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Alojar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lodge, take lodgings”.
Below are all of the conjugations for alojar 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 lodge, take lodgings |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | alojar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está alojando) and past continuous (estaba alojando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lodging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he alojado and hubiera alojado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lodged).
| Gerundio / Gerund | alojando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | alojado |
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 lodge” or “they lodge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alojo |
| Tú | alojas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aloja |
| Nosotros / as | alojamos |
| Vosotros / as | alojáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojan |
| Vos | alojás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lodged” or “she lodged” 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 | alojé | I lodged |
| Tú | alojaste | You lodged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alojó | He / she / you lodged |
| Nosotros / as | alojamos | We lodged |
| Vosotros / as | alojasteis | You lodged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojaron | They / you lodged |
| Vos | alojaste | You lodged |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lodging” or “she was lodging” 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 | alojaba | I was lodging |
| Tú | alojabas | You were lodging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alojaba | He was / she was / you were lodging |
| Nosotros / as | alojábamos | We were lodging |
| Vosotros / as | alojabais | You were lodging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojaban | They / you were lodging |
| Vos | alojabas | You were lodging |
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 lodged” and “she has lodged”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he alojado | I have lodged |
| Tú | has alojado | You have lodged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha alojado | He has / she has / you have lodged |
| Nosotros / as | hemos alojado | We have lodged |
| Vosotros / as | habéis alojado | You have lodged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han alojado | They / you have lodged |
| Vos | has alojado | You have lodged |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lodge” or “she would lodge”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alojaría | I would lodge |
| Tú | alojarías | You would lodge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alojaría | He / she / you would lodge |
| Nosotros / as | alojaríamos | We would lodge |
| Vosotros / as | alojaríais | You would lodge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojarían | They / you would lodge |
| Vos | alojarías | You would lodge |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lodge” or “they will lodge”.
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 alojar” means “They are going to lodge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alojaré | I will lodge |
| Tú | alojarás | You will lodge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alojará | He / she / you will lodge |
| Nosotros / as | alojaremos | We will lodge |
| Vosotros / as | alojaréis | You will lodge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojarán | They / you will lodge |
| Vos | alojarás | You will lodge |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aloje |
| Tú | alojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aloje |
| Nosotros / as | alojemos |
| Vosotros / as | alojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojen |
| Vos | alojes |
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 | alojara | alojase |
| Tú | alojaras | alojase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alojara | alojase |
| Nosotros / as | alojáramos | alojásemos |
| Vosotros / as | alojarais | alojaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojaran | alojasen |
| Vos | alojaras | alojase |
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 | alojare |
| Tú | alojares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alojare |
| Nosotros / as | alojáremos |
| Vosotros / as | alojareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojaren |
| Vos | alojares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lodge!” and “don’t lodge!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aloja | no alojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aloje | no aloje |
| Nosotros / as | alojemos | no alojemos |
| Vosotros / as | alojad | no alojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alojen | no alojen |
| Vos | alojá | no alojes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya alojado |
| Tú | hayas alojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya alojado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos alojado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis alojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan alojado |
| Vos | hayas alojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera alojado / hubiese alojado |
| Tú | hubieras alojado / hubieses alojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera alojado / hubiese alojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos alojado / hubiésemos alojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais alojado / hubieseis alojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran alojado / hubiesen alojado |
| Vos | hubieras alojado / hubieses alojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere alojado |
| Tú | hubieres alojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere alojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos alojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis alojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren alojado |
| Vos | hubieres alojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté alojando |
| Tú | estés alojando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté alojando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos alojando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis alojando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén alojando |
| Vos | estés alojando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera alojando / estuviese alojando |
| Tú | estuvieras alojando / estuvieses alojando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera alojando / estuviese alojando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos alojando / estuviésamos alojando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais alojando / estuvieseis alojando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera alojando / estuviese alojando |
| Vos | estuvieras alojando / estuvieses alojando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere alojando |
| Tú | estuvieres alojando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere alojando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos alojando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis alojando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere alojando |
| Vos | estuvieres alojando |
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 alojás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos alojaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos alojabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos alojarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos alojarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos alojes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos alojaras / Vos alojase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos alojá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no alojes |