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Intelectualizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to intellectualize”.
Below are all of the conjugations for intelectualizar 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 intellectualize |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | intelectualizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está intelectualizando) and past continuous (estaba intelectualizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. intellectualizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he intelectualizado and hubiera intelectualizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have intellectualized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | intelectualizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | intelectualizado |
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 intellectualize” or “they intellectualize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intelectualizo |
| Tú | intelectualizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualiza |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualizamos |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualizan |
| Vos | intelectualizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I intellectualized” or “she intellectualized” 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 | intelectualicé | I intellectualized |
| Tú | intelectualizaste | You intellectualized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualizó | He / she / you intellectualized |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualizamos | We intellectualized |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizasteis | You intellectualized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualizaron | They / you intellectualized |
| Vos | intelectualizaste | You intellectualized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was intellectualizing” or “she was intellectualizing” 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 | intelectualizaba | I was intellectualizing |
| Tú | intelectualizabas | You were intellectualizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualizaba | He was / she was / you were intellectualizing |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualizábamos | We were intellectualizing |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizabais | You were intellectualizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualizaban | They / you were intellectualizing |
| Vos | intelectualizabas | You were intellectualizing |
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 intellectualized” and “she has intellectualized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he intelectualizado | I have intellectualized |
| Tú | has intelectualizado | You have intellectualized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha intelectualizado | He has / she has / you have intellectualized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos intelectualizado | We have intellectualized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis intelectualizado | You have intellectualized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han intelectualizado | They / you have intellectualized |
| Vos | has intelectualizado | You have intellectualized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would intellectualize” or “she would intellectualize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intelectualizaría | I would intellectualize |
| Tú | intelectualizarías | You would intellectualize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualizaría | He / she / you would intellectualize |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualizaríamos | We would intellectualize |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizaríais | You would intellectualize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualizarían | They / you would intellectualize |
| Vos | intelectualizarías | You would intellectualize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will intellectualize” or “they will intellectualize”.
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 intelectualizar” means “They are going to intellectualize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intelectualizaré | I will intellectualize |
| Tú | intelectualizarás | You will intellectualize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualizará | He / she / you will intellectualize |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualizaremos | We will intellectualize |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizaréis | You will intellectualize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualizarán | They / you will intellectualize |
| Vos | intelectualizarás | You will intellectualize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intelectualice |
| Tú | intelectualices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualice |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualicemos |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualicen |
| Vos | intelectualices |
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 | intelectualizara | intelectualizase |
| Tú | intelectualizaras | intelectualizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualizara | intelectualizase |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualizáramos | intelectualizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizarais | intelectualizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualizaran | intelectualizasen |
| Vos | intelectualizaras | intelectualizase |
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 | intelectualizare |
| Tú | intelectualizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualizare |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualizaren |
| Vos | intelectualizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “intellectualize!” and “don’t intellectualize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | intelectualiza | no intelectualices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intelectualice | no intelectualice |
| Nosotros / as | intelectualicemos | no intelectualicemos |
| Vosotros / as | intelectualizad | no intelectualicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intelectualicen | no intelectualicen |
| Vos | intelectualizá | no intelectualices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya intelectualizado |
| Tú | hayas intelectualizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya intelectualizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos intelectualizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis intelectualizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan intelectualizado |
| Vos | hayas intelectualizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera intelectualizado / hubiese intelectualizado |
| Tú | hubieras intelectualizado / hubieses intelectualizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera intelectualizado / hubiese intelectualizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos intelectualizado / hubiésemos intelectualizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais intelectualizado / hubieseis intelectualizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran intelectualizado / hubiesen intelectualizado |
| Vos | hubieras intelectualizado / hubieses intelectualizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere intelectualizado |
| Tú | hubieres intelectualizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere intelectualizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos intelectualizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis intelectualizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren intelectualizado |
| Vos | hubieres intelectualizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté intelectualizando |
| Tú | estés intelectualizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté intelectualizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos intelectualizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis intelectualizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén intelectualizando |
| Vos | estés intelectualizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera intelectualizando / estuviese intelectualizando |
| Tú | estuvieras intelectualizando / estuvieses intelectualizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera intelectualizando / estuviese intelectualizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos intelectualizando / estuviésamos intelectualizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais intelectualizando / estuvieseis intelectualizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera intelectualizando / estuviese intelectualizando |
| Vos | estuvieras intelectualizando / estuvieses intelectualizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere intelectualizando |
| Tú | estuvieres intelectualizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere intelectualizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos intelectualizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis intelectualizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere intelectualizando |
| Vos | estuvieres intelectualizando |
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 intelectualizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos intelectualizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos intelectualizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos intelectualizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos intelectualizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos intelectualices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos intelectualizaras / Vos intelectualizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos intelectualizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no intelectualices |