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Legislar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to legislate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for legislar 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 legislate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | legislar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está legislando) and past continuous (estaba legislando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. legislating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he legislado and hubiera legislado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have legislated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | legislando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | legislado |
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 legislate” or “they legislate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | legislo |
| Tú | legislas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legisla |
| Nosotros / as | legislamos |
| Vosotros / as | legisláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislan |
| Vos | legislas |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I legislated” or “she legislated” 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 | legislé | I legislated |
| Tú | legislaste | You legislated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legisló | He / she / you legislated |
| Nosotros / as | legislamos | We legislated |
| Vosotros / as | legislasteis | You legislated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislaron | They / you legislated |
| Vos | legislaste | You legislated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was legislating” or “she was legislating” 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 | legislaba | I was legislating |
| Tú | legislabas | You were legislating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legislaba | He was / she was / you were legislating |
| Nosotros / as | legislábamos | We were legislating |
| Vosotros / as | legislabais | You were legislating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislaban | They / you were legislating |
| Vos | legislabas | You were legislating |
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 legislated” and “she has legislated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he legislado | I have legislated |
| Tú | has legislado | You have legislated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha legislado | He has / she has / you have legislated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos legislado | We have legislated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis legislado | You have legislated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han legislado | They / you have legislated |
| Vos | has legislado | You have legislated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would legislate” or “she would legislate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | legislaría | I would legislate |
| Tú | legislarías | You would legislate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legislaría | He / she / you would legislate |
| Nosotros / as | legislaríamos | We would legislate |
| Vosotros / as | legislaríais | You would legislate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislarían | They / you would legislate |
| Vos | legislarías | You would legislate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will legislate” or “they will legislate”.
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 legislar” means “They are going to legislate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | legislaré | I will legislate |
| Tú | legislarás | You will legislate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legislará | He / she / you will legislate |
| Nosotros / as | legislaremos | We will legislate |
| Vosotros / as | legislaréis | You will legislate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislarán | They / you will legislate |
| Vos | legislarás | You will legislate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | legisle |
| Tú | legisles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legisle |
| Nosotros / as | legislemos |
| Vosotros / as | legisléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislen |
| Vos | legisles |
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 | legislara | legislase |
| Tú | legislaras | legislase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legislara | legislase |
| Nosotros / as | legisláramos | legislásemos |
| Vosotros / as | legislarais | legislaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislaran | legislasen |
| Vos | legislaras | legislase |
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 | legislare |
| Tú | legislares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legislare |
| Nosotros / as | legisláremos |
| Vosotros / as | legislareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislaren |
| Vos | legislares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “legislate!” and “don’t legislate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | legisla | no legisles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legisle | no legisle |
| Nosotros / as | legislemos | no legislemos |
| Vosotros / as | legislad | no legisléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legislen | no legislen |
| Vos | legislá | no legisles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya legislado |
| Tú | hayas legislado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya legislado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos legislado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis legislado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan legislado |
| Vos | hayas legislado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera legislado / hubiese legislado |
| Tú | hubieras legislado / hubieses legislado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera legislado / hubiese legislado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos legislado / hubiésemos legislado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais legislado / hubieseis legislado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran legislado / hubiesen legislado |
| Vos | hubieras legislado / hubieses legislado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere legislado |
| Tú | hubieres legislado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere legislado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos legislado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis legislado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren legislado |
| Vos | hubieres legislado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté legislando |
| Tú | estés legislando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté legislando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos legislando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis legislando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén legislando |
| Vos | estés legislando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera legislando / estuviese legislando |
| Tú | estuvieras legislando / estuvieses legislando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera legislando / estuviese legislando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos legislando / estuviésamos legislando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais legislando / estuvieseis legislando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera legislando / estuviese legislando |
| Vos | estuvieras legislando / estuvieses legislando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere legislando |
| Tú | estuvieres legislando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere legislando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos legislando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis legislando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere legislando |
| Vos | estuvieres legislando |
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 legislas |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos legislaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos legislabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos legislarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos legislarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos legisles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos legislaras / Vos legislase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos legislá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no legisles |