Vomitar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb vomitar means to vomit, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Vomitar 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 vomitar 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 Después de comer, yo vomito — "After eating, I vomit" — and in the preterite you say Por la noche, yo vomité — "At night, I vomited". 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: vomitar
- English: to vomit
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: vomitando
- Past participle: vomitado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + vomitado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for vomitar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for vomitar. 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: vomitando · Past participle: vomitado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vomito |
| tú | vomitas |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomita |
| nosotros/as | vomitamos |
| vosotros/as | vomitáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomitan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vomité |
| tú | vomitaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomitó |
| nosotros/as | vomitamos |
| vosotros/as | vomitasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomitaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vomitaba |
| tú | vomitabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomitaba |
| nosotros/as | vomitábamos |
| vosotros/as | vomitabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomitaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vomitaré |
| tú | vomitarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomitará |
| nosotros/as | vomitaremos |
| vosotros/as | vomitaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomitarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vomitaría |
| tú | vomitarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomitaría |
| nosotros/as | vomitaríamos |
| vosotros/as | vomitaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomitarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he vomitado |
| tú | has vomitado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha vomitado |
| nosotros/as | hemos vomitado |
| vosotros/as | habéis vomitado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han vomitado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había vomitado |
| tú | habías vomitado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había vomitado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos vomitado |
| vosotros/as | habíais vomitado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían vomitado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré vomitado |
| tú | habrás vomitado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá vomitado |
| nosotros/as | habremos vomitado |
| vosotros/as | habréis vomitado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán vomitado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría vomitado |
| tú | habrías vomitado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría vomitado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos vomitado |
| vosotros/as | habríais vomitado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían vomitado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vomite |
| tú | vomites |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomite |
| nosotros/as | vomitemos |
| vosotros/as | vomitéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomiten |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | vomitara |
| tú | vomitaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomitara |
| nosotros/as | vomitáramos |
| vosotros/as | vomitarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomitaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | vomita |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomite |
| nosotros/as | vomitemos |
| vosotros/as | vomitad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomiten |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | vomites |
| él/ella/Ud. | vomite |
| nosotros/as | vomitemos |
| vosotros/as | vomitéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | vomiten |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | vomitando | with estar for the progressive: estoy vomitando |
| Past participle | vomitado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he vomitado |
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 vomitar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Por la noche, yo vomito — "At night, I vomit". 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 vomitar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo vomité de repente — "I vomited suddenly". 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 vomitar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de comer, yo vomitaba — "After eating, I used to vomit". 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 vomitar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Por la noche, yo vomitaré — "At night, I will vomit". 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 vomitar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo vomitaría de repente — "I would vomit suddenly". 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 vomitar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de comer, yo he vomitado — "After eating, I have vomited". 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 vomitar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Por la noche, yo había vomitado — "At night, I had vomited". 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 vomitar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré vomitado de repente — "I will have vomited suddenly". 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 vomitar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de comer, yo habría vomitado — "After eating, I would have vomited". 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 vomitar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él vomite por la noche — "I hope he vomits at night". 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 vomitar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo vomitara de repente, todo cambiaría — "If I vomited suddenly, 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 vomitar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Vomite después de comer — "Let him vomit after eating". 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 vomitar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No vomites por la noche — "Don't vomit at night". 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 vomitar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo vomito de repente — "I vomit suddenly"
- Después de comer, él vomita — "After eating, he vomits"
- Por la noche, yo vomité — "At night, I vomited"
- Yo vomitaba de repente — "I used to vomit suddenly"
- Después de comer, tú vomitarás — "After eating, you will vomit"
- Por la noche, yo vomitaría — "At night, I would vomit"
- Él ha vomitado de repente — "He has vomited suddenly"
- Espero que él vomite después de comer — "I hope he vomits after eating"
- Por la noche, yo había vomitado — "At night, I had vomited"
- Ellos vomitaban de repente — "They used to vomit suddenly"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos vomita después de comer — Right: Después de comer, ellos vomitan — Ellos needs the ellos form vomitan. The singular vomita belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo vomito — Right: Ayer, yo vomité — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to vomité.
- Wrong: De niño, yo vomité todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo vomitaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (vomitaba), not the preterite. The preterite (vomité) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy vomitado por la noche. — Right: Yo he vomitado por la noche. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he vomitado, has vomitado, ha vomitado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él vomita después de comer. — Right: Espero que él vomite después de comer. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: vomite. The indicative vomita is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on vomitar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de repente. (present tense) A. he vomitado B. vomito C. habrán vomitado D. vomité
Complete the sentence: Él ___ de repente. (preterite) A. has vomitado B. vomitó C. habías vomitado D. vomite
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ de repente. (imperfect) A. vomitabais B. vomitábamos C. vomitamos D. vomitan
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ de repente. (future) A. hemos vomitado B. vomitarás C. vomites D. habréis vomitado
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de repente. (conditional) A. he vomitado B. vomitaría C. habrán vomitado D. vomitamos
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ de repente. (present subjunctive) A. vomitarán B. vomite C. vomitaran D. has vomitado
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ de repente, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. vomitara B. vomitaban C. vomitaba D. vomitaras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ de repente. (present perfect) A. vomitaré B. vomitaras C. vomitarías D. hemos vomitado
Complete the command: No ___ de repente. (negative imperative, tú) A. vomites B. vomiten C. vomitemos D. vomite
Which is the gerund of vomitar, used with estar for the progressive? A. vomitando B. vomité C. vomitaba D. vomitaré
Answer key
- vomito — The yo present tense of vomitar is vomito.
- vomitó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of vomitar is vomitó.
- vomitábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of vomitar is vomitábamos.
- vomitarás — The tú future of vomitar is vomitarás.
- vomitaría — The yo conditional of vomitar is vomitaría.
- vomite — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of vomitar is vomite.
- vomitara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of vomitar is vomitara.
- hemos vomitado — The nosotros/as present perfect of vomitar is hemos vomitado.
- vomites — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: vomites.
- vomitando — The gerund of vomitar is vomitando: estoy vomitando. The participle vomitado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does vomitar mean in English?
Vomitar means to vomit. It is used in everyday situations such as Después de comer, yo vomito. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is vomitar regular?
Yes. Vomitar is a regular -ar verb: vomito, vomitas, vomita. 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 vomitar?
The gerund is vomitando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy vomitando. The past participle is vomitado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he vomitado.
How do I say “I vomit” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Por la noche, yo vomité. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo vomitaba de repente. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Después de comer, yo he vomitado.
How do I practise vomitar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the vomitar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Vomitar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for vomitar.
- Vomitar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for vomitar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Marearse conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with vomitar.
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- Sangrar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with vomitar.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.