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Equipar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to equip, outfit, furnish”.
Below are all of the conjugations for equipar 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 equip, outfit, furnish |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | equipar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está equipando) and past continuous (estaba equipando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. equipping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he equipado and hubiera equipado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have equipped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | equipando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | equipado |
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 equip” or “they equip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | equipo |
| Tú | equipas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipa |
| Nosotros / as | equipamos |
| Vosotros / as | equipáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equipan |
| Vos | equipás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I equipped” or “she equipped” 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 | equipé | I equipped |
| Tú | equipaste | You equipped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipó | He / she / you equipped |
| Nosotros / as | equipamos | We equipped |
| Vosotros / as | equipasteis | You equipped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equiparon | They / you equipped |
| Vos | equipaste | You equipped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was equipping” or “she was equipping” 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 | equipaba | I was equipping |
| Tú | equipabas | You were equipping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipaba | He was / she was / you were equipping |
| Nosotros / as | equipábamos | We were equipping |
| Vosotros / as | equipabais | You were equipping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equipaban | They / you were equipping |
| Vos | equipabas | You were equipping |
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 equipped” and “she has equipped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he equipado | I have equipped |
| Tú | has equipado | You have equipped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha equipado | He has / she has / you have equipped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos equipado | We have equipped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis equipado | You have equipped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han equipado | They / you have equipped |
| Vos | has equipado | You have equipped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would equip” or “she would equip”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | equiparía | I would equip |
| Tú | equiparías | You would equip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equiparía | He / she / you would equip |
| Nosotros / as | equiparíamos | We would equip |
| Vosotros / as | equiparíais | You would equip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equiparían | They / you would equip |
| Vos | equiparías | You would equip |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will equip” or “they will equip”.
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 equipar” means “They are going to equip”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | equiparé | I will equip |
| Tú | equiparás | You will equip |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipará | He / she / you will equip |
| Nosotros / as | equiparemos | We will equip |
| Vosotros / as | equiparéis | You will equip |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equiparán | They / you will equip |
| Vos | equiparás | You will equip |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | equipe |
| Tú | equipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipe |
| Nosotros / as | equipemos |
| Vosotros / as | equipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equipen |
| Vos | equipes |
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 | equipara | equipase |
| Tú | equiparas | equipase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipara | equipase |
| Nosotros / as | equipáramos | equipásemos |
| Vosotros / as | equiparais | equipaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equiparan | equipasen |
| Vos | equiparas | equipase |
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 | equipare |
| Tú | equipares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipare |
| Nosotros / as | equipáremos |
| Vosotros / as | equipareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equiparen |
| Vos | equipares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “equip!” and “don’t equip!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | equipa | no equipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | equipe | no equipe |
| Nosotros / as | equipemos | no equipemos |
| Vosotros / as | equipad | no equipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | equipen | no equipen |
| Vos | equipá | no equipes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya equipado |
| Tú | hayas equipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya equipado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos equipado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis equipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan equipado |
| Vos | hayas equipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera equipado / hubiese equipado |
| Tú | hubieras equipado / hubieses equipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera equipado / hubiese equipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos equipado / hubiésemos equipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais equipado / hubieseis equipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran equipado / hubiesen equipado |
| Vos | hubieras equipado / hubieses equipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere equipado |
| Tú | hubieres equipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere equipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos equipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis equipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren equipado |
| Vos | hubieres equipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté equipando |
| Tú | estés equipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté equipando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos equipando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis equipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén equipando |
| Vos | estés equipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera equipando / estuviese equipando |
| Tú | estuvieras equipando / estuvieses equipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera equipando / estuviese equipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos equipando / estuviésamos equipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais equipando / estuvieseis equipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera equipando / estuviese equipando |
| Vos | estuvieras equipando / estuvieses equipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere equipando |
| Tú | estuvieres equipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere equipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos equipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis equipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere equipando |
| Vos | estuvieres equipando |
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 equipás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos equipaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos equipabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos equiparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos equiparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos equipes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos equiparas / Vos equipase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos equipá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no equipes |