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Hallar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to find, discover”.
Below are all of the conjugations for hallar 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 find, discover |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | hallar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está hallando) and past continuous (estaba hallando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. discovered).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he discovered and hubiera discovered. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have discovering).
| Gerundio / Gerund | hallando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | discovered |
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 discover” or “they discover”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hallo |
| Tú | hallas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | halla |
| Nosotros / as | hallamos |
| Vosotros / as | halláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallan |
| Vos | hallás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I discover” or “she discover” 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 | hallé | I discover |
| Tú | hallaste | You discover |
| Él / Ella / Usted | halló | He / she / you discover |
| Nosotros / as | hallamos | We discover |
| Vosotros / as | hallasteis | You discover |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallaron | They / you discover |
| Vos | hallaste | You discover |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was discovered” or “she was discovered” 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 | hallaba | I was discovered |
| Tú | hallabas | You were discovered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hallaba | He was / she was / you were discovered |
| Nosotros / as | hallábamos | We were discovered |
| Vosotros / as | hallabais | You were discovered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallaban | They / you were discovered |
| Vos | hallabas | You were discovered |
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 discovering” and “she has discovering”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he discovered | I have discovering |
| Tú | has discovered | You have discovering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha discovered | He has / she has / you have discovering |
| Nosotros / as | hemos discovered | We have discovering |
| Vosotros / as | habéis discovered | You have discovering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han discovered | They / you have discovering |
| Vos | has discovered | You have discovering |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would discover” or “she would discover”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hallaría | I would discover |
| Tú | hallarías | You would discover |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hallaría | He / she / you would discover |
| Nosotros / as | hallaríamos | We would discover |
| Vosotros / as | hallaríais | You would discover |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallarían | They / you would discover |
| Vos | hallarías | You would discover |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will discover” or “they will discover”.
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 hallar” means “They are going to discover”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hallaré | I will discover |
| Tú | hallarás | You will discover |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hallará | He / she / you will discover |
| Nosotros / as | hallaremos | We will discover |
| Vosotros / as | hallaréis | You will discover |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallarán | They / you will discover |
| Vos | hallarás | You will discover |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | halle |
| Tú | halles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | halle |
| Nosotros / as | hallemos |
| Vosotros / as | halléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallen |
| Vos | halles |
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 | hallara | hallase |
| Tú | hallaras | hallase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hallara | hallase |
| Nosotros / as | halláramos | hallásemos |
| Vosotros / as | hallarais | hallaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallaran | hallasen |
| Vos | hallaras | hallase |
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 | hallare |
| Tú | hallares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hallare |
| Nosotros / as | halláremos |
| Vosotros / as | hallareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallaren |
| Vos | hallares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “discover!” and “don’t discover!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | halla | no halles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | halle | no halle |
| Nosotros / as | hallemos | no hallemos |
| Vosotros / as | hallad | no halléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hallen | no hallen |
| Vos | hallá | no halles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya discovered |
| Tú | hayas discovered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya discovered |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos discovered |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis discovered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan discovered |
| Vos | hayas discovered |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera discovered / hubiese discovered |
| Tú | hubieras discovered / hubieses discovered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera discovered / hubiese discovered |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos discovered / hubiésemos discovered |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais discovered / hubieseis discovered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran discovered / hubiesen discovered |
| Vos | hubieras discovered / hubieses discovered |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere discovered |
| Tú | hubieres discovered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere discovered |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos discovered |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis discovered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren discovered |
| Vos | hubieres discovered |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté hallando |
| Tú | estés hallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté hallando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos hallando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis hallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén hallando |
| Vos | estés hallando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera hallando / estuviese hallando |
| Tú | estuvieras hallando / estuvieses hallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera hallando / estuviese hallando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos hallando / estuviésamos hallando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais hallando / estuvieseis hallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera hallando / estuviese hallando |
| Vos | estuvieras hallando / estuvieses hallando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere hallando |
| Tú | estuvieres hallando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere hallando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos hallando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis hallando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere hallando |
| Vos | estuvieres hallando |
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 hallás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos hallaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos hallabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos hallarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos hallarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos halles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos hallaras / Vos hallase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos hallá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no halles |