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Cazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to hunt, chase, track down”.
Below are all of the conjugations for cazar 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 hunt, chase, track down |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | cazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está cazando) and past continuous (estaba cazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. hunting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he cazado and hubiera cazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have hunted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | cazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | cazado |
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 hunt” or “they hunt”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | cazo |
| Tú | cazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | caza |
| Nosotros / as | cazamos |
| Vosotros / as | cazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cazan |
| Vos | cazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I hunted” or “she hunted” 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 | cacé | I hunted |
| Tú | cazaste | You hunted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cazó | He / she / you hunted |
| Nosotros / as | cazamos | We hunted |
| Vosotros / as | cazasteis | You hunted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cazaron | They / you hunted |
| Vos | cazaste | You hunted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was hunting” or “she was hunting” 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 | cazaba | I was hunting |
| Tú | cazabas | You were hunting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cazaba | He was / she was / you were hunting |
| Nosotros / as | cazábamos | We were hunting |
| Vosotros / as | cazabais | You were hunting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cazaban | They / you were hunting |
| Vos | cazabas | You were hunting |
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 hunted” and “she has hunted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he cazado | I have hunted |
| Tú | has cazado | You have hunted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha cazado | He has / she has / you have hunted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos cazado | We have hunted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis cazado | You have hunted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han cazado | They / you have hunted |
| Vos | has cazado | You have hunted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would hunt” or “she would hunt”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | cazaría | I would hunt |
| Tú | cazarías | You would hunt |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cazaría | He / she / you would hunt |
| Nosotros / as | cazaríamos | We would hunt |
| Vosotros / as | cazaríais | You would hunt |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cazarían | They / you would hunt |
| Vos | cazarías | You would hunt |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will hunt” or “they will hunt”.
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 cazar” means “They are going to hunt”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | cazaré | I will hunt |
| Tú | cazarás | You will hunt |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cazará | He / she / you will hunt |
| Nosotros / as | cazaremos | We will hunt |
| Vosotros / as | cazaréis | You will hunt |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cazarán | They / you will hunt |
| Vos | cazarás | You will hunt |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | cace |
| Tú | caces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cace |
| Nosotros / as | cacemos |
| Vosotros / as | cacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cacen |
| Vos | caces |
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 | cazara | cazase |
| Tú | cazaras | cazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cazara | cazase |
| Nosotros / as | cazáramos | cazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | cazarais | cazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cazaran | cazasen |
| Vos | cazaras | cazase |
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 | cazare |
| Tú | cazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cazare |
| Nosotros / as | cazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | cazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cazaren |
| Vos | cazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “hunt!” and “don’t hunt!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | caza | no caces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cace | no cace |
| Nosotros / as | cacemos | no cacemos |
| Vosotros / as | cazad | no cacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cacen | no cacen |
| Vos | cazá | no caces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya cazado |
| Tú | hayas cazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya cazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos cazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis cazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan cazado |
| Vos | hayas cazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera cazado / hubiese cazado |
| Tú | hubieras cazado / hubieses cazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera cazado / hubiese cazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos cazado / hubiésemos cazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais cazado / hubieseis cazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran cazado / hubiesen cazado |
| Vos | hubieras cazado / hubieses cazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere cazado |
| Tú | hubieres cazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere cazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos cazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis cazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren cazado |
| Vos | hubieres cazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté cazando |
| Tú | estés cazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté cazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos cazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis cazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén cazando |
| Vos | estés cazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera cazando / estuviese cazando |
| Tú | estuvieras cazando / estuvieses cazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera cazando / estuviese cazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos cazando / estuviésamos cazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais cazando / estuvieseis cazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera cazando / estuviese cazando |
| Vos | estuvieras cazando / estuvieses cazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere cazando |
| Tú | estuvieres cazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere cazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos cazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis cazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere cazando |
| Vos | estuvieres cazando |
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 cazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos cazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos cazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos cazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos cazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos caces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos cazaras / Vos cazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos cazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no caces |