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Confiscar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to confiscate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for confiscar 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 confiscate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | confiscar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está confiscando) and past continuous (estaba confiscando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. confiscating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he confiscado and hubiera confiscado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have confiscated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | confiscando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | confiscado |
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 confiscate” or “they confiscate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | confisco |
| Tú | confiscas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confisca |
| Nosotros / as | confiscamos |
| Vosotros / as | confiscáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confiscan |
| Vos | confiscás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I confiscated” or “she confiscated” 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 | confisqué | I confiscated |
| Tú | confiscaste | You confiscated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confiscó | He / she / you confiscated |
| Nosotros / as | confiscamos | We confiscated |
| Vosotros / as | confiscasteis | You confiscated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confiscaron | They / you confiscated |
| Vos | confiscaste | You confiscated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was confiscating” or “she was confiscating” 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 | confiscaba | I was confiscating |
| Tú | confiscabas | You were confiscating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confiscaba | He was / she was / you were confiscating |
| Nosotros / as | confiscábamos | We were confiscating |
| Vosotros / as | confiscabais | You were confiscating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confiscaban | They / you were confiscating |
| Vos | confiscabas | You were confiscating |
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 confiscated” and “she has confiscated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he confiscado | I have confiscated |
| Tú | has confiscado | You have confiscated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha confiscado | He has / she has / you have confiscated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos confiscado | We have confiscated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis confiscado | You have confiscated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han confiscado | They / you have confiscated |
| Vos | has confiscado | You have confiscated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would confiscate” or “she would confiscate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | confiscaría | I would confiscate |
| Tú | confiscarías | You would confiscate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confiscaría | He / she / you would confiscate |
| Nosotros / as | confiscaríamos | We would confiscate |
| Vosotros / as | confiscaríais | You would confiscate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confiscarían | They / you would confiscate |
| Vos | confiscarías | You would confiscate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will confiscate” or “they will confiscate”.
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 confiscar” means “They are going to confiscate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | confiscaré | I will confiscate |
| Tú | confiscarás | You will confiscate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confiscará | He / she / you will confiscate |
| Nosotros / as | confiscaremos | We will confiscate |
| Vosotros / as | confiscaréis | You will confiscate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confiscarán | They / you will confiscate |
| Vos | confiscarás | You will confiscate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | confisque |
| Tú | confisques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confisque |
| Nosotros / as | confisquemos |
| Vosotros / as | confisquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confisquen |
| Vos | confisques |
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 | confiscara | confiscase |
| Tú | confiscaras | confiscase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confiscara | confiscase |
| Nosotros / as | confiscáramos | confiscásemos |
| Vosotros / as | confiscarais | confiscaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confiscaran | confiscasen |
| Vos | confiscaras | confiscase |
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 | confiscare |
| Tú | confiscares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confiscare |
| Nosotros / as | confiscáremos |
| Vosotros / as | confiscareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confiscaren |
| Vos | confiscares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “confiscate!” and “don’t confiscate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | confisca | no confisques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confisque | no confisque |
| Nosotros / as | confisquemos | no confisquemos |
| Vosotros / as | confiscad | no confisquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confisquen | no confisquen |
| Vos | confiscá | no confisques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya confiscado |
| Tú | hayas confiscado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya confiscado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos confiscado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis confiscado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan confiscado |
| Vos | hayas confiscado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera confiscado / hubiese confiscado |
| Tú | hubieras confiscado / hubieses confiscado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera confiscado / hubiese confiscado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos confiscado / hubiésemos confiscado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais confiscado / hubieseis confiscado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran confiscado / hubiesen confiscado |
| Vos | hubieras confiscado / hubieses confiscado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere confiscado |
| Tú | hubieres confiscado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere confiscado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos confiscado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis confiscado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren confiscado |
| Vos | hubieres confiscado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté confiscando |
| Tú | estés confiscando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté confiscando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos confiscando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis confiscando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén confiscando |
| Vos | estés confiscando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera confiscando / estuviese confiscando |
| Tú | estuvieras confiscando / estuvieses confiscando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera confiscando / estuviese confiscando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos confiscando / estuviésamos confiscando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais confiscando / estuvieseis confiscando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera confiscando / estuviese confiscando |
| Vos | estuvieras confiscando / estuvieses confiscando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere confiscando |
| Tú | estuvieres confiscando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere confiscando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos confiscando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis confiscando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere confiscando |
| Vos | estuvieres confiscando |
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 confiscás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos confiscaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos confiscabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos confiscarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos confiscarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos confisques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos confiscaras / Vos confiscase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos confiscá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no confisques |