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Interpelar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to appeal, implore”.
Below are all of the conjugations for interpelar 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 appeal, implore |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | interpelar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está interpelando) and past continuous (estaba interpelando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. appealing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he interpelado and hubiera interpelado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have appealed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | interpelando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | interpelado |
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 appeal” or “they appeal”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | interpelo |
| Tú | interpelas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpela |
| Nosotros / as | interpelamos |
| Vosotros / as | interpeláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelan |
| Vos | interpelás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I appealed” or “she appealed” 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 | interpelé | I appealed |
| Tú | interpelaste | You appealed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpeló | He / she / you appealed |
| Nosotros / as | interpelamos | We appealed |
| Vosotros / as | interpelasteis | You appealed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelaron | They / you appealed |
| Vos | interpelaste | You appealed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was appealing” or “she was appealing” 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 | interpelaba | I was appealing |
| Tú | interpelabas | You were appealing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpelaba | He was / she was / you were appealing |
| Nosotros / as | interpelábamos | We were appealing |
| Vosotros / as | interpelabais | You were appealing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelaban | They / you were appealing |
| Vos | interpelabas | You were appealing |
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 appealed” and “she has appealed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he interpelado | I have appealed |
| Tú | has interpelado | You have appealed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha interpelado | He has / she has / you have appealed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos interpelado | We have appealed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis interpelado | You have appealed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han interpelado | They / you have appealed |
| Vos | has interpelado | You have appealed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would appeal” or “she would appeal”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interpelaría | I would appeal |
| Tú | interpelarías | You would appeal |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpelaría | He / she / you would appeal |
| Nosotros / as | interpelaríamos | We would appeal |
| Vosotros / as | interpelaríais | You would appeal |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelarían | They / you would appeal |
| Vos | interpelarías | You would appeal |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will appeal” or “they will appeal”.
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 interpelar” means “They are going to appeal”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interpelaré | I will appeal |
| Tú | interpelarás | You will appeal |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpelará | He / she / you will appeal |
| Nosotros / as | interpelaremos | We will appeal |
| Vosotros / as | interpelaréis | You will appeal |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelarán | They / you will appeal |
| Vos | interpelarás | You will appeal |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | interpele |
| Tú | interpeles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpele |
| Nosotros / as | interpelemos |
| Vosotros / as | interpeléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelen |
| Vos | interpeles |
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 | interpelara | interpelase |
| Tú | interpelaras | interpelase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpelara | interpelase |
| Nosotros / as | interpeláramos | interpelásemos |
| Vosotros / as | interpelarais | interpelaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelaran | interpelasen |
| Vos | interpelaras | interpelase |
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 | interpelare |
| Tú | interpelares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpelare |
| Nosotros / as | interpeláremos |
| Vosotros / as | interpelareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelaren |
| Vos | interpelares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “appeal!” and “don’t appeal!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | interpela | no interpeles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interpele | no interpele |
| Nosotros / as | interpelemos | no interpelemos |
| Vosotros / as | interpelad | no interpeléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interpelen | no interpelen |
| Vos | interpelá | no interpeles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya interpelado |
| Tú | hayas interpelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya interpelado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos interpelado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis interpelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan interpelado |
| Vos | hayas interpelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera interpelado / hubiese interpelado |
| Tú | hubieras interpelado / hubieses interpelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera interpelado / hubiese interpelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos interpelado / hubiésemos interpelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais interpelado / hubieseis interpelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran interpelado / hubiesen interpelado |
| Vos | hubieras interpelado / hubieses interpelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere interpelado |
| Tú | hubieres interpelado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere interpelado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos interpelado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis interpelado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren interpelado |
| Vos | hubieres interpelado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté interpelando |
| Tú | estés interpelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté interpelando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos interpelando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis interpelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén interpelando |
| Vos | estés interpelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera interpelando / estuviese interpelando |
| Tú | estuvieras interpelando / estuvieses interpelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera interpelando / estuviese interpelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos interpelando / estuviésamos interpelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais interpelando / estuvieseis interpelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera interpelando / estuviese interpelando |
| Vos | estuvieras interpelando / estuvieses interpelando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere interpelando |
| Tú | estuvieres interpelando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere interpelando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos interpelando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis interpelando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere interpelando |
| Vos | estuvieres interpelando |
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 interpelás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos interpelaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos interpelabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos interpelarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos interpelarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos interpeles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos interpelaras / Vos interpelase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos interpelá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no interpeles |