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Eliminar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to eliminate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for eliminar 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 eliminate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | eliminar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está eliminando) and past continuous (estaba eliminando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. eliminating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he eliminado and hubiera eliminado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have eliminated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | eliminando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | eliminado |
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 eliminate” or “they eliminate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | elimino |
| Tú | eliminas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | elimina |
| Nosotros / as | eliminamos |
| Vosotros / as | elimináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminan |
| Vos | eliminás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I eliminated” or “she eliminated” 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 | eliminé | I eliminated |
| Tú | eliminaste | You eliminated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eliminó | He / she / you eliminated |
| Nosotros / as | eliminamos | We eliminated |
| Vosotros / as | eliminasteis | You eliminated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminaron | They / you eliminated |
| Vos | eliminaste | You eliminated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was eliminating” or “she was eliminating” 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 | eliminaba | I was eliminating |
| Tú | eliminabas | You were eliminating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eliminaba | He was / she was / you were eliminating |
| Nosotros / as | eliminábamos | We were eliminating |
| Vosotros / as | eliminabais | You were eliminating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminaban | They / you were eliminating |
| Vos | eliminabas | You were eliminating |
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 eliminated” and “she has eliminated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he eliminado | I have eliminated |
| Tú | has eliminado | You have eliminated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha eliminado | He has / she has / you have eliminated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos eliminado | We have eliminated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis eliminado | You have eliminated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han eliminado | They / you have eliminated |
| Vos | has eliminado | You have eliminated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would eliminate” or “she would eliminate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | eliminaría | I would eliminate |
| Tú | eliminarías | You would eliminate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eliminaría | He / she / you would eliminate |
| Nosotros / as | eliminaríamos | We would eliminate |
| Vosotros / as | eliminaríais | You would eliminate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminarían | They / you would eliminate |
| Vos | eliminarías | You would eliminate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will eliminate” or “they will eliminate”.
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 eliminar” means “They are going to eliminate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | eliminaré | I will eliminate |
| Tú | eliminarás | You will eliminate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eliminará | He / she / you will eliminate |
| Nosotros / as | eliminaremos | We will eliminate |
| Vosotros / as | eliminaréis | You will eliminate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminarán | They / you will eliminate |
| Vos | eliminarás | You will eliminate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | elimine |
| Tú | elimines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | elimine |
| Nosotros / as | eliminemos |
| Vosotros / as | eliminéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminen |
| Vos | elimines |
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 | eliminara | eliminase |
| Tú | eliminaras | eliminase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eliminara | eliminase |
| Nosotros / as | elimináramos | eliminásemos |
| Vosotros / as | eliminarais | eliminaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminaran | eliminasen |
| Vos | eliminaras | eliminase |
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 | eliminare |
| Tú | eliminares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eliminare |
| Nosotros / as | elimináremos |
| Vosotros / as | eliminareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminaren |
| Vos | eliminares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “eliminate!” and “don’t eliminate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | elimina | no elimines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | elimine | no elimine |
| Nosotros / as | eliminemos | no eliminemos |
| Vosotros / as | eliminad | no eliminéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eliminen | no eliminen |
| Vos | eliminá | no elimines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya eliminado |
| Tú | hayas eliminado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya eliminado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos eliminado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis eliminado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan eliminado |
| Vos | hayas eliminado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera eliminado / hubiese eliminado |
| Tú | hubieras eliminado / hubieses eliminado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera eliminado / hubiese eliminado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos eliminado / hubiésemos eliminado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais eliminado / hubieseis eliminado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran eliminado / hubiesen eliminado |
| Vos | hubieras eliminado / hubieses eliminado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere eliminado |
| Tú | hubieres eliminado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere eliminado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos eliminado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis eliminado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren eliminado |
| Vos | hubieres eliminado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté eliminando |
| Tú | estés eliminando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté eliminando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos eliminando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis eliminando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén eliminando |
| Vos | estés eliminando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera eliminando / estuviese eliminando |
| Tú | estuvieras eliminando / estuvieses eliminando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera eliminando / estuviese eliminando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos eliminando / estuviésamos eliminando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais eliminando / estuvieseis eliminando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera eliminando / estuviese eliminando |
| Vos | estuvieras eliminando / estuvieses eliminando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere eliminando |
| Tú | estuvieres eliminando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere eliminando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos eliminando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis eliminando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere eliminando |
| Vos | estuvieres eliminando |
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 eliminás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos eliminaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos eliminabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos eliminarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos eliminarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos elimines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos eliminaras / Vos eliminase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos eliminá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no elimines |