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Doblar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fold, bend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for doblar 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 fold, bend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | doblar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está doblando) and past continuous (estaba doblando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. folding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he doblado and hubiera doblado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have folded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | doblando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | doblado |
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 fold” or “they fold”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | doblo |
| Tú | doblas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dobla |
| Nosotros / as | doblamos |
| Vosotros / as | dobláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblan |
| Vos | doblás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I folded” or “she folded” 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 | doblé | I folded |
| Tú | doblaste | You folded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dobló | He / she / you folded |
| Nosotros / as | doblamos | We folded |
| Vosotros / as | doblasteis | You folded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblaron | They / you folded |
| Vos | doblaste | You folded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was folding” or “she was folding” 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 | doblaba | I was folding |
| Tú | doblabas | You were folding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblaba | He was / she was / you were folding |
| Nosotros / as | doblábamos | We were folding |
| Vosotros / as | doblabais | You were folding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblaban | They / you were folding |
| Vos | doblabas | You were folding |
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 folded” and “she has folded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he doblado | I have folded |
| Tú | has doblado | You have folded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha doblado | He has / she has / you have folded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos doblado | We have folded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis doblado | You have folded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han doblado | They / you have folded |
| Vos | has doblado | You have folded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fold” or “she would fold”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | doblaría | I would fold |
| Tú | doblarías | You would fold |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblaría | He / she / you would fold |
| Nosotros / as | doblaríamos | We would fold |
| Vosotros / as | doblaríais | You would fold |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblarían | They / you would fold |
| Vos | doblarías | You would fold |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fold” or “they will fold”.
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 doblar” means “They are going to fold”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | doblaré | I will fold |
| Tú | doblarás | You will fold |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblará | He / she / you will fold |
| Nosotros / as | doblaremos | We will fold |
| Vosotros / as | doblaréis | You will fold |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblarán | They / you will fold |
| Vos | doblarás | You will fold |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | doble |
| Tú | dobles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doble |
| Nosotros / as | doblemos |
| Vosotros / as | dobléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblen |
| Vos | dobles |
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 | doblara | doblase |
| Tú | doblaras | doblase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblara | doblase |
| Nosotros / as | dobláramos | doblásemos |
| Vosotros / as | doblarais | doblaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblaran | doblasen |
| Vos | doblaras | doblase |
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 | doblare |
| Tú | doblares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doblare |
| Nosotros / as | dobláremos |
| Vosotros / as | doblareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblaren |
| Vos | doblares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fold!” and “don’t fold!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | dobla | no dobles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | doble | no doble |
| Nosotros / as | doblemos | no doblemos |
| Vosotros / as | doblad | no dobléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | doblen | no doblen |
| Vos | doblá | no dobles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya doblado |
| Tú | hayas doblado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya doblado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos doblado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis doblado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan doblado |
| Vos | hayas doblado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera doblado / hubiese doblado |
| Tú | hubieras doblado / hubieses doblado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera doblado / hubiese doblado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos doblado / hubiésemos doblado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais doblado / hubieseis doblado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran doblado / hubiesen doblado |
| Vos | hubieras doblado / hubieses doblado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere doblado |
| Tú | hubieres doblado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere doblado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos doblado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis doblado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren doblado |
| Vos | hubieres doblado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté doblando |
| Tú | estés doblando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté doblando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos doblando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis doblando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén doblando |
| Vos | estés doblando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera doblando / estuviese doblando |
| Tú | estuvieras doblando / estuvieses doblando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera doblando / estuviese doblando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos doblando / estuviésamos doblando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais doblando / estuvieseis doblando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera doblando / estuviese doblando |
| Vos | estuvieras doblando / estuvieses doblando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere doblando |
| Tú | estuvieres doblando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere doblando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos doblando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis doblando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere doblando |
| Vos | estuvieres doblando |
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 doblás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos doblaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos doblabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos doblarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos doblarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos dobles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos doblaras / Vos doblase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos doblá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no dobles |