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Aterrizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to land (airplane)”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aterrizar 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 land (airplane) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aterrizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aterrizando) and past continuous (estaba aterrizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. landing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aterrizado and hubiera aterrizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have landed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aterrizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aterrizado |
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 land” or “they land”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aterrizo |
| Tú | aterrizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterriza |
| Nosotros / as | aterrizamos |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterrizan |
| Vos | aterrizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I landed” or “she landed” 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 | aterricé | I landed |
| Tú | aterrizaste | You landed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrizó | He / she / you landed |
| Nosotros / as | aterrizamos | We landed |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizasteis | You landed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterrizaron | They / you landed |
| Vos | aterrizaste | You landed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was landing” or “she was landing” 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 | aterrizaba | I was landing |
| Tú | aterrizabas | You were landing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrizaba | He was / she was / you were landing |
| Nosotros / as | aterrizábamos | We were landing |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizabais | You were landing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterrizaban | They / you were landing |
| Vos | aterrizabas | You were landing |
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 landed” and “she has landed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aterrizado | I have landed |
| Tú | has aterrizado | You have landed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aterrizado | He has / she has / you have landed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aterrizado | We have landed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aterrizado | You have landed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aterrizado | They / you have landed |
| Vos | has aterrizado | You have landed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would land” or “she would land”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aterrizaría | I would land |
| Tú | aterrizarías | You would land |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrizaría | He / she / you would land |
| Nosotros / as | aterrizaríamos | We would land |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizaríais | You would land |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterrizarían | They / you would land |
| Vos | aterrizarías | You would land |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will land” or “they will land”.
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 aterrizar” means “They are going to land”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aterrizaré | I will land |
| Tú | aterrizarás | You will land |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrizará | He / she / you will land |
| Nosotros / as | aterrizaremos | We will land |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizaréis | You will land |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterrizarán | They / you will land |
| Vos | aterrizarás | You will land |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aterrice |
| Tú | aterrices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrice |
| Nosotros / as | aterricemos |
| Vosotros / as | aterricéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterricen |
| Vos | aterrices |
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 | aterrizara | aterrizase |
| Tú | aterrizaras | aterrizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrizara | aterrizase |
| Nosotros / as | aterrizáramos | aterrizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizarais | aterrizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterrizaran | aterrizasen |
| Vos | aterrizaras | aterrizase |
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 | aterrizare |
| Tú | aterrizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrizare |
| Nosotros / as | aterrizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterrizaren |
| Vos | aterrizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “land!” and “don’t land!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aterriza | no aterrices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aterrice | no aterrice |
| Nosotros / as | aterricemos | no aterricemos |
| Vosotros / as | aterrizad | no aterricéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aterricen | no aterricen |
| Vos | aterrizá | no aterrices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aterrizado |
| Tú | hayas aterrizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aterrizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aterrizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aterrizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aterrizado |
| Vos | hayas aterrizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aterrizado / hubiese aterrizado |
| Tú | hubieras aterrizado / hubieses aterrizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aterrizado / hubiese aterrizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aterrizado / hubiésemos aterrizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aterrizado / hubieseis aterrizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aterrizado / hubiesen aterrizado |
| Vos | hubieras aterrizado / hubieses aterrizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aterrizado |
| Tú | hubieres aterrizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aterrizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aterrizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aterrizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aterrizado |
| Vos | hubieres aterrizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aterrizando |
| Tú | estés aterrizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aterrizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aterrizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aterrizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aterrizando |
| Vos | estés aterrizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aterrizando / estuviese aterrizando |
| Tú | estuvieras aterrizando / estuvieses aterrizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aterrizando / estuviese aterrizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aterrizando / estuviésamos aterrizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aterrizando / estuvieseis aterrizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aterrizando / estuviese aterrizando |
| Vos | estuvieras aterrizando / estuvieses aterrizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aterrizando |
| Tú | estuvieres aterrizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aterrizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aterrizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aterrizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aterrizando |
| Vos | estuvieres aterrizando |
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 aterrizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aterrizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aterrizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aterrizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aterrizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aterrices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aterrizaras / Vos aterrizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aterrizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aterrices |