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Calibrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to calibrate, gage,measure”.
Below are all of the conjugations for calibrar 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 calibrate, gage,measure |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | calibrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está calibrando) and past continuous (estaba calibrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. calibrating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he calibrado and hubiera calibrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have calibrated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | calibrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | calibrado |
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 calibrate” or “they calibrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | calibro |
| Tú | calibras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibra |
| Nosotros / as | calibramos |
| Vosotros / as | calibráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibran |
| Vos | calibrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I calibrated” or “she calibrated” 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 | calibré | I calibrated |
| Tú | calibraste | You calibrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibró | He / she / you calibrated |
| Nosotros / as | calibramos | We calibrated |
| Vosotros / as | calibrasteis | You calibrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibraron | They / you calibrated |
| Vos | calibraste | You calibrated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was calibrating” or “she was calibrating” 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 | calibraba | I was calibrating |
| Tú | calibrabas | You were calibrating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibraba | He was / she was / you were calibrating |
| Nosotros / as | calibrábamos | We were calibrating |
| Vosotros / as | calibrabais | You were calibrating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibraban | They / you were calibrating |
| Vos | calibrabas | You were calibrating |
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 calibrated” and “she has calibrated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he calibrado | I have calibrated |
| Tú | has calibrado | You have calibrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha calibrado | He has / she has / you have calibrated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos calibrado | We have calibrated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis calibrado | You have calibrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han calibrado | They / you have calibrated |
| Vos | has calibrado | You have calibrated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would calibrate” or “she would calibrate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | calibraría | I would calibrate |
| Tú | calibrarías | You would calibrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibraría | He / she / you would calibrate |
| Nosotros / as | calibraríamos | We would calibrate |
| Vosotros / as | calibraríais | You would calibrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibrarían | They / you would calibrate |
| Vos | calibrarías | You would calibrate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will calibrate” or “they will calibrate”.
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 calibrar” means “They are going to calibrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | calibraré | I will calibrate |
| Tú | calibrarás | You will calibrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibrará | He / she / you will calibrate |
| Nosotros / as | calibraremos | We will calibrate |
| Vosotros / as | calibraréis | You will calibrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibrarán | They / you will calibrate |
| Vos | calibrarás | You will calibrate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | calibre |
| Tú | calibres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibre |
| Nosotros / as | calibremos |
| Vosotros / as | calibréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibren |
| Vos | calibres |
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 | calibrara | calibrase |
| Tú | calibraras | calibrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibrara | calibrase |
| Nosotros / as | calibráramos | calibrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | calibrarais | calibraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibraran | calibrasen |
| Vos | calibraras | calibrase |
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 | calibrare |
| Tú | calibrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibrare |
| Nosotros / as | calibráremos |
| Vosotros / as | calibrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibraren |
| Vos | calibrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “calibrate!” and “don’t calibrate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | calibra | no calibres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calibre | no calibre |
| Nosotros / as | calibremos | no calibremos |
| Vosotros / as | calibrad | no calibréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calibren | no calibren |
| Vos | calibrá | no calibres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya calibrado |
| Tú | hayas calibrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya calibrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos calibrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis calibrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan calibrado |
| Vos | hayas calibrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera calibrado / hubiese calibrado |
| Tú | hubieras calibrado / hubieses calibrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera calibrado / hubiese calibrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos calibrado / hubiésemos calibrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais calibrado / hubieseis calibrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran calibrado / hubiesen calibrado |
| Vos | hubieras calibrado / hubieses calibrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere calibrado |
| Tú | hubieres calibrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere calibrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos calibrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis calibrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren calibrado |
| Vos | hubieres calibrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté calibrando |
| Tú | estés calibrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté calibrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos calibrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis calibrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén calibrando |
| Vos | estés calibrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera calibrando / estuviese calibrando |
| Tú | estuvieras calibrando / estuvieses calibrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera calibrando / estuviese calibrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos calibrando / estuviésamos calibrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais calibrando / estuvieseis calibrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera calibrando / estuviese calibrando |
| Vos | estuvieras calibrando / estuvieses calibrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere calibrando |
| Tú | estuvieres calibrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere calibrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos calibrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis calibrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere calibrando |
| Vos | estuvieres calibrando |
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 calibrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos calibraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos calibrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos calibrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos calibrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos calibres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos calibraras / Vos calibrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos calibrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no calibres |