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Invadir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to invade, trespass”.
Below are all of the conjugations for invadir 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 invade, trespass |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | invadir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está invadiendo) and past continuous (estaba invadiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. invating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he invadido and hubiera invadido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have invated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | invadiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | invadido |
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 invate” or “they invate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | invado |
| Tú | invades |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invade |
| Nosotros / as | invadimos |
| Vosotros / as | invadís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invaden |
| Vos | invadís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I invated” or “she invated” 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 | invadí | I invated |
| Tú | invadiste | You invated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invadió | He / she / you invated |
| Nosotros / as | invadimos | We invated |
| Vosotros / as | invadisteis | You invated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadieron | They / you invated |
| Vos | invadiste | You invated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was invating” or “she was invating” 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 | invadía | I was invating |
| Tú | invadías | You were invating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invadía | He was / she was / you were invating |
| Nosotros / as | invadíamos | We were invating |
| Vosotros / as | invadíais | You were invating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadían | They / you were invating |
| Vos | invadías | You were invating |
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 invated” and “she has invated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he invadido | I have invated |
| Tú | has invadido | You have invated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha invadido | He has / she has / you have invated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos invadido | We have invated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis invadido | You have invated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han invadido | They / you have invated |
| Vos | has invadido | You have invated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would invate” or “she would invate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | invadiría | I would invate |
| Tú | invadirías | You would invate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invadiría | He / she / you would invate |
| Nosotros / as | invadiríamos | We would invate |
| Vosotros / as | invadiríais | You would invate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadirían | They / you would invate |
| Vos | invadirías | You would invate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will invate” or “they will invate”.
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 invadir” means “They are going to invate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | invadiré | I will invate |
| Tú | invadirás | You will invate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invadirá | He / she / you will invate |
| Nosotros / as | invadiremos | We will invate |
| Vosotros / as | invadiréis | You will invate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadirán | They / you will invate |
| Vos | invadirás | You will invate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | invada |
| Tú | invadas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invada |
| Nosotros / as | invadamos |
| Vosotros / as | invadáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadan |
| Vos | invadas |
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 | invadiera | invadiese |
| Tú | invadieras | invadiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invadiera | invadiese |
| Nosotros / as | invadiéramos | invadiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | invadierais | invadieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadieran | invadiesen |
| Vos | invadieras | invadiese |
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 | invadiere |
| Tú | invadieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invadiera |
| Nosotros / as | invadiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | invadiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadieren |
| Vos | invadieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “invate!” and “don’t invate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | invade | no invadas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invada | no invada |
| Nosotros / as | invadamos | no invadamos |
| Vosotros / as | invadid | no invadáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invadan | no invadan |
| Vos | invadí | no invadas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya invadido |
| Tú | hayas invadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya invadido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos invadido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis invadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan invadido |
| Vos | hayas invadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera invadido / hubiese invadido |
| Tú | hubieras invadido / hubieses invadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera invadido / hubiese invadido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos invadido / hubiésemos invadido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais invadido / hubieseis invadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran invadido / hubiesen invadido |
| Vos | hubieras invadido / hubieses invadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere invadido |
| Tú | hubieres invadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere invadido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos invadido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis invadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren invadido |
| Vos | hubieres invadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté invadiendo |
| Tú | estés invadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté invadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos invadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis invadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén invadiendo |
| Vos | estés invadiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera invadiendo / estuviese invadiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras invadiendo / estuvieses invadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera invadiendo / estuviese invadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos invadiendo / estuviésamos invadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais invadiendo / estuvieseis invadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera invadiendo / estuviese invadiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras invadiendo / estuvieses invadiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere invadiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres invadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere invadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos invadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis invadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere invadiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres invadiendo |
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 invadís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos invadiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos invadías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos invadirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos invadirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos invadas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos invadieras / Vos invadiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos invadí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no invadas |