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Estacionar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to park, station”.
Below are all of the conjugations for estacionar 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 park, station |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estacionar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estacionando) and past continuous (estaba estacionando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. parking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estacionado and hubiera estacionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have parked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estacionando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estacionado |
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 park” or “they park”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estaciono |
| Tú | estacionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estaciona |
| Nosotros / as | estacionamos |
| Vosotros / as | estacionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionan |
| Vos | estacionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I parked” or “she parked” 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 | estacioné | I parked |
| Tú | estacionaste | You parked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacionó | He / she / you parked |
| Nosotros / as | estacionamos | We parked |
| Vosotros / as | estacionasteis | You parked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionaron | They / you parked |
| Vos | estacionaste | You parked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was parking” or “she was parking” 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 | estacionaba | I was parking |
| Tú | estacionabas | You were parking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacionaba | He was / she was / you were parking |
| Nosotros / as | estacionábamos | We were parking |
| Vosotros / as | estacionabais | You were parking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionaban | They / you were parking |
| Vos | estacionabas | You were parking |
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 parked” and “she has parked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estacionado | I have parked |
| Tú | has estacionado | You have parked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha estacionado | He has / she has / you have parked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos estacionado | We have parked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis estacionado | You have parked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han estacionado | They / you have parked |
| Vos | has estacionado | You have parked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would park” or “she would park”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estacionaría | I would park |
| Tú | estacionarías | You would park |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacionaría | He / she / you would park |
| Nosotros / as | estacionaríamos | We would park |
| Vosotros / as | estacionaríais | You would park |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionarían | They / you would park |
| Vos | estacionarías | You would park |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will park” or “they will park”.
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 estacionar” means “They are going to park”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estacionaré | I will park |
| Tú | estacionarás | You will park |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacionará | He / she / you will park |
| Nosotros / as | estacionaremos | We will park |
| Vosotros / as | estacionaréis | You will park |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionarán | They / you will park |
| Vos | estacionarás | You will park |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estacione |
| Tú | estaciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacione |
| Nosotros / as | estacionemos |
| Vosotros / as | estacionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionen |
| Vos | estaciones |
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 | estacionara | estacionase |
| Tú | estacionaras | estacionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacionara | estacionase |
| Nosotros / as | estacionáramos | estacionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | estacionarais | estacionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionaran | estacionasen |
| Vos | estacionaras | estacionase |
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 | estacionare |
| Tú | estacionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacionare |
| Nosotros / as | estacionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | estacionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionaren |
| Vos | estacionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “park!” and “don’t park!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estaciona | no estaciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estacione | no estacione |
| Nosotros / as | estacionemos | no estacionemos |
| Vosotros / as | estacionad | no estacionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estacionen | no estacionen |
| Vos | estacioná | no estaciones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estacionado |
| Tú | hayas estacionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estacionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estacionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estacionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estacionado |
| Vos | hayas estacionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estacionado / hubiese estacionado |
| Tú | hubieras estacionado / hubieses estacionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estacionado / hubiese estacionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estacionado / hubiésemos estacionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estacionado / hubieseis estacionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estacionado / hubiesen estacionado |
| Vos | hubieras estacionado / hubieses estacionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estacionado |
| Tú | hubieres estacionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estacionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estacionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estacionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estacionado |
| Vos | hubieres estacionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estacionando |
| Tú | estés estacionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estacionando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estacionando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estacionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estacionando |
| Vos | estés estacionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estacionando / estuviese estacionando |
| Tú | estuvieras estacionando / estuvieses estacionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estacionando / estuviese estacionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estacionando / estuviésamos estacionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estacionando / estuvieseis estacionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estacionando / estuviese estacionando |
| Vos | estuvieras estacionando / estuvieses estacionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estacionando |
| Tú | estuvieres estacionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estacionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estacionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estacionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estacionando |
| Vos | estuvieres estacionando |
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 estacionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos estacionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos estacionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos estacionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos estacionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos estaciones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos estacionaras / Vos estacionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estacioná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no estaciones |