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Lesionar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to damage, wound”.
Below are all of the conjugations for lesionar 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 damage, wound |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | lesionar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está lesionando) and past continuous (estaba lesionando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. damaging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he lesionado and hubiera lesionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have damaged).
| Gerundio / Gerund | lesionando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | lesionado |
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 damage” or “they damage”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lesiono |
| Tú | lesionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesiona |
| Nosotros / as | lesionamos |
| Vosotros / as | lesionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionan |
| Vos | lesionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I damaged” or “she damaged” 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 | lesioné | I damaged |
| Tú | lesionaste | You damaged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesionó | He / she / you damaged |
| Nosotros / as | lesionamos | We damaged |
| Vosotros / as | lesionasteis | You damaged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionaron | They / you damaged |
| Vos | lesionaste | You damaged |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was damaging” or “she was damaging” 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 | lesionaba | I was damaging |
| Tú | lesionabas | You were damaging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesionaba | He was / she was / you were damaging |
| Nosotros / as | lesionábamos | We were damaging |
| Vosotros / as | lesionabais | You were damaging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionaban | They / you were damaging |
| Vos | lesionabas | You were damaging |
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 damaged” and “she has damaged”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he lesionado | I have damaged |
| Tú | has lesionado | You have damaged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha lesionado | He has / she has / you have damaged |
| Nosotros / as | hemos lesionado | We have damaged |
| Vosotros / as | habéis lesionado | You have damaged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han lesionado | They / you have damaged |
| Vos | has lesionado | You have damaged |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would damage” or “she would damage”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lesionaría | I would damage |
| Tú | lesionarías | You would damage |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesionaría | He / she / you would damage |
| Nosotros / as | lesionaríamos | We would damage |
| Vosotros / as | lesionaríais | You would damage |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionarían | They / you would damage |
| Vos | lesionarías | You would damage |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will damage” or “they will damage”.
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 lesionar” means “They are going to damage”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lesionaré | I will damage |
| Tú | lesionarás | You will damage |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesionará | He / she / you will damage |
| Nosotros / as | lesionaremos | We will damage |
| Vosotros / as | lesionaréis | You will damage |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionarán | They / you will damage |
| Vos | lesionarás | You will damage |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lesione |
| Tú | lesiones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesione |
| Nosotros / as | lesionemos |
| Vosotros / as | lesionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionen |
| Vos | lesiones |
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 | lesionara | lesionase |
| Tú | lesionaras | lesionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesionara | lesionase |
| Nosotros / as | lesionáramos | lesionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | lesionarais | lesionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionaran | lesionasen |
| Vos | lesionaras | lesionase |
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 | lesionare |
| Tú | lesionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesionare |
| Nosotros / as | lesionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | lesionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionaren |
| Vos | lesionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “damage!” and “don’t damage!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | lesiona | no lesiones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lesione | no lesione |
| Nosotros / as | lesionemos | no lesionemos |
| Vosotros / as | lesionad | no lesionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lesionen | no lesionen |
| Vos | lesioná | no lesiones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya lesionado |
| Tú | hayas lesionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya lesionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos lesionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis lesionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan lesionado |
| Vos | hayas lesionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera lesionado / hubiese lesionado |
| Tú | hubieras lesionado / hubieses lesionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera lesionado / hubiese lesionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos lesionado / hubiésemos lesionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais lesionado / hubieseis lesionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran lesionado / hubiesen lesionado |
| Vos | hubieras lesionado / hubieses lesionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere lesionado |
| Tú | hubieres lesionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere lesionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos lesionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis lesionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren lesionado |
| Vos | hubieres lesionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté lesionando |
| Tú | estés lesionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté lesionando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos lesionando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis lesionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén lesionando |
| Vos | estés lesionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera lesionando / estuviese lesionando |
| Tú | estuvieras lesionando / estuvieses lesionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera lesionando / estuviese lesionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos lesionando / estuviésamos lesionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais lesionando / estuvieseis lesionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera lesionando / estuviese lesionando |
| Vos | estuvieras lesionando / estuvieses lesionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere lesionando |
| Tú | estuvieres lesionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere lesionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos lesionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis lesionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere lesionando |
| Vos | estuvieres lesionando |
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 lesionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos lesionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos lesionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos lesionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos lesionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos lesiones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos lesionaras / Vos lesionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos lesioná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no lesiones |