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Evocar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to evoke, recall”.
Below are all of the conjugations for evocar 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 evoke, recall |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | evocar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está evocando) and past continuous (estaba evocando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. evoking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he evocado and hubiera evocado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have evoked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | evocando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | evocado |
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 evoke” or “they evoke”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evoco |
| Tú | evocas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evoca |
| Nosotros / as | evocamos |
| Vosotros / as | evocáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evocan |
| Vos | evocás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I evoked” or “she evoked” 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 | evoqué | I evoked |
| Tú | evocaste | You evoked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evocó | He / she / you evoked |
| Nosotros / as | evocamos | We evoked |
| Vosotros / as | evocasteis | You evoked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evocaron | They / you evoked |
| Vos | evocaste | You evoked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was evoking” or “she was evoking” 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 | evocaba | I was evoking |
| Tú | evocabas | You were evoking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evocaba | He was / she was / you were evoking |
| Nosotros / as | evocábamos | We were evoking |
| Vosotros / as | evocabais | You were evoking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evocaban | They / you were evoking |
| Vos | evocabas | You were evoking |
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 evoked” and “she has evoked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he evocado | I have evoked |
| Tú | has evocado | You have evoked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha evocado | He has / she has / you have evoked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos evocado | We have evoked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis evocado | You have evoked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han evocado | They / you have evoked |
| Vos | has evocado | You have evoked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would evoke” or “she would evoke”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evocaría | I would evoke |
| Tú | evocarías | You would evoke |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evocaría | He / she / you would evoke |
| Nosotros / as | evocaríamos | We would evoke |
| Vosotros / as | evocaríais | You would evoke |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evocarían | They / you would evoke |
| Vos | evocarías | You would evoke |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will evoke” or “they will evoke”.
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 evocar” means “They are going to evoke”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | evocaré | I will evoke |
| Tú | evocarás | You will evoke |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evocará | He / she / you will evoke |
| Nosotros / as | evocaremos | We will evoke |
| Vosotros / as | evocaréis | You will evoke |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evocarán | They / you will evoke |
| Vos | evocarás | You will evoke |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | evoque |
| Tú | evoques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evoque |
| Nosotros / as | evoquemos |
| Vosotros / as | evoquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evoquen |
| Vos | evoques |
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 | evocara | evocase |
| Tú | evocaras | evocase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evocara | evocase |
| Nosotros / as | evocáramos | evocásemos |
| Vosotros / as | evocarais | evocaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evocaran | evocasen |
| Vos | evocaras | evocase |
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 | evocare |
| Tú | evocares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evocare |
| Nosotros / as | evocáremos |
| Vosotros / as | evocareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evocaren |
| Vos | evocares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “evoke!” and “don’t evoke!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | evoca | no evoques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | evoque | no evoque |
| Nosotros / as | evoquemos | no evoquemos |
| Vosotros / as | evocad | no evoquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | evoquen | no evoquen |
| Vos | evocá | no evoques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya evocado |
| Tú | hayas evocado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya evocado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos evocado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis evocado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan evocado |
| Vos | hayas evocado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera evocado / hubiese evocado |
| Tú | hubieras evocado / hubieses evocado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera evocado / hubiese evocado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos evocado / hubiésemos evocado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais evocado / hubieseis evocado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran evocado / hubiesen evocado |
| Vos | hubieras evocado / hubieses evocado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere evocado |
| Tú | hubieres evocado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere evocado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos evocado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis evocado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren evocado |
| Vos | hubieres evocado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté evocando |
| Tú | estés evocando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté evocando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos evocando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis evocando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén evocando |
| Vos | estés evocando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera evocando / estuviese evocando |
| Tú | estuvieras evocando / estuvieses evocando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera evocando / estuviese evocando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos evocando / estuviésamos evocando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais evocando / estuvieseis evocando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera evocando / estuviese evocando |
| Vos | estuvieras evocando / estuvieses evocando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere evocando |
| Tú | estuvieres evocando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere evocando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos evocando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis evocando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere evocando |
| Vos | estuvieres evocando |
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 evocás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos evocaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos evocabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos evocarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos evocarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos evoques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos evocaras / Vos evocase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos evocá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no evoques |