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A2-er verbregular

romper

Regular in every tense — the only irregular part is the participle roto.

Quick answer

romper · rompo, rompes, rompe, rompemos, rompéis, rompen

to break. Fully regular, so the endings carry over to every other -er verb.

Conjugation

PersonPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yoromporompírompíaromperé
túrompesrompisterompíasromperás
él / ella / ustedromperompiórompíaromperá
nosotrosrompemosrompimosrompíamosromperemos
vosotrosrompéisrompisteisrompíaisromperéis
ellos / ustedesrompenrompieronrompíanromperán

Orange marks a form you cannot guess from the rules.

Non-finiteForm
gerundrompiendo
past participleroto
imperative (tú)rompe
subjunctive (yo)rompa

Which form to learn first

está roto. What you point at when a machine has stopped working.

Where you will actually use it

Está roto.It’s broken.
He roto el vaso.I’ve broken the glass.
Se rompió la pantalla.The screen broke.
No rompas nada.Don’t break anything.
Rompieron hace un mes.They split up a month ago.
Se me rompió el paraguas.My umbrella broke on me.

Typical mistakes

He rompido el vaso.

He roto el vaso.

The participle is roto, like visto, escrito and abierto.

El vaso es roto.

El vaso está roto.

Being broken is a state, so it takes estar.

Rompí mi pierna.

Me rompí la pierna.

For your own body Spanish uses the reflexive plus the article, not a possessive.

Check yourself

He ___ el vaso sin querer.

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