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Realizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to perform / to carry out”.
Below are all of the conjugations for realizar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to perform / to carry out |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | realizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está realizando) and past continuous (estaba realizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. performing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he realizado and hubiera realizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have performed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | realizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | realizado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I perform” or “they perform”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | realizo |
| Tú | realizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realiza |
| Nosotros / as | realizamos |
| Vosotros / as | realizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realizan |
| Vos | realizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I performed” or “she performed” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | realicé | I performed |
| Tú | realizaste | You performed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realizó | He / she / you performed |
| Nosotros / as | realizamos | We performed |
| Vosotros / as | realizasteis | You performed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realizaron | They / you performed |
| Vos | realizaste | You performed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was performing” or “she was performing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | realizaba | I was performing |
| Tú | realizabas | You were performing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realizaba | He was / she was / you were performing |
| Nosotros / as | realizábamos | We were performing |
| Vosotros / as | realizabais | You were performing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realizaban | They / you were performing |
| Vos | realizabas | You were performing |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have performed” and “she has performed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he realizado | I have performed |
| Tú | has realizado | You have performed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha realizado | He has / she has / you have performed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos realizado | We have performed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis realizado | You have performed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han realizado | They / you have performed |
| Vos | has realizado | You have performed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would perform” or “she would perform”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | realizaría | I would perform |
| Tú | realizarías | You would perform |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realizaría | He / she / you would perform |
| Nosotros / as | realizaríamos | We would perform |
| Vosotros / as | realizaríais | You would perform |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realizarían | They / you would perform |
| Vos | realizarías | You would perform |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will perform” or “they will perform”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a realizar” means “They are going to perform”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | realizaré | I will perform |
| Tú | realizarás | You will perform |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realizará | He / she / you will perform |
| Nosotros / as | realizaremos | We will perform |
| Vosotros / as | realizaréis | You will perform |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realizarán | They / you will perform |
| Vos | realizarás | You will perform |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | realice |
| Tú | realices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realice |
| Nosotros / as | realicemos |
| Vosotros / as | realicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realicen |
| Vos | realices |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | realizara | realizase |
| Tú | realizaras | realizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realizara | realizase |
| Nosotros / as | realizáramos | realizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | realizarais | realizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realizaran | realizasen |
| Vos | realizaras | realizase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | realizare |
| Tú | realizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realizare |
| Nosotros / as | realizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | realizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realizaren |
| Vos | realizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “perform!” and “don’t perform!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | realiza | no realices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | realice | no realice |
| Nosotros / as | realicemos | no realicemos |
| Vosotros / as | realizad | no realicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | realicen | no realicen |
| Vos | realizá | no realices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya realizado |
| Tú | hayas realizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya realizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos realizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis realizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan realizado |
| Vos | hayas realizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera realizado / hubiese realizado |
| Tú | hubieras realizado / hubieses realizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera realizado / hubiese realizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos realizado / hubiésemos realizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais realizado / hubieseis realizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran realizado / hubiesen realizado |
| Vos | hubieras realizado / hubieses realizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere realizado |
| Tú | hubieres realizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere realizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos realizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis realizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren realizado |
| Vos | hubieres realizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté realizando |
| Tú | estés realizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté realizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos realizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis realizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén realizando |
| Vos | estés realizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera realizando / estuviese realizando |
| Tú | estuvieras realizando / estuvieses realizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera realizando / estuviese realizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos realizando / estuviésamos realizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais realizando / estuvieseis realizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera realizando / estuviese realizando |
| Vos | estuvieras realizando / estuvieses realizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere realizando |
| Tú | estuvieres realizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere realizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos realizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis realizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere realizando |
| Vos | estuvieres realizando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos realizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos realizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos realizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos realizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos realizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos realices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos realizaras / Vos realizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos realizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no realices |
