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Inspeccionar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to inspect, examine”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inspeccionar 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 inspect, examine |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inspeccionar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inspeccionando) and past continuous (estaba inspeccionando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inspecting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inspeccionado and hubiera inspeccionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have inspected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inspeccionando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inspeccionado |
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 inspect” or “they inspect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inspecciono |
| Tú | inspeccionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspecciona |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionamos |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionan |
| Vos | inspeccionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I inspected” or “she inspected” 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 | inspeccioné | I inspected |
| Tú | inspeccionaste | You inspected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccionó | He / she / you inspected |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionamos | We inspected |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionasteis | You inspected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionaron | They / you inspected |
| Vos | inspeccionaste | You inspected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inspecting” or “she was inspecting” 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 | inspeccionaba | I was inspecting |
| Tú | inspeccionabas | You were inspecting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccionaba | He was / she was / you were inspecting |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionábamos | We were inspecting |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionabais | You were inspecting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionaban | They / you were inspecting |
| Vos | inspeccionabas | You were inspecting |
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 inspected” and “she has inspected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inspeccionado | I have inspected |
| Tú | has inspeccionado | You have inspected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inspeccionado | He has / she has / you have inspected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inspeccionado | We have inspected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inspeccionado | You have inspected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inspeccionado | They / you have inspected |
| Vos | has inspeccionado | You have inspected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would inspect” or “she would inspect”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inspeccionaría | I would inspect |
| Tú | inspeccionarías | You would inspect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccionaría | He / she / you would inspect |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionaríamos | We would inspect |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionaríais | You would inspect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionarían | They / you would inspect |
| Vos | inspeccionarías | You would inspect |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will inspect” or “they will inspect”.
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 inspeccionar” means “They are going to inspect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inspeccionaré | I will inspect |
| Tú | inspeccionarás | You will inspect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccionará | He / she / you will inspect |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionaremos | We will inspect |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionaréis | You will inspect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionarán | They / you will inspect |
| Vos | inspeccionarás | You will inspect |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inspeccione |
| Tú | inspecciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccione |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionemos |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionen |
| Vos | inspecciones |
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 | inspeccionara | inspeccionase |
| Tú | inspeccionaras | inspeccionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccionara | inspeccionase |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionáramos | inspeccionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionarais | inspeccionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionaran | inspeccionasen |
| Vos | inspeccionaras | inspeccionase |
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 | inspeccionare |
| Tú | inspeccionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccionare |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionaren |
| Vos | inspeccionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “inspect!” and “don’t inspect!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inspecciona | no inspecciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inspeccione | no inspeccione |
| Nosotros / as | inspeccionemos | no inspeccionemos |
| Vosotros / as | inspeccionad | no inspeccionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inspeccionen | no inspeccionen |
| Vos | inspeccioná | no inspecciones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inspeccionado |
| Tú | hayas inspeccionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inspeccionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inspeccionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inspeccionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inspeccionado |
| Vos | hayas inspeccionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inspeccionado / hubiese inspeccionado |
| Tú | hubieras inspeccionado / hubieses inspeccionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inspeccionado / hubiese inspeccionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inspeccionado / hubiésemos inspeccionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inspeccionado / hubieseis inspeccionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inspeccionado / hubiesen inspeccionado |
| Vos | hubieras inspeccionado / hubieses inspeccionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inspeccionado |
| Tú | hubieres inspeccionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inspeccionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inspeccionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inspeccionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inspeccionado |
| Vos | hubieres inspeccionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inspeccionando |
| Tú | estés inspeccionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inspeccionando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inspeccionando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inspeccionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inspeccionando |
| Vos | estés inspeccionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inspeccionando / estuviese inspeccionando |
| Tú | estuvieras inspeccionando / estuvieses inspeccionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inspeccionando / estuviese inspeccionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inspeccionando / estuviésamos inspeccionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inspeccionando / estuvieseis inspeccionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inspeccionando / estuviese inspeccionando |
| Vos | estuvieras inspeccionando / estuvieses inspeccionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inspeccionando |
| Tú | estuvieres inspeccionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inspeccionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inspeccionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inspeccionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inspeccionando |
| Vos | estuvieres inspeccionando |
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 inspeccionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inspeccionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inspeccionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inspeccionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inspeccionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos inspecciones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inspeccionaras / Vos inspeccionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inspeccioná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no inspecciones |