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Instalar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to install”.
Below are all of the conjugations for instalar 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 install |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | instalar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está instalando) and past continuous (estaba instalando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. installing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he instalado and hubiera instalado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have installed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | instalando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | instalado |
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 install” or “they install”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | instalo |
| Tú | instalas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instala |
| Nosotros / as | instalamos |
| Vosotros / as | instaláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalan |
| Vos | instalás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I installed” or “she installed” 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 | instalé | I installed |
| Tú | instalaste | You installed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instaló | He / she / you installed |
| Nosotros / as | instalamos | We installed |
| Vosotros / as | instalasteis | You installed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalaron | They / you installed |
| Vos | instalaste | You installed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was installing” or “she was installing” 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 | instalaba | I was installing |
| Tú | instalabas | You were installing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instalaba | He was / she was / you were installing |
| Nosotros / as | instalábamos | We were installing |
| Vosotros / as | instalabais | You were installing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalaban | They / you were installing |
| Vos | instalabas | You were installing |
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 installed” and “she has installed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he instalado | I have installed |
| Tú | has instalado | You have installed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha instalado | He has / she has / you have installed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos instalado | We have installed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis instalado | You have installed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han instalado | They / you have installed |
| Vos | has instalado | You have installed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would install” or “she would install”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | instalaría | I would install |
| Tú | instalarías | You would install |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instalaría | He / she / you would install |
| Nosotros / as | instalaríamos | We would install |
| Vosotros / as | instalaríais | You would install |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalarían | They / you would install |
| Vos | instalarías | You would install |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will install” or “they will install”.
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 instalar” means “They are going to install”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | instalaré | I will install |
| Tú | instalarás | You will install |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instalará | He / she / you will install |
| Nosotros / as | instalaremos | We will install |
| Vosotros / as | instalaréis | You will install |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalarán | They / you will install |
| Vos | instalarás | You will install |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | instale |
| Tú | instales |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instale |
| Nosotros / as | instalemos |
| Vosotros / as | instaléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalen |
| Vos | instales |
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 | instalara | instalase |
| Tú | instalaras | instalase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instalara | instalase |
| Nosotros / as | instaláramos | instalásemos |
| Vosotros / as | instalarais | instalaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalaran | instalasen |
| Vos | instalaras | instalase |
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 | instalare |
| Tú | instalares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instalare |
| Nosotros / as | instaláremos |
| Vosotros / as | instalareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalaren |
| Vos | instalares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “install!” and “don’t install!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | instala | no instales |
| Él / Ella / Usted | instale | no instale |
| Nosotros / as | instalemos | no instalemos |
| Vosotros / as | instalad | no instaléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | instalen | no instalen |
| Vos | instalá | no instales |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya instalado |
| Tú | hayas instalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya instalado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos instalado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis instalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan instalado |
| Vos | hayas instalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera instalado / hubiese instalado |
| Tú | hubieras instalado / hubieses instalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera instalado / hubiese instalado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos instalado / hubiésemos instalado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais instalado / hubieseis instalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran instalado / hubiesen instalado |
| Vos | hubieras instalado / hubieses instalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere instalado |
| Tú | hubieres instalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere instalado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos instalado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis instalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren instalado |
| Vos | hubieres instalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté instalando |
| Tú | estés instalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté instalando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos instalando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis instalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén instalando |
| Vos | estés instalando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera instalando / estuviese instalando |
| Tú | estuvieras instalando / estuvieses instalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera instalando / estuviese instalando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos instalando / estuviésamos instalando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais instalando / estuvieseis instalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera instalando / estuviese instalando |
| Vos | estuvieras instalando / estuvieses instalando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere instalando |
| Tú | estuvieres instalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere instalando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos instalando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis instalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere instalando |
| Vos | estuvieres instalando |
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 instalás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos instalaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos instalabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos instalarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos instalarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos instales |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos instalaras / Vos instalase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos instalá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no instales |