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Alisar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to smooth, polish”.
Below are all of the conjugations for alisar 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 smooth, polish |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | alisar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está alisando) and past continuous (estaba alisando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. smoothing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he alisado and hubiera alisado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have smoothed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | alisando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | alisado |
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 smooth” or “they smooth”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aliso |
| Tú | alisas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alisa |
| Nosotros / as | alisamos |
| Vosotros / as | alisáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisan |
| Vos | alisás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I smoothed” or “she smoothed” 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 | alisé | I smoothed |
| Tú | alisaste | You smoothed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alisó | He / she / you smoothed |
| Nosotros / as | alisamos | We smoothed |
| Vosotros / as | alisasteis | You smoothed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisaron | They / you smoothed |
| Vos | alisaste | You smoothed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was smoothing” or “she was smoothing” 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 | alisaba | I was smoothing |
| Tú | alisabas | You were smoothing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alisaba | He was / she was / you were smoothing |
| Nosotros / as | alisábamos | We were smoothing |
| Vosotros / as | alisabais | You were smoothing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisaban | They / you were smoothing |
| Vos | alisabas | You were smoothing |
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 smoothed” and “she has smoothed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he alisado | I have smoothed |
| Tú | has alisado | You have smoothed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha alisado | He has / she has / you have smoothed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos alisado | We have smoothed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis alisado | You have smoothed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han alisado | They / you have smoothed |
| Vos | has alisado | You have smoothed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would smooth” or “she would smooth”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alisaría | I would smooth |
| Tú | alisarías | You would smooth |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alisaría | He / she / you would smooth |
| Nosotros / as | alisaríamos | We would smooth |
| Vosotros / as | alisaríais | You would smooth |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisarían | They / you would smooth |
| Vos | alisarías | You would smooth |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will smooth” or “they will smooth”.
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 alisar” means “They are going to smooth”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alisaré | I will smooth |
| Tú | alisarás | You will smooth |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alisará | He / she / you will smooth |
| Nosotros / as | alisaremos | We will smooth |
| Vosotros / as | alisaréis | You will smooth |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisarán | They / you will smooth |
| Vos | alisarás | You will smooth |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alise |
| Tú | alises |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alise |
| Nosotros / as | alisemos |
| Vosotros / as | aliséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisen |
| Vos | alises |
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 | alisara | alisase |
| Tú | alisaras | alisase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alisara | alisase |
| Nosotros / as | alisáramos | alisásemos |
| Vosotros / as | alisarais | alisaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisaran | alisasen |
| Vos | alisaras | alisase |
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 | alisare |
| Tú | alisares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alisare |
| Nosotros / as | alisáremos |
| Vosotros / as | alisareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisaren |
| Vos | alisares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “smooth!” and “don’t smooth!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | alisa | no alises |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alise | no alise |
| Nosotros / as | alisemos | no alisemos |
| Vosotros / as | alisad | no aliséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alisen | no alisen |
| Vos | alisá | no alises |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya alisado |
| Tú | hayas alisado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya alisado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos alisado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis alisado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan alisado |
| Vos | hayas alisado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera alisado / hubiese alisado |
| Tú | hubieras alisado / hubieses alisado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera alisado / hubiese alisado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos alisado / hubiésemos alisado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais alisado / hubieseis alisado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran alisado / hubiesen alisado |
| Vos | hubieras alisado / hubieses alisado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere alisado |
| Tú | hubieres alisado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere alisado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos alisado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis alisado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren alisado |
| Vos | hubieres alisado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté alisando |
| Tú | estés alisando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté alisando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos alisando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis alisando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén alisando |
| Vos | estés alisando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera alisando / estuviese alisando |
| Tú | estuvieras alisando / estuvieses alisando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera alisando / estuviese alisando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos alisando / estuviésamos alisando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais alisando / estuvieseis alisando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera alisando / estuviese alisando |
| Vos | estuvieras alisando / estuvieses alisando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere alisando |
| Tú | estuvieres alisando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere alisando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos alisando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis alisando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere alisando |
| Vos | estuvieres alisando |
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 alisás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos alisaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos alisabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos alisarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos alisarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos alises |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos alisaras / Vos alisase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos alisá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no alises |