rular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rouler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈlaɾ/ [ruˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ru‧lar

Verb

rular (first-person singular present rulo, first-person singular preterite rulé, past participle rulado)

1. to go round
2. (colloquial) to chuck, pass, lob

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rular
gerund			rulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rulado		rulada
		plural		rulados		ruladas
		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	rulo	rulastú rulásvos	rula	rulamos	ruláis	rulan
	imperfect	rulaba	rulabas	rulaba	rulábamos	rulabais	rulaban
	preterite	rulé	rulaste	ruló	rulamos	rulasteis	rularon
	future	rularé	rularás	rulará	rularemos	rularéis	rularán
	conditional	rularía	rularías	rularía	rularíamos	rularíais	rularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rule	rulestú rulésvos2	rule	rulemos	ruléis	rulen
	imperfect (ra)	rulara	rularas	rulara	ruláramos	rularais	rularan
	imperfect (se)	rulase	rulases	rulase	rulásemos	rulaseis	rulasen
	future1	rulare	rulares	rulare	ruláremos	rulareis	rularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rulatú rulávos	rule	rulemos	rulad	rulen
	negative		no rules	no rule	no rulemos	no ruléis	no rulen

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

Further reading

• “rular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024