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Bordear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to border or, go round the edge”.
Below are all of the conjugations for bordear 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 border or, go round the edge |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | bordear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bordeando) and past continuous (estaba bordeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bordering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bordeado and hubiera bordeado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have bordered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | bordeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bordeado |
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 border” or “they border”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bordeo |
| Tú | bordeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordea |
| Nosotros / as | bordeamos |
| Vosotros / as | bordeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordean |
| Vos | bordeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I bordered” or “she bordered” 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 | bordeé | I bordered |
| Tú | bordeaste | You bordered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordeó | He / she / you bordered |
| Nosotros / as | bordeamos | We bordered |
| Vosotros / as | bordeasteis | You bordered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordearon | They / you bordered |
| Vos | bordeaste | You bordered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bordering” or “she was bordering” 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 | bordeaba | I was bordering |
| Tú | bordeabas | You were bordering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordeaba | He was / she was / you were bordering |
| Nosotros / as | bordeábamos | We were bordering |
| Vosotros / as | bordeabais | You were bordering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordeaban | They / you were bordering |
| Vos | bordeabas | You were bordering |
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 bordered” and “she has bordered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he bordeado | I have bordered |
| Tú | has bordeado | You have bordered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha bordeado | He has / she has / you have bordered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos bordeado | We have bordered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis bordeado | You have bordered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han bordeado | They / you have bordered |
| Vos | has bordeado | You have bordered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would border” or “she would border”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bordearía | I would border |
| Tú | bordearías | You would border |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordearía | He / she / you would border |
| Nosotros / as | bordearíamos | We would border |
| Vosotros / as | bordearíais | You would border |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordearían | They / you would border |
| Vos | bordearías | You would border |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will border” or “they will border”.
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 bordear” means “They are going to border”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bordearé | I will border |
| Tú | bordearás | You will border |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordeará | He / she / you will border |
| Nosotros / as | bordearemos | We will border |
| Vosotros / as | bordearéis | You will border |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordearán | They / you will border |
| Vos | bordearás | You will border |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bordee |
| Tú | bordees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordee |
| Nosotros / as | bordeemos |
| Vosotros / as | bordeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordeen |
| Vos | bordees |
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 | bordeara | bordease |
| Tú | bordearas | bordease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordeara | bordease |
| Nosotros / as | bordeáramos | bordeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | bordearais | bordeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordearan | bordeasen |
| Vos | bordearas | bordease |
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 | bordeare |
| Tú | bordeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordeare |
| Nosotros / as | bordeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | bordeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordearen |
| Vos | bordeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “border!” and “don’t border!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | bordea | no bordees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bordee | no bordee |
| Nosotros / as | bordeemos | no bordeemos |
| Vosotros / as | bordead | no bordeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bordeen | no bordeen |
| Vos | bordeá | no bordees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bordeado |
| Tú | hayas bordeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bordeado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bordeado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bordeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bordeado |
| Vos | hayas bordeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bordeado / hubiese bordeado |
| Tú | hubieras bordeado / hubieses bordeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bordeado / hubiese bordeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bordeado / hubiésemos bordeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bordeado / hubieseis bordeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bordeado / hubiesen bordeado |
| Vos | hubieras bordeado / hubieses bordeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bordeado |
| Tú | hubieres bordeado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bordeado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bordeado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bordeado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bordeado |
| Vos | hubieres bordeado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté bordeando |
| Tú | estés bordeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté bordeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos bordeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis bordeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén bordeando |
| Vos | estés bordeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera bordeando / estuviese bordeando |
| Tú | estuvieras bordeando / estuvieses bordeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera bordeando / estuviese bordeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos bordeando / estuviésamos bordeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais bordeando / estuvieseis bordeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera bordeando / estuviese bordeando |
| Vos | estuvieras bordeando / estuvieses bordeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere bordeando |
| Tú | estuvieres bordeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere bordeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos bordeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis bordeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere bordeando |
| Vos | estuvieres bordeando |
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 bordeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos bordeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos bordeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos bordearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos bordearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos bordees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos bordearas / Vos bordease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos bordeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no bordees |