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Aliviar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to relieve, unburden, feel relief”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aliviar 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 relieve, unburden, feel relief |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aliviar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aliviando) and past continuous (estaba aliviando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. relieving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aliviado and hubiera aliviado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have relieved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aliviando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aliviado |
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 relieve” or “they relieve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alivio |
| Tú | alivias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alivia |
| Nosotros / as | aliviamos |
| Vosotros / as | aliviáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alivian |
| Vos | aliviás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I relieved” or “she relieved” 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 | alivié | I relieved |
| Tú | aliviaste | You relieved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alivió | He / she / you relieved |
| Nosotros / as | aliviamos | We relieved |
| Vosotros / as | aliviasteis | You relieved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aliviaron | They / you relieved |
| Vos | aliviaste | You relieved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was relieving” or “she was relieving” 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 | aliviaba | I was relieving |
| Tú | aliviabas | You were relieving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aliviaba | He was / she was / you were relieving |
| Nosotros / as | aliviábamos | We were relieving |
| Vosotros / as | aliviabais | You were relieving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aliviaban | They / you were relieving |
| Vos | aliviabas | You were relieving |
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 relieved” and “she has relieved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aliviado | I have relieved |
| Tú | has aliviado | You have relieved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aliviado | He has / she has / you have relieved |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aliviado | We have relieved |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aliviado | You have relieved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aliviado | They / you have relieved |
| Vos | has aliviado | You have relieved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would relieve” or “she would relieve”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aliviaría | I would relieve |
| Tú | aliviarías | You would relieve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aliviaría | He / she / you would relieve |
| Nosotros / as | aliviaríamos | We would relieve |
| Vosotros / as | aliviaríais | You would relieve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aliviarían | They / you would relieve |
| Vos | aliviarías | You would relieve |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will relieve” or “they will relieve”.
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 aliviar” means “They are going to relieve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aliviaré | I will relieve |
| Tú | aliviarás | You will relieve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aliviará | He / she / you will relieve |
| Nosotros / as | aliviaremos | We will relieve |
| Vosotros / as | aliviaréis | You will relieve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aliviarán | They / you will relieve |
| Vos | aliviarás | You will relieve |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alivie |
| Tú | alivies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alivie |
| Nosotros / as | aliviemos |
| Vosotros / as | aliviéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alivien |
| Vos | alivies |
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 | aliviara | aliviase |
| Tú | aliviaras | aliviase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aliviara | aliviase |
| Nosotros / as | aliviáramos | aliviásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aliviarais | aliviaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aliviaran | aliviasen |
| Vos | aliviaras | aliviase |
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 | aliviare |
| Tú | aliviares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aliviare |
| Nosotros / as | aliviáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aliviareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aliviaren |
| Vos | aliviares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “relieve!” and “don’t relieve!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | alivia | no alivies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alivie | no alivie |
| Nosotros / as | aliviemos | no aliviemos |
| Vosotros / as | aliviad | no aliviéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alivien | no alivien |
| Vos | aliviá | no alivies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aliviado |
| Tú | hayas aliviado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aliviado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aliviado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aliviado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aliviado |
| Vos | hayas aliviado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aliviado / hubiese aliviado |
| Tú | hubieras aliviado / hubieses aliviado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aliviado / hubiese aliviado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aliviado / hubiésemos aliviado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aliviado / hubieseis aliviado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aliviado / hubiesen aliviado |
| Vos | hubieras aliviado / hubieses aliviado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aliviado |
| Tú | hubieres aliviado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aliviado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aliviado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aliviado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aliviado |
| Vos | hubieres aliviado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aliviando |
| Tú | estés aliviando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aliviando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aliviando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aliviando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aliviando |
| Vos | estés aliviando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aliviando / estuviese aliviando |
| Tú | estuvieras aliviando / estuvieses aliviando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aliviando / estuviese aliviando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aliviando / estuviésamos aliviando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aliviando / estuvieseis aliviando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aliviando / estuviese aliviando |
| Vos | estuvieras aliviando / estuvieses aliviando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aliviando |
| Tú | estuvieres aliviando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aliviando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aliviando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aliviando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aliviando |
| Vos | estuvieres aliviando |
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 aliviás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aliviaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aliviabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aliviarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aliviarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos alivies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aliviaras / Vos aliviase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aliviá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no alivies |