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Inflar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to inflate, blow up”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inflar 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 inflate, blow up |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inflar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inflando) and past continuous (estaba inflando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inflating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inflado and hubiera inflado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have inflated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inflando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inflado |
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 inflate” or “they inflate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inflo |
| Tú | inflas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | infla |
| Nosotros / as | inflamos |
| Vosotros / as | infláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflan |
| Vos | inflás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I inflated” or “she inflated” 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 | inflé | I inflated |
| Tú | inflaste | You inflated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | infló | He / she / you inflated |
| Nosotros / as | inflamos | We inflated |
| Vosotros / as | inflasteis | You inflated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflaron | They / you inflated |
| Vos | inflaste | You inflated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inflating” or “she was inflating” 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 | inflaba | I was inflating |
| Tú | inflabas | You were inflating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inflaba | He was / she was / you were inflating |
| Nosotros / as | inflábamos | We were inflating |
| Vosotros / as | inflabais | You were inflating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflaban | They / you were inflating |
| Vos | inflabas | You were inflating |
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 inflated” and “she has inflated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inflado | I have inflated |
| Tú | has inflado | You have inflated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inflado | He has / she has / you have inflated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inflado | We have inflated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inflado | You have inflated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inflado | They / you have inflated |
| Vos | has inflado | You have inflated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would inflate” or “she would inflate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inflaría | I would inflate |
| Tú | inflarías | You would inflate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inflaría | He / she / you would inflate |
| Nosotros / as | inflaríamos | We would inflate |
| Vosotros / as | inflaríais | You would inflate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflarían | They / you would inflate |
| Vos | inflarías | You would inflate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will inflate” or “they will inflate”.
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 inflar” means “They are going to inflate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inflaré | I will inflate |
| Tú | inflarás | You will inflate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inflará | He / she / you will inflate |
| Nosotros / as | inflaremos | We will inflate |
| Vosotros / as | inflaréis | You will inflate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflarán | They / you will inflate |
| Vos | inflarás | You will inflate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | infle |
| Tú | infles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | infle |
| Nosotros / as | inflemos |
| Vosotros / as | infléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflen |
| Vos | infles |
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 | inflara | inflase |
| Tú | inflaras | inflase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inflara | inflase |
| Nosotros / as | infláramos | inflásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inflarais | inflaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflaran | inflasen |
| Vos | inflaras | inflase |
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 | inflare |
| Tú | inflares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inflare |
| Nosotros / as | infláremos |
| Vosotros / as | inflareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflaren |
| Vos | inflares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “inflate!” and “don’t inflate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | infla | no infles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | infle | no infle |
| Nosotros / as | inflemos | no inflemos |
| Vosotros / as | inflad | no infléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inflen | no inflen |
| Vos | inflá | no infles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inflado |
| Tú | hayas inflado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inflado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inflado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inflado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inflado |
| Vos | hayas inflado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inflado / hubiese inflado |
| Tú | hubieras inflado / hubieses inflado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inflado / hubiese inflado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inflado / hubiésemos inflado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inflado / hubieseis inflado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inflado / hubiesen inflado |
| Vos | hubieras inflado / hubieses inflado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inflado |
| Tú | hubieres inflado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inflado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inflado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inflado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inflado |
| Vos | hubieres inflado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inflando |
| Tú | estés inflando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inflando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inflando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inflando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inflando |
| Vos | estés inflando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inflando / estuviese inflando |
| Tú | estuvieras inflando / estuvieses inflando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inflando / estuviese inflando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inflando / estuviésamos inflando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inflando / estuvieseis inflando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inflando / estuviese inflando |
| Vos | estuvieras inflando / estuvieses inflando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inflando |
| Tú | estuvieres inflando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inflando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inflando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inflando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inflando |
| Vos | estuvieres inflando |
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 inflás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inflaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inflabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inflarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inflarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos infles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inflaras / Vos inflase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inflá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no infles |