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Localizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to locate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for localizar 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 locate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | localizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está localizando) and past continuous (estaba localizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. locating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he localizado and hubiera localizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have located).
| Gerundio / Gerund | localizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | localizado |
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 locate” or “they locate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | localizo |
| Tú | localizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localiza |
| Nosotros / as | localizamos |
| Vosotros / as | localizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localizan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I located” or “she located” 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 | localicé | I located |
| Tú | localizaste | You located |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localizó | He / she / you located |
| Nosotros / as | localizamos | We located |
| Vosotros / as | localizasteis | You located |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localizaron | They / you located |
| Vos | localizaste | You located |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was locating” or “she was locating” 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 | localizaba | I was locating |
| Tú | localizabas | You were locating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localizaba | He was / she was / you were locating |
| Nosotros / as | localizábamos | We were locating |
| Vosotros / as | localizabais | You were locating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localizaban | They / you were locating |
| Vos | localizabas | You were locating |
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 located” and “she has located”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he localizado | I have located |
| Tú | has localizado | You have located |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha localizado | He has / she has / you have located |
| Nosotros / as | hemos localizado | We have located |
| Vosotros / as | habéis localizado | You have located |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han localizado | They / you have located |
| Vos | has localizado | You have located |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would locate” or “she would locate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | localizaría | I would locate |
| Tú | localizarías | You would locate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localizaría | He / she / you would locate |
| Nosotros / as | localizaríamos | We would locate |
| Vosotros / as | localizaríais | You would locate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localizarían | They / you would locate |
| Vos | localizarías | You would locate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will locate” or “they will locate”.
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 localizar” means “They are going to locate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | localizaré | I will locate |
| Tú | localizarás | You will locate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localizará | He / she / you will locate |
| Nosotros / as | localizaremos | We will locate |
| Vosotros / as | localizaréis | You will locate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localizarán | They / you will locate |
| Vos | localizarás | You will locate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | localice |
| Tú | localices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localice |
| Nosotros / as | localicemos |
| Vosotros / as | localicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localicen |
| Vos | localices |
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 | localizara | localizase |
| Tú | localizaras | localizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localizara | localizase |
| Nosotros / as | localizáramos | localizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | localizarais | localizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localizaran | localizasen |
| Vos | localizaras | localizase |
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 | localizare |
| Tú | localizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localizare |
| Nosotros / as | localizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | localizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localizaren |
| Vos | localizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “locate!” and “don’t locate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | localiza | no localices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | localice | no localice |
| Nosotros / as | localicemos | no localicemos |
| Vosotros / as | localizad | no localicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | localicen | no localicen |
| Vos | no localices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya localizado |
| Tú | hayas localizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya localizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos localizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis localizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan localizado |
| Vos | hayas localizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera localizado / hubiese localizado |
| Tú | hubieras localizado / hubieses localizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera localizado / hubiese localizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos localizado / hubiésemos localizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais localizado / hubieseis localizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran localizado / hubiesen localizado |
| Vos | hubieras localizado / hubieses localizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere localizado |
| Tú | hubieres localizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere localizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos localizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis localizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren localizado |
| Vos | hubieres localizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté localizando |
| Tú | estés localizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté localizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos localizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis localizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén localizando |
| Vos | estés localizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera localizando / estuviese localizando |
| Tú | estuvieras localizando / estuvieses localizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera localizando / estuviese localizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos localizando / estuviésamos localizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais localizando / estuvieseis localizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera localizando / estuviese localizando |
| Vos | estuvieras localizando / estuvieses localizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere localizando |
| Tú | estuvieres localizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere localizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos localizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis localizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere localizando |
| Vos | estuvieres localizando |
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 |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos localizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos localizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos localizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos localizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos localices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos localizaras / Vos localizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no localices |