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Eludir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to elude, avoid, evade”.
Below are all of the conjugations for eludir 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 elude, avoid, evade |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | eludir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está eludiendo) and past continuous (estaba eludiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. eluding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he eludido and hubiera eludido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have eluded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | eludiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | eludido |
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 elude” or “they elude”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | eludo |
| Tú | eludes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | elude |
| Nosotros / as | eludimos |
| Vosotros / as | eludís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eluden |
| Vos | eludís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I eluded” or “she eluded” 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 | eludí | I eluded |
| Tú | eludiste | You eluded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eludió | He / she / you eluded |
| Nosotros / as | eludimos | We eluded |
| Vosotros / as | eludisteis | You eluded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludieron | They / you eluded |
| Vos | eludiste | You eluded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was eluding” or “she was eluding” 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 | eludía | I was eluding |
| Tú | eludías | You were eluding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eludía | He was / she was / you were eluding |
| Nosotros / as | eludíamos | We were eluding |
| Vosotros / as | eludíais | You were eluding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludían | They / you were eluding |
| Vos | eludías | You were eluding |
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 eluded” and “she has eluded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he eludido | I have eluded |
| Tú | has eludido | You have eluded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha eludido | He has / she has / you have eluded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos eludido | We have eluded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis eludido | You have eluded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han eludido | They / you have eluded |
| Vos | has eludido | You have eluded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would elude” or “she would elude”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | eludiría | I would elude |
| Tú | eludirías | You would elude |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eludiría | He / she / you would elude |
| Nosotros / as | eludiríamos | We would elude |
| Vosotros / as | eludiríais | You would elude |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludirían | They / you would elude |
| Vos | eludirías | You would elude |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will elude” or “they will elude”.
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 eludir” means “They are going to elude”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | eludiré | I will elude |
| Tú | eludirás | You will elude |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eludirá | He / she / you will elude |
| Nosotros / as | eludiremos | We will elude |
| Vosotros / as | eludiréis | You will elude |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludirán | They / you will elude |
| Vos | eludirás | You will elude |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | eluda |
| Tú | eludas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eluda |
| Nosotros / as | eludamos |
| Vosotros / as | eludáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludan |
| Vos | eludas |
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 | eludiera | eludiese |
| Tú | eludieras | eludiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eludiera | eludiese |
| Nosotros / as | eludiéramos | eludiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | eludierais | eludieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludieran | eludiesen |
| Vos | eludieras | eludiese |
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 | eludiere |
| Tú | eludieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eludiera |
| Nosotros / as | eludiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | eludiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludieren |
| Vos | eludieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “elude!” and “don’t elude!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | elude | no eludas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | eluda | no eluda |
| Nosotros / as | eludamos | no eludamos |
| Vosotros / as | eludid | no eludáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | eludan | no eludan |
| Vos | eludí | no eludas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya eludido |
| Tú | hayas eludido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya eludido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos eludido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis eludido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan eludido |
| Vos | hayas eludido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera eludido / hubiese eludido |
| Tú | hubieras eludido / hubieses eludido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera eludido / hubiese eludido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos eludido / hubiésemos eludido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais eludido / hubieseis eludido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran eludido / hubiesen eludido |
| Vos | hubieras eludido / hubieses eludido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere eludido |
| Tú | hubieres eludido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere eludido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos eludido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis eludido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren eludido |
| Vos | hubieres eludido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté eludiendo |
| Tú | estés eludiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté eludiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos eludiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis eludiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén eludiendo |
| Vos | estés eludiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera eludiendo / estuviese eludiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras eludiendo / estuvieses eludiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera eludiendo / estuviese eludiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos eludiendo / estuviésamos eludiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais eludiendo / estuvieseis eludiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera eludiendo / estuviese eludiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras eludiendo / estuvieses eludiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere eludiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres eludiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere eludiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos eludiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis eludiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere eludiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres eludiendo |
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 eludís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos eludiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos eludías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos eludirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos eludirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos eludas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos eludieras / Vos eludiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos eludí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no eludas |