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Licuar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to liquefy, blend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for licuar 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 liquefy, blend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | licuar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está licuando) and past continuous (estaba licuando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. blending).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he licuado and hubiera licuado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have blended).
| Gerundio / Gerund | licuando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | licuado |
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 blend” or “they blend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | licúo |
| Tú | licúas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licúa |
| Nosotros / as | licuamos |
| Vosotros / as | licuáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licúan |
| Vos | licuás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I blended” or “she blended” 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 | licué | I blended |
| Tú | licuaste | You blended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licuó | He / she / you blended |
| Nosotros / as | licuamos | We blended |
| Vosotros / as | licuasteis | You blended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licuaron | They / you blended |
| Vos | licuaste | You blended |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was blending” or “she was blending” 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 | licuaba | I was blending |
| Tú | licuabas | You were blending |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licuaba | He was / she was / you were blending |
| Nosotros / as | licuábamos | We were blending |
| Vosotros / as | licuabais | You were blending |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licuaban | They / you were blending |
| Vos | licuabas | You were blending |
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 blended” and “she has blended”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he licuado | I have blended |
| Tú | has licuado | You have blended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha licuado | He has / she has / you have blended |
| Nosotros / as | hemos licuado | We have blended |
| Vosotros / as | habéis licuado | You have blended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han licuado | They / you have blended |
| Vos | has licuado | You have blended |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would blend” or “she would blend”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | licuaría | I would blend |
| Tú | licuarías | You would blend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licuaría | He / she / you would blend |
| Nosotros / as | licuaríamos | We would blend |
| Vosotros / as | licuaríais | You would blend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licuarían | They / you would blend |
| Vos | licuarías | You would blend |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will blend” or “they will blend”.
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 licuar” means “They are going to blend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | licuaré | I will blend |
| Tú | licuarás | You will blend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licuará | He / she / you will blend |
| Nosotros / as | licuaremos | We will blend |
| Vosotros / as | licuaréis | You will blend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licuarán | They / you will blend |
| Vos | licuarás | You will blend |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | licúe |
| Tú | licúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licúe |
| Nosotros / as | licuemos |
| Vosotros / as | licuéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licúen |
| Vos | licúes |
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 | licuara | licuase |
| Tú | licuaras | licuase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licuara | licuase |
| Nosotros / as | licuáramos | licuásemos |
| Vosotros / as | licuarais | licuaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licuaran | licuasen |
| Vos | licuaras | licuase |
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 | licuare |
| Tú | licuares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licuare |
| Nosotros / as | licuáremos |
| Vosotros / as | licuareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licuaren |
| Vos | licuares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “blend!” and “don’t blend!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | licúa | no licúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | licúe | no licúe |
| Nosotros / as | licuemos | no licuemos |
| Vosotros / as | licuad | no licuéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | licúen | no licúen |
| Vos | licuá | no licúes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya licuado |
| Tú | hayas licuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya licuado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos licuado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis licuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan licuado |
| Vos | hayas licuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera licuado / hubiese licuado |
| Tú | hubieras licuado / hubieses licuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera licuado / hubiese licuado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos licuado / hubiésemos licuado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais licuado / hubieseis licuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran licuado / hubiesen licuado |
| Vos | hubieras licuado / hubieses licuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere licuado |
| Tú | hubieres licuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere licuado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos licuado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis licuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren licuado |
| Vos | hubieres licuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté licuando |
| Tú | estés licuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté licuando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos licuando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis licuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén licuando |
| Vos | estés licuando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera licuando / estuviese licuando |
| Tú | estuvieras licuando / estuvieses licuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera licuando / estuviese licuando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos licuando / estuviésamos licuando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais licuando / estuvieseis licuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera licuando / estuviese licuando |
| Vos | estuvieras licuando / estuvieses licuando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere licuando |
| Tú | estuvieres licuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere licuando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos licuando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis licuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere licuando |
| Vos | estuvieres licuando |
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 licuás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos licuaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos licuabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos licuarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos licuarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos licúes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos licuaras / Vos licuase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos licuá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no licúes |