Susurrar Conjugation in Spanish
susurrar means "to whisper" 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 whispering — secrets, gossip, and speaking too quietly to be heard, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of susurrar 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. Susurrar 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 susurro al oído de mi amiga. — "I whisper into my friend's ear.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: susurrar
- English: to whisper
- Verb type: Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: susurrando
- Past participle: susurrado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + susurrado)
Full conjugation table
Every tense of susurrar with all six persons. The gerund is susurrando and the past participle is susurrado.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | susurro |
| tú | susurras |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurra |
| nosotros/as | susurramos |
| vosotros/as | susurráis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurran |
Preterite (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | susurré |
| tú | susurraste |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurró |
| nosotros/as | susurramos |
| vosotros/as | susurrasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurraron |
Imperfect (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | susurraba |
| tú | susurrabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurraba |
| nosotros/as | susurrábamos |
| vosotros/as | susurrabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurraban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | susurraré |
| tú | susurrarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurrará |
| nosotros/as | susurraremos |
| vosotros/as | susurraréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurrarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | susurraría |
| tú | susurrarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurraría |
| nosotros/as | susurraríamos |
| vosotros/as | susurraríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurrarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he susurrado |
| tú | has susurrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha susurrado |
| nosotros/as | hemos susurrado |
| vosotros/as | habéis susurrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han susurrado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había susurrado |
| tú | habías susurrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había susurrado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos susurrado |
| vosotros/as | habíais susurrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían susurrado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré susurrado |
| tú | habrás susurrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá susurrado |
| nosotros/as | habremos susurrado |
| vosotros/as | habréis susurrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán susurrado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría susurrado |
| tú | habrías susurrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría susurrado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos susurrado |
| vosotros/as | habríais susurrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían susurrado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | susurre |
| tú | susurres |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurre |
| nosotros/as | susurremos |
| vosotros/as | susurréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurren |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | susurrara |
| tú | susurraras |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurrara |
| nosotros/as | susurráramos |
| vosotros/as | susurrarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurraran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | susurra |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurre |
| nosotros/as | susurremos |
| vosotros/as | susurrad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurren |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | susurres |
| él/ella/Ud. | susurre |
| nosotros/as | susurremos |
| vosotros/as | susurréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | susurren |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | susurrando |
| Past participle | susurrado |
How to use each tense
Each tense below explains when to use it with susurrar, 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 susurro al oído.
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 susurré al oído.
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 susurraba al oído.
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 susurraré al oído.
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 susurraría al oído 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 susurrado al oído.
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 susurrado al oído 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 susurrado al oído.
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 susurrado al oído 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 susurre al oído.
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 susurrara al oído, 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: ¡Susurra al oído!
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 susurres al oído.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with susurrar, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.
- Yo susurro al oído de mi amiga. — "I whisper into my friend's ear."
- ¿Tú susurras al oído en clase? — "Do you whisper in someone's ear in class?"
- Ayer susurré al oído de mi hermano. — "Yesterday I whispered into my brother's ear."
- Ella susurraba al oído cada vez que tenía un secreto. — "She used to whisper in someone's ear whenever she had a secret."
- Mañana susurraré al oído durante la película. — "Tomorrow I will whisper in someone's ear during the film."
- Yo susurraría al oído si estuviera en la biblioteca. — "I would whisper in someone's ear if I were in the library."
- Ya he susurrado al oído hoy. — "I have already whispered in someone's ear today."
- ¡No susurres al oído en clase! — "Don't whisper in someone's ear in class!"
Common mistakes
The errors learners actually make with susurrar — and how to fix them.
- Wrong: *Yo susurré al oído — learners often write susurre without the accent. → Right: Yo susurré al oído.. The preterite yo form is susurré, with an accent on the final e. Susurrar is regular, so the accent is the only spelling point.
- Wrong: *Espero que tú susurras al oído. → Right: Espero que tú susurres al oído.. After espero que, use the subjunctive susurres, not the indicative susurras.
- Wrong: *Susurro al oído — some learners confuse susurrar with murmurar; both exist, but susurrar is the standard word for whispering. → Right: Yo susurro al oído.. Susurrar is the everyday verb for whispering. Murmurar means to murmur or mutter, often of a crowd or a stream. For a secret in someone's ear, use susurrar.
- Wrong: *Yo he susurrado al oído — learners sometimes write he susurro instead of the participle. → Right: Yo he susurrado al oído.. The perfect tenses use the participle susurrado after haber: he susurrado, not he susurro.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on susurrar. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.
What is the yo form of susurrar in the present indicative?
- a) susurro
- b) susurras
- c) susurra
- d) susurramos
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of susurrar in the preterite (past)?
- a) susurramos
- b) susurré
- c) susurró
- d) susurraste
What is the nosotros/as form of susurrar in the imperfect (past)?
- a) susurraba
- b) susurraba
- c) susurrabas
- d) susurrábamos
What is the tú form of susurrar in the future?
- a) susurraré
- b) susurraremos
- c) susurrará
- d) susurrarás
What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of susurrar in the conditional?
- a) susurraría
- b) susurrarías
- c) susurrarían
- d) susurraría
What is the yo form of susurrar in the present subjunctive?
- a) susurre
- b) susurre
- c) susurres
- d) susurremos
What is the gerund of susurrar?
- a) susurrar
- b) susurrado
- c) susurra
- d) susurrando
What is the past participle of susurrar?
- a) susurrado
- b) he susurrado
- c) susurrando
- d) susurro
What does susurrar mean in English?
- a) to whisper
- b) to save (money)
- c) to laugh
- d) to be quiet, to keep quiet
The form susurré belongs to which tense?
- a) Future
- b) Present
- c) Preterite
- d) Imperfect
Answer key
- susurro — The yo form in the present indicative is susurro — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- susurró — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is susurró — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- susurrábamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is susurrábamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- susurrarás — The tú form in the future is susurrarás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- susurrarían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is susurrarían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- susurre — The yo form in the present subjunctive is susurre — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- susurrando — The gerund is susurrando — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy susurrando). The past participle is susurrado.
- susurrado — The past participle is susurrado — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he susurrado).
- to whisper — susurrar means "to whisper".
- Preterite — susurré is the yo form of the preterite of susurrar — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is susurraba.
Frequently asked questions
Is susurrar regular?
Yes, susurrar is a completely regular -ar verb: susurro, susurras, susurra, susurramos, susurráis, susurran. The preterite is susurré, susurraste, susurró, and the participle is susurrado.
What is the difference between susurrar and murmurar?
Susurrar means to whisper, usually to one person and quietly. Murmurar means to murmur or mutter, often of several people at once or of water. A secret is whispered (susurrado); a crowd murmurs (murmura).
How do you say "to whisper in someone's ear" in Spanish?
Susurrar al oído — for example: Le susurré al oído un secreto. The phrase al oído (in the ear) is the standard complement.
Does susurrar take a direct object?
Yes, the thing whispered can be the object: susurrar un secreto. The person is usually an indirect object with le: Le susurré un secreto a María.
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