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Gravitar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to gravitate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for gravitar 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 gravitate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | gravitar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está gravitando) and past continuous (estaba gravitando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. gravitated).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he gravitated and hubiera gravitated. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gravitating).
| Gerundio / Gerund | gravitando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | gravitated |
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 gravitate” or “they gravitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | gravito |
| Tú | gravitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravita |
| Nosotros / as | gravitamos |
| Vosotros / as | gravitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gravitan |
| Vos | gravitás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I gravitate” or “she gravitate” 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 | gravité | I gravitate |
| Tú | gravitaste | You gravitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravitó | He / she / you gravitate |
| Nosotros / as | gravitamos | We gravitate |
| Vosotros / as | gravitasteis | You gravitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gravitaron | They / you gravitate |
| Vos | gravitaste | You gravitate |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was gravitated” or “she was gravitated” 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 | gravitaba | I was gravitated |
| Tú | gravitabas | You were gravitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravitaba | He was / she was / you were gravitated |
| Nosotros / as | gravitábamos | We were gravitated |
| Vosotros / as | gravitabais | You were gravitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gravitaban | They / you were gravitated |
| Vos | gravitabas | You were gravitated |
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 gravitating” and “she has gravitating”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he gravitated | I have gravitating |
| Tú | has gravitated | You have gravitating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha gravitated | He has / she has / you have gravitating |
| Nosotros / as | hemos gravitated | We have gravitating |
| Vosotros / as | habéis gravitated | You have gravitating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han gravitated | They / you have gravitating |
| Vos | has gravitated | You have gravitating |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would gravitate” or “she would gravitate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | gravitaría | I would gravitate |
| Tú | gravitarías | You would gravitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravitaría | He / she / you would gravitate |
| Nosotros / as | gravitaríamos | We would gravitate |
| Vosotros / as | gravitaríais | You would gravitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gravitarían | They / you would gravitate |
| Vos | gravitarías | You would gravitate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will gravitate” or “they will gravitate”.
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 gravitar” means “They are going to gravitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | gravitaré | I will gravitate |
| Tú | gravitarás | You will gravitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravitará | He / she / you will gravitate |
| Nosotros / as | gravitaremos | We will gravitate |
| Vosotros / as | gravitaréis | You will gravitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gravitarán | They / you will gravitate |
| Vos | gravitarás | You will gravitate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | gravite |
| Tú | gravites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravite |
| Nosotros / as | gravitemos |
| Vosotros / as | gravitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | graviten |
| Vos | gravites |
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 | gravitara | gravitase |
| Tú | gravitaras | gravitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravitara | gravitase |
| Nosotros / as | gravitáramos | gravitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | gravitarais | gravitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gravitaran | gravitasen |
| Vos | gravitaras | gravitase |
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 | gravitare |
| Tú | gravitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravitare |
| Nosotros / as | gravitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | gravitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | gravitaren |
| Vos | gravitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “gravitate!” and “don’t gravitate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | gravita | no gravites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | gravite | no gravite |
| Nosotros / as | gravitemos | no gravitemos |
| Vosotros / as | gravitad | no gravitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | graviten | no graviten |
| Vos | gravitá | no gravites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya gravitated |
| Tú | hayas gravitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya gravitated |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos gravitated |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis gravitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan gravitated |
| Vos | hayas gravitated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera gravitated / hubiese gravitated |
| Tú | hubieras gravitated / hubieses gravitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera gravitated / hubiese gravitated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos gravitated / hubiésemos gravitated |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais gravitated / hubieseis gravitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran gravitated / hubiesen gravitated |
| Vos | hubieras gravitated / hubieses gravitated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere gravitated |
| Tú | hubieres gravitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere gravitated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos gravitated |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis gravitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren gravitated |
| Vos | hubieres gravitated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté gravitando |
| Tú | estés gravitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté gravitando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos gravitando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis gravitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén gravitando |
| Vos | estés gravitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera gravitando / estuviese gravitando |
| Tú | estuvieras gravitando / estuvieses gravitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera gravitando / estuviese gravitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos gravitando / estuviésamos gravitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais gravitando / estuvieseis gravitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera gravitando / estuviese gravitando |
| Vos | estuvieras gravitando / estuvieses gravitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere gravitando |
| Tú | estuvieres gravitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere gravitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos gravitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis gravitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere gravitando |
| Vos | estuvieres gravitando |
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 gravitás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos gravitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos gravitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos gravitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos gravitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos gravites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos gravitaras / Vos gravitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos gravitá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no gravites |