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Hechizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to charm, enchant, bewitch”.
Below are all of the conjugations for hechizar 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 charm, enchant, bewitch |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | hechizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está hechizando) and past continuous (estaba hechizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. charmed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he charmed and hubiera charmed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have charming).
| Gerundio / Gerund | hechizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | charmed |
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 charm” or “they charm”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hechizo |
| Tú | hechizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechiza |
| Nosotros / as | hechizamos |
| Vosotros / as | hechizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechizan |
| Vos | hechizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I charm” or “she charm” 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 | hechicé | I charm |
| Tú | hechizaste | You charm |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechizó | He / she / you charm |
| Nosotros / as | hechizamos | We charm |
| Vosotros / as | hechizasteis | You charm |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechizaron | They / you charm |
| Vos | hechizaste | You charm |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was charmed” or “she was charmed” 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 | hechizaba | I was charmed |
| Tú | hechizabas | You were charmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechizaba | He was / she was / you were charmed |
| Nosotros / as | hechizábamos | We were charmed |
| Vosotros / as | hechizabais | You were charmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechizaban | They / you were charmed |
| Vos | hechizabas | You were charmed |
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 charming” and “she has charming”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he charmed | I have charming |
| Tú | has charmed | You have charming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha charmed | He has / she has / you have charming |
| Nosotros / as | hemos charmed | We have charming |
| Vosotros / as | habéis charmed | You have charming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han charmed | They / you have charming |
| Vos | has charmed | You have charming |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would charm” or “she would charm”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hechizaría | I would charm |
| Tú | hechizarías | You would charm |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechizaría | He / she / you would charm |
| Nosotros / as | hechizaríamos | We would charm |
| Vosotros / as | hechizaríais | You would charm |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechizarían | They / you would charm |
| Vos | hechizarías | You would charm |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will charm” or “they will charm”.
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 hechizar” means “They are going to charm”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hechizaré | I will charm |
| Tú | hechizarás | You will charm |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechizará | He / she / you will charm |
| Nosotros / as | hechizaremos | We will charm |
| Vosotros / as | hechizaréis | You will charm |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechizarán | They / you will charm |
| Vos | hechizarás | You will charm |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hechice |
| Tú | hechices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechice |
| Nosotros / as | hechicemos |
| Vosotros / as | hechicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechicen |
| Vos | hechices |
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 | hechizara | hechizase |
| Tú | hechizaras | hechizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechizara | hechizase |
| Nosotros / as | hechizáramos | hechizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | hechizarais | hechizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechizaran | hechizasen |
| Vos | hechizaras | hechizase |
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 | hechizare |
| Tú | hechizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechizare |
| Nosotros / as | hechizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | hechizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechizaren |
| Vos | hechizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “charm!” and “don’t charm!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | hechiza | no hechices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hechice | no hechice |
| Nosotros / as | hechicemos | no hechicemos |
| Vosotros / as | hechizad | no hechicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hechicen | no hechicen |
| Vos | hechizá | no hechices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya charmed |
| Tú | hayas charmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya charmed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos charmed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis charmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan charmed |
| Vos | hayas charmed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera charmed / hubiese charmed |
| Tú | hubieras charmed / hubieses charmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera charmed / hubiese charmed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos charmed / hubiésemos charmed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais charmed / hubieseis charmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran charmed / hubiesen charmed |
| Vos | hubieras charmed / hubieses charmed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere charmed |
| Tú | hubieres charmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere charmed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos charmed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis charmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren charmed |
| Vos | hubieres charmed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté hechizando |
| Tú | estés hechizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté hechizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos hechizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis hechizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén hechizando |
| Vos | estés hechizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera hechizando / estuviese hechizando |
| Tú | estuvieras hechizando / estuvieses hechizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera hechizando / estuviese hechizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos hechizando / estuviésamos hechizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais hechizando / estuvieseis hechizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera hechizando / estuviese hechizando |
| Vos | estuvieras hechizando / estuvieses hechizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere hechizando |
| Tú | estuvieres hechizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere hechizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos hechizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis hechizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere hechizando |
| Vos | estuvieres hechizando |
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 hechizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos hechizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos hechizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos hechizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos hechizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos hechices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos hechizaras / Vos hechizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos hechizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no hechices |