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Barajar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to shuffle, mix together, quarrel”.
Below are all of the conjugations for barajar 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 shuffle, mix together, quarrel |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | barajar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está barajando) and past continuous (estaba barajando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. shuffling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he barajado and hubiera barajado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have shuffled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | barajando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | barajado |
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 shuffle” or “they shuffle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | barajo |
| Tú | barajas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | baraja |
| Nosotros / as | barajamos |
| Vosotros / as | barajáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajan |
| Vos | barajás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I shuffled” or “she shuffled” 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 | barajé | I shuffled |
| Tú | barajaste | You shuffled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | barajó | He / she / you shuffled |
| Nosotros / as | barajamos | We shuffled |
| Vosotros / as | barajasteis | You shuffled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajaron | They / you shuffled |
| Vos | barajaste | You shuffled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was shuffling” or “she was shuffling” 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 | barajaba | I was shuffling |
| Tú | barajabas | You were shuffling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | barajaba | He was / she was / you were shuffling |
| Nosotros / as | barajábamos | We were shuffling |
| Vosotros / as | barajabais | You were shuffling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajaban | They / you were shuffling |
| Vos | barajabas | You were shuffling |
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 shuffled” and “she has shuffled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he barajado | I have shuffled |
| Tú | has barajado | You have shuffled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha barajado | He has / she has / you have shuffled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos barajado | We have shuffled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis barajado | You have shuffled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han barajado | They / you have shuffled |
| Vos | has barajado | You have shuffled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would shuffle” or “she would shuffle”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | barajaría | I would shuffle |
| Tú | barajarías | You would shuffle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | barajaría | He / she / you would shuffle |
| Nosotros / as | barajaríamos | We would shuffle |
| Vosotros / as | barajaríais | You would shuffle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajarían | They / you would shuffle |
| Vos | barajarías | You would shuffle |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will shuffle” or “they will shuffle”.
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 barajar” means “They are going to shuffle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | barajaré | I will shuffle |
| Tú | barajarás | You will shuffle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | barajará | He / she / you will shuffle |
| Nosotros / as | barajaremos | We will shuffle |
| Vosotros / as | barajaréis | You will shuffle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajarán | They / you will shuffle |
| Vos | barajarás | You will shuffle |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | baraje |
| Tú | barajes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | baraje |
| Nosotros / as | barajemos |
| Vosotros / as | barajéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajen |
| Vos | barajes |
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 | barajara | barajase |
| Tú | barajaras | barajase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | barajara | barajase |
| Nosotros / as | barajáramos | barajásemos |
| Vosotros / as | barajarais | barajaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajaran | barajasen |
| Vos | barajaras | barajase |
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 | barajare |
| Tú | barajares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | barajare |
| Nosotros / as | barajáremos |
| Vosotros / as | barajareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajaren |
| Vos | barajares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “shuffle!” and “don’t shuffle!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | baraja | no barajes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | baraje | no baraje |
| Nosotros / as | barajemos | no barajemos |
| Vosotros / as | barajad | no barajéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | barajen | no barajen |
| Vos | barajá | no barajes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya barajado |
| Tú | hayas barajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya barajado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos barajado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis barajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan barajado |
| Vos | hayas barajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera barajado / hubiese barajado |
| Tú | hubieras barajado / hubieses barajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera barajado / hubiese barajado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos barajado / hubiésemos barajado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais barajado / hubieseis barajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran barajado / hubiesen barajado |
| Vos | hubieras barajado / hubieses barajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere barajado |
| Tú | hubieres barajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere barajado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos barajado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis barajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren barajado |
| Vos | hubieres barajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté barajando |
| Tú | estés barajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté barajando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos barajando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis barajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén barajando |
| Vos | estés barajando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera barajando / estuviese barajando |
| Tú | estuvieras barajando / estuvieses barajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera barajando / estuviese barajando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos barajando / estuviésamos barajando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais barajando / estuvieseis barajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera barajando / estuviese barajando |
| Vos | estuvieras barajando / estuvieses barajando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere barajando |
| Tú | estuvieres barajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere barajando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos barajando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis barajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere barajando |
| Vos | estuvieres barajando |
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 barajás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos barajaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos barajabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos barajarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos barajarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos barajes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos barajaras / Vos barajase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos barajá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no barajes |