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Involucrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to involve, bring in”.
Below are all of the conjugations for involucrar 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 involve, bring in |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | involucrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está involucrando) and past continuous (estaba involucrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. involving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he involucrado and hubiera involucrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have involved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | involucrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | involucrado |
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 involve” or “they involve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | involucro |
| Tú | involucras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucra |
| Nosotros / as | involucramos |
| Vosotros / as | involucráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucran |
| Vos | involucrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I involved” or “she involved” 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 | involucré | I involved |
| Tú | involucraste | You involved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucró | He / she / you involved |
| Nosotros / as | involucramos | We involved |
| Vosotros / as | involucrasteis | You involved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucraron | They / you involved |
| Vos | involucraste | You involved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was involving” or “she was involving” 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 | involucraba | I was involving |
| Tú | involucrabas | You were involving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucraba | He was / she was / you were involving |
| Nosotros / as | involucrábamos | We were involving |
| Vosotros / as | involucrabais | You were involving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucraban | They / you were involving |
| Vos | involucrabas | You were involving |
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 involved” and “she has involved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he involucrado | I have involved |
| Tú | has involucrado | You have involved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha involucrado | He has / she has / you have involved |
| Nosotros / as | hemos involucrado | We have involved |
| Vosotros / as | habéis involucrado | You have involved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han involucrado | They / you have involved |
| Vos | has involucrado | You have involved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would involve” or “she would involve”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | involucraría | I would involve |
| Tú | involucrarías | You would involve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucraría | He / she / you would involve |
| Nosotros / as | involucraríamos | We would involve |
| Vosotros / as | involucraríais | You would involve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucrarían | They / you would involve |
| Vos | involucrarías | You would involve |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will involve” or “they will involve”.
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 involucrar” means “They are going to involve”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | involucraré | I will involve |
| Tú | involucrarás | You will involve |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucrará | He / she / you will involve |
| Nosotros / as | involucraremos | We will involve |
| Vosotros / as | involucraréis | You will involve |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucrarán | They / you will involve |
| Vos | involucrarás | You will involve |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | involucre |
| Tú | involucres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucre |
| Nosotros / as | involucremos |
| Vosotros / as | involucréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucren |
| Vos | involucres |
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 | involucrara | involucrase |
| Tú | involucraras | involucrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucrara | involucrase |
| Nosotros / as | involucráramos | involucrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | involucrarais | involucraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucraran | involucrasen |
| Vos | involucraras | involucrase |
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 | involucrare |
| Tú | involucrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucrare |
| Nosotros / as | involucráremos |
| Vosotros / as | involucrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucraren |
| Vos | involucrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “involve!” and “don’t involve!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | involucra | no involucres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | involucre | no involucre |
| Nosotros / as | involucremos | no involucremos |
| Vosotros / as | involucrad | no involucréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | involucren | no involucren |
| Vos | involucrá | no involucres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya involucrado |
| Tú | hayas involucrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya involucrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos involucrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis involucrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan involucrado |
| Vos | hayas involucrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera involucrado / hubiese involucrado |
| Tú | hubieras involucrado / hubieses involucrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera involucrado / hubiese involucrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos involucrado / hubiésemos involucrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais involucrado / hubieseis involucrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran involucrado / hubiesen involucrado |
| Vos | hubieras involucrado / hubieses involucrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere involucrado |
| Tú | hubieres involucrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere involucrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos involucrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis involucrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren involucrado |
| Vos | hubieres involucrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté involucrando |
| Tú | estés involucrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté involucrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos involucrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis involucrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén involucrando |
| Vos | estés involucrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera involucrando / estuviese involucrando |
| Tú | estuvieras involucrando / estuvieses involucrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera involucrando / estuviese involucrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos involucrando / estuviésamos involucrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais involucrando / estuvieseis involucrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera involucrando / estuviese involucrando |
| Vos | estuvieras involucrando / estuvieses involucrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere involucrando |
| Tú | estuvieres involucrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere involucrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos involucrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis involucrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere involucrando |
| Vos | estuvieres involucrando |
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 involucrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos involucraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos involucrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos involucrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos involucrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos involucres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos involucraras / Vos involucrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos involucrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no involucres |