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Granizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to hail”.
Below are all of the conjugations for granizar 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 hail |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | granizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está granizando) and past continuous (estaba granizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. hailed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he hailed and hubiera hailed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have hailing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | granizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | hailed |
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 hail” or “they hail”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | granizo |
| Tú | granizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | graniza |
| Nosotros / as | granizamos |
| Vosotros / as | granizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granizan |
| Vos | granizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I hail” or “she hail” 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 | granicé | I hail |
| Tú | granizaste | You hail |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granizó | He / she / you hail |
| Nosotros / as | granizamos | We hail |
| Vosotros / as | granizasteis | You hail |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granizaron | They / you hail |
| Vos | granizaste | You hail |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was hailed” or “she was hailed” 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 | granizaba | I was hailed |
| Tú | granizabas | You were hailed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granizaba | He was / she was / you were hailed |
| Nosotros / as | granizábamos | We were hailed |
| Vosotros / as | granizabais | You were hailed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granizaban | They / you were hailed |
| Vos | granizabas | You were hailed |
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 hailing” and “she has hailing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he hailed | I have hailing |
| Tú | has hailed | You have hailing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha hailed | He has / she has / you have hailing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos hailed | We have hailing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis hailed | You have hailing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han hailed | They / you have hailing |
| Vos | has hailed | You have hailing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would hail” or “she would hail”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | granizaría | I would hail |
| Tú | granizarías | You would hail |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granizaría | He / she / you would hail |
| Nosotros / as | granizaríamos | We would hail |
| Vosotros / as | granizaríais | You would hail |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granizarían | They / you would hail |
| Vos | granizarías | You would hail |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will hail” or “they will hail”.
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 granizar” means “They are going to hail”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | granizaré | I will hail |
| Tú | granizarás | You will hail |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granizará | He / she / you will hail |
| Nosotros / as | granizaremos | We will hail |
| Vosotros / as | granizaréis | You will hail |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granizarán | They / you will hail |
| Vos | granizarás | You will hail |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | granice |
| Tú | granices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granice |
| Nosotros / as | granicemos |
| Vosotros / as | granicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granicen |
| Vos | granices |
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 | granizara | granizase |
| Tú | granizaras | granizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granizara | granizase |
| Nosotros / as | granizáramos | granizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | granizarais | granizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granizaran | granizasen |
| Vos | granizaras | granizase |
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 | granizare |
| Tú | granizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granizare |
| Nosotros / as | granizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | granizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granizaren |
| Vos | granizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “hail!” and “don’t hail!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | graniza | no granices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | granice | no granice |
| Nosotros / as | granicemos | no granicemos |
| Vosotros / as | granizad | no granicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | granicen | no granicen |
| Vos | granizá | no granices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya hailed |
| Tú | hayas hailed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya hailed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos hailed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis hailed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan hailed |
| Vos | hayas hailed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera hailed / hubiese hailed |
| Tú | hubieras hailed / hubieses hailed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera hailed / hubiese hailed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos hailed / hubiésemos hailed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais hailed / hubieseis hailed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran hailed / hubiesen hailed |
| Vos | hubieras hailed / hubieses hailed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere hailed |
| Tú | hubieres hailed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere hailed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos hailed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis hailed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren hailed |
| Vos | hubieres hailed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté granizando |
| Tú | estés granizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté granizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos granizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis granizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén granizando |
| Vos | estés granizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera granizando / estuviese granizando |
| Tú | estuvieras granizando / estuvieses granizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera granizando / estuviese granizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos granizando / estuviésamos granizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais granizando / estuvieseis granizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera granizando / estuviese granizando |
| Vos | estuvieras granizando / estuvieses granizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere granizando |
| Tú | estuvieres granizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere granizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos granizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis granizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere granizando |
| Vos | estuvieres granizando |
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 granizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos granizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos granizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos granizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos granizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos granices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos granizaras / Vos granizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos granizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no granices |