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Alquilar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to rent, lease”.
Below are all of the conjugations for alquilar 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 rent, lease |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | alquilar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está alquilando) and past continuous (estaba alquilando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. renting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he alquilado and hubiera alquilado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have rented).
| Gerundio / Gerund | alquilando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | alquilado |
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 rent” or “they rent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alquilo |
| Tú | alquilas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquila |
| Nosotros / as | alquilamos |
| Vosotros / as | alquiláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilan |
| Vos | alquilás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I rented” or “she rented” 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 | alquilé | I rented |
| Tú | alquilaste | You rented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquiló | He / she / you rented |
| Nosotros / as | alquilamos | We rented |
| Vosotros / as | alquilasteis | You rented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilaron | They / you rented |
| Vos | alquilaste | You rented |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was renting” or “she was renting” 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 | alquilaba | I was renting |
| Tú | alquilabas | You were renting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquilaba | He was / she was / you were renting |
| Nosotros / as | alquilábamos | We were renting |
| Vosotros / as | alquilabais | You were renting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilaban | They / you were renting |
| Vos | alquilabas | You were renting |
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 rented” and “she has rented”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he alquilado | I have rented |
| Tú | has alquilado | You have rented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha alquilado | He has / she has / you have rented |
| Nosotros / as | hemos alquilado | We have rented |
| Vosotros / as | habéis alquilado | You have rented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han alquilado | They / you have rented |
| Vos | has alquilado | You have rented |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would rent” or “she would rent”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alquilaría | I would rent |
| Tú | alquilarías | You would rent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquilaría | He / she / you would rent |
| Nosotros / as | alquilaríamos | We would rent |
| Vosotros / as | alquilaríais | You would rent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilarían | They / you would rent |
| Vos | alquilarías | You would rent |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will rent” or “they will rent”.
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 alquilar” means “They are going to rent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alquilaré | I will rent |
| Tú | alquilarás | You will rent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquilará | He / she / you will rent |
| Nosotros / as | alquilaremos | We will rent |
| Vosotros / as | alquilaréis | You will rent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilarán | They / you will rent |
| Vos | alquilarás | You will rent |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alquile |
| Tú | alquiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquile |
| Nosotros / as | alquilemos |
| Vosotros / as | alquiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilen |
| Vos | alquiles |
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 | alquilara | alquilase |
| Tú | alquilaras | alquilase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquilara | alquilase |
| Nosotros / as | alquiláramos | alquilásemos |
| Vosotros / as | alquilarais | alquilaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilaran | alquilasen |
| Vos | alquilaras | alquilase |
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 | alquilare |
| Tú | alquilares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquilare |
| Nosotros / as | alquiláremos |
| Vosotros / as | alquilareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilaren |
| Vos | alquilares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “rent!” and “don’t rent!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | alquila | no alquiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alquile | no alquile |
| Nosotros / as | alquilemos | no alquilemos |
| Vosotros / as | alquilad | no alquiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alquilen | no alquilen |
| Vos | alquilá | no alquiles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya alquilado |
| Tú | hayas alquilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya alquilado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos alquilado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis alquilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan alquilado |
| Vos | hayas alquilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera alquilado / hubiese alquilado |
| Tú | hubieras alquilado / hubieses alquilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera alquilado / hubiese alquilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos alquilado / hubiésemos alquilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais alquilado / hubieseis alquilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran alquilado / hubiesen alquilado |
| Vos | hubieras alquilado / hubieses alquilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere alquilado |
| Tú | hubieres alquilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere alquilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos alquilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis alquilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren alquilado |
| Vos | hubieres alquilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté alquilando |
| Tú | estés alquilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté alquilando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos alquilando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis alquilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén alquilando |
| Vos | estés alquilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera alquilando / estuviese alquilando |
| Tú | estuvieras alquilando / estuvieses alquilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera alquilando / estuviese alquilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos alquilando / estuviésamos alquilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais alquilando / estuvieseis alquilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera alquilando / estuviese alquilando |
| Vos | estuvieras alquilando / estuvieses alquilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere alquilando |
| Tú | estuvieres alquilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere alquilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos alquilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis alquilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere alquilando |
| Vos | estuvieres alquilando |
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 alquilás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos alquilaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos alquilabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos alquilarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos alquilarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos alquiles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos alquilaras / Vos alquilase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos alquilá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no alquiles |