Espolvorear means ‘to sprinkle/dust’. It is a regular -ar verb: espolvoreo (present), espolvoreé (preterite), espolvoreado (past participle), espolvoreando (gerund).
Espolvorear in use
Mi madre espolvorea canela sobre el arroz con lecheMy mum sprinkles cinnamon over the rice pudding
Espolvoreé el bizcocho con azúcar glas antes de servirloI dusted the sponge cake with icing sugar before serving it
Espolvorea un poco de perejil y ya estáSprinkle a little parsley and that's it
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Indicative
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The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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