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Jadear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pant, heave”.
Below are all of the conjugations for jadear 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 pant, heave |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | jadear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está jadeando) and past continuous (estaba jadeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. panting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he jadeado and hubiera jadeado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have panted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | jadeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | jadeado |
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 pant” or “they pant”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | jadeo |
| Tú | jadeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadea |
| Nosotros / as | jadeamos |
| Vosotros / as | jadeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadean |
| Vos | jadeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I panted” or “she panted” 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 | jadeé | I panted |
| Tú | jadeaste | You panted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadeó | He / she / you panted |
| Nosotros / as | jadeamos | We panted |
| Vosotros / as | jadeasteis | You panted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadearon | They / you panted |
| Vos | jadeaste | You panted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was panting” or “she was panting” 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 | jadeaba | I was panting |
| Tú | jadeabas | You were panting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadeaba | He was / she was / you were panting |
| Nosotros / as | jadeábamos | We were panting |
| Vosotros / as | jadeabais | You were panting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadeaban | They / you were panting |
| Vos | jadeabas | You were panting |
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 panted” and “she has panted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he jadeado | I have panted |
| Tú | has jadeado | You have panted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha jadeado | He has / she has / you have panted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos jadeado | We have panted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis jadeado | You have panted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han jadeado | They / you have panted |
| Vos | has jadeado | You have panted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would pant” or “she would pant”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | jadearía | I would pant |
| Tú | jadearías | You would pant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadearía | He / she / you would pant |
| Nosotros / as | jadearíamos | We would pant |
| Vosotros / as | jadearíais | You would pant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadearían | They / you would pant |
| Vos | jadearías | You would pant |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will pant” or “they will pant”.
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 jadear” means “They are going to pant”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | jadearé | I will pant |
| Tú | jadearás | You will pant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadeará | He / she / you will pant |
| Nosotros / as | jadearemos | We will pant |
| Vosotros / as | jadearéis | You will pant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadearán | They / you will pant |
| Vos | jadearás | You will pant |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | jadee |
| Tú | jadees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadee |
| Nosotros / as | jadeemos |
| Vosotros / as | jadeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadeen |
| Vos | jadees |
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 | jadeara | jadease |
| Tú | jadearas | jadease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadeara | jadease |
| Nosotros / as | jadeáramos | jadeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | jadearais | jadeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadearan | jadeasen |
| Vos | jadearas | jadease |
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 | jadeare |
| Tú | jadeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadeare |
| Nosotros / as | jadeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | jadeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadearen |
| Vos | jadeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “pant!” and “don’t pant!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | jadea | no jadees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | jadee | no jadee |
| Nosotros / as | jadeemos | no jadeemos |
| Vosotros / as | jadead | no jadeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | jadeen | no jadeen |
| Vos | jadeá | no jadees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya jadeado |
| Tú | hayas jadeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya jadeado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos jadeado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis jadeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan jadeado |
| Vos | hayas jadeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera jadeado / hubiese jadeado |
| Tú | hubieras jadeado / hubieses jadeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera jadeado / hubiese jadeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos jadeado / hubiésemos jadeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais jadeado / hubieseis jadeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran jadeado / hubiesen jadeado |
| Vos | hubieras jadeado / hubieses jadeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere jadeado |
| Tú | hubieres jadeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere jadeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos jadeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis jadeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren jadeado |
| Vos | hubieres jadeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté jadeando |
| Tú | estés jadeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté jadeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos jadeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis jadeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén jadeando |
| Vos | estés jadeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera jadeando / estuviese jadeando |
| Tú | estuvieras jadeando / estuvieses jadeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera jadeando / estuviese jadeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos jadeando / estuviésamos jadeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais jadeando / estuvieseis jadeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera jadeando / estuviese jadeando |
| Vos | estuvieras jadeando / estuvieses jadeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere jadeando |
| Tú | estuvieres jadeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere jadeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos jadeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis jadeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere jadeando |
| Vos | estuvieres jadeando |
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 jadeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos jadeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos jadeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos jadearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos jadearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos jadees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos jadearas / Vos jadease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos jadeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no jadees |