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Bautizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to baptize, christen”.
Below are all of the conjugations for bautizar 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 baptize, christen |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | bautizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bautizando) and past continuous (estaba bautizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. baptizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bautizado and hubiera bautizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have baptized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | bautizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bautizado |
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 baptize” or “they baptize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bautizo |
| Tú | bautizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautiza |
| Nosotros / as | bautizamos |
| Vosotros / as | bautizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bautizan |
| Vos | bautizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I baptized” or “she baptized” 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 | bauticé | I baptized |
| Tú | bautizaste | You baptized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautizó | He / she / you baptized |
| Nosotros / as | bautizamos | We baptized |
| Vosotros / as | bautizasteis | You baptized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bautizaron | They / you baptized |
| Vos | bautizaste | You baptized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was baptizing” or “she was baptizing” 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 | bautizaba | I was baptizing |
| Tú | bautizabas | You were baptizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautizaba | He was / she was / you were baptizing |
| Nosotros / as | bautizábamos | We were baptizing |
| Vosotros / as | bautizabais | You were baptizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bautizaban | They / you were baptizing |
| Vos | bautizabas | You were baptizing |
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 baptized” and “she has baptized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he bautizado | I have baptized |
| Tú | has bautizado | You have baptized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha bautizado | He has / she has / you have baptized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos bautizado | We have baptized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis bautizado | You have baptized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han bautizado | They / you have baptized |
| Vos | has bautizado | You have baptized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would baptize” or “she would baptize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bautizaría | I would baptize |
| Tú | bautizarías | You would baptize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautizaría | He / she / you would baptize |
| Nosotros / as | bautizaríamos | We would baptize |
| Vosotros / as | bautizaríais | You would baptize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bautizarían | They / you would baptize |
| Vos | bautizarías | You would baptize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will baptize” or “they will baptize”.
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 bautizar” means “They are going to baptize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bautizaré | I will baptize |
| Tú | bautizarás | You will baptize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautizará | He / she / you will baptize |
| Nosotros / as | bautizaremos | We will baptize |
| Vosotros / as | bautizaréis | You will baptize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bautizarán | They / you will baptize |
| Vos | bautizarás | You will baptize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bautice |
| Tú | bautices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautice |
| Nosotros / as | bauticemos |
| Vosotros / as | bauticéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bauticen |
| Vos | bautices |
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 | bautizara | bautizase |
| Tú | bautizaras | bautizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautizara | bautizase |
| Nosotros / as | bautizáramos | bautizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | bautizarais | bautizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bautizaran | bautizasen |
| Vos | bautizaras | bautizase |
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 | bautizare |
| Tú | bautizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautizare |
| Nosotros / as | bautizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | bautizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bautizaren |
| Vos | bautizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “baptize!” and “don’t baptize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | bautiza | no bautices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bautice | no bautice |
| Nosotros / as | bauticemos | no bauticemos |
| Vosotros / as | bautizad | no bauticéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bauticen | no bauticen |
| Vos | bautizá | no bautices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bautizado |
| Tú | hayas bautizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bautizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bautizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bautizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bautizado |
| Vos | hayas bautizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bautizado / hubiese bautizado |
| Tú | hubieras bautizado / hubieses bautizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bautizado / hubiese bautizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bautizado / hubiésemos bautizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bautizado / hubieseis bautizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bautizado / hubiesen bautizado |
| Vos | hubieras bautizado / hubieses bautizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bautizado |
| Tú | hubieres bautizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bautizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bautizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bautizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bautizado |
| Vos | hubieres bautizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté bautizando |
| Tú | estés bautizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté bautizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos bautizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis bautizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén bautizando |
| Vos | estés bautizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera bautizando / estuviese bautizando |
| Tú | estuvieras bautizando / estuvieses bautizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera bautizando / estuviese bautizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos bautizando / estuviésamos bautizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais bautizando / estuvieseis bautizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera bautizando / estuviese bautizando |
| Vos | estuvieras bautizando / estuvieses bautizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere bautizando |
| Tú | estuvieres bautizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere bautizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos bautizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis bautizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere bautizando |
| Vos | estuvieres bautizando |
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 bautizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos bautizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos bautizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos bautizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos bautizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos bautices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos bautizaras / Vos bautizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos bautizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no bautices |