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Centralizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to centralize”.
Below are all of the conjugations for centralizar 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 centralize |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | centralizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está centralizando) and past continuous (estaba centralizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. centralizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he centralizado and hubiera centralizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have centralized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | centralizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | centralizado |
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 centralize” or “they centralize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | centralizo |
| Tú | centralizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centraliza |
| Nosotros / as | centralizamos |
| Vosotros / as | centralizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralizan |
| Vos | centralizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I centralized” or “she centralized” 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 | centralicé | I centralized |
| Tú | centralizaste | You centralized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralizó | He / she / you centralized |
| Nosotros / as | centralizamos | We centralized |
| Vosotros / as | centralizasteis | You centralized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralizaron | They / you centralized |
| Vos | centralizaste | You centralized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was centralizing” or “she was centralizing” 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 | centralizaba | I was centralizing |
| Tú | centralizabas | You were centralizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralizaba | He was / she was / you were centralizing |
| Nosotros / as | centralizábamos | We were centralizing |
| Vosotros / as | centralizabais | You were centralizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralizaban | They / you were centralizing |
| Vos | centralizabas | You were centralizing |
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 centralized” and “she has centralized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he centralizado | I have centralized |
| Tú | has centralizado | You have centralized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha centralizado | He has / she has / you have centralized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos centralizado | We have centralized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis centralizado | You have centralized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han centralizado | They / you have centralized |
| Vos | has centralizado | You have centralized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would centralize” or “she would centralize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | centralizaría | I would centralize |
| Tú | centralizarías | You would centralize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralizaría | He / she / you would centralize |
| Nosotros / as | centralizaríamos | We would centralize |
| Vosotros / as | centralizaríais | You would centralize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralizarían | They / you would centralize |
| Vos | centralizarías | You would centralize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will centralize” or “they will centralize”.
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 centralizar” means “They are going to centralize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | centralizaré | I will centralize |
| Tú | centralizarás | You will centralize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralizará | He / she / you will centralize |
| Nosotros / as | centralizaremos | We will centralize |
| Vosotros / as | centralizaréis | You will centralize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralizarán | They / you will centralize |
| Vos | centralizarás | You will centralize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | centralice |
| Tú | centralices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralice |
| Nosotros / as | centralicemos |
| Vosotros / as | centralicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralicen |
| Vos | centralices |
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 | centralizara | centralizase |
| Tú | centralizaras | centralizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralizara | centralizase |
| Nosotros / as | centralizáramos | centralizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | centralizarais | centralizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralizaran | centralizasen |
| Vos | centralizaras | centralizase |
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 | centralizare |
| Tú | centralizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralizare |
| Nosotros / as | centralizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | centralizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralizaren |
| Vos | centralizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “centralize!” and “don’t centralize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | centraliza | no centralices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | centralice | no centralice |
| Nosotros / as | centralicemos | no centralicemos |
| Vosotros / as | centralizad | no centralicéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | centralicen | no centralicen |
| Vos | centralizá | no centralices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya centralizado |
| Tú | hayas centralizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya centralizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos centralizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis centralizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan centralizado |
| Vos | hayas centralizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera centralizado / hubiese centralizado |
| Tú | hubieras centralizado / hubieses centralizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera centralizado / hubiese centralizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos centralizado / hubiésemos centralizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais centralizado / hubieseis centralizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran centralizado / hubiesen centralizado |
| Vos | hubieras centralizado / hubieses centralizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere centralizado |
| Tú | hubieres centralizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere centralizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos centralizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis centralizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren centralizado |
| Vos | hubieres centralizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté centralizando |
| Tú | estés centralizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté centralizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos centralizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis centralizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén centralizando |
| Vos | estés centralizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera centralizando / estuviese centralizando |
| Tú | estuvieras centralizando / estuvieses centralizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera centralizando / estuviese centralizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos centralizando / estuviésamos centralizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais centralizando / estuvieseis centralizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera centralizando / estuviese centralizando |
| Vos | estuvieras centralizando / estuvieses centralizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere centralizando |
| Tú | estuvieres centralizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere centralizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos centralizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis centralizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere centralizando |
| Vos | estuvieres centralizando |
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 centralizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos centralizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos centralizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos centralizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos centralizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos centralices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos centralizaras / Vos centralizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos centralizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no centralices |