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Lubricar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lubricate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for lubricar 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 lubricate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | lubricar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está lubricando) and past continuous (estaba lubricando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lubricating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he lubricado and hubiera lubricado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lubricated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | lubricando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | lubricado |
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 lubricate” or “they lubricate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lubrico |
| Tú | lubricas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubrica |
| Nosotros / as | lubricamos |
| Vosotros / as | lubricáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubrican |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lubricated” or “she lubricated” 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 | lubriqué | I lubricated |
| Tú | lubricaste | You lubricated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubricó | He / she / you lubricated |
| Nosotros / as | lubricamos | We lubricated |
| Vosotros / as | lubricasteis | You lubricated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubricaron | They / you lubricated |
| Vos | lubricaste | You lubricated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lubricating” or “she was lubricating” 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 | lubricaba | I was lubricating |
| Tú | lubricabas | You were lubricating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubricaba | He was / she was / you were lubricating |
| Nosotros / as | lubricábamos | We were lubricating |
| Vosotros / as | lubricabais | You were lubricating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubricaban | They / you were lubricating |
| Vos | lubricabas | You were lubricating |
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 lubricated” and “she has lubricated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he lubricado | I have lubricated |
| Tú | has lubricado | You have lubricated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha lubricado | He has / she has / you have lubricated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos lubricado | We have lubricated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis lubricado | You have lubricated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han lubricado | They / you have lubricated |
| Vos | has lubricado | You have lubricated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lubricate” or “she would lubricate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lubricaría | I would lubricate |
| Tú | lubricarías | You would lubricate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubricaría | He / she / you would lubricate |
| Nosotros / as | lubricaríamos | We would lubricate |
| Vosotros / as | lubricaríais | You would lubricate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubricarían | They / you would lubricate |
| Vos | lubricarías | You would lubricate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lubricate” or “they will lubricate”.
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 lubricar” means “They are going to lubricate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | lubricaré | I will lubricate |
| Tú | lubricarás | You will lubricate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubricará | He / she / you will lubricate |
| Nosotros / as | lubricaremos | We will lubricate |
| Vosotros / as | lubricaréis | You will lubricate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubricarán | They / you will lubricate |
| Vos | lubricarás | You will lubricate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lubrique |
| Tú | lubriques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubrique |
| Nosotros / as | lubriquemos |
| Vosotros / as | lubriquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubriquen |
| Vos | lubriques |
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 | lubricara | lubricase |
| Tú | lubricaras | lubricase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubricara | lubricase |
| Nosotros / as | lubricáramos | lubricásemos |
| Vosotros / as | lubricarais | lubricaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubricaran | lubricasen |
| Vos | lubricaras | lubricase |
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 | lubricare |
| Tú | lubricares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubricare |
| Nosotros / as | lubricáremos |
| Vosotros / as | lubricareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubricaren |
| Vos | lubricares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lubricate!” and “don’t lubricate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | lubrica | no lubriques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lubrique | no lubrique |
| Nosotros / as | lubriquemos | no lubriquemos |
| Vosotros / as | lubricad | no lubriquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | lubriquen | no lubriquen |
| Vos | no lubriques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya lubricado |
| Tú | hayas lubricado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya lubricado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos lubricado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis lubricado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan lubricado |
| Vos | hayas lubricado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera lubricado / hubiese lubricado |
| Tú | hubieras lubricado / hubieses lubricado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera lubricado / hubiese lubricado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos lubricado / hubiésemos lubricado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais lubricado / hubieseis lubricado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran lubricado / hubiesen lubricado |
| Vos | hubieras lubricado / hubieses lubricado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere lubricado |
| Tú | hubieres lubricado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere lubricado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos lubricado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis lubricado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren lubricado |
| Vos | hubieres lubricado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté lubricando |
| Tú | estés lubricando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté lubricando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos lubricando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis lubricando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén lubricando |
| Vos | estés lubricando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera lubricando / estuviese lubricando |
| Tú | estuvieras lubricando / estuvieses lubricando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera lubricando / estuviese lubricando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos lubricando / estuviésamos lubricando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais lubricando / estuvieseis lubricando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera lubricando / estuviese lubricando |
| Vos | estuvieras lubricando / estuvieses lubricando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere lubricando |
| Tú | estuvieres lubricando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere lubricando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos lubricando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis lubricando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere lubricando |
| Vos | estuvieres lubricando |
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 |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos lubricaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos lubricabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos lubricarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos lubricarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos lubriques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos lubricaras / Vos lubricase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no lubriques |