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Aplacar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to appease, calm, soothe”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aplacar 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 appease, calm, soothe |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aplacar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aplacando) and past continuous (estaba aplacando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. appeasing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aplacado and hubiera aplacado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have appeased).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aplacando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aplacado |
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 appease” or “they appease”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplaco |
| Tú | aplacas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaca |
| Nosotros / as | aplacamos |
| Vosotros / as | aplacáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacan |
| Vos | aplacás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I appeased” or “she appeased” 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 | aplaqué | I appeased |
| Tú | aplacaste | You appeased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplacó | He / she / you appeased |
| Nosotros / as | aplacamos | We appeased |
| Vosotros / as | aplacasteis | You appeased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacaron | They / you appeased |
| Vos | aplacaste | You appeased |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was appeasing” or “she was appeasing” 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 | aplacaba | I was appeasing |
| Tú | aplacabas | You were appeasing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplacaba | He was / she was / you were appeasing |
| Nosotros / as | aplacábamos | We were appeasing |
| Vosotros / as | aplacabais | You were appeasing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacaban | They / you were appeasing |
| Vos | aplacabas | You were appeasing |
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 appeased” and “she has appeased”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aplacado | I have appeased |
| Tú | has aplacado | You have appeased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aplacado | He has / she has / you have appeased |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aplacado | We have appeased |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aplacado | You have appeased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aplacado | They / you have appeased |
| Vos | has aplacado | You have appeased |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would appease” or “she would appease”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplacaría | I would appease |
| Tú | aplacarías | You would appease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplacaría | He / she / you would appease |
| Nosotros / as | aplacaríamos | We would appease |
| Vosotros / as | aplacaríais | You would appease |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacarían | They / you would appease |
| Vos | aplacarías | You would appease |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will appease” or “they will appease”.
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 aplacar” means “They are going to appease”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplacaré | I will appease |
| Tú | aplacarás | You will appease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplacará | He / she / you will appease |
| Nosotros / as | aplacaremos | We will appease |
| Vosotros / as | aplacaréis | You will appease |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacarán | They / you will appease |
| Vos | aplacarás | You will appease |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplaque |
| Tú | aplaques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaque |
| Nosotros / as | aplaquemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplaquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaquen |
| Vos | aplaques |
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 | aplacara | aplacase |
| Tú | aplacaras | aplacase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplacara | aplacase |
| Nosotros / as | aplacáramos | aplacásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplacarais | aplacaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacaran | aplacasen |
| Vos | aplacaras | aplacase |
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 | aplacare |
| Tú | aplacares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplacare |
| Nosotros / as | aplacáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aplacareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacaren |
| Vos | aplacares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “appease!” and “don’t appease!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aplaca | no aplaques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaque | no aplaque |
| Nosotros / as | aplaquemos | no aplaquemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplacad | no aplaquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaquen | no aplaquen |
| Vos | aplacá | no aplaques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aplacado |
| Tú | hayas aplacado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aplacado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aplacado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aplacado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aplacado |
| Vos | hayas aplacado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aplacado / hubiese aplacado |
| Tú | hubieras aplacado / hubieses aplacado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aplacado / hubiese aplacado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aplacado / hubiésemos aplacado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aplacado / hubieseis aplacado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aplacado / hubiesen aplacado |
| Vos | hubieras aplacado / hubieses aplacado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aplacado |
| Tú | hubieres aplacado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aplacado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aplacado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aplacado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aplacado |
| Vos | hubieres aplacado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aplacando |
| Tú | estés aplacando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aplacando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aplacando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aplacando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aplacando |
| Vos | estés aplacando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aplacando / estuviese aplacando |
| Tú | estuvieras aplacando / estuvieses aplacando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aplacando / estuviese aplacando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aplacando / estuviésamos aplacando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aplacando / estuvieseis aplacando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aplacando / estuviese aplacando |
| Vos | estuvieras aplacando / estuvieses aplacando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aplacando |
| Tú | estuvieres aplacando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aplacando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aplacando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aplacando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aplacando |
| Vos | estuvieres aplacando |
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 aplacás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aplacaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aplacabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aplacarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aplacarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aplaques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aplacaras / Vos aplacase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aplacá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aplaques |