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Ahuyentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to drive or chase away”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ahuyentar 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 drive or chase away |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ahuyentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ahuyentando) and past continuous (estaba ahuyentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. driving away).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ahuyentado and hubiera ahuyentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have driven away).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ahuyentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ahuyentado |
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 drive away” or “they drive away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ahuyento |
| Tú | ahuyentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyenta |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentamos |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyentan |
| Vos | ahuyentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I drove away” or “she drove away” 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 | ahuyenté | I drove away |
| Tú | ahuyentaste | You drove away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyentó | He / she / you drove away |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentamos | We drove away |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentasteis | You drove away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyentaron | They / you drove away |
| Vos | ahuyentaste | You drove away |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was driving away” or “she was driving away” 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 | ahuyentaba | I was driving away |
| Tú | ahuyentabas | You were driving away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyentaba | He was / she was / you were driving away |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentábamos | We were driving away |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentabais | You were driving away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyentaban | They / you were driving away |
| Vos | ahuyentabas | You were driving away |
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 driven away” and “she has driven away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ahuyentado | I have driven away |
| Tú | has ahuyentado | You have driven away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ahuyentado | He has / she has / you have driven away |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ahuyentado | We have driven away |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ahuyentado | You have driven away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ahuyentado | They / you have driven away |
| Vos | has ahuyentado | You have driven away |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would drive away” or “she would drive away”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ahuyentaría | I would drive away |
| Tú | ahuyentarías | You would drive away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyentaría | He / she / you would drive away |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentaríamos | We would drive away |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentaríais | You would drive away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyentarían | They / you would drive away |
| Vos | ahuyentarías | You would drive away |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will drive away” or “they will drive away”.
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 ahuyentar” means “They are going to drive away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ahuyentaré | I will drive away |
| Tú | ahuyentarás | You will drive away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyentará | He / she / you will drive away |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentaremos | We will drive away |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentaréis | You will drive away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyentarán | They / you will drive away |
| Vos | ahuyentarás | You will drive away |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ahuyente |
| Tú | ahuyentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyente |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyenten |
| Vos | ahuyentes |
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 | ahuyentara | ahuyentase |
| Tú | ahuyentaras | ahuyentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyentara | ahuyentase |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentáramos | ahuyentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentarais | ahuyentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyentaran | ahuyentasen |
| Vos | ahuyentaras | ahuyentase |
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 | ahuyentare |
| Tú | ahuyentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyentare |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyentaren |
| Vos | ahuyentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “drive away!” and “don’t drive away!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ahuyenta | no ahuyentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahuyente | no ahuyente |
| Nosotros / as | ahuyentemos | no ahuyentemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahuyentad | no ahuyentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahuyenten | no ahuyenten |
| Vos | ahuyentá | no ahuyentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ahuyentado |
| Tú | hayas ahuyentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ahuyentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ahuyentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ahuyentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ahuyentado |
| Vos | hayas ahuyentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ahuyentado / hubiese ahuyentado |
| Tú | hubieras ahuyentado / hubieses ahuyentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ahuyentado / hubiese ahuyentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ahuyentado / hubiésemos ahuyentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ahuyentado / hubieseis ahuyentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ahuyentado / hubiesen ahuyentado |
| Vos | hubieras ahuyentado / hubieses ahuyentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ahuyentado |
| Tú | hubieres ahuyentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ahuyentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ahuyentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ahuyentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ahuyentado |
| Vos | hubieres ahuyentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ahuyentando |
| Tú | estés ahuyentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ahuyentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ahuyentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ahuyentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ahuyentando |
| Vos | estés ahuyentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ahuyentando / estuviese ahuyentando |
| Tú | estuvieras ahuyentando / estuvieses ahuyentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ahuyentando / estuviese ahuyentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ahuyentando / estuviésamos ahuyentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ahuyentando / estuvieseis ahuyentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ahuyentando / estuviese ahuyentando |
| Vos | estuvieras ahuyentando / estuvieses ahuyentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ahuyentando |
| Tú | estuvieres ahuyentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ahuyentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ahuyentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ahuyentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ahuyentando |
| Vos | estuvieres ahuyentando |
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 ahuyentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ahuyentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ahuyentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ahuyentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ahuyentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ahuyentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ahuyentaras / Vos ahuyentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ahuyentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ahuyentes |