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Inhabilitar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to disable, incapacitate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inhabilitar 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 disable, incapacitate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inhabilitar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inhabilitando) and past continuous (estaba inhabilitando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. incapacitating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inhabilitado and hubiera inhabilitado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have incapacitated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inhabilitando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inhabilitado |
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 incapacitate” or “they incapacitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inhabilito |
| Tú | inhabilitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilita |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitamos |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabilitan |
| Vos | inhabilitás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I incapacitated” or “she incapacitated” 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 | inhabilité | I incapacitated |
| Tú | inhabilitaste | You incapacitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilitó | He / she / you incapacitated |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitamos | We incapacitated |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitasteis | You incapacitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabilitaron | They / you incapacitated |
| Vos | inhabilitaste | You incapacitated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was incapacitating” or “she was incapacitating” 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 | inhabilitaba | I was incapacitating |
| Tú | inhabilitabas | You were incapacitating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilitaba | He was / she was / you were incapacitating |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitábamos | We were incapacitating |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitabais | You were incapacitating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabilitaban | They / you were incapacitating |
| Vos | inhabilitabas | You were incapacitating |
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 incapacitated” and “she has incapacitated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inhabilitado | I have incapacitated |
| Tú | has inhabilitado | You have incapacitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inhabilitado | He has / she has / you have incapacitated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inhabilitado | We have incapacitated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inhabilitado | You have incapacitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inhabilitado | They / you have incapacitated |
| Vos | has inhabilitado | You have incapacitated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would incapacitate” or “she would incapacitate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inhabilitaría | I would incapacitate |
| Tú | inhabilitarías | You would incapacitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilitaría | He / she / you would incapacitate |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitaríamos | We would incapacitate |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitaríais | You would incapacitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabilitarían | They / you would incapacitate |
| Vos | inhabilitarías | You would incapacitate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will incapacitate” or “they will incapacitate”.
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 inhabilitar” means “They are going to incapacitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inhabilitaré | I will incapacitate |
| Tú | inhabilitarás | You will incapacitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilitará | He / she / you will incapacitate |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitaremos | We will incapacitate |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitaréis | You will incapacitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabilitarán | They / you will incapacitate |
| Vos | inhabilitarás | You will incapacitate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inhabilite |
| Tú | inhabilites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilite |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitemos |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabiliten |
| Vos | inhabilites |
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 | inhabilitara | inhabilitase |
| Tú | inhabilitaras | inhabilitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilitara | inhabilitase |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitáramos | inhabilitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitarais | inhabilitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabilitaran | inhabilitasen |
| Vos | inhabilitaras | inhabilitase |
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 | inhabilitare |
| Tú | inhabilitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilitare |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabilitaren |
| Vos | inhabilitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “incapacitate!” and “don’t incapacitate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inhabilita | no inhabilites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhabilite | no inhabilite |
| Nosotros / as | inhabilitemos | no inhabilitemos |
| Vosotros / as | inhabilitad | no inhabilitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhabiliten | no inhabiliten |
| Vos | inhabilitá | no inhabilites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inhabilitado |
| Tú | hayas inhabilitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inhabilitado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inhabilitado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inhabilitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inhabilitado |
| Vos | hayas inhabilitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inhabilitado / hubiese inhabilitado |
| Tú | hubieras inhabilitado / hubieses inhabilitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inhabilitado / hubiese inhabilitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inhabilitado / hubiésemos inhabilitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inhabilitado / hubieseis inhabilitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inhabilitado / hubiesen inhabilitado |
| Vos | hubieras inhabilitado / hubieses inhabilitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inhabilitado |
| Tú | hubieres inhabilitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inhabilitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inhabilitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inhabilitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inhabilitado |
| Vos | hubieres inhabilitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inhabilitando |
| Tú | estés inhabilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inhabilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inhabilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inhabilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inhabilitando |
| Vos | estés inhabilitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inhabilitando / estuviese inhabilitando |
| Tú | estuvieras inhabilitando / estuvieses inhabilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inhabilitando / estuviese inhabilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inhabilitando / estuviésamos inhabilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inhabilitando / estuvieseis inhabilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inhabilitando / estuviese inhabilitando |
| Vos | estuvieras inhabilitando / estuvieses inhabilitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inhabilitando |
| Tú | estuvieres inhabilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inhabilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inhabilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inhabilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inhabilitando |
| Vos | estuvieres inhabilitando |
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 inhabilitás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inhabilitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inhabilitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inhabilitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inhabilitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos inhabilites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inhabilitaras / Vos inhabilitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inhabilitá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no inhabilites |