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Evadir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to evade, dodge, elude”.
Below are all of the conjugations for evadir 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 evade, dodge, elude |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | evadir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está evadiendo) and past continuous (estaba evadiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. evading).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he evadido and hubiera evadido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have evaded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | evadiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | evadido |
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 evade” or “they evade”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evado |
| Tú | evades |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evade |
| Nosotros / as | evadimos |
| Vosotros / as | evadís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaden |
| Vos | evadís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I evaded” or “she evaded” 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 | evadí | I evaded |
| Tú | evadiste | You evaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evadió | He / she / you evaded |
| Nosotros / as | evadimos | We evaded |
| Vosotros / as | evadisteis | You evaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadieron | They / you evaded |
| Vos | evadiste | You evaded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was evading” or “she was evading” 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 | evadía | I was evading |
| Tú | evadías | You were evading |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evadía | He was / she was / you were evading |
| Nosotros / as | evadíamos | We were evading |
| Vosotros / as | evadíais | You were evading |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadían | They / you were evading |
| Vos | evadías | You were evading |
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 evaded” and “she has evaded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he evadido | I have evaded |
| Tú | has evadido | You have evaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha evadido | He has / she has / you have evaded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos evadido | We have evaded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis evadido | You have evaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han evadido | They / you have evaded |
| Vos | has evadido | You have evaded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would evade” or “she would evade”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evadiría | I would evade |
| Tú | evadirías | You would evade |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evadiría | He / she / you would evade |
| Nosotros / as | evadiríamos | We would evade |
| Vosotros / as | evadiríais | You would evade |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadirían | They / you would evade |
| Vos | evadirías | You would evade |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will evade” or “they will evade”.
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 evadir” means “They are going to evade”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evadiré | I will evade |
| Tú | evadirás | You will evade |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evadirá | He / she / you will evade |
| Nosotros / as | evadiremos | We will evade |
| Vosotros / as | evadiréis | You will evade |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadirán | They / you will evade |
| Vos | evadirás | You will evade |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evada |
| Tú | evadas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evada |
| Nosotros / as | evadamos |
| Vosotros / as | evadáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadan |
| Vos | evadas |
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 | evadiera | evadiese |
| Tú | evadieras | evadiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evadiera | evadiese |
| Nosotros / as | evadiéramos | evadiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | evadierais | evadieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadieran | evadiesen |
| Vos | evadieras | evadiese |
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 | evadiere |
| Tú | evadieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evadiera |
| Nosotros / as | evadiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | evadiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadieren |
| Vos | evadieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “evade!” and “don’t evade!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | evade | no evadas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evada | no evada |
| Nosotros / as | evadamos | no evadamos |
| Vosotros / as | evadid | no evadáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evadan | no evadan |
| Vos | evadí | no evadas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya evadido |
| Tú | hayas evadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya evadido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos evadido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis evadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan evadido |
| Vos | hayas evadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera evadido / hubiese evadido |
| Tú | hubieras evadido / hubieses evadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera evadido / hubiese evadido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos evadido / hubiésemos evadido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais evadido / hubieseis evadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran evadido / hubiesen evadido |
| Vos | hubieras evadido / hubieses evadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere evadido |
| Tú | hubieres evadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere evadido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos evadido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis evadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren evadido |
| Vos | hubieres evadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté evadiendo |
| Tú | estés evadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté evadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos evadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis evadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén evadiendo |
| Vos | estés evadiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera evadiendo / estuviese evadiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras evadiendo / estuvieses evadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera evadiendo / estuviese evadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos evadiendo / estuviésamos evadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais evadiendo / estuvieseis evadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera evadiendo / estuviese evadiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras evadiendo / estuvieses evadiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere evadiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres evadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere evadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos evadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis evadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere evadiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres evadiendo |
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 evadís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos evadiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos evadías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos evadirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos evadirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos evadas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos evadieras / Vos evadiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos evadí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no evadas |