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Anular is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to annul, void”.
Below are all of the conjugations for anular 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 annul, void |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | anular |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está anulando) and past continuous (estaba anulando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. annulling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he anulado and hubiera anulado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have annulled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | anulando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | anulado |
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 annul” or “they annul”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | anulo |
| Tú | anulas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anula |
| Nosotros / as | anulamos |
| Vosotros / as | anuláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anulan |
| Vos | anulás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I annulled” or “she annulled” 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 | anulé | I annulled |
| Tú | anulaste | You annulled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anuló | He / she / you annulled |
| Nosotros / as | anulamos | We annulled |
| Vosotros / as | anulasteis | You annulled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anularon | They / you annulled |
| Vos | anulaste | You annulled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was annulling” or “she was annulling” 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 | anulaba | I was annulling |
| Tú | anulabas | You were annulling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anulaba | He was / she was / you were annulling |
| Nosotros / as | anulábamos | We were annulling |
| Vosotros / as | anulabais | You were annulling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anulaban | They / you were annulling |
| Vos | anulabas | You were annulling |
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 annulled” and “she has annulled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he anulado | I have annulled |
| Tú | has anulado | You have annulled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha anulado | He has / she has / you have annulled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos anulado | We have annulled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis anulado | You have annulled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han anulado | They / you have annulled |
| Vos | has anulado | You have annulled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would annul” or “she would annul”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | anularía | I would annul |
| Tú | anularías | You would annul |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anularía | He / she / you would annul |
| Nosotros / as | anularíamos | We would annul |
| Vosotros / as | anularíais | You would annul |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anularían | They / you would annul |
| Vos | anularías | You would annul |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will annul” or “they will annul”.
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 anular” means “They are going to annul”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | anularé | I will annul |
| Tú | anularás | You will annul |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anulará | He / she / you will annul |
| Nosotros / as | anularemos | We will annul |
| Vosotros / as | anularéis | You will annul |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anularán | They / you will annul |
| Vos | anularás | You will annul |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | anule |
| Tú | anules |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anule |
| Nosotros / as | anulemos |
| Vosotros / as | anuléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anulen |
| Vos | anules |
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 | anulara | anulase |
| Tú | anularas | anulase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anulara | anulase |
| Nosotros / as | anuláramos | anulásemos |
| Vosotros / as | anularais | anulaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anularan | anulasen |
| Vos | anularas | anulase |
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 | anulare |
| Tú | anulares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anulare |
| Nosotros / as | anuláremos |
| Vosotros / as | anulareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anularen |
| Vos | anulares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “annul!” and “don’t annul!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | anula | no anules |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anule | no anule |
| Nosotros / as | anulemos | no anulemos |
| Vosotros / as | anulad | no anuléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anulen | no anulen |
| Vos | anulá | no anules |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya anulado |
| Tú | hayas anulado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya anulado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos anulado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis anulado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan anulado |
| Vos | hayas anulado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera anulado / hubiese anulado |
| Tú | hubieras anulado / hubieses anulado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera anulado / hubiese anulado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos anulado / hubiésemos anulado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais anulado / hubieseis anulado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran anulado / hubiesen anulado |
| Vos | hubieras anulado / hubieses anulado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere anulado |
| Tú | hubieres anulado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere anulado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos anulado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis anulado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren anulado |
| Vos | hubieres anulado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté anulando |
| Tú | estés anulando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté anulando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos anulando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis anulando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén anulando |
| Vos | estés anulando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera anulando / estuviese anulando |
| Tú | estuvieras anulando / estuvieses anulando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera anulando / estuviese anulando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos anulando / estuviésamos anulando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais anulando / estuvieseis anulando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera anulando / estuviese anulando |
| Vos | estuvieras anulando / estuvieses anulando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere anulando |
| Tú | estuvieres anulando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere anulando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos anulando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis anulando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere anulando |
| Vos | estuvieres anulando |
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 anulás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos anulaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos anulabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos anularías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos anularás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos anules |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos anularas / Vos anulase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos anulá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no anules |