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Apagar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to put out (fire), turn off, extinguish”.
Below are all of the conjugations for apagar 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 put out (fire), turn off, extinguish |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | apagar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está apagando) and past continuous (estaba apagando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. turning off).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he apagado and hubiera apagado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have turned off).
| Gerundio / Gerund | apagando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | apagado |
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 turn off” or “they turn off”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | apago |
| Tú | apagas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apaga |
| Nosotros / as | apagamos |
| Vosotros / as | apagáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apagan |
| Vos | apagás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I turned off” or “she turned off” 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 | apagué | I turned off |
| Tú | apagaste | You turned off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apagó | He / she / you turned off |
| Nosotros / as | apagamos | We turned off |
| Vosotros / as | apagasteis | You turned off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apagaron | They / you turned off |
| Vos | apagaste | You turned off |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was turning off” or “she was turning off” 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 | apagaba | I was turning off |
| Tú | apagabas | You were turning off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apagaba | He was / she was / you were turning off |
| Nosotros / as | apagábamos | We were turning off |
| Vosotros / as | apagabais | You were turning off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apagaban | They / you were turning off |
| Vos | apagabas | You were turning off |
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 turned off” and “she has turned off”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he apagado | I have turned off |
| Tú | has apagado | You have turned off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha apagado | He has / she has / you have turned off |
| Nosotros / as | hemos apagado | We have turned off |
| Vosotros / as | habéis apagado | You have turned off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han apagado | They / you have turned off |
| Vos | has apagado | You have turned off |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would turn off” or “she would turn off”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apagaría | I would turn off |
| Tú | apagarías | You would turn off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apagaría | He / she / you would turn off |
| Nosotros / as | apagaríamos | We would turn off |
| Vosotros / as | apagaríais | You would turn off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apagarían | They / you would turn off |
| Vos | apagarías | You would turn off |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will turn off” or “they will turn off”.
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 apagar” means “They are going to turn off”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apagaré | I will turn off |
| Tú | apagarás | You will turn off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apagará | He / she / you will turn off |
| Nosotros / as | apagaremos | We will turn off |
| Vosotros / as | apagaréis | You will turn off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apagarán | They / you will turn off |
| Vos | apagarás | You will turn off |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | apague |
| Tú | apagues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apague |
| Nosotros / as | apaguemos |
| Vosotros / as | apaguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaguen |
| Vos | apagues |
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 | apagara | apagase |
| Tú | apagaras | apagase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apagara | apagase |
| Nosotros / as | apagáramos | apagásemos |
| Vosotros / as | apagarais | apagaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apagaran | apagasen |
| Vos | apagaras | apagase |
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 | apagare |
| Tú | apagares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apagare |
| Nosotros / as | apagáremos |
| Vosotros / as | apagareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apagaren |
| Vos | apagares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “turn off!” and “don’t turn off!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | apaga | no apagues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apague | no apague |
| Nosotros / as | apaguemos | no apaguemos |
| Vosotros / as | apagad | no apaguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaguen | no apaguen |
| Vos | apagá | no apagues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya apagado |
| Tú | hayas apagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya apagado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos apagado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis apagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan apagado |
| Vos | hayas apagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera apagado / hubiese apagado |
| Tú | hubieras apagado / hubieses apagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera apagado / hubiese apagado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos apagado / hubiésemos apagado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais apagado / hubieseis apagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran apagado / hubiesen apagado |
| Vos | hubieras apagado / hubieses apagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere apagado |
| Tú | hubieres apagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere apagado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos apagado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis apagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren apagado |
| Vos | hubieres apagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté apagando |
| Tú | estés apagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté apagando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos apagando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis apagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén apagando |
| Vos | estés apagando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera apagando / estuviese apagando |
| Tú | estuvieras apagando / estuvieses apagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera apagando / estuviese apagando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos apagando / estuviésamos apagando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais apagando / estuvieseis apagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera apagando / estuviese apagando |
| Vos | estuvieras apagando / estuvieses apagando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere apagando |
| Tú | estuvieres apagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere apagando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos apagando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis apagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere apagando |
| Vos | estuvieres apagando |
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 apagás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos apagaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos apagabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos apagarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos apagarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos apagues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos apagaras / Vos apagase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos apagá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no apagues |