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Laquear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lacquer”.
Below are all of the conjugations for laquear 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 lacquer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | laquear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está laqueando) and past continuous (estaba laqueando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lacquering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he laqueado and hubiera laqueado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lacquered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | laqueando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | laqueado |
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 lacquer” or “they lacquer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | laqueo |
| Tú | laqueas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laquea |
| Nosotros / as | laqueamos |
| Vosotros / as | laqueáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laquean |
| Vos | laqueás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lacquered” or “she lacquered” 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 | laqueé | I lacquered |
| Tú | laqueaste | You lacquered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laqueó | He / she / you lacquered |
| Nosotros / as | laqueamos | We lacquered |
| Vosotros / as | laqueasteis | You lacquered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laquearon | They / you lacquered |
| Vos | laqueaste | You lacquered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lacquering” or “she was lacquering” 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 | laqueaba | I was lacquering |
| Tú | laqueabas | You were lacquering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laqueaba | He was / she was / you were lacquering |
| Nosotros / as | laqueábamos | We were lacquering |
| Vosotros / as | laqueabais | You were lacquering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laqueaban | They / you were lacquering |
| Vos | laqueabas | You were lacquering |
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 lacquered” and “she has lacquered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he laqueado | I have lacquered |
| Tú | has laqueado | You have lacquered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha laqueado | He has / she has / you have lacquered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos laqueado | We have lacquered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis laqueado | You have lacquered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han laqueado | They / you have lacquered |
| Vos | has laqueado | You have lacquered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lacquer” or “she would lacquer”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | laquearía | I would lacquer |
| Tú | laquearías | You would lacquer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laquearía | He / she / you would lacquer |
| Nosotros / as | laquearíamos | We would lacquer |
| Vosotros / as | laquearíais | You would lacquer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laquearían | They / you would lacquer |
| Vos | laquearías | You would lacquer |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lacquer” or “they will lacquer”.
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 laquear” means “They are going to lacquer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | laquearé | I will lacquer |
| Tú | laquearás | You will lacquer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laqueará | He / she / you will lacquer |
| Nosotros / as | laquearemos | We will lacquer |
| Vosotros / as | laquearéis | You will lacquer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laquearán | They / you will lacquer |
| Vos | laquearás | You will lacquer |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | laquee |
| Tú | laquees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laquee |
| Nosotros / as | laqueemos |
| Vosotros / as | laqueéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laqueen |
| Vos | laquees |
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 | laqueara | laquease |
| Tú | laquearas | laquease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laqueara | laquease |
| Nosotros / as | laqueáramos | laqueásemos |
| Vosotros / as | laquearais | laqueaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laquearan | laqueasen |
| Vos | laquearas | laquease |
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 | laqueare |
| Tú | laqueares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laqueare |
| Nosotros / as | laqueáremos |
| Vosotros / as | laqueareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laquearen |
| Vos | laqueares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lacquer!” and “don’t lacquer!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | laquea | no laquees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | laquee | no laquee |
| Nosotros / as | laqueemos | no laqueemos |
| Vosotros / as | laquead | no laqueéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | laqueen | no laqueen |
| Vos | laqueá | no laquees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya laqueado |
| Tú | hayas laqueado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya laqueado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos laqueado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis laqueado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan laqueado |
| Vos | hayas laqueado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera laqueado / hubiese laqueado |
| Tú | hubieras laqueado / hubieses laqueado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera laqueado / hubiese laqueado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos laqueado / hubiésemos laqueado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais laqueado / hubieseis laqueado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran laqueado / hubiesen laqueado |
| Vos | hubieras laqueado / hubieses laqueado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere laqueado |
| Tú | hubieres laqueado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere laqueado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos laqueado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis laqueado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren laqueado |
| Vos | hubieres laqueado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté laqueando |
| Tú | estés laqueando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté laqueando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos laqueando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis laqueando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén laqueando |
| Vos | estés laqueando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera laqueando / estuviese laqueando |
| Tú | estuvieras laqueando / estuvieses laqueando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera laqueando / estuviese laqueando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos laqueando / estuviésamos laqueando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais laqueando / estuvieseis laqueando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera laqueando / estuviese laqueando |
| Vos | estuvieras laqueando / estuvieses laqueando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere laqueando |
| Tú | estuvieres laqueando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere laqueando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos laqueando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis laqueando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere laqueando |
| Vos | estuvieres laqueando |
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 laqueás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos laqueaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos laqueabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos laquearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos laquearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos laquees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos laquearas / Vos laquease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos laqueá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no laquees |