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Escandalizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to scandalize, shock, offend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for escandalizar 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 scandalize, shock, offend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | escandalizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está escandalizando) and past continuous (estaba escandalizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. scandalizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he escandalizado and hubiera escandalizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have scandalized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | escandalizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | escandalizado |
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 scandalize” or “they scandalize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escandalizo |
| Tú | escandalizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandaliza |
| Nosotros / as | escandalizamos |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalizan |
| Vos | escandalizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I scandalized” or “she scandalized” 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 | escandalicé | I scandalized |
| Tú | escandalizaste | You scandalized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalizó | He / she / you scandalized |
| Nosotros / as | escandalizamos | We scandalized |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizasteis | You scandalized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalizaron | They / you scandalized |
| Vos | escandalizaste | You scandalized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was scandalizing” or “she was scandalizing” 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 | escandalizaba | I was scandalizing |
| Tú | escandalizabas | You were scandalizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalizaba | He was / she was / you were scandalizing |
| Nosotros / as | escandalizábamos | We were scandalizing |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizabais | You were scandalizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalizaban | They / you were scandalizing |
| Vos | escandalizabas | You were scandalizing |
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 scandalized” and “she has scandalized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he escandalizado | I have scandalized |
| Tú | has escandalizado | You have scandalized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha escandalizado | He has / she has / you have scandalized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos escandalizado | We have scandalized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis escandalizado | You have scandalized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han escandalizado | They / you have scandalized |
| Vos | has escandalizado | You have scandalized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would scandalize” or “she would scandalize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escandalizaría | I would scandalize |
| Tú | escandalizarías | You would scandalize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalizaría | He / she / you would scandalize |
| Nosotros / as | escandalizaríamos | We would scandalize |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizaríais | You would scandalize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalizarían | They / you would scandalize |
| Vos | escandalizarías | You would scandalize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will scandalize” or “they will scandalize”.
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 escandalizar” means “They are going to scandalize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escandalizaré | I will scandalize |
| Tú | escandalizarás | You will scandalize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalizará | He / she / you will scandalize |
| Nosotros / as | escandalizaremos | We will scandalize |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizaréis | You will scandalize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalizarán | They / you will scandalize |
| Vos | escandalizarás | You will scandalize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escandalice |
| Tú | escandalices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalice |
| Nosotros / as | escandalicemos |
| Vosotros / as | escandalicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalicen |
| Vos | escandalices |
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 | escandalizara | escandalizase |
| Tú | escandalizaras | escandalizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalizara | escandalizase |
| Nosotros / as | escandalizáramos | escandalizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizarais | escandalizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalizaran | escandalizasen |
| Vos | escandalizaras | escandalizase |
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 | escandalizare |
| Tú | escandalizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalizare |
| Nosotros / as | escandalizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalizaren |
| Vos | escandalizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “scandalize!” and “don’t scandalize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | escandaliza | no escandalices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escandalice | no escandalice |
| Nosotros / as | escandalicemos | no escandalicemos |
| Vosotros / as | escandalizad | no escandalicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escandalicen | no escandalicen |
| Vos | escandalizá | no escandalices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya escandalizado |
| Tú | hayas escandalizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya escandalizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos escandalizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis escandalizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan escandalizado |
| Vos | hayas escandalizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera escandalizado / hubiese escandalizado |
| Tú | hubieras escandalizado / hubieses escandalizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera escandalizado / hubiese escandalizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos escandalizado / hubiésemos escandalizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais escandalizado / hubieseis escandalizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran escandalizado / hubiesen escandalizado |
| Vos | hubieras escandalizado / hubieses escandalizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere escandalizado |
| Tú | hubieres escandalizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere escandalizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos escandalizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis escandalizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren escandalizado |
| Vos | hubieres escandalizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté escandalizando |
| Tú | estés escandalizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté escandalizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos escandalizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis escandalizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén escandalizando |
| Vos | estés escandalizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera escandalizando / estuviese escandalizando |
| Tú | estuvieras escandalizando / estuvieses escandalizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera escandalizando / estuviese escandalizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos escandalizando / estuviésamos escandalizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais escandalizando / estuvieseis escandalizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera escandalizando / estuviese escandalizando |
| Vos | estuvieras escandalizando / estuvieses escandalizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere escandalizando |
| Tú | estuvieres escandalizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere escandalizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos escandalizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis escandalizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere escandalizando |
| Vos | estuvieres escandalizando |
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 escandalizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos escandalizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos escandalizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos escandalizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos escandalizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos escandalices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos escandalizaras / Vos escandalizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos escandalizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no escandalices |