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Calzar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to wear, to put on”.
Below are all of the conjugations for calzar 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 wear, to put on |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | calzar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está calzando) and past continuous (estaba calzando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. putting on).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he calzado and hubiera calzado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have put on).
| Gerundio / Gerund | calzando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | calzado |
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 put on” or “they put on”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | calzo |
| Tú | calzas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calza |
| Nosotros / as | calzamos |
| Vosotros / as | calzáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calzan |
| Vos | calzás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I put on” or “she put on” 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 | calcé | I put on |
| Tú | calzaste | You put on |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calzó | He / she / you put on |
| Nosotros / as | calzamos | We put on |
| Vosotros / as | calzasteis | You put on |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calzaron | They / you put on |
| Vos | calzaste | You put on |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was putting on” or “she was putting on” 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 | calzaba | I was putting on |
| Tú | calzabas | You were putting on |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calzaba | He was / she was / you were putting on |
| Nosotros / as | calzábamos | We were putting on |
| Vosotros / as | calzabais | You were putting on |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calzaban | They / you were putting on |
| Vos | calzabas | You were putting on |
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 put on” and “she has put on”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he calzado | I have put on |
| Tú | has calzado | You have put on |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha calzado | He has / she has / you have put on |
| Nosotros / as | hemos calzado | We have put on |
| Vosotros / as | habéis calzado | You have put on |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han calzado | They / you have put on |
| Vos | has calzado | You have put on |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would put on” or “she would put on”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | calzaría | I would put on |
| Tú | calzarías | You would put on |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calzaría | He / she / you would put on |
| Nosotros / as | calzaríamos | We would put on |
| Vosotros / as | calzaríais | You would put on |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calzarían | They / you would put on |
| Vos | calzarías | You would put on |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will put on” or “they will put on”.
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 calzar” means “They are going to put on”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | calzaré | I will put on |
| Tú | calzarás | You will put on |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calzará | He / she / you will put on |
| Nosotros / as | calzaremos | We will put on |
| Vosotros / as | calzaréis | You will put on |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calzarán | They / you will put on |
| Vos | calzarás | You will put on |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | calce |
| Tú | calces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calce |
| Nosotros / as | calcemos |
| Vosotros / as | calcéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calcen |
| Vos | calces |
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 | calzara | calzase |
| Tú | calzaras | calzase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calzara | calzase |
| Nosotros / as | calzáramos | calzásemos |
| Vosotros / as | calzarais | calzaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calzaran | calzasen |
| Vos | calzaras | calzase |
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 | calzare |
| Tú | calzares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calzare |
| Nosotros / as | calzáremos |
| Vosotros / as | calzareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calzaren |
| Vos | calzares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “put on!” and “don’t put on!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | calza | no calces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | calce | no calce |
| Nosotros / as | calcemos | no calcemos |
| Vosotros / as | calzad | no calcéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | calcen | no calcen |
| Vos | calzá | no calces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya calzado |
| Tú | hayas calzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya calzado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos calzado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis calzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan calzado |
| Vos | hayas calzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera calzado / hubiese calzado |
| Tú | hubieras calzado / hubieses calzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera calzado / hubiese calzado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos calzado / hubiésemos calzado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais calzado / hubieseis calzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran calzado / hubiesen calzado |
| Vos | hubieras calzado / hubieses calzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere calzado |
| Tú | hubieres calzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere calzado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos calzado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis calzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren calzado |
| Vos | hubieres calzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté calzando |
| Tú | estés calzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté calzando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos calzando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis calzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén calzando |
| Vos | estés calzando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera calzando / estuviese calzando |
| Tú | estuvieras calzando / estuvieses calzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera calzando / estuviese calzando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos calzando / estuviésamos calzando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais calzando / estuvieseis calzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera calzando / estuviese calzando |
| Vos | estuvieras calzando / estuvieses calzando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere calzando |
| Tú | estuvieres calzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere calzando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos calzando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis calzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere calzando |
| Vos | estuvieres calzando |
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 calzás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos calzaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos calzabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos calzarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos calzarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos calces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos calzaras / Vos calzase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos calzá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no calces |