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Garantizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to guarantee”.
Below are all of the conjugations for garantizar 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 guarantee |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | garantizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está garantizando) and past continuous (estaba garantizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. guaranteed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he guaranteed and hubiera guaranteed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have guaranteeing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | garantizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | guaranteed |
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 guarantee” or “they guarantee”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | garantizo |
| Tú | garantizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantiza |
| Nosotros / as | garantizamos |
| Vosotros / as | garantizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garantizan |
| Vos | garantizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I guarantee” or “she guarantee” 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 | garanticé | I guarantee |
| Tú | garantizaste | You guarantee |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantizó | He / she / you guarantee |
| Nosotros / as | garantizamos | We guarantee |
| Vosotros / as | garantizasteis | You guarantee |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garantizaron | They / you guarantee |
| Vos | garantizaste | You guarantee |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was guaranteed” or “she was guaranteed” 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 | garantizaba | I was guaranteed |
| Tú | garantizabas | You were guaranteed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantizaba | He was / she was / you were guaranteed |
| Nosotros / as | garantizábamos | We were guaranteed |
| Vosotros / as | garantizabais | You were guaranteed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garantizaban | They / you were guaranteed |
| Vos | garantizabas | You were guaranteed |
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 guaranteeing” and “she has guaranteeing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he guaranteed | I have guaranteeing |
| Tú | has guaranteed | You have guaranteeing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha guaranteed | He has / she has / you have guaranteeing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos guaranteed | We have guaranteeing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis guaranteed | You have guaranteeing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han guaranteed | They / you have guaranteeing |
| Vos | has guaranteed | You have guaranteeing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would guarantee” or “she would guarantee”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | garantizaría | I would guarantee |
| Tú | garantizarías | You would guarantee |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantizaría | He / she / you would guarantee |
| Nosotros / as | garantizaríamos | We would guarantee |
| Vosotros / as | garantizaríais | You would guarantee |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garantizarían | They / you would guarantee |
| Vos | garantizarías | You would guarantee |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will guarantee” or “they will guarantee”.
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 garantizar” means “They are going to guarantee”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | garantizaré | I will guarantee |
| Tú | garantizarás | You will guarantee |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantizará | He / she / you will guarantee |
| Nosotros / as | garantizaremos | We will guarantee |
| Vosotros / as | garantizaréis | You will guarantee |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garantizarán | They / you will guarantee |
| Vos | garantizarás | You will guarantee |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | garantice |
| Tú | garantices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantice |
| Nosotros / as | garanticemos |
| Vosotros / as | garanticéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garanticen |
| Vos | garantices |
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 | garantizara | garantizase |
| Tú | garantizaras | garantizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantizara | garantizase |
| Nosotros / as | garantizáramos | garantizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | garantizarais | garantizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garantizaran | garantizasen |
| Vos | garantizaras | garantizase |
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 | garantizare |
| Tú | garantizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantizare |
| Nosotros / as | garantizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | garantizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garantizaren |
| Vos | garantizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “guarantee!” and “don’t guarantee!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | garantiza | no garantices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | garantice | no garantice |
| Nosotros / as | garanticemos | no garanticemos |
| Vosotros / as | garantizad | no garanticéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | garanticen | no garanticen |
| Vos | garantizá | no garantices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya guaranteed |
| Tú | hayas guaranteed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya guaranteed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos guaranteed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis guaranteed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan guaranteed |
| Vos | hayas guaranteed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera guaranteed / hubiese guaranteed |
| Tú | hubieras guaranteed / hubieses guaranteed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera guaranteed / hubiese guaranteed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos guaranteed / hubiésemos guaranteed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais guaranteed / hubieseis guaranteed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran guaranteed / hubiesen guaranteed |
| Vos | hubieras guaranteed / hubieses guaranteed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere guaranteed |
| Tú | hubieres guaranteed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere guaranteed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos guaranteed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis guaranteed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren guaranteed |
| Vos | hubieres guaranteed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté garantizando |
| Tú | estés garantizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté garantizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos garantizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis garantizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén garantizando |
| Vos | estés garantizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera garantizando / estuviese garantizando |
| Tú | estuvieras garantizando / estuvieses garantizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera garantizando / estuviese garantizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos garantizando / estuviésamos garantizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais garantizando / estuvieseis garantizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera garantizando / estuviese garantizando |
| Vos | estuvieras garantizando / estuvieses garantizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere garantizando |
| Tú | estuvieres garantizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere garantizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos garantizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis garantizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere garantizando |
| Vos | estuvieres garantizando |
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 garantizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos garantizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos garantizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos garantizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos garantizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos garantices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos garantizaras / Vos garantizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos garantizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no garantices |