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Inquietar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disturb, trouble”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inquietar 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 disturb, trouble |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inquietar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inquietando) and past continuous (estaba inquietando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. disturbing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inquietado and hubiera inquietado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have disturbed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inquietando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inquietado |
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 disturb” or “they disturb”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inquieto |
| Tú | inquietas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquieta |
| Nosotros / as | inquietamos |
| Vosotros / as | inquietáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquietan |
| Vos | inquietás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I disturbed” or “she disturbed” 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 | inquieté | I disturbed |
| Tú | inquietaste | You disturbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquietó | He / she / you disturbed |
| Nosotros / as | inquietamos | We disturbed |
| Vosotros / as | inquietasteis | You disturbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquietaron | They / you disturbed |
| Vos | inquietaste | You disturbed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was disturbing” or “she was disturbing” 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 | inquietaba | I was disturbing |
| Tú | inquietabas | You were disturbing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquietaba | He was / she was / you were disturbing |
| Nosotros / as | inquietábamos | We were disturbing |
| Vosotros / as | inquietabais | You were disturbing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquietaban | They / you were disturbing |
| Vos | inquietabas | You were disturbing |
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 disturbed” and “she has disturbed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inquietado | I have disturbed |
| Tú | has inquietado | You have disturbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inquietado | He has / she has / you have disturbed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inquietado | We have disturbed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inquietado | You have disturbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inquietado | They / you have disturbed |
| Vos | has inquietado | You have disturbed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would disturb” or “she would disturb”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inquietaría | I would disturb |
| Tú | inquietarías | You would disturb |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquietaría | He / she / you would disturb |
| Nosotros / as | inquietaríamos | We would disturb |
| Vosotros / as | inquietaríais | You would disturb |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquietarían | They / you would disturb |
| Vos | inquietarías | You would disturb |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will disturb” or “they will disturb”.
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 inquietar” means “They are going to disturb”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inquietaré | I will disturb |
| Tú | inquietarás | You will disturb |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquietará | He / she / you will disturb |
| Nosotros / as | inquietaremos | We will disturb |
| Vosotros / as | inquietaréis | You will disturb |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquietarán | They / you will disturb |
| Vos | inquietarás | You will disturb |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inquiete |
| Tú | inquietes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquiete |
| Nosotros / as | inquietemos |
| Vosotros / as | inquietéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquieten |
| Vos | inquietes |
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 | inquietara | inquietase |
| Tú | inquietaras | inquietase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquietara | inquietase |
| Nosotros / as | inquietáramos | inquietásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inquietarais | inquietaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquietaran | inquietasen |
| Vos | inquietaras | inquietase |
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 | inquietare |
| Tú | inquietares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquietare |
| Nosotros / as | inquietáremos |
| Vosotros / as | inquietareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquietaren |
| Vos | inquietares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “disturb!” and “don’t disturb!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inquieta | no inquietes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inquiete | no inquiete |
| Nosotros / as | inquietemos | no inquietemos |
| Vosotros / as | inquietad | no inquietéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inquieten | no inquieten |
| Vos | inquietá | no inquietes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inquietado |
| Tú | hayas inquietado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inquietado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inquietado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inquietado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inquietado |
| Vos | hayas inquietado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inquietado / hubiese inquietado |
| Tú | hubieras inquietado / hubieses inquietado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inquietado / hubiese inquietado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inquietado / hubiésemos inquietado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inquietado / hubieseis inquietado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inquietado / hubiesen inquietado |
| Vos | hubieras inquietado / hubieses inquietado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inquietado |
| Tú | hubieres inquietado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inquietado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inquietado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inquietado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inquietado |
| Vos | hubieres inquietado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inquietando |
| Tú | estés inquietando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inquietando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inquietando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inquietando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inquietando |
| Vos | estés inquietando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inquietando / estuviese inquietando |
| Tú | estuvieras inquietando / estuvieses inquietando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inquietando / estuviese inquietando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inquietando / estuviésamos inquietando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inquietando / estuvieseis inquietando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inquietando / estuviese inquietando |
| Vos | estuvieras inquietando / estuvieses inquietando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inquietando |
| Tú | estuvieres inquietando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inquietando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inquietando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inquietando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inquietando |
| Vos | estuvieres inquietando |
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 inquietás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inquietaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inquietabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inquietarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inquietarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos inquietes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inquietaras / Vos inquietase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inquietá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no inquietes |