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Bloquear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to block, obstruct, block an account”.
Below are all of the conjugations for bloquear 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 block, obstruct, block an account |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | bloquear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bloqueando) and past continuous (estaba bloqueando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. blocking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bloqueado and hubiera bloqueado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have blocked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | bloqueando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bloqueado |
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 block” or “they block”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bloqueo |
| Tú | bloqueas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloquea |
| Nosotros / as | bloqueamos |
| Vosotros / as | bloqueáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloquean |
| Vos | bloqueás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I blocked” or “she blocked” 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 | bloqueé | I blocked |
| Tú | bloqueaste | You blocked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloqueó | He / she / you blocked |
| Nosotros / as | bloqueamos | We blocked |
| Vosotros / as | bloqueasteis | You blocked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloquearon | They / you blocked |
| Vos | bloqueaste | You blocked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was blocking” or “she was blocking” 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 | bloqueaba | I was blocking |
| Tú | bloqueabas | You were blocking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloqueaba | He was / she was / you were blocking |
| Nosotros / as | bloqueábamos | We were blocking |
| Vosotros / as | bloqueabais | You were blocking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloqueaban | They / you were blocking |
| Vos | bloqueabas | You were blocking |
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 blocked” and “she has blocked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he bloqueado | I have blocked |
| Tú | has bloqueado | You have blocked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha bloqueado | He has / she has / you have blocked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos bloqueado | We have blocked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis bloqueado | You have blocked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han bloqueado | They / you have blocked |
| Vos | has bloqueado | You have blocked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would block” or “she would block”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bloquearía | I would block |
| Tú | bloquearías | You would block |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloquearía | He / she / you would block |
| Nosotros / as | bloquearíamos | We would block |
| Vosotros / as | bloquearíais | You would block |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloquearían | They / you would block |
| Vos | bloquearías | You would block |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will block” or “they will block”.
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 bloquear” means “They are going to block”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bloquearé | I will block |
| Tú | bloquearás | You will block |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloqueará | He / she / you will block |
| Nosotros / as | bloquearemos | We will block |
| Vosotros / as | bloquearéis | You will block |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloquearán | They / you will block |
| Vos | bloquearás | You will block |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bloquee |
| Tú | bloquees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloquee |
| Nosotros / as | bloqueemos |
| Vosotros / as | bloqueéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloqueen |
| Vos | bloquees |
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 | bloqueara | bloquease |
| Tú | bloquearas | bloquease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloqueara | bloquease |
| Nosotros / as | bloqueáramos | bloqueásemos |
| Vosotros / as | bloquearais | bloqueaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloquearan | bloqueasen |
| Vos | bloquearas | bloquease |
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 | bloqueare |
| Tú | bloqueares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloqueare |
| Nosotros / as | bloqueáremos |
| Vosotros / as | bloqueareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloquearen |
| Vos | bloqueares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “block!” and “don’t block!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | bloquea | no bloquees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bloquee | no bloquee |
| Nosotros / as | bloqueemos | no bloqueemos |
| Vosotros / as | bloquead | no bloqueéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bloqueen | no bloqueen |
| Vos | bloqueá | no bloquees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bloqueado |
| Tú | hayas bloqueado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bloqueado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bloqueado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bloqueado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bloqueado |
| Vos | hayas bloqueado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bloqueado / hubiese bloqueado |
| Tú | hubieras bloqueado / hubieses bloqueado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bloqueado / hubiese bloqueado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bloqueado / hubiésemos bloqueado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bloqueado / hubieseis bloqueado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bloqueado / hubiesen bloqueado |
| Vos | hubieras bloqueado / hubieses bloqueado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bloqueado |
| Tú | hubieres bloqueado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bloqueado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bloqueado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bloqueado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bloqueado |
| Vos | hubieres bloqueado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté bloqueando |
| Tú | estés bloqueando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté bloqueando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos bloqueando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis bloqueando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén bloqueando |
| Vos | estés bloqueando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera bloqueando / estuviese bloqueando |
| Tú | estuvieras bloqueando / estuvieses bloqueando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera bloqueando / estuviese bloqueando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos bloqueando / estuviésamos bloqueando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais bloqueando / estuvieseis bloqueando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera bloqueando / estuviese bloqueando |
| Vos | estuvieras bloqueando / estuvieses bloqueando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere bloqueando |
| Tú | estuvieres bloqueando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere bloqueando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos bloqueando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis bloqueando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere bloqueando |
| Vos | estuvieres bloqueando |
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 bloqueás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos bloqueaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos bloqueabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos bloquearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos bloquearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos bloquees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos bloquearas / Vos bloquease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos bloqueá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no bloquees |