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Coaccionar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to coerce”.
Below are all of the conjugations for coaccionar 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 coerce |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | coaccionar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está coaccionando) and past continuous (estaba coaccionando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. coercing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he coaccionado and hubiera coaccionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have coerced).
| Gerundio / Gerund | coaccionando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | coaccionado |
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 coerce” or “they coerce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | coacciono |
| Tú | coaccionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coacciona |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionamos |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionan |
| Vos | coaccionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I coerced” or “she coerced” 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 | coaccioné | I coerced |
| Tú | coaccionaste | You coerced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccionó | He / she / you coerced |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionamos | We coerced |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionasteis | You coerced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionaron | They / you coerced |
| Vos | coaccionaste | You coerced |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was coercing” or “she was coercing” 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 | coaccionaba | I was coercing |
| Tú | coaccionabas | You were coercing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccionaba | He was / she was / you were coercing |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionábamos | We were coercing |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionabais | You were coercing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionaban | They / you were coercing |
| Vos | coaccionabas | You were coercing |
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 coerced” and “she has coerced”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he coaccionado | I have coerced |
| Tú | has coaccionado | You have coerced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha coaccionado | He has / she has / you have coerced |
| Nosotros / as | hemos coaccionado | We have coerced |
| Vosotros / as | habéis coaccionado | You have coerced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han coaccionado | They / you have coerced |
| Vos | has coaccionado | You have coerced |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would coerce” or “she would coerce”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coaccionaría | I would coerce |
| Tú | coaccionarías | You would coerce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccionaría | He / she / you would coerce |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionaríamos | We would coerce |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionaríais | You would coerce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionarían | They / you would coerce |
| Vos | coaccionarías | You would coerce |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will coerce” or “they will coerce”.
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 coaccionar” means “They are going to coerce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coaccionaré | I will coerce |
| Tú | coaccionarás | You will coerce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccionará | He / she / you will coerce |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionaremos | We will coerce |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionaréis | You will coerce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionarán | They / you will coerce |
| Vos | coaccionarás | You will coerce |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | coaccione |
| Tú | coacciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccione |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionemos |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionen |
| Vos | coacciones |
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 | coaccionara | coaccionase |
| Tú | coaccionaras | coaccionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccionara | coaccionase |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionáramos | coaccionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionarais | coaccionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionaran | coaccionasen |
| Vos | coaccionaras | coaccionase |
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 | coaccionare |
| Tú | coaccionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccionare |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionaren |
| Vos | coaccionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “coerce!” and “don’t coerce!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | coacciona | no coacciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coaccione | no coaccione |
| Nosotros / as | coaccionemos | no coaccionemos |
| Vosotros / as | coaccionad | no coaccionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coaccionen | no coaccionen |
| Vos | coaccioná | no coacciones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya coaccionado |
| Tú | hayas coaccionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya coaccionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos coaccionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis coaccionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan coaccionado |
| Vos | hayas coaccionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera coaccionado / hubiese coaccionado |
| Tú | hubieras coaccionado / hubieses coaccionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera coaccionado / hubiese coaccionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos coaccionado / hubiésemos coaccionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais coaccionado / hubieseis coaccionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran coaccionado / hubiesen coaccionado |
| Vos | hubieras coaccionado / hubieses coaccionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere coaccionado |
| Tú | hubieres coaccionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere coaccionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos coaccionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis coaccionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren coaccionado |
| Vos | hubieres coaccionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté coaccionando |
| Tú | estés coaccionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté coaccionando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos coaccionando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis coaccionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén coaccionando |
| Vos | estés coaccionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera coaccionando / estuviese coaccionando |
| Tú | estuvieras coaccionando / estuvieses coaccionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera coaccionando / estuviese coaccionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos coaccionando / estuviésamos coaccionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais coaccionando / estuvieseis coaccionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera coaccionando / estuviese coaccionando |
| Vos | estuvieras coaccionando / estuvieses coaccionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere coaccionando |
| Tú | estuvieres coaccionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere coaccionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos coaccionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis coaccionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere coaccionando |
| Vos | estuvieres coaccionando |
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 coaccionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos coaccionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos coaccionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos coaccionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos coaccionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos coacciones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos coaccionaras / Vos coaccionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos coaccioná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no coacciones |