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Inmovilizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to immobilize, paralyze”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inmovilizar 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 immobilize, paralyze |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inmovilizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inmovilizando) and past continuous (estaba inmovilizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. immobilizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inmovilizado and hubiera inmovilizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have immobilized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inmovilizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inmovilizado |
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 immobilize” or “they immobilize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inmovilizo |
| Tú | inmovilizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmoviliza |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilizamos |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilizan |
| Vos | inmovilizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I immobilized” or “she immobilized” 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 | inmovilicé | I immobilized |
| Tú | inmovilizaste | You immobilized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilizó | He / she / you immobilized |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilizamos | We immobilized |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizasteis | You immobilized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilizaron | They / you immobilized |
| Vos | inmovilizaste | You immobilized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was immobilizing” or “she was immobilizing” 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 | inmovilizaba | I was immobilizing |
| Tú | inmovilizabas | You were immobilizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilizaba | He was / she was / you were immobilizing |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilizábamos | We were immobilizing |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizabais | You were immobilizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilizaban | They / you were immobilizing |
| Vos | inmovilizabas | You were immobilizing |
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 immobilized” and “she has immobilized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inmovilizado | I have immobilized |
| Tú | has inmovilizado | You have immobilized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inmovilizado | He has / she has / you have immobilized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inmovilizado | We have immobilized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inmovilizado | You have immobilized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inmovilizado | They / you have immobilized |
| Vos | has inmovilizado | You have immobilized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would immobilize” or “she would immobilize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inmovilizaría | I would immobilize |
| Tú | inmovilizarías | You would immobilize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilizaría | He / she / you would immobilize |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilizaríamos | We would immobilize |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizaríais | You would immobilize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilizarían | They / you would immobilize |
| Vos | inmovilizarías | You would immobilize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will immobilize” or “they will immobilize”.
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 inmovilizar” means “They are going to immobilize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inmovilizaré | I will immobilize |
| Tú | inmovilizarás | You will immobilize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilizará | He / she / you will immobilize |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilizaremos | We will immobilize |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizaréis | You will immobilize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilizarán | They / you will immobilize |
| Vos | inmovilizarás | You will immobilize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inmovilice |
| Tú | inmovilices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilice |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilicemos |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilicen |
| Vos | inmovilices |
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 | inmovilizara | inmovilizase |
| Tú | inmovilizaras | inmovilizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilizara | inmovilizase |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilizáramos | inmovilizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizarais | inmovilizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilizaran | inmovilizasen |
| Vos | inmovilizaras | inmovilizase |
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 | inmovilizare |
| Tú | inmovilizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilizare |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilizaren |
| Vos | inmovilizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “immobilize!” and “don’t immobilize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inmoviliza | no inmovilices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmovilice | no inmovilice |
| Nosotros / as | inmovilicemos | no inmovilicemos |
| Vosotros / as | inmovilizad | no inmovilicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmovilicen | no inmovilicen |
| Vos | inmovilizá | no inmovilices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inmovilizado |
| Tú | hayas inmovilizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inmovilizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inmovilizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inmovilizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inmovilizado |
| Vos | hayas inmovilizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inmovilizado / hubiese inmovilizado |
| Tú | hubieras inmovilizado / hubieses inmovilizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inmovilizado / hubiese inmovilizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inmovilizado / hubiésemos inmovilizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inmovilizado / hubieseis inmovilizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inmovilizado / hubiesen inmovilizado |
| Vos | hubieras inmovilizado / hubieses inmovilizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inmovilizado |
| Tú | hubieres inmovilizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inmovilizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inmovilizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inmovilizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inmovilizado |
| Vos | hubieres inmovilizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inmovilizando |
| Tú | estés inmovilizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inmovilizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inmovilizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inmovilizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inmovilizando |
| Vos | estés inmovilizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inmovilizando / estuviese inmovilizando |
| Tú | estuvieras inmovilizando / estuvieses inmovilizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inmovilizando / estuviese inmovilizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inmovilizando / estuviésamos inmovilizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inmovilizando / estuvieseis inmovilizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inmovilizando / estuviese inmovilizando |
| Vos | estuvieras inmovilizando / estuvieses inmovilizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inmovilizando |
| Tú | estuvieres inmovilizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inmovilizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inmovilizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inmovilizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inmovilizando |
| Vos | estuvieres inmovilizando |
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 inmovilizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inmovilizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inmovilizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inmovilizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inmovilizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos inmovilices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inmovilizaras / Vos inmovilizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inmovilizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no inmovilices |