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A wooden broom moving across a tiled floor, gathering a small pile of dust and crumbs.

barrer

to sweep

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The Spanish verb barrer means to sweep.

Present tense:

yobarro
barres
él/ella/ustedbarre
nosotrosbarremos
vosotrosbarréis
ellos/ellas/ustedesbarren

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesbarrieran
yobarriera
barrieras
vosotrosbarrierais
nosotrosbarriéramos
él/ella/ustedbarriera

The imperfect subjunctive of barrer (barriera/barrieran) is used for past hypotheticals or polite requests.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesbarran
yobarra
barras
vosotrosbarráis
nosotrosbarramos
él/ella/ustedbarra

The present subjunctive of barrer (barra, barras) is used after expressions of doubt, desire, or emotion.

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imperative

negative

no barras
vosotrosno barráis
ustedesno barran
nosotrosno barramos
ustedno barra

Use the negative imperative of barrer with 'no' + present subjunctive, like 'no barras'.

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affirmative

barre
vosotrosbarred
ustedesbarran
nosotrosbarramos
ustedbarra

Use the imperative of barrer for direct commands like '¡barre tú!' or '¡barran ustedes!'.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesbarrerían
yobarrería
barrerías
vosotrosbarreríais
nosotrosbarreríamos
él/ella/ustedbarrería

The conditional of barrer is regular: barrería, barrerías, barrería, barreríamos, barreríais, barrerían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesbarrieron
yobarrí
barriste
vosotrosbarristeis
nosotrosbarrimos
él/ella/ustedbarrió

The preterite of barrer is regular: barrí, barriste, barrió, barrimos, barristeis, barrieron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesbarrían
yobarría
barrías
vosotrosbarríais
nosotrosbarríamos
él/ella/ustedbarría

The imperfect of barrer is regular: barría, barrías, barría, barríamos, barríais, barrían.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesbarren
yobarro
barres
vosotrosbarréis
nosotrosbarremos
él/ella/ustedbarre

The present tense of barrer is regular: barro, barres, barre, barremos, barréis, barren.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesbarrerán
yobarreré
barrerás
vosotrosbarreréis
nosotrosbarreremos
él/ella/ustedbarrerá

The future tense of barrer is regular: barreré, barrerás, barrerá, barreremos, barreréis, barrerán.

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