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Invalidar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to invalidate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for invalidar 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 invalidate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | invalidar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está invalidando) and past continuous (estaba invalidando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. invalidating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he invalidado and hubiera invalidado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have invalidated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | invalidando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | invalidado |
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 invalidate” or “they invalidate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | invalido |
| Tú | invalidas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalida |
| Nosotros / as | invalidamos |
| Vosotros / as | invalidáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invalidan |
| Vos | invalidás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I invalidated” or “she invalidated” 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 | invalidé | I invalidated |
| Tú | invalidaste | You invalidated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalidó | He / she / you invalidated |
| Nosotros / as | invalidamos | We invalidated |
| Vosotros / as | invalidasteis | You invalidated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invalidaron | They / you invalidated |
| Vos | invalidaste | You invalidated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was invalidating” or “she was invalidating” 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 | invalidaba | I was invalidating |
| Tú | invalidabas | You were invalidating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalidaba | He was / she was / you were invalidating |
| Nosotros / as | invalidábamos | We were invalidating |
| Vosotros / as | invalidabais | You were invalidating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invalidaban | They / you were invalidating |
| Vos | invalidabas | You were invalidating |
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 invalidated” and “she has invalidated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he invalidado | I have invalidated |
| Tú | has invalidado | You have invalidated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha invalidado | He has / she has / you have invalidated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos invalidado | We have invalidated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis invalidado | You have invalidated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han invalidado | They / you have invalidated |
| Vos | has invalidado | You have invalidated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would invalidate” or “she would invalidate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | invalidaría | I would invalidate |
| Tú | invalidarías | You would invalidate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalidaría | He / she / you would invalidate |
| Nosotros / as | invalidaríamos | We would invalidate |
| Vosotros / as | invalidaríais | You would invalidate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invalidarían | They / you would invalidate |
| Vos | invalidarías | You would invalidate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will invalidate” or “they will invalidate”.
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 invalidar” means “They are going to invalidate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | invalidaré | I will invalidate |
| Tú | invalidarás | You will invalidate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalidará | He / she / you will invalidate |
| Nosotros / as | invalidaremos | We will invalidate |
| Vosotros / as | invalidaréis | You will invalidate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invalidarán | They / you will invalidate |
| Vos | invalidarás | You will invalidate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | invalide |
| Tú | invalides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalide |
| Nosotros / as | invalidemos |
| Vosotros / as | invalidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invaliden |
| Vos | invalides |
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 | invalidara | invalidase |
| Tú | invalidaras | invalidase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalidara | invalidase |
| Nosotros / as | invalidáramos | invalidásemos |
| Vosotros / as | invalidarais | invalidaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invalidaran | invalidasen |
| Vos | invalidaras | invalidase |
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 | invalidare |
| Tú | invalidares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalidare |
| Nosotros / as | invalidáremos |
| Vosotros / as | invalidareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invalidaren |
| Vos | invalidares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “invalidate!” and “don’t invalidate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | invalida | no invalides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | invalide | no invalide |
| Nosotros / as | invalidemos | no invalidemos |
| Vosotros / as | invalidad | no invalidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | invaliden | no invaliden |
| Vos | invalidá | no invalides |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya invalidado |
| Tú | hayas invalidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya invalidado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos invalidado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis invalidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan invalidado |
| Vos | hayas invalidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera invalidado / hubiese invalidado |
| Tú | hubieras invalidado / hubieses invalidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera invalidado / hubiese invalidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos invalidado / hubiésemos invalidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais invalidado / hubieseis invalidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran invalidado / hubiesen invalidado |
| Vos | hubieras invalidado / hubieses invalidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere invalidado |
| Tú | hubieres invalidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere invalidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos invalidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis invalidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren invalidado |
| Vos | hubieres invalidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté invalidando |
| Tú | estés invalidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté invalidando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos invalidando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis invalidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén invalidando |
| Vos | estés invalidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera invalidando / estuviese invalidando |
| Tú | estuvieras invalidando / estuvieses invalidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera invalidando / estuviese invalidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos invalidando / estuviésamos invalidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais invalidando / estuvieseis invalidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera invalidando / estuviese invalidando |
| Vos | estuvieras invalidando / estuvieses invalidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere invalidando |
| Tú | estuvieres invalidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere invalidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos invalidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis invalidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere invalidando |
| Vos | estuvieres invalidando |
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 invalidás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos invalidaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos invalidabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos invalidarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos invalidarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos invalides |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos invalidaras / Vos invalidase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos invalidá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no invalides |