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Embargar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to embargo, obstruct”.
Below are all of the conjugations for embargar 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 embargo, obstruct |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | embargar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está embargando) and past continuous (estaba embargando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. embargoing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he embargado and hubiera embargado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have embargoed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | embargando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | embargado |
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 embargo” or “they embargo”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embargo |
| Tú | embargas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarga |
| Nosotros / as | embargamos |
| Vosotros / as | embargáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embargan |
| Vos | embargás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I embargoed” or “she embargoed” 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 | embargué | I embargoed |
| Tú | embargaste | You embargoed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargó | He / she / you embargoed |
| Nosotros / as | embargamos | We embargoed |
| Vosotros / as | embargasteis | You embargoed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embargaron | They / you embargoed |
| Vos | embargaste | You embargoed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was embargoing” or “she was embargoing” 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 | embargaba | I was embargoing |
| Tú | embargabas | You were embargoing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargaba | He was / she was / you were embargoing |
| Nosotros / as | embargábamos | We were embargoing |
| Vosotros / as | embargabais | You were embargoing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embargaban | They / you were embargoing |
| Vos | embargabas | You were embargoing |
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 embargoed” and “she has embargoed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he embargado | I have embargoed |
| Tú | has embargado | You have embargoed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha embargado | He has / she has / you have embargoed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos embargado | We have embargoed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis embargado | You have embargoed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han embargado | They / you have embargoed |
| Vos | has embargado | You have embargoed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would embargo” or “she would embargo”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embargaría | I would embargo |
| Tú | embargarías | You would embargo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargaría | He / she / you would embargo |
| Nosotros / as | embargaríamos | We would embargo |
| Vosotros / as | embargaríais | You would embargo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embargarían | They / you would embargo |
| Vos | embargarías | You would embargo |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will embargo” or “they will embargo”.
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 embargar” means “They are going to embargo”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | embargaré | I will embargo |
| Tú | embargarás | You will embargo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargará | He / she / you will embargo |
| Nosotros / as | embargaremos | We will embargo |
| Vosotros / as | embargaréis | You will embargo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embargarán | They / you will embargo |
| Vos | embargarás | You will embargo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | embargue |
| Tú | embargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargue |
| Nosotros / as | embarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | embarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarguen |
| Vos | embargues |
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 | embargara | embargase |
| Tú | embargaras | embargase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargara | embargase |
| Nosotros / as | embargáramos | embargásemos |
| Vosotros / as | embargarais | embargaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embargaran | embargasen |
| Vos | embargaras | embargase |
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 | embargare |
| Tú | embargares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargare |
| Nosotros / as | embargáremos |
| Vosotros / as | embargareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embargaren |
| Vos | embargares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “embargo!” and “don’t embargo!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | embarga | no embargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embargue | no embargue |
| Nosotros / as | embarguemos | no embarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | embargad | no embarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarguen | no embarguen |
| Vos | embargá | no embargues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya embargado |
| Tú | hayas embargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya embargado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos embargado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis embargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan embargado |
| Vos | hayas embargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera embargado / hubiese embargado |
| Tú | hubieras embargado / hubieses embargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera embargado / hubiese embargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos embargado / hubiésemos embargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais embargado / hubieseis embargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran embargado / hubiesen embargado |
| Vos | hubieras embargado / hubieses embargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere embargado |
| Tú | hubieres embargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere embargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos embargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis embargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren embargado |
| Vos | hubieres embargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté embargando |
| Tú | estés embargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté embargando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos embargando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis embargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén embargando |
| Vos | estés embargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera embargando / estuviese embargando |
| Tú | estuvieras embargando / estuvieses embargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera embargando / estuviese embargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos embargando / estuviésamos embargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais embargando / estuvieseis embargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera embargando / estuviese embargando |
| Vos | estuvieras embargando / estuvieses embargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere embargando |
| Tú | estuvieres embargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere embargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos embargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis embargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere embargando |
| Vos | estuvieres embargando |
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 embargás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos embargaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos embargabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos embargarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos embargarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos embargues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos embargaras / Vos embargase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos embargá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no embargues |