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Asaltar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to assault, storm”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asaltar 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 assault, storm |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asaltar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asaltando) and past continuous (estaba asaltando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. assaulting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asaltado and hubiera asaltado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have assaulted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asaltando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asaltado |
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 assault” or “they assault”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asalto |
| Tú | asaltas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asalta |
| Nosotros / as | asaltamos |
| Vosotros / as | asaltáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asaltan |
| Vos | asaltás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I assaulted” or “she assaulted” 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 | asalté | I assaulted |
| Tú | asaltaste | You assaulted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asaltó | He / she / you assaulted |
| Nosotros / as | asaltamos | We assaulted |
| Vosotros / as | asaltasteis | You assaulted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asaltaron | They / you assaulted |
| Vos | asaltaste | You assaulted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was assaulting” or “she was assaulting” 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 | asaltaba | I was assaulting |
| Tú | asaltabas | You were assaulting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asaltaba | He was / she was / you were assaulting |
| Nosotros / as | asaltábamos | We were assaulting |
| Vosotros / as | asaltabais | You were assaulting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asaltaban | They / you were assaulting |
| Vos | asaltabas | You were assaulting |
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 assaulted” and “she has assaulted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asaltado | I have assaulted |
| Tú | has asaltado | You have assaulted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asaltado | He has / she has / you have assaulted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asaltado | We have assaulted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asaltado | You have assaulted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asaltado | They / you have assaulted |
| Vos | has asaltado | You have assaulted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would assault” or “she would assault”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asaltaría | I would assault |
| Tú | asaltarías | You would assault |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asaltaría | He / she / you would assault |
| Nosotros / as | asaltaríamos | We would assault |
| Vosotros / as | asaltaríais | You would assault |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asaltarían | They / you would assault |
| Vos | asaltarías | You would assault |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will assault” or “they will assault”.
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 asaltar” means “They are going to assault”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asaltaré | I will assault |
| Tú | asaltarás | You will assault |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asaltará | He / she / you will assault |
| Nosotros / as | asaltaremos | We will assault |
| Vosotros / as | asaltaréis | You will assault |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asaltarán | They / you will assault |
| Vos | asaltarás | You will assault |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asalte |
| Tú | asaltes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asalte |
| Nosotros / as | asaltemos |
| Vosotros / as | asaltéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asalten |
| Vos | asaltes |
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 | asaltara | asaltase |
| Tú | asaltaras | asaltase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asaltara | asaltase |
| Nosotros / as | asaltáramos | asaltásemos |
| Vosotros / as | asaltarais | asaltaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asaltaran | asaltasen |
| Vos | asaltaras | asaltase |
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 | asaltare |
| Tú | asaltares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asaltare |
| Nosotros / as | asaltáremos |
| Vosotros / as | asaltareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asaltaren |
| Vos | asaltares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “assault!” and “don’t assault!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asalta | no asaltes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asalte | no asalte |
| Nosotros / as | asaltemos | no asaltemos |
| Vosotros / as | asaltad | no asaltéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asalten | no asalten |
| Vos | asaltá | no asaltes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asaltado |
| Tú | hayas asaltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asaltado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asaltado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asaltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asaltado |
| Vos | hayas asaltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asaltado / hubiese asaltado |
| Tú | hubieras asaltado / hubieses asaltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asaltado / hubiese asaltado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asaltado / hubiésemos asaltado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asaltado / hubieseis asaltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asaltado / hubiesen asaltado |
| Vos | hubieras asaltado / hubieses asaltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asaltado |
| Tú | hubieres asaltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asaltado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asaltado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asaltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asaltado |
| Vos | hubieres asaltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asaltando |
| Tú | estés asaltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asaltando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asaltando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asaltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asaltando |
| Vos | estés asaltando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asaltando / estuviese asaltando |
| Tú | estuvieras asaltando / estuvieses asaltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asaltando / estuviese asaltando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asaltando / estuviésamos asaltando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asaltando / estuvieseis asaltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asaltando / estuviese asaltando |
| Vos | estuvieras asaltando / estuvieses asaltando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asaltando |
| Tú | estuvieres asaltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asaltando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asaltando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asaltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asaltando |
| Vos | estuvieres asaltando |
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 asaltás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asaltaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asaltabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asaltarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asaltarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asaltes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asaltaras / Vos asaltase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asaltá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asaltes |