sangrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá sangrado |
| nosotros/as | habremos sangrado |
| vosotros/as | habréis sangrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán sangrado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría sangrado |
| tú | habrías sangrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría sangrado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos sangrado |
| vosotros/as | habríais sangrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían sangrado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | sangre |
| tú | sangres |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangre |
| nosotros/as | sangremos |
| vosotros/as | sangréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangren |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | sangrara |
| tú | sangraras |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangrara |
| nosotros/as | sangráramos |
| vosotros/as | sangrarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangraran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | sangra |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangre |
| nosotros/as | sangremos |
| vosotros/as | sangrad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangren |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | sangres |
| él/ella/Ud. | sangre |
| nosotros/as | sangremos |
| vosotros/as | sangréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | sangren |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | sangrando | with estar for the progressive: estoy sangrando |
| Past participle | sangrado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he sangrado |
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 sangrar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo sangro mucho — "I bleed a lot". 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 sangrar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Después del golpe, yo sangré — "After the blow, I bled". 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 sangrar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo sangraba por la nariz — "I used to bleed from the nose". 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 sangrar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo sangraré mucho — "I will bleed a lot". 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 sangrar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Después del golpe, yo sangraría — "After the blow, I would bleed". 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 sangrar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he sangrado por la nariz — "I have bled from the nose". 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 sangrar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había sangrado mucho — "I had bled a lot". 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 sangrar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después del golpe, yo habré sangrado — "After the blow, I will have bled". 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 sangrar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría sangrado por la nariz — "I would have bled from the nose". 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 sangrar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él sangre mucho — "I hope he bleeds a lot". 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 sangrar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo sangrara después del golpe, todo cambiaría — "If I bled after the blow, 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 sangrar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Sangre por la nariz — "Let him bleed from the nose". 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 sangrar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No sangres mucho — "Don't bleed a lot". 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 sangrar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Después del golpe, yo sangro — "After the blow, I bleed"
- Él sangra por la nariz — "He bleeds from the nose"
- Yo sangré mucho — "I bled a lot"
- Después del golpe, yo sangraba — "After the blow, I used to bleed"
- Tú sangrarás por la nariz — "You will bleed from the nose"
- Yo sangraría mucho — "I would bleed a lot"
- Después del golpe, él ha sangrado — "After the blow, he has bled"
- Espero que él sangre por la nariz — "I hope he bleeds from the nose"
- Yo había sangrado mucho — "I had bled a lot"
- Después del golpe, ellos sangraban — "After the blow, they used to bleed"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos sangra por la nariz — Right: Ellos sangran por la nariz — Ellos needs the ellos form sangran. The singular sangra belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo sangro — Right: Ayer, yo sangré — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to sangré.
- Wrong: De niño, yo sangré todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo sangraba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (sangraba), not the preterite. The preterite (sangré) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy sangrado mucho. — Right: Yo he sangrado mucho. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he sangrado, has sangrado, ha sangrado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él sangra por la nariz. — Right: Espero que él sangre por la nariz. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: sangre. The indicative sangra is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on sangrar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ por la nariz. (present tense) A. sangro B. sangraréis C. habrán sangrado D. sangraríais
Complete the sentence: Él ___ por la nariz. (preterite) A. sangras B. habrías sangrado C. sangró D. han sangrado
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ por la nariz. (imperfect) A. sangre B. sangrarais C. sangrábamos D. sangraría
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ por la nariz. (future) A. habrían sangrado B. sangren C. ha sangrado D. sangrarás
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ por la nariz. (conditional) A. sangrarías B. sangraría C. sangráis D. sangrarían
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ por la nariz. (present subjunctive) A. sangro B. sangré C. sangrarías D. sangre
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ por la nariz, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. sangra B. sangraron C. habían sangrado D. sangrara
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ por la nariz. (present perfect) A. hemos sangrado B. sangrabas C. habrá sangrado D. habíais sangrado
Complete the command: No ___ por la nariz. (negative imperative, tú) A. sangres B. sangren C. sangremos D. sangre
Which is the gerund of sangrar, used with estar for the progressive? A. sangraba B. sangraré C. sangrando D. sangré
Answer key
- sangro — The yo present tense of sangrar is sangro.
- sangró — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of sangrar is sangró.
- sangrábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of sangrar is sangrábamos.
- sangrarás — The tú future of sangrar is sangrarás.
- sangraría — The yo conditional of sangrar is sangraría.
- sangre — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of sangrar is sangre.
- sangrara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of sangrar is sangrara.
- hemos sangrado — The nosotros/as present perfect of sangrar is hemos sangrado.
- sangres — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: sangres.
- sangrando — The gerund of sangrar is sangrando: estoy sangrando. The participle sangrado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does sangrar mean in English?
Sangrar means to bleed. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo sangro por la nariz. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is sangrar regular?
Yes. Sangrar is a regular -ar verb: sangro, sangras, sangra. 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 sangrar?
The gerund is sangrando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy sangrando. The past participle is sangrado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he sangrado.
How do I say “I bleed” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo sangré mucho. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Después del golpe, yo sangraba. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he sangrado por la nariz.
How do I practise sangrar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the sangrar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Sangrar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for sangrar.
- Sangrar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for sangrar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Vacunar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with sangrar.
- Diagnosticar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with sangrar.
- Operar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with sangrar.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.