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Idealizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to idealize”.
Below are all of the conjugations for idealizar 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 idealize |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | idealizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está idealizando) and past continuous (estaba idealizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. idealized).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he idealized and hubiera idealized. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have idealizing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | idealizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | idealized |
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 idealize” or “they idealize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | idealizo |
| Tú | idealizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealiza |
| Nosotros / as | idealizamos |
| Vosotros / as | idealizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealizan |
| Vos | idealizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I idealize” or “she idealize” 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 | idealicé | I idealize |
| Tú | idealizaste | You idealize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealizó | He / she / you idealize |
| Nosotros / as | idealizamos | We idealize |
| Vosotros / as | idealizasteis | You idealize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealizaron | They / you idealize |
| Vos | idealizaste | You idealize |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was idealized” or “she was idealized” 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 | idealizaba | I was idealized |
| Tú | idealizabas | You were idealized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealizaba | He was / she was / you were idealized |
| Nosotros / as | idealizábamos | We were idealized |
| Vosotros / as | idealizabais | You were idealized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealizaban | They / you were idealized |
| Vos | idealizabas | You were idealized |
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 idealizing” and “she has idealizing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he idealized | I have idealizing |
| Tú | has idealized | You have idealizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha idealized | He has / she has / you have idealizing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos idealized | We have idealizing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis idealized | You have idealizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han idealized | They / you have idealizing |
| Vos | has idealized | You have idealizing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would idealize” or “she would idealize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | idealizaría | I would idealize |
| Tú | idealizarías | You would idealize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealizaría | He / she / you would idealize |
| Nosotros / as | idealizaríamos | We would idealize |
| Vosotros / as | idealizaríais | You would idealize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealizarían | They / you would idealize |
| Vos | idealizarías | You would idealize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will idealize” or “they will idealize”.
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 idealizar” means “They are going to idealize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | idealizaré | I will idealize |
| Tú | idealizarás | You will idealize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealizará | He / she / you will idealize |
| Nosotros / as | idealizaremos | We will idealize |
| Vosotros / as | idealizaréis | You will idealize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealizarán | They / you will idealize |
| Vos | idealizarás | You will idealize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | idealice |
| Tú | idealices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealice |
| Nosotros / as | idealicemos |
| Vosotros / as | idealicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealicen |
| Vos | idealices |
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 | idealizara | idealizase |
| Tú | idealizaras | idealizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealizara | idealizase |
| Nosotros / as | idealizáramos | idealizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | idealizarais | idealizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealizaran | idealizasen |
| Vos | idealizaras | idealizase |
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 | idealizare |
| Tú | idealizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealizare |
| Nosotros / as | idealizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | idealizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealizaren |
| Vos | idealizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “idealize!” and “don’t idealize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | idealiza | no idealices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idealice | no idealice |
| Nosotros / as | idealicemos | no idealicemos |
| Vosotros / as | idealizad | no idealicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idealicen | no idealicen |
| Vos | idealizá | no idealices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya idealized |
| Tú | hayas idealized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya idealized |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos idealized |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis idealized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan idealized |
| Vos | hayas idealized |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera idealized / hubiese idealized |
| Tú | hubieras idealized / hubieses idealized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera idealized / hubiese idealized |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos idealized / hubiésemos idealized |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais idealized / hubieseis idealized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran idealized / hubiesen idealized |
| Vos | hubieras idealized / hubieses idealized |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere idealized |
| Tú | hubieres idealized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere idealized |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos idealized |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis idealized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren idealized |
| Vos | hubieres idealized |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté idealizando |
| Tú | estés idealizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté idealizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos idealizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis idealizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén idealizando |
| Vos | estés idealizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera idealizando / estuviese idealizando |
| Tú | estuvieras idealizando / estuvieses idealizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera idealizando / estuviese idealizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos idealizando / estuviésamos idealizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais idealizando / estuvieseis idealizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera idealizando / estuviese idealizando |
| Vos | estuvieras idealizando / estuvieses idealizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere idealizando |
| Tú | estuvieres idealizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere idealizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos idealizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis idealizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere idealizando |
| Vos | estuvieres idealizando |
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 idealizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos idealizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos idealizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos idealizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos idealizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos idealices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos idealizaras / Vos idealizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos idealizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no idealices |