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Abanicar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fan”.
Below are all of the conjugations for abanicar 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 fan |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abanicar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abanicando) and past continuous (estaba abanicando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. fanning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abanicado and hubiera abanicado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have fanned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abanicando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abanicado |
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 fan” or “they fan”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abanico |
| Tú | abanicas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanica |
| Nosotros / as | abanicamos |
| Vosotros / as | abanicáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abanican |
| Vos | abanicás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I fanned” or “she fanned” 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 | abaniqué | I fanned |
| Tú | abanicaste | You fanned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanicó | He / she / you fanned |
| Nosotros / as | abanicamos | We fanned |
| Vosotros / as | abanicasteis | You fanned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abanicaron | They / you fanned |
| Vos | abanicaste | You fanned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was fanning” or “she was fanning” 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 | abanicaba | I was fanning |
| Tú | abanicabas | You were fanning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanicaba | He was / she was / you were fanning |
| Nosotros / as | abanicábamos | We were fanning |
| Vosotros / as | abanicabais | You were fanning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abanicaban | They / you were fanning |
| Vos | abanicabas | You were fanning |
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 fanned” and “she has fanned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abanicado | I have fanned |
| Tú | has abanicado | You have fanned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha abanicado | He has / she has / you have fanned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos abanicado | We have fanned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis abanicado | You have fanned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han abanicado | They / you have fanned |
| Vos | has abanicado | You have fanned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fan” or “she would fan”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abanicaría | I would fan |
| Tú | abanicarías | You would fan |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanicaría | He / she / you would fan |
| Nosotros / as | abanicaríamos | We would fan |
| Vosotros / as | abanicaríais | You would fan |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abanicarían | They / you would fan |
| Vos | abanicarías | You would fan |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fan” or “they will fan”.
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 abanicar” means “They are going to fan”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abanicaré | I will fan |
| Tú | abanicarás | You will fan |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanicará | He / she / you will fan |
| Nosotros / as | abanicaremos | We will fan |
| Vosotros / as | abanicaréis | You will fan |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abanicarán | They / you will fan |
| Vos | abanicarás | You will fan |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abanique |
| Tú | abaniques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanique |
| Nosotros / as | abaniquemos |
| Vosotros / as | abaniquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abaniquen |
| Vos | abaniques |
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 | abanicara | abanicase |
| Tú | abanicaras | abanicase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanicara | abanicase |
| Nosotros / as | abanicáramos | abanicásemos |
| Vosotros / as | abanicarais | abanicaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abanicaran | abanicasen |
| Vos | abanicaras | abanicase |
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 | abanicare |
| Tú | abanicares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanicare |
| Nosotros / as | abanicáremos |
| Vosotros / as | abanicareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abanicaren |
| Vos | abanicares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fan!” and “don’t fan!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abanica | no abaniques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abanique | no abanique |
| Nosotros / as | abaniquemos | no abaniquemos |
| Vosotros / as | abanicad | no abaniquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abaniquen | no abaniquen |
| Vos | abanicá | no abaniques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abanicado |
| Tú | hayas abanicado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abanicado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abanicado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abanicado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abanicado |
| Vos | hayas abanicado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abanicado / hubiese abanicado |
| Tú | hubieras abanicado / hubieses abanicado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abanicado / hubiese abanicado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abanicado / hubiésemos abanicado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abanicado / hubieseis abanicado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abanicado / hubiesen abanicado |
| Vos | hubieras abanicado / hubieses abanicado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abanicado |
| Tú | hubieres abanicado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abanicado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abanicado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abanicado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abanicado |
| Vos | hubieres abanicado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abanicando |
| Tú | estés abanicando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abanicando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abanicando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abanicando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abanicando |
| Vos | estés abanicando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abanicando / estuviese abanicando |
| Tú | estuvieras abanicando / estuvieses abanicando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abanicando / estuviese abanicando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abanicando / estuviésamos abanicando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abanicando / estuvieseis abanicando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abanicando / estuviese abanicando |
| Vos | estuvieras abanicando / estuvieses abanicando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abanicando |
| Tú | estuvieres abanicando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abanicando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abanicando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abanicando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abanicando |
| Vos | estuvieres abanicando |
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 abanicás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos abanicaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos abanicabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos abanicarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos abanicarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos abaniques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos abanicaras / Vos abanicase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abanicá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no abaniques |