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Evaporar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to evaporate, vanish”.
Below are all of the conjugations for evaporar 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 evaporate, vanish |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | evaporar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está evaporando) and past continuous (estaba evaporando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. evaporating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he evaporado and hubiera evaporado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have evaporated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | evaporando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | evaporado |
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 evaporate” or “they evaporate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evaporo |
| Tú | evaporas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evapora |
| Nosotros / as | evaporamos |
| Vosotros / as | evaporáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporan |
| Vos | evaporás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I evaporated” or “she evaporated” 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 | evaporé | I evaporated |
| Tú | evaporaste | You evaporated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evaporó | He / she / you evaporated |
| Nosotros / as | evaporamos | We evaporated |
| Vosotros / as | evaporasteis | You evaporated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporaron | They / you evaporated |
| Vos | evaporaste | You evaporated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was evaporating” or “she was evaporating” 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 | evaporaba | I was evaporating |
| Tú | evaporabas | You were evaporating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evaporaba | He was / she was / you were evaporating |
| Nosotros / as | evaporábamos | We were evaporating |
| Vosotros / as | evaporabais | You were evaporating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporaban | They / you were evaporating |
| Vos | evaporabas | You were evaporating |
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 evaporated” and “she has evaporated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he evaporado | I have evaporated |
| Tú | has evaporado | You have evaporated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha evaporado | He has / she has / you have evaporated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos evaporado | We have evaporated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis evaporado | You have evaporated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han evaporado | They / you have evaporated |
| Vos | has evaporado | You have evaporated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would evaporate” or “she would evaporate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evaporaría | I would evaporate |
| Tú | evaporarías | You would evaporate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evaporaría | He / she / you would evaporate |
| Nosotros / as | evaporaríamos | We would evaporate |
| Vosotros / as | evaporaríais | You would evaporate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporarían | They / you would evaporate |
| Vos | evaporarías | You would evaporate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will evaporate” or “they will evaporate”.
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 evaporar” means “They are going to evaporate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evaporaré | I will evaporate |
| Tú | evaporarás | You will evaporate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evaporará | He / she / you will evaporate |
| Nosotros / as | evaporaremos | We will evaporate |
| Vosotros / as | evaporaréis | You will evaporate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporarán | They / you will evaporate |
| Vos | evaporarás | You will evaporate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evapore |
| Tú | evapores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evapore |
| Nosotros / as | evaporemos |
| Vosotros / as | evaporéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporen |
| Vos | evapores |
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 | evaporara | evaporase |
| Tú | evaporaras | evaporase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evaporara | evaporase |
| Nosotros / as | evaporáramos | evaporásemos |
| Vosotros / as | evaporarais | evaporaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporaran | evaporasen |
| Vos | evaporaras | evaporase |
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 | evaporare |
| Tú | evaporares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evaporare |
| Nosotros / as | evaporáremos |
| Vosotros / as | evaporareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporaren |
| Vos | evaporares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “evaporate!” and “don’t evaporate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | evapora | no evapores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evapore | no evapore |
| Nosotros / as | evaporemos | no evaporemos |
| Vosotros / as | evaporad | no evaporéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evaporen | no evaporen |
| Vos | evaporá | no evapores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya evaporado |
| Tú | hayas evaporado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya evaporado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos evaporado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis evaporado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan evaporado |
| Vos | hayas evaporado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera evaporado / hubiese evaporado |
| Tú | hubieras evaporado / hubieses evaporado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera evaporado / hubiese evaporado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos evaporado / hubiésemos evaporado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais evaporado / hubieseis evaporado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran evaporado / hubiesen evaporado |
| Vos | hubieras evaporado / hubieses evaporado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere evaporado |
| Tú | hubieres evaporado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere evaporado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos evaporado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis evaporado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren evaporado |
| Vos | hubieres evaporado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté evaporando |
| Tú | estés evaporando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté evaporando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos evaporando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis evaporando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén evaporando |
| Vos | estés evaporando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera evaporando / estuviese evaporando |
| Tú | estuvieras evaporando / estuvieses evaporando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera evaporando / estuviese evaporando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos evaporando / estuviésamos evaporando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais evaporando / estuvieseis evaporando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera evaporando / estuviese evaporando |
| Vos | estuvieras evaporando / estuvieses evaporando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere evaporando |
| Tú | estuvieres evaporando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere evaporando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos evaporando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis evaporando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere evaporando |
| Vos | estuvieres evaporando |
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 evaporás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos evaporaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos evaporabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos evaporarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos evaporarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos evapores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos evaporaras / Vos evaporase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos evaporá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no evapores |