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Consolidar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to consolidate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for consolidar 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 consolidate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | consolidar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está consolidando) and past continuous (estaba consolidando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. consolidating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he consolidado and hubiera consolidado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have consolidated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | consolidando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | consolidado |
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 consolidate” or “they consolidate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consolido |
| Tú | consolidas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolida |
| Nosotros / as | consolidamos |
| Vosotros / as | consolidáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolidan |
| Vos | consolidás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I consolidated” or “she consolidated” 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 | consolidé | I consolidated |
| Tú | consolidaste | You consolidated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolidó | He / she / you consolidated |
| Nosotros / as | consolidamos | We consolidated |
| Vosotros / as | consolidasteis | You consolidated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolidaron | They / you consolidated |
| Vos | consolidaste | You consolidated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was consolidating” or “she was consolidating” 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 | consolidaba | I was consolidating |
| Tú | consolidabas | You were consolidating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolidaba | He was / she was / you were consolidating |
| Nosotros / as | consolidábamos | We were consolidating |
| Vosotros / as | consolidabais | You were consolidating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolidaban | They / you were consolidating |
| Vos | consolidabas | You were consolidating |
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 consolidated” and “she has consolidated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he consolidado | I have consolidated |
| Tú | has consolidado | You have consolidated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha consolidado | He has / she has / you have consolidated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos consolidado | We have consolidated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis consolidado | You have consolidated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han consolidado | They / you have consolidated |
| Vos | has consolidado | You have consolidated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would consolidate” or “she would consolidate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consolidaría | I would consolidate |
| Tú | consolidarías | You would consolidate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolidaría | He / she / you would consolidate |
| Nosotros / as | consolidaríamos | We would consolidate |
| Vosotros / as | consolidaríais | You would consolidate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolidarían | They / you would consolidate |
| Vos | consolidarías | You would consolidate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will consolidate” or “they will consolidate”.
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 consolidar” means “They are going to consolidate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consolidaré | I will consolidate |
| Tú | consolidarás | You will consolidate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolidará | He / she / you will consolidate |
| Nosotros / as | consolidaremos | We will consolidate |
| Vosotros / as | consolidaréis | You will consolidate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolidarán | They / you will consolidate |
| Vos | consolidarás | You will consolidate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consolide |
| Tú | consolides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolide |
| Nosotros / as | consolidemos |
| Vosotros / as | consolidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consoliden |
| Vos | consolides |
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 | consolidara | consolidase |
| Tú | consolidaras | consolidase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolidara | consolidase |
| Nosotros / as | consolidáramos | consolidásemos |
| Vosotros / as | consolidarais | consolidaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolidaran | consolidasen |
| Vos | consolidaras | consolidase |
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 | consolidare |
| Tú | consolidares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolidare |
| Nosotros / as | consolidáremos |
| Vosotros / as | consolidareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolidaren |
| Vos | consolidares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “consolidate!” and “don’t consolidate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | consolida | no consolides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolide | no consolide |
| Nosotros / as | consolidemos | no consolidemos |
| Vosotros / as | consolidad | no consolidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consoliden | no consoliden |
| Vos | consolidá | no consolides |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya consolidado |
| Tú | hayas consolidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya consolidado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos consolidado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis consolidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan consolidado |
| Vos | hayas consolidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera consolidado / hubiese consolidado |
| Tú | hubieras consolidado / hubieses consolidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera consolidado / hubiese consolidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos consolidado / hubiésemos consolidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais consolidado / hubieseis consolidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran consolidado / hubiesen consolidado |
| Vos | hubieras consolidado / hubieses consolidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere consolidado |
| Tú | hubieres consolidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere consolidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos consolidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis consolidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren consolidado |
| Vos | hubieres consolidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté consolidando |
| Tú | estés consolidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté consolidando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos consolidando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis consolidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén consolidando |
| Vos | estés consolidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera consolidando / estuviese consolidando |
| Tú | estuvieras consolidando / estuvieses consolidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera consolidando / estuviese consolidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos consolidando / estuviésamos consolidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais consolidando / estuvieseis consolidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera consolidando / estuviese consolidando |
| Vos | estuvieras consolidando / estuvieses consolidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere consolidando |
| Tú | estuvieres consolidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere consolidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos consolidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis consolidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere consolidando |
| Vos | estuvieres consolidando |
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 consolidás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos consolidaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos consolidabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos consolidarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos consolidarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos consolides |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos consolidaras / Vos consolidase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos consolidá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no consolides |