Spanish Verb CUBRIR - to cover. Regular IR family

Spanish Verb CUBRIR: to cover

The Spanish verb cubrir means 'to cover' and is a regular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, imagine Mother Bear covers the CUB REAR!

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Note: This verb does have an irregular past participle: cubierto.

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to cover: cubrir
Imagine Mother Bear covers the CUB REAR!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE CUBRIR - to cover
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb cubrir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente cover	cubro	cubres	cubre	cubrimos	cubrís	cubren
Imperfect Imperfecto covered	cubría	cubrías	cubría	cubríamos	cubríais	cubrían
Preterit Pretérito covered	cubrí	cubriste	cubrió	cubrimos	cubristeis	cubrieron
Future Futuro will cover	cubriré	cubrirás	cubrirá	cubriremos	cubriréis	cubrirán
Conditional Condicional would cover	cubriría	cubrirías	cubriría	cubriríamos	cubriríais	cubrirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may cover	cubra	cubras	cubra	cubramos	cubráis	cubran
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might cover	cubriera	cubrieras	cubriera	cubriéramos	cubrierais	cubrieran
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might cover	cubriese	cubrieses	cubriese	cubriésemos	cubrieseis	cubriesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb cubrir - to cover
Imperative Imperativo cover!		cubre!	cubra!	cubramos!	cubrid!	cubran!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't cover!		no cubras!	no cubra!	no cubramos!	no cubráis!	no cubran!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb CUBRIR Past Participle: cubierto - covered
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have covered	he cubierto	has cubierto	ha cubierto	hemos cubierto	habéis cubierto	han cubierto
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had covered	hube cubierto	hubiste cubierto	hubo cubierto	hubimos cubierto	hubisteis cubierto	hubieron cubierto
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had covered	había cubierto	habías cubierto	había cubierto	habíamos cubierto	habíais cubierto	habían cubierto
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have covered	haya cubierto	hayas cubierto	haya cubierto	hayamos cubierto	hayáis cubierto	hayan cubierto
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have covered	habré cubierto	habrás cubierto	habrá cubierto	habremos cubierto	habréis cubierto	habrán cubierto
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have covered	habría cubierto	habrías cubierto	habría cubierto	habríamos cubierto	habríais cubierto	habrían cubierto
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have covered	hubiera cubierto	hubieras cubierto	hubiera cubierto	hubiéramos cubierto	hubierais cubierto	hubieran cubierto
	hubiese cubierto	hubieses cubierto	hubiese cubierto	hubiésemos cubierto	hubieseis cubierto	hubiesen cubierto
Progressive Tenses CUBRIR Present Participle: cubriendo - covering
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am covering	estoy cubriendo	estás cubriendo	está cubriendo	estamos cubriendo	está cubriendo	están cubriendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was covering	estuve cubriendo	estuviste cubriendo	estuvo cubriendo	estuvimos cubriendo	estuvisteis cubriendo	estuvieron cubriendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been covering	estaba cubriendo	estabas cubriendo	estaba cubriendo	estábamos cubriendo	estabais cubriendo	estaban cubriendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be covering	estaré cubriendo	estarás cubriendo	estará cubriendo	estaremos cubriendo	estaréis cubriendo	estarán cubriendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría cubriendo	estarías cubriendo	estabría cubriendo	estaríamos cubriendo	estaríais cubriendo	estarían cubriendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been covering	que ~ cubriendo	que ~ cubriendo	que ~ cubriendo	que ~ cubriendo	que ~ cubriendo	que ~ cubriendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB CUBRIR

Cubrir can also mean: to meet (ie a demand); to fill (ie a vacancy)
cubrir algo de algo to cover something with something.
cubrirse (vr): to cover oneself; to take cover.

la cubierta (nf): cover, sleeve (ie of book); tyre; deck.
la cubierta de vuelo (nf): flight deck.
bajo cubieto: under cover.
cubierto/a (adj m/f): cloudy, overcast.

el cubierto (nm): cutlery, place setting, cover charge.
el cubierto (nm): a piece of cutlery, place setting, cover charge.
los cubiertos (nmpl): cutlery (in general).

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In regular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos cubrís
Imperativo: ¡cubrí!

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