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Escudriñar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to scrutinize, examine”.
Below are all of the conjugations for escudriñar 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 scrutinize, examine |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | escudriñar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está escudriñando) and past continuous (estaba escudriñando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. scrutinizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he escudriñado and hubiera escudriñado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have scrutinized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | escudriñando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | escudriñado |
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 scrutinize” or “they scrutinize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escudriño |
| Tú | escudriñas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriña |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñamos |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñan |
| Vos | escudriñás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I scrutinized” or “she scrutinized” 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 | escudriñé | I scrutinized |
| Tú | escudriñaste | You scrutinized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñó | He / she / you scrutinized |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñamos | We scrutinized |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñasteis | You scrutinized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñaron | They / you scrutinized |
| Vos | escudriñaste | You scrutinized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was scrutinizing” or “she was scrutinizing” 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 | escudriñaba | I was scrutinizing |
| Tú | escudriñabas | You were scrutinizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñaba | He was / she was / you were scrutinizing |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñábamos | We were scrutinizing |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñabais | You were scrutinizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñaban | They / you were scrutinizing |
| Vos | escudriñabas | You were scrutinizing |
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 scrutinized” and “she has scrutinized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he escudriñado | I have scrutinized |
| Tú | has escudriñado | You have scrutinized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha escudriñado | He has / she has / you have scrutinized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos escudriñado | We have scrutinized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis escudriñado | You have scrutinized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han escudriñado | They / you have scrutinized |
| Vos | has escudriñado | You have scrutinized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would scrutinize” or “she would scrutinize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escudriñaría | I would scrutinize |
| Tú | escudriñarías | You would scrutinize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñaría | He / she / you would scrutinize |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñaríamos | We would scrutinize |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñaríais | You would scrutinize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñarían | They / you would scrutinize |
| Vos | escudriñarías | You would scrutinize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will scrutinize” or “they will scrutinize”.
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 escudriñar” means “They are going to scrutinize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | escudriñaré | I will scrutinize |
| Tú | escudriñarás | You will scrutinize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñará | He / she / you will scrutinize |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñaremos | We will scrutinize |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñaréis | You will scrutinize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñarán | They / you will scrutinize |
| Vos | escudriñarás | You will scrutinize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | escudriñe |
| Tú | escudriñes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñe |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñemos |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñen |
| Vos | escudriñes |
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 | escudriñara | escudriñase |
| Tú | escudriñaras | escudriñase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñara | escudriñase |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñáramos | escudriñásemos |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñarais | escudriñaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñaran | escudriñasen |
| Vos | escudriñaras | escudriñase |
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 | escudriñare |
| Tú | escudriñares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñare |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñáremos |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñaren |
| Vos | escudriñares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “scrutinize!” and “don’t scrutinize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | escudriña | no escudriñes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | escudriñe | no escudriñe |
| Nosotros / as | escudriñemos | no escudriñemos |
| Vosotros / as | escudriñad | no escudriñéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | escudriñen | no escudriñen |
| Vos | escudriñá | no escudriñes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya escudriñado |
| Tú | hayas escudriñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya escudriñado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos escudriñado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis escudriñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan escudriñado |
| Vos | hayas escudriñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera escudriñado / hubiese escudriñado |
| Tú | hubieras escudriñado / hubieses escudriñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera escudriñado / hubiese escudriñado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos escudriñado / hubiésemos escudriñado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais escudriñado / hubieseis escudriñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran escudriñado / hubiesen escudriñado |
| Vos | hubieras escudriñado / hubieses escudriñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere escudriñado |
| Tú | hubieres escudriñado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere escudriñado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos escudriñado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis escudriñado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren escudriñado |
| Vos | hubieres escudriñado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté escudriñando |
| Tú | estés escudriñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté escudriñando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos escudriñando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis escudriñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén escudriñando |
| Vos | estés escudriñando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera escudriñando / estuviese escudriñando |
| Tú | estuvieras escudriñando / estuvieses escudriñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera escudriñando / estuviese escudriñando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos escudriñando / estuviésamos escudriñando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais escudriñando / estuvieseis escudriñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera escudriñando / estuviese escudriñando |
| Vos | estuvieras escudriñando / estuvieses escudriñando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere escudriñando |
| Tú | estuvieres escudriñando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere escudriñando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos escudriñando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis escudriñando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere escudriñando |
| Vos | estuvieres escudriñando |
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 escudriñás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos escudriñaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos escudriñabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos escudriñarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos escudriñarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos escudriñes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos escudriñaras / Vos escudriñase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos escudriñá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no escudriñes |