ampollar

Spanish

Etymology

From ampolla +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ampoˈʝaɾ/ [ãm.poˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /ampoˈʝaɾ/ [ãm.poˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ampoˈʎaɾ/ [ãm.poˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ampoˈʃaɾ/ [ãm.poˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ampoˈʒaɾ/ [ãm.poˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: am‧po‧llar

Verb

ampollar (first-person singular present ampollo, first-person singular preterite ampollé, past participle ampollado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to blister (to raise blisters on)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ampollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ampollar
gerund			ampollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ampollado		ampollada
		plural		ampollados		ampolladas
		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	ampollo	ampollastú ampollásvos	ampolla	ampollamos	ampolláis	ampollan
	imperfect	ampollaba	ampollabas	ampollaba	ampollábamos	ampollabais	ampollaban
	preterite	ampollé	ampollaste	ampolló	ampollamos	ampollasteis	ampollaron
	future	ampollaré	ampollarás	ampollará	ampollaremos	ampollaréis	ampollarán
	conditional	ampollaría	ampollarías	ampollaría	ampollaríamos	ampollaríais	ampollarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ampolle	ampollestú ampollésvos2	ampolle	ampollemos	ampolléis	ampollen
	imperfect (ra)	ampollara	ampollaras	ampollara	ampolláramos	ampollarais	ampollaran
	imperfect (se)	ampollase	ampollases	ampollase	ampollásemos	ampollaseis	ampollasen
	future1	ampollare	ampollares	ampollare	ampolláremos	ampollareis	ampollaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ampollatú ampollávos	ampolle	ampollemos	ampollad	ampollen
	negative		no ampolles	no ampolle	no ampollemos	no ampolléis	no ampollen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ampollar

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 ampollar	dative	ampollarme	ampollarte	ampollarle, ampollarse	ampollarnos	ampollaros	ampollarles, ampollarse
	accusative	ampollarme	ampollarte	ampollarlo, ampollarla, ampollarse	ampollarnos	ampollaros	ampollarlos, ampollarlas, ampollarse
with gerund ampollando	dative	ampollándome	ampollándote	ampollándole, ampollándose	ampollándonos	ampollándoos	ampollándoles, ampollándose
	accusative	ampollándome	ampollándote	ampollándolo, ampollándola, ampollándose	ampollándonos	ampollándoos	ampollándolos, ampollándolas, ampollándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ampolla	dative	ampóllame	ampóllate	ampóllale	ampóllanos	not used	ampóllales
	accusative	ampóllame	ampóllate	ampóllalo, ampóllala	ampóllanos	not used	ampóllalos, ampóllalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ampollá	dative	ampollame	ampollate	ampollale	ampollanos	not used	ampollales
	accusative	ampollame	ampollate	ampollalo, ampollala	ampollanos	not used	ampollalos, ampollalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ampolle	dative	ampólleme	not used	ampóllele, ampóllese	ampóllenos	not used	ampólleles
	accusative	ampólleme	not used	ampóllelo, ampóllela, ampóllese	ampóllenos	not used	ampóllelos, ampóllelas
with first-person plural imperative ampollemos	dative	not used	ampollémoste	ampollémosle	ampollémonos	ampollémoos	ampollémosles
	accusative	not used	ampollémoste	ampollémoslo, ampollémosla	ampollémonos	ampollémoos	ampollémoslos, ampollémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ampollad	dative	ampolladme	not used	ampolladle	ampolladnos	ampollaos	ampolladles
	accusative	ampolladme	not used	ampolladlo, ampolladla	ampolladnos	ampollaos	ampolladlos, ampolladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ampollen	dative	ampóllenme	not used	ampóllenle	ampóllennos	not used	ampóllenles, ampóllense
	accusative	ampóllenme	not used	ampóllenlo, ampóllenla	ampóllennos	not used	ampóllenlos, ampóllenlas, ampóllense

Further reading

• “ampollar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025