Ahogar conjugation
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Ahogar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to drown, sink, choke”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ahogar 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.
Ahogar Infinitive
| English Infinitive | to drown, sink, choke |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ahogar |
Ahogar Gerund and Past Participle
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ahogando) and past continuous (estaba ahogando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. drowning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ahogado and hubiera ahogado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have drowned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ahogando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ahogado |
Ahogar Indicative Conjugations
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
Ahogar Presente / Present
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 drown” or “they drown”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ahogo |
| Tú | ahogas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahoga |
| Nosotros / as | ahogamos |
| Vosotros / as | ahogáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahogan |
| Vos | ahogás |
Ahogar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I drowned” or “she drowned” 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 | ahogué | I drowned |
| Tú | ahogaste | You drowned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogó | He / she / you drowned |
| Nosotros / as | ahogamos | We drowned |
| Vosotros / as | ahogasteis | You drowned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahogaron | They / you drowned |
| Vos | ahogaste | You drowned |
Ahogar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was drowning” or “she was drowning” 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 | ahogaba | I was drowning |
| Tú | ahogabas | You were drowning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogaba | He was / she was / you were drowning |
| Nosotros / as | ahogábamos | We were drowning |
| Vosotros / as | ahogabais | You were drowning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahogaban | They / you were drowning |
| Vos | ahogabas | You were drowning |
Ahogar Perfect / Perfecto
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 drowned” and “she has drowned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ahogado | I have drowned |
| Tú | has ahogado | You have drowned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ahogado | He has / she has / you have drowned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ahogado | We have drowned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ahogado | You have drowned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ahogado | They / you have drowned |
| Vos | has ahogado | You have drowned |
Ahogar Conditional / Condicional
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would drown” or “she would drown”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ahogaría | I would drown |
| Tú | ahogarías | You would drown |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogaría | He / she / you would drown |
| Nosotros / as | ahogaríamos | We would drown |
| Vosotros / as | ahogaríais | You would drown |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahogarían | They / you would drown |
| Vos | ahogarías | You would drown |
Ahogar Future / Futuro
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will drown” or “they will drown”.
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 ahogar” means “They are going to drown”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ahogaré | I will drown |
| Tú | ahogarás | You will drown |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogará | He / she / you will drown |
| Nosotros / as | ahogaremos | We will drown |
| Vosotros / as | ahogaréis | You will drown |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahogarán | They / you will drown |
| Vos | ahogarás | You will drown |
Ahogar Subjunctive Conjugations
Ahogar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ahogue |
| Tú | ahogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogue |
| Nosotros / as | ahoguemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahoguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahoguen |
| Vos | ahogues |
Ahogar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo
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 | ahogara | ahogase |
| Tú | ahogaras | ahogase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogara | ahogase |
| Nosotros / as | ahogáramos | ahogásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahogarais | ahogaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahogaran | ahogasen |
| Vos | ahogaras | ahogase |
Ahogar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo
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 | ahogare |
| Tú | ahogares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogare |
| Nosotros / as | ahogáremos |
| Vosotros / as | ahogareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahogaren |
| Vos | ahogares |
Ahogar Imperative Conjugations
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “drown!” and “don’t drown!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ahoga | no ahogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahogue | no ahogue |
| Nosotros / as | ahoguemos | no ahoguemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahogad | no ahoguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahoguen | no ahoguen |
| Vos | ahogá | no ahogues |
Ahogar Compound Subjunctive Tenses
Ahogar Subjunctive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ahogado |
| Tú | hayas ahogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ahogado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ahogado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ahogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ahogado |
| Vos | hayas ahogado |
Ahogar Subjunctive Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ahogado / hubiese ahogado |
| Tú | hubieras ahogado / hubieses ahogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ahogado / hubiese ahogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ahogado / hubiésemos ahogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ahogado / hubieseis ahogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ahogado / hubiesen ahogado |
| Vos | hubieras ahogado / hubieses ahogado |
Ahogar Subjunctive Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ahogado |
| Tú | hubieres ahogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ahogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ahogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ahogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ahogado |
| Vos | hubieres ahogado |
Ahogar Subjective Progressive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ahogando |
| Tú | estés ahogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ahogando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ahogando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ahogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ahogando |
| Vos | estés ahogando |
Ahogar Subjunctive Past Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ahogando / estuviese ahogando |
| Tú | estuvieras ahogando / estuvieses ahogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ahogando / estuviese ahogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ahogando / estuviésamos ahogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ahogando / estuvieseis ahogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ahogando / estuviese ahogando |
| Vos | estuvieras ahogando / estuvieses ahogando |
Ahogar Subjunctive Future Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ahogando |
| Tú | estuvieres ahogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ahogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ahogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ahogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ahogando |
| Vos | estuvieres ahogando |
Ahogar Vos Conjugation
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 ahogás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ahogaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ahogabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ahogarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ahogarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ahogues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ahogaras / Vos ahogase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ahogá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ahogues |