Triturar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb triturar means to crush — it also means to grind, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Triturar 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 triturar 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 trituro las almendras — "I crush the almonds" — and in the preterite you say Yo trituré el ajo — "I crushed the garlic". 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: triturar
- English: to crush, to grind
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: triturando
- Past participle: triturado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + triturado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for triturar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for triturar. 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: triturando · Past participle: triturado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trituro |
| tú | trituras |
| él/ella/Ud. | tritura |
| nosotros/as | trituramos |
| vosotros/as | trituráis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trituran |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trituré |
| tú | trituraste |
| él/ella/Ud. | trituró |
| nosotros/as | trituramos |
| vosotros/as | triturasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trituraron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trituraba |
| tú | triturabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | trituraba |
| nosotros/as | triturábamos |
| vosotros/as | triturabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trituraban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trituraré |
| tú | triturarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | triturará |
| nosotros/as | trituraremos |
| vosotros/as | trituraréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | triturarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | trituraría |
| tú | triturarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | trituraría |
| nosotros/as | trituraríamos |
| vosotros/as | trituraríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | triturarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he triturado |
| tú | has triturado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha triturado |
| nosotros/as | hemos triturado |
| vosotros/as | habéis triturado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han triturado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había triturado |
| tú | habías triturado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había triturado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos triturado |
| vosotros/as | habíais triturado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían triturado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré triturado |
| tú | habrás triturado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá triturado |
| nosotros/as | habremos triturado |
| vosotros/as | habréis triturado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán triturado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría triturado |
| tú | habrías triturado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría triturado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos triturado |
| vosotros/as | habríais triturado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían triturado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | triture |
| tú | tritures |
| él/ella/Ud. | triture |
| nosotros/as | trituremos |
| vosotros/as | trituréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trituren |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | triturara |
| tú | trituraras |
| él/ella/Ud. | triturara |
| nosotros/as | trituráramos |
| vosotros/as | triturarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trituraran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | tritura |
| él/ella/Ud. | triture |
| nosotros/as | trituremos |
| vosotros/as | triturad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trituren |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | tritures |
| él/ella/Ud. | triture |
| nosotros/as | trituremos |
| vosotros/as | trituréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | trituren |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | triturando | with estar for the progressive: estoy triturando |
| Past participle | triturado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he triturado |
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 triturar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo trituro el ajo — "I crush the garlic". 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 triturar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo trituré las verduras — "I crushed the vegetables". 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 triturar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo trituraba las almendras — "I used to crush the almonds". 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 triturar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo trituraré el ajo — "I will crush the garlic". 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 triturar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo trituraría las verduras — "I would crush the vegetables". 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 triturar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he triturado las almendras — "I have crushed the almonds". 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 triturar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había triturado el ajo — "I had crushed the garlic". 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 triturar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré triturado las verduras — "I will have crushed the vegetables". 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 triturar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría triturado las almendras — "I would have crushed the almonds". 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 triturar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él triture el ajo — "I hope he crushes the garlic". 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 triturar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo triturara las verduras, todo cambiaría — "If I crushed the vegetables, 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 triturar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Triture las almendras — "Let him crush the almonds". 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 triturar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No tritures el ajo — "Don't crush the garlic". 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 triturar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo trituro las verduras — "I crush the vegetables"
- Él tritura las almendras — "He crushes the almonds"
- Yo trituré el ajo — "I crushed the garlic"
- Yo trituraba las verduras — "I used to crush the vegetables"
- Tú triturarás las almendras — "You will crush the almonds"
- Yo trituraría el ajo — "I would crush the garlic"
- Él ha triturado las verduras — "He has crushed the vegetables"
- Espero que él triture las almendras — "I hope he crushes the almonds"
- Yo había triturado el ajo — "I had crushed the garlic"
- Ellos trituraban las verduras — "They used to crush the vegetables"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos tritura las almendras — Right: Ellos trituran las almendras — Ellos needs the ellos form trituran. The singular tritura belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo trituro — Right: Ayer, yo trituré — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to trituré.
- Wrong: De niño, yo trituré todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo trituraba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (trituraba), not the preterite. The preterite (trituré) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy triturado el ajo. — Right: Yo he triturado el ajo. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he triturado, has triturado, ha triturado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Treating triturar and trocear as identical in every context. — Right: Triturar means to crush, while trocear means to cut into pieces. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: triturar fits sentences such as Yo trituro las almendras, while trocear belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on triturar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ las almendras. (present tense) A. trituraré B. trituro C. trituráramos D. habíais triturado
Complete the sentence: Él ___ las almendras. (preterite) A. triturarían B. trituraran C. triturad D. trituró
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ las almendras. (imperfect) A. trituraré B. había triturado C. triturábamos D. trituraras
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ las almendras. (future) A. habríais triturado B. ha triturado C. triturarás D. trituréis
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ las almendras. (conditional) A. triturabas B. trituraron C. trituraría D. trituraba
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ las almendras. (present subjunctive) A. habrías triturado B. habéis triturado C. triture D. trituraremos
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ las almendras, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. trituráramos B. habríais triturado C. trituraríais D. triturara
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ las almendras. (present perfect) A. trituran B. hemos triturado C. trituré D. trituraréis
Complete the command: No ___ las almendras. (negative imperative, tú) A. trituren B. tritures C. trituremos D. triture
Which is the gerund of triturar, used with estar for the progressive? A. triturado B. trituraba C. trituro D. triturando
Answer key
- trituro — The yo present tense of triturar is trituro.
- trituró — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of triturar is trituró.
- triturábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of triturar is triturábamos.
- triturarás — The tú future of triturar is triturarás.
- trituraría — The yo conditional of triturar is trituraría.
- triture — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of triturar is triture.
- triturara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of triturar is triturara.
- hemos triturado — The nosotros/as present perfect of triturar is hemos triturado.
- tritures — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: tritures.
- triturando — The gerund of triturar is triturando: estoy triturando. The participle triturado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does triturar mean in English?
Triturar means to crush, to grind. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo trituro las almendras. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is triturar regular?
Yes. Triturar is a regular -ar verb: trituro, trituras, tritura. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ar verb.
What is the difference between triturar and trocear?
Triturar means to crush, while trocear means to cut into pieces. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use triturar when you mean to crush, as in Yo trituro las almendras, and use trocear for to cut into pieces. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I crush” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo trituré el ajo. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo trituraba las verduras. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he triturado las almendras.
How do I practise triturar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the triturar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Triturar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for triturar.
- Triturar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for triturar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Colar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with triturar.
- Estornudar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with triturar.
- Bostezar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with triturar.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.