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Escoltar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to escort”.
Below are all of the conjugations for escoltar 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 escort |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | escoltar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está escoltando) and past continuous (estaba escoltando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. escorting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he escoltado and hubiera escoltado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have escorted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | escoltando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | escoltado |
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 escort” or “they escort”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escolto |
| Tú | escoltas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escolta |
| Nosotros / as | escoltamos |
| Vosotros / as | escoltáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escoltan |
| Vos | escoltás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I escorted” or “she escorted” 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 | escolté | I escorted |
| Tú | escoltaste | You escorted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escoltó | He / she / you escorted |
| Nosotros / as | escoltamos | We escorted |
| Vosotros / as | escoltasteis | You escorted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escoltaron | They / you escorted |
| Vos | escoltaste | You escorted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was escorting” or “she was escorting” 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 | escoltaba | I was escorting |
| Tú | escoltabas | You were escorting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escoltaba | He was / she was / you were escorting |
| Nosotros / as | escoltábamos | We were escorting |
| Vosotros / as | escoltabais | You were escorting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escoltaban | They / you were escorting |
| Vos | escoltabas | You were escorting |
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 escorted” and “she has escorted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he escoltado | I have escorted |
| Tú | has escoltado | You have escorted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha escoltado | He has / she has / you have escorted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos escoltado | We have escorted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis escoltado | You have escorted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han escoltado | They / you have escorted |
| Vos | has escoltado | You have escorted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would escort” or “she would escort”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escoltaría | I would escort |
| Tú | escoltarías | You would escort |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escoltaría | He / she / you would escort |
| Nosotros / as | escoltaríamos | We would escort |
| Vosotros / as | escoltaríais | You would escort |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escoltarían | They / you would escort |
| Vos | escoltarías | You would escort |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will escort” or “they will escort”.
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 escoltar” means “They are going to escort”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escoltaré | I will escort |
| Tú | escoltarás | You will escort |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escoltará | He / she / you will escort |
| Nosotros / as | escoltaremos | We will escort |
| Vosotros / as | escoltaréis | You will escort |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escoltarán | They / you will escort |
| Vos | escoltarás | You will escort |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escolte |
| Tú | escoltes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escolte |
| Nosotros / as | escoltemos |
| Vosotros / as | escoltéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escolten |
| Vos | escoltes |
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 | escoltara | escoltase |
| Tú | escoltaras | escoltase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escoltara | escoltase |
| Nosotros / as | escoltáramos | escoltásemos |
| Vosotros / as | escoltarais | escoltaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escoltaran | escoltasen |
| Vos | escoltaras | escoltase |
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 | escoltare |
| Tú | escoltares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escoltare |
| Nosotros / as | escoltáremos |
| Vosotros / as | escoltareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escoltaren |
| Vos | escoltares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “escort!” and “don’t escort!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | escolta | no escoltes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escolte | no escolte |
| Nosotros / as | escoltemos | no escoltemos |
| Vosotros / as | escoltad | no escoltéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escolten | no escolten |
| Vos | escoltá | no escoltes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya escoltado |
| Tú | hayas escoltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya escoltado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos escoltado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis escoltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan escoltado |
| Vos | hayas escoltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera escoltado / hubiese escoltado |
| Tú | hubieras escoltado / hubieses escoltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera escoltado / hubiese escoltado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos escoltado / hubiésemos escoltado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais escoltado / hubieseis escoltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran escoltado / hubiesen escoltado |
| Vos | hubieras escoltado / hubieses escoltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere escoltado |
| Tú | hubieres escoltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere escoltado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos escoltado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis escoltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren escoltado |
| Vos | hubieres escoltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté escoltando |
| Tú | estés escoltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté escoltando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos escoltando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis escoltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén escoltando |
| Vos | estés escoltando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera escoltando / estuviese escoltando |
| Tú | estuvieras escoltando / estuvieses escoltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera escoltando / estuviese escoltando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos escoltando / estuviésamos escoltando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais escoltando / estuvieseis escoltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera escoltando / estuviese escoltando |
| Vos | estuvieras escoltando / estuvieses escoltando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere escoltando |
| Tú | estuvieres escoltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere escoltando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos escoltando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis escoltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere escoltando |
| Vos | estuvieres escoltando |
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 escoltás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos escoltaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos escoltabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos escoltarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos escoltarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos escoltes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos escoltaras / Vos escoltase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos escoltá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no escoltes |