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Asilar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to give or grant asylum, take refuge”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asilar 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 give or grant asylum, take refuge |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asilar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asilando) and past continuous (estaba asilando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. taking refuge).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asilado and hubiera asilado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have taken refuge).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asilando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asilado |
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 take refuge” or “they take refuge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asilo |
| Tú | asilas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asila |
| Nosotros / as | asilamos |
| Vosotros / as | asiláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilan |
| Vos | asilás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I took refuge” or “she took refuge” 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 | asilé | I took refuge |
| Tú | asilaste | You took refuge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asiló | He / she / you took refuge |
| Nosotros / as | asilamos | We took refuge |
| Vosotros / as | asilasteis | You took refuge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilaron | They / you took refuge |
| Vos | asilaste | You took refuge |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was taking refuge” or “she was taking refuge” 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 | asilaba | I was taking refuge |
| Tú | asilabas | You were taking refuge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asilaba | He was / she was / you were taking refuge |
| Nosotros / as | asilábamos | We were taking refuge |
| Vosotros / as | asilabais | You were taking refuge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilaban | They / you were taking refuge |
| Vos | asilabas | You were taking refuge |
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 taken refuge” and “she has taken refuge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asilado | I have taken refuge |
| Tú | has asilado | You have taken refuge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asilado | He has / she has / you have taken refuge |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asilado | We have taken refuge |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asilado | You have taken refuge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asilado | They / you have taken refuge |
| Vos | has asilado | You have taken refuge |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would take refuge” or “she would take refuge”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asilaría | I would take refuge |
| Tú | asilarías | You would take refuge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asilaría | He / she / you would take refuge |
| Nosotros / as | asilaríamos | We would take refuge |
| Vosotros / as | asilaríais | You would take refuge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilarían | They / you would take refuge |
| Vos | asilarías | You would take refuge |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will take refuge” or “they will take refuge”.
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 asilar” means “They are going to take refuge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asilaré | I will take refuge |
| Tú | asilarás | You will take refuge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asilará | He / she / you will take refuge |
| Nosotros / as | asilaremos | We will take refuge |
| Vosotros / as | asilaréis | You will take refuge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilarán | They / you will take refuge |
| Vos | asilarás | You will take refuge |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asile |
| Tú | asiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asile |
| Nosotros / as | asilemos |
| Vosotros / as | asiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilen |
| Vos | asiles |
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 | asilara | asilase |
| Tú | asilaras | asilase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asilara | asilase |
| Nosotros / as | asiláramos | asilásemos |
| Vosotros / as | asilarais | asilaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilaran | asilasen |
| Vos | asilaras | asilase |
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 | asilare |
| Tú | asilares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asilare |
| Nosotros / as | asiláremos |
| Vosotros / as | asilareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilaren |
| Vos | asilares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “take refuge!” and “don’t take refuge!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asila | no asiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asile | no asile |
| Nosotros / as | asilemos | no asilemos |
| Vosotros / as | asilad | no asiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asilen | no asilen |
| Vos | asilá | no asiles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asilado |
| Tú | hayas asilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asilado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asilado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asilado |
| Vos | hayas asilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asilado / hubiese asilado |
| Tú | hubieras asilado / hubieses asilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asilado / hubiese asilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asilado / hubiésemos asilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asilado / hubieseis asilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asilado / hubiesen asilado |
| Vos | hubieras asilado / hubieses asilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asilado |
| Tú | hubieres asilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asilado |
| Vos | hubieres asilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asilando |
| Tú | estés asilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asilando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asilando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asilando |
| Vos | estés asilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asilando / estuviese asilando |
| Tú | estuvieras asilando / estuvieses asilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asilando / estuviese asilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asilando / estuviésamos asilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asilando / estuvieseis asilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asilando / estuviese asilando |
| Vos | estuvieras asilando / estuvieses asilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asilando |
| Tú | estuvieres asilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asilando |
| Vos | estuvieres asilando |
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 asilás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asilaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asilabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asilarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asilarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asiles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asilaras / Vos asilase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asilá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asiles |