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Hidratar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to hydrate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for hidratar 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 hydrate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | hidratar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está hidratando) and past continuous (estaba hidratando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. hydrated).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he hydrated and hubiera hydrated. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have hydrating).
| Gerundio / Gerund | hidratando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | hydrated |
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 hydrate” or “they hydrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hidrato |
| Tú | hidratas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidrata |
| Nosotros / as | hidratamos |
| Vosotros / as | hidratáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidratan |
| Vos | hidratás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I hydrate” or “she hydrate” 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 | hidraté | I hydrate |
| Tú | hidrataste | You hydrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidrató | He / she / you hydrate |
| Nosotros / as | hidratamos | We hydrate |
| Vosotros / as | hidratasteis | You hydrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidrataron | They / you hydrate |
| Vos | hidrataste | You hydrate |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was hydrated” or “she was hydrated” 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 | hidrataba | I was hydrated |
| Tú | hidratabas | You were hydrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidrataba | He was / she was / you were hydrated |
| Nosotros / as | hidratábamos | We were hydrated |
| Vosotros / as | hidratabais | You were hydrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidrataban | They / you were hydrated |
| Vos | hidratabas | You were hydrated |
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 hydrating” and “she has hydrating”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he hydrated | I have hydrating |
| Tú | has hydrated | You have hydrating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha hydrated | He has / she has / you have hydrating |
| Nosotros / as | hemos hydrated | We have hydrating |
| Vosotros / as | habéis hydrated | You have hydrating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han hydrated | They / you have hydrating |
| Vos | has hydrated | You have hydrating |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would hydrate” or “she would hydrate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hidrataría | I would hydrate |
| Tú | hidratarías | You would hydrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidrataría | He / she / you would hydrate |
| Nosotros / as | hidrataríamos | We would hydrate |
| Vosotros / as | hidrataríais | You would hydrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidratarían | They / you would hydrate |
| Vos | hidratarías | You would hydrate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will hydrate” or “they will hydrate”.
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 hidratar” means “They are going to hydrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hidrataré | I will hydrate |
| Tú | hidratarás | You will hydrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidratará | He / she / you will hydrate |
| Nosotros / as | hidrataremos | We will hydrate |
| Vosotros / as | hidrataréis | You will hydrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidratarán | They / you will hydrate |
| Vos | hidratarás | You will hydrate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hidrate |
| Tú | hidrates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidrate |
| Nosotros / as | hidratemos |
| Vosotros / as | hidratéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidraten |
| Vos | hidrates |
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 | hidratara | hidratase |
| Tú | hidrataras | hidratase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidratara | hidratase |
| Nosotros / as | hidratáramos | hidratásemos |
| Vosotros / as | hidratarais | hidrataseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidrataran | hidratasen |
| Vos | hidrataras | hidratase |
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 | hidratare |
| Tú | hidratares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidratare |
| Nosotros / as | hidratáremos |
| Vosotros / as | hidratareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidrataren |
| Vos | hidratares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “hydrate!” and “don’t hydrate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | hidrata | no hidrates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hidrate | no hidrate |
| Nosotros / as | hidratemos | no hidratemos |
| Vosotros / as | hidratad | no hidratéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hidraten | no hidraten |
| Vos | hidratá | no hidrates |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya hydrated |
| Tú | hayas hydrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya hydrated |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos hydrated |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis hydrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan hydrated |
| Vos | hayas hydrated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera hydrated / hubiese hydrated |
| Tú | hubieras hydrated / hubieses hydrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera hydrated / hubiese hydrated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos hydrated / hubiésemos hydrated |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais hydrated / hubieseis hydrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran hydrated / hubiesen hydrated |
| Vos | hubieras hydrated / hubieses hydrated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere hydrated |
| Tú | hubieres hydrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere hydrated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos hydrated |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis hydrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren hydrated |
| Vos | hubieres hydrated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté hidratando |
| Tú | estés hidratando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté hidratando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos hidratando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis hidratando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén hidratando |
| Vos | estés hidratando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera hidratando / estuviese hidratando |
| Tú | estuvieras hidratando / estuvieses hidratando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera hidratando / estuviese hidratando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos hidratando / estuviésamos hidratando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais hidratando / estuvieseis hidratando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera hidratando / estuviese hidratando |
| Vos | estuvieras hidratando / estuvieses hidratando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere hidratando |
| Tú | estuvieres hidratando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere hidratando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos hidratando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis hidratando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere hidratando |
| Vos | estuvieres hidratando |
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 hidratás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos hidrataste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos hidratabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos hidratarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos hidratarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos hidrates |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos hidrataras / Vos hidratase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos hidratá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no hidrates |