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Guindar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to hang up, be suspended, to win”.
Below are all of the conjugations for guindar 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 hang up, be suspended, to win |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | guindar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está guindando) and past continuous (estaba guindando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. hung up).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he hung up and hubiera hung up. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have hanging up).
| Gerundio / Gerund | guindando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | hung up |
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 hang up” or “they hang up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | guindo |
| Tú | guindas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guinda |
| Nosotros / as | guindamos |
| Vosotros / as | guindáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guindan |
| Vos | guindás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I hang up” or “she hang up” 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 | guindé | I hang up |
| Tú | guindaste | You hang up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guindó | He / she / you hang up |
| Nosotros / as | guindamos | We hang up |
| Vosotros / as | guindasteis | You hang up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guindaron | They / you hang up |
| Vos | guindaste | You hang up |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was hung up” or “she was hung up” 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 | guindaba | I was hung up |
| Tú | guindabas | You were hung up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guindaba | He was / she was / you were hung up |
| Nosotros / as | guindábamos | We were hung up |
| Vosotros / as | guindabais | You were hung up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guindaban | They / you were hung up |
| Vos | guindabas | You were hung up |
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 hanging up” and “she has hanging up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he hung up | I have hanging up |
| Tú | has hung up | You have hanging up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha hung up | He has / she has / you have hanging up |
| Nosotros / as | hemos hung up | We have hanging up |
| Vosotros / as | habéis hung up | You have hanging up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han hung up | They / you have hanging up |
| Vos | has hung up | You have hanging up |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would hang up” or “she would hang up”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guindaría | I would hang up |
| Tú | guindarías | You would hang up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guindaría | He / she / you would hang up |
| Nosotros / as | guindaríamos | We would hang up |
| Vosotros / as | guindaríais | You would hang up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guindarían | They / you would hang up |
| Vos | guindarías | You would hang up |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will hang up” or “they will hang up”.
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 guindar” means “They are going to hang up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | guindaré | I will hang up |
| Tú | guindarás | You will hang up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guindará | He / she / you will hang up |
| Nosotros / as | guindaremos | We will hang up |
| Vosotros / as | guindaréis | You will hang up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guindarán | They / you will hang up |
| Vos | guindarás | You will hang up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | guinde |
| Tú | guindes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guinde |
| Nosotros / as | guindemos |
| Vosotros / as | guindéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guinden |
| Vos | guindes |
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 | guindara | guindase |
| Tú | guindaras | guindase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guindara | guindase |
| Nosotros / as | guindáramos | guindásemos |
| Vosotros / as | guindarais | guindaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guindaran | guindasen |
| Vos | guindaras | guindase |
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 | guindare |
| Tú | guindares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guindare |
| Nosotros / as | guindáremos |
| Vosotros / as | guindareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guindaren |
| Vos | guindares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “hang up!” and “don’t hang up!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | guinda | no guindes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | guinde | no guinde |
| Nosotros / as | guindemos | no guindemos |
| Vosotros / as | guindad | no guindéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | guinden | no guinden |
| Vos | guindá | no guindes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya hung up |
| Tú | hayas hung up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya hung up |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos hung up |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis hung up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan hung up |
| Vos | hayas hung up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera hung up / hubiese hung up |
| Tú | hubieras hung up / hubieses hung up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera hung up / hubiese hung up |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos hung up / hubiésemos hung up |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais hung up / hubieseis hung up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran hung up / hubiesen hung up |
| Vos | hubieras hung up / hubieses hung up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere hung up |
| Tú | hubieres hung up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere hung up |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos hung up |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis hung up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren hung up |
| Vos | hubieres hung up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté guindando |
| Tú | estés guindando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté guindando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos guindando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis guindando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén guindando |
| Vos | estés guindando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera guindando / estuviese guindando |
| Tú | estuvieras guindando / estuvieses guindando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera guindando / estuviese guindando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos guindando / estuviésamos guindando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais guindando / estuvieseis guindando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera guindando / estuviese guindando |
| Vos | estuvieras guindando / estuvieses guindando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere guindando |
| Tú | estuvieres guindando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere guindando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos guindando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis guindando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere guindando |
| Vos | estuvieres guindando |
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 guindás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos guindaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos guindabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos guindarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos guindarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos guindes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos guindaras / Vos guindase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos guindá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no guindes |