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Individualizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to individualize, make personal”.
Below are all of the conjugations for individualizar 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 individualize, make personal |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | individualizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está individualizando) and past continuous (estaba individualizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. individualizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he individualizado and hubiera individualizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have individualized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | individualizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | individualizado |
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 individualize” or “they individualize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | individualizo |
| Tú | individualizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualiza |
| Nosotros / as | individualizamos |
| Vosotros / as | individualizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualizan |
| Vos | individualizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I individualized” or “she individualized” 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 | individualicé | I individualized |
| Tú | individualizaste | You individualized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualizó | He / she / you individualized |
| Nosotros / as | individualizamos | We individualized |
| Vosotros / as | individualizasteis | You individualized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualizaron | They / you individualized |
| Vos | individualizaste | You individualized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was individualizing” or “she was individualizing” 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 | individualizaba | I was individualizing |
| Tú | individualizabas | You were individualizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualizaba | He was / she was / you were individualizing |
| Nosotros / as | individualizábamos | We were individualizing |
| Vosotros / as | individualizabais | You were individualizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualizaban | They / you were individualizing |
| Vos | individualizabas | You were individualizing |
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 individualized” and “she has individualized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he individualizado | I have individualized |
| Tú | has individualizado | You have individualized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha individualizado | He has / she has / you have individualized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos individualizado | We have individualized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis individualizado | You have individualized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han individualizado | They / you have individualized |
| Vos | has individualizado | You have individualized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would individualize” or “she would individualize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | individualizaría | I would individualize |
| Tú | individualizarías | You would individualize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualizaría | He / she / you would individualize |
| Nosotros / as | individualizaríamos | We would individualize |
| Vosotros / as | individualizaríais | You would individualize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualizarían | They / you would individualize |
| Vos | individualizarías | You would individualize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will individualize” or “they will individualize”.
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 individualizar” means “They are going to individualize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | individualizaré | I will individualize |
| Tú | individualizarás | You will individualize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualizará | He / she / you will individualize |
| Nosotros / as | individualizaremos | We will individualize |
| Vosotros / as | individualizaréis | You will individualize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualizarán | They / you will individualize |
| Vos | individualizarás | You will individualize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | individualice |
| Tú | individualices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualice |
| Nosotros / as | individualicemos |
| Vosotros / as | individualicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualicen |
| Vos | individualices |
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 | individualizara | individualizase |
| Tú | individualizaras | individualizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualizara | individualizase |
| Nosotros / as | individualizáramos | individualizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | individualizarais | individualizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualizaran | individualizasen |
| Vos | individualizaras | individualizase |
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 | individualizare |
| Tú | individualizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualizare |
| Nosotros / as | individualizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | individualizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualizaren |
| Vos | individualizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “individualize!” and “don’t individualize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | individualiza | no individualices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | individualice | no individualice |
| Nosotros / as | individualicemos | no individualicemos |
| Vosotros / as | individualizad | no individualicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | individualicen | no individualicen |
| Vos | individualizá | no individualices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya individualizado |
| Tú | hayas individualizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya individualizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos individualizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis individualizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan individualizado |
| Vos | hayas individualizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera individualizado / hubiese individualizado |
| Tú | hubieras individualizado / hubieses individualizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera individualizado / hubiese individualizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos individualizado / hubiésemos individualizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais individualizado / hubieseis individualizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran individualizado / hubiesen individualizado |
| Vos | hubieras individualizado / hubieses individualizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere individualizado |
| Tú | hubieres individualizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere individualizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos individualizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis individualizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren individualizado |
| Vos | hubieres individualizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté individualizando |
| Tú | estés individualizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté individualizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos individualizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis individualizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén individualizando |
| Vos | estés individualizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera individualizando / estuviese individualizando |
| Tú | estuvieras individualizando / estuvieses individualizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera individualizando / estuviese individualizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos individualizando / estuviésamos individualizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais individualizando / estuvieseis individualizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera individualizando / estuviese individualizando |
| Vos | estuvieras individualizando / estuvieses individualizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere individualizando |
| Tú | estuvieres individualizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere individualizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos individualizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis individualizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere individualizando |
| Vos | estuvieres individualizando |
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 individualizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos individualizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos individualizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos individualizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos individualizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos individualices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos individualizaras / Vos individualizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos individualizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no individualices |