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Doblegar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bend, flex, yield”.
Below are all of the conjugations for doblegar 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 bend, flex, yield |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | doblegar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está doblegando) and past continuous (estaba doblegando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bending).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he doblegado and hubiera doblegado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have bent).
| Gerundio / Gerund | doblegando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | doblegado |
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 bend” or “they bend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | doblego |
| Tú | doblegas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblega |
| Nosotros / as | doblegamos |
| Vosotros / as | doblegáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblegan |
| Vos | doblegás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I bent” or “she bent” 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 | doblegué | I bent |
| Tú | doblegaste | You bent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegó | He / she / you bent |
| Nosotros / as | doblegamos | We bent |
| Vosotros / as | doblegasteis | You bent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblegaron | They / you bent |
| Vos | doblegaste | You bent |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bending” or “she was bending” 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 | doblegaba | I was bending |
| Tú | doblegabas | You were bending |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegaba | He was / she was / you were bending |
| Nosotros / as | doblegábamos | We were bending |
| Vosotros / as | doblegabais | You were bending |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblegaban | They / you were bending |
| Vos | doblegabas | You were bending |
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 bent” and “she has bent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he doblegado | I have bent |
| Tú | has doblegado | You have bent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha doblegado | He has / she has / you have bent |
| Nosotros / as | hemos doblegado | We have bent |
| Vosotros / as | habéis doblegado | You have bent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han doblegado | They / you have bent |
| Vos | has doblegado | You have bent |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would bend” or “she would bend”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | doblegaría | I would bend |
| Tú | doblegarías | You would bend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegaría | He / she / you would bend |
| Nosotros / as | doblegaríamos | We would bend |
| Vosotros / as | doblegaríais | You would bend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblegarían | They / you would bend |
| Vos | doblegarías | You would bend |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will bend” or “they will bend”.
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 doblegar” means “They are going to bend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | doblegaré | I will bend |
| Tú | doblegarás | You will bend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegará | He / she / you will bend |
| Nosotros / as | doblegaremos | We will bend |
| Vosotros / as | doblegaréis | You will bend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblegarán | They / you will bend |
| Vos | doblegarás | You will bend |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | doblegue |
| Tú | doblegues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegue |
| Nosotros / as | dobleguemos |
| Vosotros / as | dobleguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dobleguen |
| Vos | doblegues |
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 | doblegara | doblegase |
| Tú | doblegaras | doblegase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegara | doblegase |
| Nosotros / as | doblegáramos | doblegásemos |
| Vosotros / as | doblegarais | doblegaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblegaran | doblegasen |
| Vos | doblegaras | doblegase |
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 | doblegare |
| Tú | doblegares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegare |
| Nosotros / as | doblegáremos |
| Vosotros / as | doblegareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblegaren |
| Vos | doblegares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “bend!” and “don’t bend!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | doblega | no doblegues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblegue | no doblegue |
| Nosotros / as | dobleguemos | no dobleguemos |
| Vosotros / as | doblegad | no dobleguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dobleguen | no dobleguen |
| Vos | doblegá | no doblegues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya doblegado |
| Tú | hayas doblegado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya doblegado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos doblegado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis doblegado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan doblegado |
| Vos | hayas doblegado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera doblegado / hubiese doblegado |
| Tú | hubieras doblegado / hubieses doblegado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera doblegado / hubiese doblegado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos doblegado / hubiésemos doblegado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais doblegado / hubieseis doblegado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran doblegado / hubiesen doblegado |
| Vos | hubieras doblegado / hubieses doblegado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere doblegado |
| Tú | hubieres doblegado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere doblegado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos doblegado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis doblegado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren doblegado |
| Vos | hubieres doblegado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté doblegando |
| Tú | estés doblegando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté doblegando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos doblegando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis doblegando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén doblegando |
| Vos | estés doblegando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera doblegando / estuviese doblegando |
| Tú | estuvieras doblegando / estuvieses doblegando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera doblegando / estuviese doblegando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos doblegando / estuviésamos doblegando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais doblegando / estuvieseis doblegando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera doblegando / estuviese doblegando |
| Vos | estuvieras doblegando / estuvieses doblegando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere doblegando |
| Tú | estuvieres doblegando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere doblegando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos doblegando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis doblegando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere doblegando |
| Vos | estuvieres doblegando |
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 doblegás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos doblegaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos doblegabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos doblegarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos doblegarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos doblegues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos doblegaras / Vos doblegase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos doblegá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no doblegues |