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Idolatrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to idolize”.
Below are all of the conjugations for idolatrar 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 idolize |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | idolatrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está idolatrando) and past continuous (estaba idolatrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. idolized).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he idolized and hubiera idolized. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have idolizing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | idolatrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | idolized |
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 idolize” or “they idolize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | idolatro |
| Tú | idolatras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatra |
| Nosotros / as | idolatramos |
| Vosotros / as | idolatráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatran |
| Vos | idolatrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I idolize” or “she idolize” 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 | idolatré | I idolize |
| Tú | idolatraste | You idolize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatró | He / she / you idolize |
| Nosotros / as | idolatramos | We idolize |
| Vosotros / as | idolatrasteis | You idolize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatraron | They / you idolize |
| Vos | idolatraste | You idolize |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was idolized” or “she was idolized” 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 | idolatraba | I was idolized |
| Tú | idolatrabas | You were idolized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatraba | He was / she was / you were idolized |
| Nosotros / as | idolatrábamos | We were idolized |
| Vosotros / as | idolatrabais | You were idolized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatraban | They / you were idolized |
| Vos | idolatrabas | You were idolized |
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 idolizing” and “she has idolizing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he idolized | I have idolizing |
| Tú | has idolized | You have idolizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha idolized | He has / she has / you have idolizing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos idolized | We have idolizing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis idolized | You have idolizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han idolized | They / you have idolizing |
| Vos | has idolized | You have idolizing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would idolize” or “she would idolize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | idolatraría | I would idolize |
| Tú | idolatrarías | You would idolize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatraría | He / she / you would idolize |
| Nosotros / as | idolatraríamos | We would idolize |
| Vosotros / as | idolatraríais | You would idolize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatrarían | They / you would idolize |
| Vos | idolatrarías | You would idolize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will idolize” or “they will idolize”.
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 idolatrar” means “They are going to idolize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | idolatraré | I will idolize |
| Tú | idolatrarás | You will idolize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatrará | He / she / you will idolize |
| Nosotros / as | idolatraremos | We will idolize |
| Vosotros / as | idolatraréis | You will idolize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatrarán | They / you will idolize |
| Vos | idolatrarás | You will idolize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | idolatre |
| Tú | idolatres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatre |
| Nosotros / as | idolatremos |
| Vosotros / as | idolatréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatren |
| Vos | idolatres |
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 | idolatrara | idolatrase |
| Tú | idolatraras | idolatrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatrara | idolatrase |
| Nosotros / as | idolatráramos | idolatrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | idolatrarais | idolatraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatraran | idolatrasen |
| Vos | idolatraras | idolatrase |
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 | idolatrare |
| Tú | idolatrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatrare |
| Nosotros / as | idolatráremos |
| Vosotros / as | idolatrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatraren |
| Vos | idolatrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “idolize!” and “don’t idolize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | idolatra | no idolatres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | idolatre | no idolatre |
| Nosotros / as | idolatremos | no idolatremos |
| Vosotros / as | idolatrad | no idolatréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | idolatren | no idolatren |
| Vos | idolatrá | no idolatres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya idolized |
| Tú | hayas idolized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya idolized |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos idolized |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis idolized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan idolized |
| Vos | hayas idolized |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera idolized / hubiese idolized |
| Tú | hubieras idolized / hubieses idolized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera idolized / hubiese idolized |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos idolized / hubiésemos idolized |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais idolized / hubieseis idolized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran idolized / hubiesen idolized |
| Vos | hubieras idolized / hubieses idolized |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere idolized |
| Tú | hubieres idolized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere idolized |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos idolized |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis idolized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren idolized |
| Vos | hubieres idolized |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté idolatrando |
| Tú | estés idolatrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté idolatrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos idolatrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis idolatrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén idolatrando |
| Vos | estés idolatrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera idolatrando / estuviese idolatrando |
| Tú | estuvieras idolatrando / estuvieses idolatrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera idolatrando / estuviese idolatrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos idolatrando / estuviésamos idolatrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais idolatrando / estuvieseis idolatrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera idolatrando / estuviese idolatrando |
| Vos | estuvieras idolatrando / estuvieses idolatrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere idolatrando |
| Tú | estuvieres idolatrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere idolatrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos idolatrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis idolatrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere idolatrando |
| Vos | estuvieres idolatrando |
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 idolatrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos idolatraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos idolatrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos idolatrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos idolatrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos idolatres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos idolatraras / Vos idolatrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos idolatrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no idolatres |