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Estereotipar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to stereotype”.
Below are all of the conjugations for estereotipar 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 stereotype |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estereotipar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estereotipando) and past continuous (estaba estereotipando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. stereotyping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estereotipado and hubiera estereotipado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have stereotyped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estereotipando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estereotipado |
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 stereotype” or “they stereotype”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estereotipo |
| Tú | estereotipas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipa |
| Nosotros / as | estereotipamos |
| Vosotros / as | estereotipáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotipan |
| Vos | estereotipás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I stereotyped” or “she stereotyped” 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 | estereotipé | I stereotyped |
| Tú | estereotipaste | You stereotyped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipó | He / she / you stereotyped |
| Nosotros / as | estereotipamos | We stereotyped |
| Vosotros / as | estereotipasteis | You stereotyped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotiparon | They / you stereotyped |
| Vos | estereotipaste | You stereotyped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was stereotyping” or “she was stereotyping” 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 | estereotipaba | I was stereotyping |
| Tú | estereotipabas | You were stereotyping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipaba | He was / she was / you were stereotyping |
| Nosotros / as | estereotipábamos | We were stereotyping |
| Vosotros / as | estereotipabais | You were stereotyping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotipaban | They / you were stereotyping |
| Vos | estereotipabas | You were stereotyping |
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 stereotyped” and “she has stereotyped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estereotipado | I have stereotyped |
| Tú | has estereotipado | You have stereotyped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha estereotipado | He has / she has / you have stereotyped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos estereotipado | We have stereotyped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis estereotipado | You have stereotyped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han estereotipado | They / you have stereotyped |
| Vos | has estereotipado | You have stereotyped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would stereotype” or “she would stereotype”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estereotiparía | I would stereotype |
| Tú | estereotiparías | You would stereotype |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotiparía | He / she / you would stereotype |
| Nosotros / as | estereotiparíamos | We would stereotype |
| Vosotros / as | estereotiparíais | You would stereotype |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotiparían | They / you would stereotype |
| Vos | estereotiparías | You would stereotype |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will stereotype” or “they will stereotype”.
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 estereotipar” means “They are going to stereotype”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estereotiparé | I will stereotype |
| Tú | estereotiparás | You will stereotype |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipará | He / she / you will stereotype |
| Nosotros / as | estereotiparemos | We will stereotype |
| Vosotros / as | estereotiparéis | You will stereotype |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotiparán | They / you will stereotype |
| Vos | estereotiparás | You will stereotype |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estereotipe |
| Tú | estereotipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipe |
| Nosotros / as | estereotipemos |
| Vosotros / as | estereotipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotipen |
| Vos | estereotipes |
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 | estereotipara | estereotipase |
| Tú | estereotiparas | estereotipase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipara | estereotipase |
| Nosotros / as | estereotipáramos | estereotipásemos |
| Vosotros / as | estereotiparais | estereotipaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotiparan | estereotipasen |
| Vos | estereotiparas | estereotipase |
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 | estereotipare |
| Tú | estereotipares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipare |
| Nosotros / as | estereotipáremos |
| Vosotros / as | estereotipareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotiparen |
| Vos | estereotipares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “stereotype!” and “don’t stereotype!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estereotipa | no estereotipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estereotipe | no estereotipe |
| Nosotros / as | estereotipemos | no estereotipemos |
| Vosotros / as | estereotipad | no estereotipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estereotipen | no estereotipen |
| Vos | estereotipá | no estereotipes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estereotipado |
| Tú | hayas estereotipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estereotipado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estereotipado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estereotipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estereotipado |
| Vos | hayas estereotipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estereotipado / hubiese estereotipado |
| Tú | hubieras estereotipado / hubieses estereotipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estereotipado / hubiese estereotipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estereotipado / hubiésemos estereotipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estereotipado / hubieseis estereotipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estereotipado / hubiesen estereotipado |
| Vos | hubieras estereotipado / hubieses estereotipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estereotipado |
| Tú | hubieres estereotipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estereotipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estereotipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estereotipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estereotipado |
| Vos | hubieres estereotipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estereotipando |
| Tú | estés estereotipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estereotipando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estereotipando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estereotipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estereotipando |
| Vos | estés estereotipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estereotipando / estuviese estereotipando |
| Tú | estuvieras estereotipando / estuvieses estereotipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estereotipando / estuviese estereotipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estereotipando / estuviésamos estereotipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estereotipando / estuvieseis estereotipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estereotipando / estuviese estereotipando |
| Vos | estuvieras estereotipando / estuvieses estereotipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estereotipando |
| Tú | estuvieres estereotipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estereotipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estereotipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estereotipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estereotipando |
| Vos | estuvieres estereotipando |
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 estereotipás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos estereotipaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos estereotipabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos estereotiparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos estereotiparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos estereotipes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos estereotiparas / Vos estereotipase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estereotipá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no estereotipes |