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Liquidar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to liquefy, liquidate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for liquidar 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 liquefy, liquidate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | liquidar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está liquidando) and past continuous (estaba liquidando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. liquefying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he liquidado and hubiera liquidado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have liquefied).
| Gerundio / Gerund | liquidando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | liquidado |
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 liquefy” or “they liquefy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | liquido |
| Tú | liquidas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquida |
| Nosotros / as | liquidamos |
| Vosotros / as | liquidáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquidan |
| Vos | liquidás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I liquefied” or “she liquefied” 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 | liquidé | I liquefied |
| Tú | liquidaste | You liquefied |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquidó | He / she / you liquefied |
| Nosotros / as | liquidamos | We liquefied |
| Vosotros / as | liquidasteis | You liquefied |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquidaron | They / you liquefied |
| Vos | liquidaste | You liquefied |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was liquefying” or “she was liquefying” 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 | liquidaba | I was liquefying |
| Tú | liquidabas | You were liquefying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquidaba | He was / she was / you were liquefying |
| Nosotros / as | liquidábamos | We were liquefying |
| Vosotros / as | liquidabais | You were liquefying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquidaban | They / you were liquefying |
| Vos | liquidabas | You were liquefying |
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 liquefied” and “she has liquefied”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he liquidado | I have liquefied |
| Tú | has liquidado | You have liquefied |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha liquidado | He has / she has / you have liquefied |
| Nosotros / as | hemos liquidado | We have liquefied |
| Vosotros / as | habéis liquidado | You have liquefied |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han liquidado | They / you have liquefied |
| Vos | has liquidado | You have liquefied |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would liquefy” or “she would liquefy”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liquidaría | I would liquefy |
| Tú | liquidarías | You would liquefy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquidaría | He / she / you would liquefy |
| Nosotros / as | liquidaríamos | We would liquefy |
| Vosotros / as | liquidaríais | You would liquefy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquidarían | They / you would liquefy |
| Vos | liquidarías | You would liquefy |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will liquefy” or “they will liquefy”.
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 liquidar” means “They are going to liquefy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | liquidaré | I will liquefy |
| Tú | liquidarás | You will liquefy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquidará | He / she / you will liquefy |
| Nosotros / as | liquidaremos | We will liquefy |
| Vosotros / as | liquidaréis | You will liquefy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquidarán | They / you will liquefy |
| Vos | liquidarás | You will liquefy |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | liquide |
| Tú | liquides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquide |
| Nosotros / as | liquidemos |
| Vosotros / as | liquidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquiden |
| Vos | liquides |
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 | liquidara | liquidase |
| Tú | liquidaras | liquidase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquidara | liquidase |
| Nosotros / as | liquidáramos | liquidásemos |
| Vosotros / as | liquidarais | liquidaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquidaran | liquidasen |
| Vos | liquidaras | liquidase |
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 | liquidare |
| Tú | liquidares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquidare |
| Nosotros / as | liquidáremos |
| Vosotros / as | liquidareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquidaren |
| Vos | liquidares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “liquefy!” and “don’t liquefy!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | liquida | no liquides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | liquide | no liquide |
| Nosotros / as | liquidemos | no liquidemos |
| Vosotros / as | liquidad | no liquidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | liquiden | no liquiden |
| Vos | liquidá | no liquides |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya liquidado |
| Tú | hayas liquidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya liquidado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos liquidado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis liquidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan liquidado |
| Vos | hayas liquidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera liquidado / hubiese liquidado |
| Tú | hubieras liquidado / hubieses liquidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera liquidado / hubiese liquidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos liquidado / hubiésemos liquidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais liquidado / hubieseis liquidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran liquidado / hubiesen liquidado |
| Vos | hubieras liquidado / hubieses liquidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere liquidado |
| Tú | hubieres liquidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere liquidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos liquidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis liquidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren liquidado |
| Vos | hubieres liquidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté liquidando |
| Tú | estés liquidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté liquidando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos liquidando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis liquidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén liquidando |
| Vos | estés liquidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera liquidando / estuviese liquidando |
| Tú | estuvieras liquidando / estuvieses liquidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera liquidando / estuviese liquidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos liquidando / estuviésamos liquidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais liquidando / estuvieseis liquidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera liquidando / estuviese liquidando |
| Vos | estuvieras liquidando / estuvieses liquidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere liquidando |
| Tú | estuvieres liquidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere liquidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos liquidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis liquidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere liquidando |
| Vos | estuvieres liquidando |
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 liquidás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos liquidaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos liquidabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos liquidarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos liquidarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos liquides |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos liquidaras / Vos liquidase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos liquidá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no liquides |