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Habilitar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to qualify, furnish, equip”.
Below are all of the conjugations for habilitar 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 qualify, furnish, equip |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | habilitar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está habilitando) and past continuous (estaba habilitando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. qualified).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he qualified and hubiera qualified. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have qualifying).
| Gerundio / Gerund | habilitando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | qualified |
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 qualify” or “they qualify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | habilito |
| Tú | habilitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilita |
| Nosotros / as | habilitamos |
| Vosotros / as | habilitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habilitan |
| Vos | habilitás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I qualify” or “she qualify” 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 | habilité | I qualify |
| Tú | habilitaste | You qualify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilitó | He / she / you qualify |
| Nosotros / as | habilitamos | We qualify |
| Vosotros / as | habilitasteis | You qualify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habilitaron | They / you qualify |
| Vos | habilitaste | You qualify |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was qualified” or “she was qualified” 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 | habilitaba | I was qualified |
| Tú | habilitabas | You were qualified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilitaba | He was / she was / you were qualified |
| Nosotros / as | habilitábamos | We were qualified |
| Vosotros / as | habilitabais | You were qualified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habilitaban | They / you were qualified |
| Vos | habilitabas | You were qualified |
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 qualifying” and “she has qualifying”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he qualified | I have qualifying |
| Tú | has qualified | You have qualifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha qualified | He has / she has / you have qualifying |
| Nosotros / as | hemos qualified | We have qualifying |
| Vosotros / as | habéis qualified | You have qualifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han qualified | They / you have qualifying |
| Vos | has qualified | You have qualifying |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would qualify” or “she would qualify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habilitaría | I would qualify |
| Tú | habilitarías | You would qualify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilitaría | He / she / you would qualify |
| Nosotros / as | habilitaríamos | We would qualify |
| Vosotros / as | habilitaríais | You would qualify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habilitarían | They / you would qualify |
| Vos | habilitarías | You would qualify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will qualify” or “they will qualify”.
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 habilitar” means “They are going to qualify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habilitaré | I will qualify |
| Tú | habilitarás | You will qualify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilitará | He / she / you will qualify |
| Nosotros / as | habilitaremos | We will qualify |
| Vosotros / as | habilitaréis | You will qualify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habilitarán | They / you will qualify |
| Vos | habilitarás | You will qualify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | habilite |
| Tú | habilites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilite |
| Nosotros / as | habilitemos |
| Vosotros / as | habilitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habiliten |
| Vos | habilites |
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 | habilitara | habilitase |
| Tú | habilitaras | habilitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilitara | habilitase |
| Nosotros / as | habilitáramos | habilitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | habilitarais | habilitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habilitaran | habilitasen |
| Vos | habilitaras | habilitase |
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 | habilitare |
| Tú | habilitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilitare |
| Nosotros / as | habilitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | habilitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habilitaren |
| Vos | habilitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “qualify!” and “don’t qualify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | habilita | no habilites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habilite | no habilite |
| Nosotros / as | habilitemos | no habilitemos |
| Vosotros / as | habilitad | no habilitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habiliten | no habiliten |
| Vos | habilitá | no habilites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya qualified |
| Tú | hayas qualified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya qualified |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos qualified |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis qualified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan qualified |
| Vos | hayas qualified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera qualified / hubiese qualified |
| Tú | hubieras qualified / hubieses qualified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera qualified / hubiese qualified |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos qualified / hubiésemos qualified |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais qualified / hubieseis qualified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran qualified / hubiesen qualified |
| Vos | hubieras qualified / hubieses qualified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere qualified |
| Tú | hubieres qualified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere qualified |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos qualified |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis qualified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren qualified |
| Vos | hubieres qualified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté habilitando |
| Tú | estés habilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté habilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos habilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis habilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén habilitando |
| Vos | estés habilitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera habilitando / estuviese habilitando |
| Tú | estuvieras habilitando / estuvieses habilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera habilitando / estuviese habilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos habilitando / estuviésamos habilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais habilitando / estuvieseis habilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera habilitando / estuviese habilitando |
| Vos | estuvieras habilitando / estuvieses habilitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere habilitando |
| Tú | estuvieres habilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere habilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos habilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis habilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere habilitando |
| Vos | estuvieres habilitando |
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 habilitás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos habilitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos habilitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos habilitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos habilitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos habilites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos habilitaras / Vos habilitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos habilitá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no habilites |