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Fusilar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to shoot”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fusilar 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 shoot |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fusilar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fusilando) and past continuous (estaba fusilando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. shot).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he shot and hubiera shot. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have shooting).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fusilando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | shot |
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 shoot” or “they shoot”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fusilo |
| Tú | fusilas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusila |
| Nosotros / as | fusilamos |
| Vosotros / as | fusiláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilan |
| Vos | fusilás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I shoot” or “she shoot” 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 | fusilé | I shoot |
| Tú | fusilaste | You shoot |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusiló | He / she / you shoot |
| Nosotros / as | fusilamos | We shoot |
| Vosotros / as | fusilasteis | You shoot |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilaron | They / you shoot |
| Vos | fusilaste | You shoot |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was shot” or “she was shot” 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 | fusilaba | I was shot |
| Tú | fusilabas | You were shot |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusilaba | He was / she was / you were shot |
| Nosotros / as | fusilábamos | We were shot |
| Vosotros / as | fusilabais | You were shot |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilaban | They / you were shot |
| Vos | fusilabas | You were shot |
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 shooting” and “she has shooting”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he shot | I have shooting |
| Tú | has shot | You have shooting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha shot | He has / she has / you have shooting |
| Nosotros / as | hemos shot | We have shooting |
| Vosotros / as | habéis shot | You have shooting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han shot | They / you have shooting |
| Vos | has shot | You have shooting |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would shoot” or “she would shoot”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fusilaría | I would shoot |
| Tú | fusilarías | You would shoot |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusilaría | He / she / you would shoot |
| Nosotros / as | fusilaríamos | We would shoot |
| Vosotros / as | fusilaríais | You would shoot |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilarían | They / you would shoot |
| Vos | fusilarías | You would shoot |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will shoot” or “they will shoot”.
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 fusilar” means “They are going to shoot”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fusilaré | I will shoot |
| Tú | fusilarás | You will shoot |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusilará | He / she / you will shoot |
| Nosotros / as | fusilaremos | We will shoot |
| Vosotros / as | fusilaréis | You will shoot |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilarán | They / you will shoot |
| Vos | fusilarás | You will shoot |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fusile |
| Tú | fusiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusile |
| Nosotros / as | fusilemos |
| Vosotros / as | fusiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilen |
| Vos | fusiles |
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 | fusilara | fusilase |
| Tú | fusilaras | fusilase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusilara | fusilase |
| Nosotros / as | fusiláramos | fusilásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fusilarais | fusilaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilaran | fusilasen |
| Vos | fusilaras | fusilase |
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 | fusilare |
| Tú | fusilares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusilare |
| Nosotros / as | fusiláremos |
| Vosotros / as | fusilareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilaren |
| Vos | fusilares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “shoot!” and “don’t shoot!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fusila | no fusiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fusile | no fusile |
| Nosotros / as | fusilemos | no fusilemos |
| Vosotros / as | fusilad | no fusiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fusilen | no fusilen |
| Vos | fusilá | no fusiles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya shot |
| Tú | hayas shot |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya shot |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos shot |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis shot |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan shot |
| Vos | hayas shot |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera shot / hubiese shot |
| Tú | hubieras shot / hubieses shot |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera shot / hubiese shot |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos shot / hubiésemos shot |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais shot / hubieseis shot |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran shot / hubiesen shot |
| Vos | hubieras shot / hubieses shot |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere shot |
| Tú | hubieres shot |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere shot |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos shot |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis shot |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren shot |
| Vos | hubieres shot |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fusilando |
| Tú | estés fusilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fusilando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fusilando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fusilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fusilando |
| Vos | estés fusilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fusilando / estuviese fusilando |
| Tú | estuvieras fusilando / estuvieses fusilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fusilando / estuviese fusilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fusilando / estuviésamos fusilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fusilando / estuvieseis fusilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fusilando / estuviese fusilando |
| Vos | estuvieras fusilando / estuvieses fusilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fusilando |
| Tú | estuvieres fusilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fusilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fusilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fusilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fusilando |
| Vos | estuvieres fusilando |
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 fusilás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fusilaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fusilabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fusilarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fusilarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fusiles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fusilaras / Vos fusilase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fusilá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fusiles |