salpicarverb
Salpicar means to splash or to sprinkle in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as salpican, salpica and salpicando.
- to splash
- to sprinkle
Un coche que pasaba nos salpicó.
A passing car splashed us.
Tomás se salpicó agua en su cara.
Tomás splashed water on his face.
Vimos a un pez salpicando en el agua.
We saw a fish splashing in the water.
El coche que pasaba me salpicó agua embarrada.
The passing car splashed muddy water on me.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| salpican | they | Present |
| salpica | he, she, it | Present |
| salpicando | Gerund | |
| salpicó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| salpique | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| salpicaban | they | Imperfect |
| salpicaron | they | Preterite |
| salpicaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| salpicará | he, she, it | Future |
| salpicara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |
| salpicarán | they | Future |