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Ladear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lean, tilt, incline”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ladear 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 lean, tilt, incline |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ladear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ladeando) and past continuous (estaba ladeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. leaning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ladeado and hubiera ladeado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have leaned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ladeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ladeado |
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 lean” or “they lean”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ladeo |
| Tú | ladeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladea |
| Nosotros / as | ladeamos |
| Vosotros / as | ladeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladean |
| Vos | ladeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I leaned” or “she leaned” 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 | ladeé | I leaned |
| Tú | ladeaste | You leaned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladeó | He / she / you leaned |
| Nosotros / as | ladeamos | We leaned |
| Vosotros / as | ladeasteis | You leaned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladearon | They / you leaned |
| Vos | ladeaste | You leaned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was leaning” or “she was leaning” 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 | ladeaba | I was leaning |
| Tú | ladeabas | You were leaning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladeaba | He was / she was / you were leaning |
| Nosotros / as | ladeábamos | We were leaning |
| Vosotros / as | ladeabais | You were leaning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladeaban | They / you were leaning |
| Vos | ladeabas | You were leaning |
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 leaned” and “she has leaned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ladeado | I have leaned |
| Tú | has ladeado | You have leaned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ladeado | He has / she has / you have leaned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ladeado | We have leaned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ladeado | You have leaned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ladeado | They / you have leaned |
| Vos | has ladeado | You have leaned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lean” or “she would lean”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ladearía | I would lean |
| Tú | ladearías | You would lean |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladearía | He / she / you would lean |
| Nosotros / as | ladearíamos | We would lean |
| Vosotros / as | ladearíais | You would lean |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladearían | They / you would lean |
| Vos | ladearías | You would lean |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lean” or “they will lean”.
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 ladear” means “They are going to lean”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ladearé | I will lean |
| Tú | ladearás | You will lean |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladeará | He / she / you will lean |
| Nosotros / as | ladearemos | We will lean |
| Vosotros / as | ladearéis | You will lean |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladearán | They / you will lean |
| Vos | ladearás | You will lean |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ladee |
| Tú | ladees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladee |
| Nosotros / as | ladeemos |
| Vosotros / as | ladeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladeen |
| Vos | ladees |
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 | ladeara | ladease |
| Tú | ladearas | ladease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladeara | ladease |
| Nosotros / as | ladeáramos | ladeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ladearais | ladeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladearan | ladeasen |
| Vos | ladearas | ladease |
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 | ladeare |
| Tú | ladeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladeare |
| Nosotros / as | ladeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | ladeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladearen |
| Vos | ladeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lean!” and “don’t lean!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ladea | no ladees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ladee | no ladee |
| Nosotros / as | ladeemos | no ladeemos |
| Vosotros / as | ladead | no ladeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ladeen | no ladeen |
| Vos | ladeá | no ladees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ladeado |
| Tú | hayas ladeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ladeado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ladeado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ladeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ladeado |
| Vos | hayas ladeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ladeado / hubiese ladeado |
| Tú | hubieras ladeado / hubieses ladeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ladeado / hubiese ladeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ladeado / hubiésemos ladeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ladeado / hubieseis ladeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ladeado / hubiesen ladeado |
| Vos | hubieras ladeado / hubieses ladeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ladeado |
| Tú | hubieres ladeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ladeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ladeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ladeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ladeado |
| Vos | hubieres ladeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ladeando |
| Tú | estés ladeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ladeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ladeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ladeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ladeando |
| Vos | estés ladeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ladeando / estuviese ladeando |
| Tú | estuvieras ladeando / estuvieses ladeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ladeando / estuviese ladeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ladeando / estuviésamos ladeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ladeando / estuvieseis ladeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ladeando / estuviese ladeando |
| Vos | estuvieras ladeando / estuvieses ladeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ladeando |
| Tú | estuvieres ladeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ladeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ladeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ladeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ladeando |
| Vos | estuvieres ladeando |
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 ladeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ladeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ladeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ladearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ladearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ladees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ladearas / Vos ladease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ladeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ladees |