hurtar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish furtar, from Old Spanish furto + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈtaɾ/ [uɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hur‧tar

Verb

hurtar (first-person singular present hurto, first-person singular preterite hurté, past participle hurtado)

1. to steal, to purloin, to shoplift

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hurtar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			hurtar
gerund			hurtando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hurtado		hurtada
		plural		hurtados		hurtadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hurto	hurtastú hurtásvos	hurta	hurtamos	hurtáis	hurtan
	imperfect	hurtaba	hurtabas	hurtaba	hurtábamos	hurtabais	hurtaban
	preterite	hurté	hurtaste	hurtó	hurtamos	hurtasteis	hurtaron
	future	hurtaré	hurtarás	hurtará	hurtaremos	hurtaréis	hurtarán
	conditional	hurtaría	hurtarías	hurtaría	hurtaríamos	hurtaríais	hurtarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hurte	hurtestú hurtésvos2	hurte	hurtemos	hurtéis	hurten
	imperfect (ra)	hurtara	hurtaras	hurtara	hurtáramos	hurtarais	hurtaran
	imperfect (se)	hurtase	hurtases	hurtase	hurtásemos	hurtaseis	hurtasen
	future1	hurtare	hurtares	hurtare	hurtáremos	hurtareis	hurtaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hurtatú hurtávos	hurte	hurtemos	hurtad	hurten
	negative		no hurtes	no hurte	no hurtemos	no hurtéis	no hurten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of hurtar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive hurtar
	dative	hurtarme	hurtarte	hurtarle, hurtarse	hurtarnos	hurtaros	hurtarles, hurtarse
	accusative	hurtarme	hurtarte	hurtarlo, hurtarla, hurtarse	hurtarnos	hurtaros	hurtarlos, hurtarlas, hurtarse
with gerund hurtando
	dative	hurtándome	hurtándote	hurtándole, hurtándose	hurtándonos	hurtándoos	hurtándoles, hurtándose
	accusative	hurtándome	hurtándote	hurtándolo, hurtándola, hurtándose	hurtándonos	hurtándoos	hurtándolos, hurtándolas, hurtándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hurta
	dative	húrtame	húrtate	húrtale	húrtanos	not used	húrtales
	accusative	húrtame	húrtate	húrtalo, húrtala	húrtanos	not used	húrtalos, húrtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hurtá
	dative	hurtame	hurtate	hurtale	hurtanos	not used	hurtales
	accusative	hurtame	hurtate	hurtalo, hurtala	hurtanos	not used	hurtalos, hurtalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hurte
	dative	húrteme	not used	húrtele, húrtese	húrtenos	not used	húrteles
	accusative	húrteme	not used	húrtelo, húrtela, húrtese	húrtenos	not used	húrtelos, húrtelas
with first-person plural imperative hurtemos
	dative	not used	hurtémoste	hurtémosle	hurtémonos	hurtémoos	hurtémosles
	accusative	not used	hurtémoste	hurtémoslo, hurtémosla	hurtémonos	hurtémoos	hurtémoslos, hurtémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hurtad
	dative	hurtadme	not used	hurtadle	hurtadnos	hurtaos	hurtadles
	accusative	hurtadme	not used	hurtadlo, hurtadla	hurtadnos	hurtaos	hurtadlos, hurtadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hurten
	dative	húrtenme	not used	húrtenle	húrtennos	not used	húrtenles, húrtense
	accusative	húrtenme	not used	húrtenlo, húrtenla	húrtennos	not used	húrtenlos, húrtenlas, húrtense

Related terms

• furtivo

 

See also

• robar

Further reading

• “hurtar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014