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Avalar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to guarantee”.
Below are all of the conjugations for avalar 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 guarantee |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | avalar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está avalando) and past continuous (estaba avalando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. guaranteeing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he avalado and hubiera avalado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have guaranteed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | avalando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | avalado |
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 guarantee” or “they guarantee”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | avalo |
| Tú | avalas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avala |
| Nosotros / as | avalamos |
| Vosotros / as | avaláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalan |
| Vos | avalás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I guaranteed” or “she guaranteed” 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 | avalé | I guaranteed |
| Tú | avalaste | You guaranteed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avaló | He / she / you guaranteed |
| Nosotros / as | avalamos | We guaranteed |
| Vosotros / as | avalasteis | You guaranteed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalaron | They / you guaranteed |
| Vos | avalaste | You guaranteed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was guaranteeing” or “she was guaranteeing” 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 | avalaba | I was guaranteeing |
| Tú | avalabas | You were guaranteeing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avalaba | He was / she was / you were guaranteeing |
| Nosotros / as | avalábamos | We were guaranteeing |
| Vosotros / as | avalabais | You were guaranteeing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalaban | They / you were guaranteeing |
| Vos | avalabas | You were guaranteeing |
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 guaranteed” and “she has guaranteed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he avalado | I have guaranteed |
| Tú | has avalado | You have guaranteed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha avalado | He has / she has / you have guaranteed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos avalado | We have guaranteed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis avalado | You have guaranteed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han avalado | They / you have guaranteed |
| Vos | has avalado | You have guaranteed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would guarantee” or “she would guarantee”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | avalaría | I would guarantee |
| Tú | avalarías | You would guarantee |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avalaría | He / she / you would guarantee |
| Nosotros / as | avalaríamos | We would guarantee |
| Vosotros / as | avalaríais | You would guarantee |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalarían | They / you would guarantee |
| Vos | avalarías | You would guarantee |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will guarantee” or “they will guarantee”.
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 avalar” means “They are going to guarantee”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | avalaré | I will guarantee |
| Tú | avalarás | You will guarantee |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avalará | He / she / you will guarantee |
| Nosotros / as | avalaremos | We will guarantee |
| Vosotros / as | avalaréis | You will guarantee |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalarán | They / you will guarantee |
| Vos | avalarás | You will guarantee |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | avale |
| Tú | avales |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avale |
| Nosotros / as | avalemos |
| Vosotros / as | avaléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalen |
| Vos | avales |
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 | avalara | avalase |
| Tú | avalaras | avalase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avalara | avalase |
| Nosotros / as | avaláramos | avalásemos |
| Vosotros / as | avalarais | avalaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalaran | avalasen |
| Vos | avalaras | avalase |
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 | avalare |
| Tú | avalares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avalare |
| Nosotros / as | avaláremos |
| Vosotros / as | avalareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalaren |
| Vos | avalares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “guarantee!” and “don’t guarantee!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | avala | no avales |
| Él / Ella / Usted | avale | no avale |
| Nosotros / as | avalemos | no avalemos |
| Vosotros / as | avalad | no avaléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | avalen | no avalen |
| Vos | avalá | no avales |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya avalado |
| Tú | hayas avalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya avalado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos avalado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis avalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan avalado |
| Vos | hayas avalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera avalado / hubiese avalado |
| Tú | hubieras avalado / hubieses avalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera avalado / hubiese avalado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos avalado / hubiésemos avalado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais avalado / hubieseis avalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran avalado / hubiesen avalado |
| Vos | hubieras avalado / hubieses avalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere avalado |
| Tú | hubieres avalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere avalado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos avalado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis avalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren avalado |
| Vos | hubieres avalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté avalando |
| Tú | estés avalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté avalando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos avalando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis avalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén avalando |
| Vos | estés avalando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera avalando / estuviese avalando |
| Tú | estuvieras avalando / estuvieses avalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera avalando / estuviese avalando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos avalando / estuviésamos avalando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais avalando / estuvieseis avalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera avalando / estuviese avalando |
| Vos | estuvieras avalando / estuvieses avalando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere avalando |
| Tú | estuvieres avalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere avalando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos avalando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis avalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere avalando |
| Vos | estuvieres avalando |
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 avalás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos avalaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos avalabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos avalarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos avalarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos avales |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos avalaras / Vos avalase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos avalá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no avales |