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Aniquilar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to annihilate, wipe out”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aniquilar 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 annihilate, wipe out |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aniquilar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aniquilando) and past continuous (estaba aniquilando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. annihilating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aniquilado and hubiera aniquilado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have annihilated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aniquilando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aniquilado |
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 annihilate” or “they annihilate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aniquilo |
| Tú | aniquilas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquila |
| Nosotros / as | aniquilamos |
| Vosotros / as | aniquiláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilan |
| Vos | aniquilás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I annihilated” or “she annihilated” 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 | aniquilé | I annihilated |
| Tú | aniquilaste | You annihilated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquiló | He / she / you annihilated |
| Nosotros / as | aniquilamos | We annihilated |
| Vosotros / as | aniquilasteis | You annihilated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilaron | They / you annihilated |
| Vos | aniquilaste | You annihilated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was annihilating” or “she was annihilating” 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 | aniquilaba | I was annihilating |
| Tú | aniquilabas | You were annihilating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquilaba | He was / she was / you were annihilating |
| Nosotros / as | aniquilábamos | We were annihilating |
| Vosotros / as | aniquilabais | You were annihilating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilaban | They / you were annihilating |
| Vos | aniquilabas | You were annihilating |
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 annihilated” and “she has annihilated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aniquilado | I have annihilated |
| Tú | has aniquilado | You have annihilated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aniquilado | He has / she has / you have annihilated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aniquilado | We have annihilated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aniquilado | You have annihilated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aniquilado | They / you have annihilated |
| Vos | has aniquilado | You have annihilated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would annihilate” or “she would annihilate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aniquilaría | I would annihilate |
| Tú | aniquilarías | You would annihilate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquilaría | He / she / you would annihilate |
| Nosotros / as | aniquilaríamos | We would annihilate |
| Vosotros / as | aniquilaríais | You would annihilate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilarían | They / you would annihilate |
| Vos | aniquilarías | You would annihilate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will annihilate” or “they will annihilate”.
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 aniquilar” means “They are going to annihilate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aniquilaré | I will annihilate |
| Tú | aniquilarás | You will annihilate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquilará | He / she / you will annihilate |
| Nosotros / as | aniquilaremos | We will annihilate |
| Vosotros / as | aniquilaréis | You will annihilate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilarán | They / you will annihilate |
| Vos | aniquilarás | You will annihilate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aniquile |
| Tú | aniquiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquile |
| Nosotros / as | aniquilemos |
| Vosotros / as | aniquiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilen |
| Vos | aniquiles |
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 | aniquilara | aniquilase |
| Tú | aniquilaras | aniquilase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquilara | aniquilase |
| Nosotros / as | aniquiláramos | aniquilásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aniquilarais | aniquilaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilaran | aniquilasen |
| Vos | aniquilaras | aniquilase |
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 | aniquilare |
| Tú | aniquilares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquilare |
| Nosotros / as | aniquiláremos |
| Vosotros / as | aniquilareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilaren |
| Vos | aniquilares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “annihilate!” and “don’t annihilate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aniquila | no aniquiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aniquile | no aniquile |
| Nosotros / as | aniquilemos | no aniquilemos |
| Vosotros / as | aniquilad | no aniquiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aniquilen | no aniquilen |
| Vos | aniquilá | no aniquiles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aniquilado |
| Tú | hayas aniquilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aniquilado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aniquilado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aniquilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aniquilado |
| Vos | hayas aniquilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aniquilado / hubiese aniquilado |
| Tú | hubieras aniquilado / hubieses aniquilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aniquilado / hubiese aniquilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aniquilado / hubiésemos aniquilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aniquilado / hubieseis aniquilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aniquilado / hubiesen aniquilado |
| Vos | hubieras aniquilado / hubieses aniquilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aniquilado |
| Tú | hubieres aniquilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aniquilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aniquilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aniquilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aniquilado |
| Vos | hubieres aniquilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aniquilando |
| Tú | estés aniquilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aniquilando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aniquilando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aniquilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aniquilando |
| Vos | estés aniquilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aniquilando / estuviese aniquilando |
| Tú | estuvieras aniquilando / estuvieses aniquilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aniquilando / estuviese aniquilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aniquilando / estuviésamos aniquilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aniquilando / estuvieseis aniquilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aniquilando / estuviese aniquilando |
| Vos | estuvieras aniquilando / estuvieses aniquilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aniquilando |
| Tú | estuvieres aniquilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aniquilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aniquilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aniquilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aniquilando |
| Vos | estuvieres aniquilando |
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 aniquilás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aniquilaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aniquilabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aniquilarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aniquilarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aniquiles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aniquilaras / Vos aniquilase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aniquilá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aniquiles |