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Abalanzarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fling, hurl oneself”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me abalanzo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que abalanzarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for abalanzarse 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 fling, hurl oneself |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abalanzarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abalanzándose) and past continuous (estaba abalanzándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. flinging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abalanzado and hubiera abalanzado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have flung).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abalanzándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abalanzado |
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 fling” or “they fling”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me abalanzo |
| Tú | te abalanzas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalanza |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalanzamos |
| Vosotros / as | os abalanzáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalanzan |
| Vos | te abalanzás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I flung” or “she flung” 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 | me abalancé | I flung |
| Tú | te abalanzaste | You flung |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalanzó | He / she / you flung |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalanzamos | We flung |
| Vosotros / as | os abalanzasteis | You flung |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalanzaron | They / you flung |
| Vos | te abalanzaste | You flung |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was flinging” or “she was flinging” 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 | me abalanzaba | I was flinging |
| Tú | te abalanzabas | You were flinging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalanzaba | He was / she was / you were flinging |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalanzábamos | We were flinging |
| Vosotros / as | os abalanzabais | You were flinging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalanzaban | They / you were flinging |
| Vos | te abalanzabas | You were flinging |
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 flung” and “she has flung”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he abalanzado | I have flung |
| Tú | te has abalanzado | You have flung |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha abalanzado | He has / she has / you have flung |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos abalanzado | We have flung |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis abalanzado | You have flung |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han abalanzado | They / you have flung |
| Vos | te has abalanzado | You have flung |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fling” or “she would fling”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abalanzaría | I would fling |
| Tú | te abalanzarías | You would fling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalanzaría | He / she / you would fling |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalanzaríamos | We would fling |
| Vosotros / as | os abalanzaríais | You would fling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalanzarían | They / you would fling |
| Vos | te abalanzarías | You would fling |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fling” or “they will fling”.
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 abalanzarse” means “They are going to fling”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abalanzaré | I will fling |
| Tú | te abalanzarás | You will fling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalanzará | He / she / you will fling |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalanzaremos | We will fling |
| Vosotros / as | os abalanzaréis | You will fling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalanzarán | They / you will fling |
| Vos | te abalanzarás | You will fling |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me abalance |
| Tú | te abalances |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalance |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalancemos |
| Vosotros / as | os abalancéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalancen |
| Vos | te abalances |
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 | me abalanzara | me abalanzase |
| Tú | te abalanzaras | me abalanzase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalanzara | se abalanzase |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalanzáramos | nos abalanzásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os abalanzarais | os abalanzaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalanzaran | se abalanzasen |
| Vos | te abalanzaras | me abalanzase |
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 | me abalanzare |
| Tú | te abalanzares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abalanzare |
| Nosotros / as | nos abalanzáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os abalanzareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abalanzaren |
| Vos | te abalanzares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fling!” and “don’t fling!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abalánzate | no te abalances |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abaláncese | no se abalance |
| Nosotros / as | abalancémonos | no nos abalancemos |
| Vosotros / as | abalanzaos | no os abalancéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abaláncense | no se abalancen |
| Vos | abalanzate | no te abalances |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abalanzado |
| Tú | hayas abalanzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abalanzado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abalanzado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abalanzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abalanzado |
| Vos | hayas abalanzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abalanzado / hubiese abalanzado |
| Tú | hubieras abalanzado / hubieses abalanzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abalanzado / hubiese abalanzado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abalanzado / hubiésemos abalanzado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abalanzado / hubieseis abalanzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abalanzado / hubiesen abalanzado |
| Vos | hubieras abalanzado / hubieses abalanzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abalanzado |
| Tú | hubieres abalanzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abalanzado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abalanzado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abalanzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abalanzado |
| Vos | hubieres abalanzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abalanzándose |
| Tú | estés abalanzándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abalanzándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abalanzándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abalanzándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abalanzándose |
| Vos | estés abalanzándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abalanzándose / estuviese abalanzándose |
| Tú | estuvieras abalanzándose / estuvieses abalanzándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abalanzándose / estuviese abalanzándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abalanzándose / estuviésamos abalanzándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abalanzándose / estuvieseis abalanzándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abalanzándose / estuviese abalanzándose |
| Vos | estuvieras abalanzándose / estuvieses abalanzándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abalanzándose |
| Tú | estuvieres abalanzándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abalanzándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abalanzándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abalanzándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abalanzándose |
| Vos | estuvieres abalanzándose |
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 te abalanzás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te abalanzaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te abalanzabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te abalanzarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te abalanzarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te abalances |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te abalanzaras / Vos me abalanzase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abalanzate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te abalances |