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Fletar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to charter a ship, load merchandise”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fletar 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 charter a ship, load merchandise |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fletar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fletando) and past continuous (estaba fletando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. chartered a ship).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he chartered a ship and hubiera chartered a ship. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have chartering a ship).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fletando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | chartered a ship |
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 charter a ship” or “they charter a ship”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fleto |
| Tú | fletas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fleta |
| Nosotros / as | fletamos |
| Vosotros / as | fletáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fletan |
| Vos | fletás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I charter a ship” or “she charter a ship” 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 | fleté | I charter a ship |
| Tú | fletaste | You charter a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fletó | He / she / you charter a ship |
| Nosotros / as | fletamos | We charter a ship |
| Vosotros / as | fletasteis | You charter a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fletaron | They / you charter a ship |
| Vos | fletaste | You charter a ship |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was chartered a ship” or “she was chartered a ship” 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 | fletaba | I was chartered a ship |
| Tú | fletabas | You were chartered a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fletaba | He was / she was / you were chartered a ship |
| Nosotros / as | fletábamos | We were chartered a ship |
| Vosotros / as | fletabais | You were chartered a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fletaban | They / you were chartered a ship |
| Vos | fletabas | You were chartered a ship |
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 chartering a ship” and “she has chartering a ship”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he chartered a ship | I have chartering a ship |
| Tú | has chartered a ship | You have chartering a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha chartered a ship | He has / she has / you have chartering a ship |
| Nosotros / as | hemos chartered a ship | We have chartering a ship |
| Vosotros / as | habéis chartered a ship | You have chartering a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han chartered a ship | They / you have chartering a ship |
| Vos | has chartered a ship | You have chartering a ship |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would charter a ship” or “she would charter a ship”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fletaría | I would charter a ship |
| Tú | fletarías | You would charter a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fletaría | He / she / you would charter a ship |
| Nosotros / as | fletaríamos | We would charter a ship |
| Vosotros / as | fletaríais | You would charter a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fletarían | They / you would charter a ship |
| Vos | fletarías | You would charter a ship |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will charter a ship” or “they will charter a ship”.
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 fletar” means “They are going to charter a ship”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fletaré | I will charter a ship |
| Tú | fletarás | You will charter a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fletará | He / she / you will charter a ship |
| Nosotros / as | fletaremos | We will charter a ship |
| Vosotros / as | fletaréis | You will charter a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fletarán | They / you will charter a ship |
| Vos | fletarás | You will charter a ship |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | flete |
| Tú | fletes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | flete |
| Nosotros / as | fletemos |
| Vosotros / as | fletéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fleten |
| Vos | fletes |
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 | fletara | fletase |
| Tú | fletaras | fletase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fletara | fletase |
| Nosotros / as | fletáramos | fletásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fletarais | fletaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fletaran | fletasen |
| Vos | fletaras | fletase |
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 | fletare |
| Tú | fletares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fletare |
| Nosotros / as | fletáremos |
| Vosotros / as | fletareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fletaren |
| Vos | fletares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “charter a ship!” and “don’t charter a ship!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fleta | no fletes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | flete | no flete |
| Nosotros / as | fletemos | no fletemos |
| Vosotros / as | fletad | no fletéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fleten | no fleten |
| Vos | fletá | no fletes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya chartered a ship |
| Tú | hayas chartered a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya chartered a ship |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos chartered a ship |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis chartered a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan chartered a ship |
| Vos | hayas chartered a ship |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera chartered a ship / hubiese chartered a ship |
| Tú | hubieras chartered a ship / hubieses chartered a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera chartered a ship / hubiese chartered a ship |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos chartered a ship / hubiésemos chartered a ship |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais chartered a ship / hubieseis chartered a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran chartered a ship / hubiesen chartered a ship |
| Vos | hubieras chartered a ship / hubieses chartered a ship |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere chartered a ship |
| Tú | hubieres chartered a ship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere chartered a ship |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos chartered a ship |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis chartered a ship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren chartered a ship |
| Vos | hubieres chartered a ship |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fletando |
| Tú | estés fletando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fletando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fletando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fletando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fletando |
| Vos | estés fletando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fletando / estuviese fletando |
| Tú | estuvieras fletando / estuvieses fletando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fletando / estuviese fletando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fletando / estuviésamos fletando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fletando / estuvieseis fletando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fletando / estuviese fletando |
| Vos | estuvieras fletando / estuvieses fletando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fletando |
| Tú | estuvieres fletando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fletando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fletando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fletando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fletando |
| Vos | estuvieres fletando |
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 fletás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fletaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fletabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fletarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fletarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fletes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fletaras / Vos fletase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fletá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fletes |