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Forzar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to force, break through, violate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for forzar 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 force, break through, violate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | forzar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está forzando) and past continuous (estaba forzando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. forced).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he forced and hubiera forced. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have forcing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | forzando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | forced |
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 force” or “they force”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | forzo |
| Tú | forzas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forza |
| Nosotros / as | forzamos |
| Vosotros / as | forzáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forzan |
| Vos | forzás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I force” or “she force” 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 | forcé | I force |
| Tú | forzaste | You force |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forzó | He / she / you force |
| Nosotros / as | forzamos | We force |
| Vosotros / as | forzasteis | You force |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forzaron | They / you force |
| Vos | forzaste | You force |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was forced” or “she was forced” 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 | forzaba | I was forced |
| Tú | forzabas | You were forced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forzaba | He was / she was / you were forced |
| Nosotros / as | forzábamos | We were forced |
| Vosotros / as | forzabais | You were forced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forzaban | They / you were forced |
| Vos | forzabas | You were forced |
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 forcing” and “she has forcing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he forced | I have forcing |
| Tú | has forced | You have forcing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha forced | He has / she has / you have forcing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos forced | We have forcing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis forced | You have forcing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han forced | They / you have forcing |
| Vos | has forced | You have forcing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would force” or “she would force”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | forzaría | I would force |
| Tú | forzarías | You would force |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forzaría | He / she / you would force |
| Nosotros / as | forzaríamos | We would force |
| Vosotros / as | forzaríais | You would force |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forzarían | They / you would force |
| Vos | forzarías | You would force |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will force” or “they will force”.
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 forzar” means “They are going to force”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | forzaré | I will force |
| Tú | forzarás | You will force |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forzará | He / she / you will force |
| Nosotros / as | forzaremos | We will force |
| Vosotros / as | forzaréis | You will force |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forzarán | They / you will force |
| Vos | forzarás | You will force |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | force |
| Tú | forces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | force |
| Nosotros / as | forcemos |
| Vosotros / as | forcéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forcen |
| Vos | forces |
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 | forzara | forzase |
| Tú | forzaras | forzase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forzara | forzase |
| Nosotros / as | forzáramos | forzásemos |
| Vosotros / as | forzarais | forzaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forzaran | forzasen |
| Vos | forzaras | forzase |
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 | forzare |
| Tú | forzares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | forzare |
| Nosotros / as | forzáremos |
| Vosotros / as | forzareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forzaren |
| Vos | forzares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “force!” and “don’t force!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | forza | no forces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | force | no force |
| Nosotros / as | forcemos | no forcemos |
| Vosotros / as | forzad | no forcéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | forcen | no forcen |
| Vos | forzá | no forces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya forced |
| Tú | hayas forced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya forced |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos forced |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis forced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan forced |
| Vos | hayas forced |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera forced / hubiese forced |
| Tú | hubieras forced / hubieses forced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera forced / hubiese forced |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos forced / hubiésemos forced |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais forced / hubieseis forced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran forced / hubiesen forced |
| Vos | hubieras forced / hubieses forced |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere forced |
| Tú | hubieres forced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere forced |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos forced |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis forced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren forced |
| Vos | hubieres forced |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté forzando |
| Tú | estés forzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté forzando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos forzando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis forzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén forzando |
| Vos | estés forzando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera forzando / estuviese forzando |
| Tú | estuvieras forzando / estuvieses forzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera forzando / estuviese forzando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos forzando / estuviésamos forzando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais forzando / estuvieseis forzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera forzando / estuviese forzando |
| Vos | estuvieras forzando / estuvieses forzando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere forzando |
| Tú | estuvieres forzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere forzando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos forzando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis forzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere forzando |
| Vos | estuvieres forzando |
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 forzás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos forzaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos forzabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos forzarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos forzarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos forces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos forzaras / Vos forzase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos forzá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no forces |