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Consolar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to console”.
Below are all of the conjugations for consolar 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 console |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | consolar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está consolando) and past continuous (estaba consolando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. consoling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he consolado and hubiera consolado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have consoled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | consolando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | consolado |
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 console” or “they console”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consuelo |
| Tú | consuelas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consuela |
| Nosotros / as | consolamos |
| Vosotros / as | consoláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consuelan |
| Vos | consolás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I consoled” or “she consoled” 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 | consolé | I consoled |
| Tú | consolaste | You consoled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consoló | He / she / you consoled |
| Nosotros / as | consolamos | We consoled |
| Vosotros / as | consolasteis | You consoled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolaron | They / you consoled |
| Vos | consolaste | You consoled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was consoling” or “she was consoling” 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 | consolaba | I was consoling |
| Tú | consolabas | You were consoling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolaba | He was / she was / you were consoling |
| Nosotros / as | consolábamos | We were consoling |
| Vosotros / as | consolabais | You were consoling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolaban | They / you were consoling |
| Vos | consolabas | You were consoling |
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 consoled” and “she has consoled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he consolado | I have consoled |
| Tú | has consolado | You have consoled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha consolado | He has / she has / you have consoled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos consolado | We have consoled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis consolado | You have consoled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han consolado | They / you have consoled |
| Vos | has consolado | You have consoled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would console” or “she would console”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consolaría | I would console |
| Tú | consolarías | You would console |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolaría | He / she / you would console |
| Nosotros / as | consolaríamos | We would console |
| Vosotros / as | consolaríais | You would console |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolarían | They / you would console |
| Vos | consolarías | You would console |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will console” or “they will console”.
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 consolar” means “They are going to console”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consolaré | I will console |
| Tú | consolarás | You will console |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolará | He / she / you will console |
| Nosotros / as | consolaremos | We will console |
| Vosotros / as | consolaréis | You will console |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolarán | They / you will console |
| Vos | consolarás | You will console |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consuele |
| Tú | consueles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consuele |
| Nosotros / as | consolemos |
| Vosotros / as | consoléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consuelen |
| Vos | consueles |
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 | consolara | consolase |
| Tú | consolaras | consolase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolara | consolase |
| Nosotros / as | consoláramos | consolásemos |
| Vosotros / as | consolarais | consolaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolaran | consolasen |
| Vos | consolaras | consolase |
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 | consolare |
| Tú | consolares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consolare |
| Nosotros / as | consoláremos |
| Vosotros / as | consolareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consolaren |
| Vos | consolares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “console!” and “don’t console!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | consuela | no consueles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consuele | no consuele |
| Nosotros / as | consolemos | no consolemos |
| Vosotros / as | consolad | no consoléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consuelen | no consuelen |
| Vos | consolá | no consueles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya consolado |
| Tú | hayas consolado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya consolado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos consolado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis consolado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan consolado |
| Vos | hayas consolado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera consolado / hubiese consolado |
| Tú | hubieras consolado / hubieses consolado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera consolado / hubiese consolado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos consolado / hubiésemos consolado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais consolado / hubieseis consolado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran consolado / hubiesen consolado |
| Vos | hubieras consolado / hubieses consolado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere consolado |
| Tú | hubieres consolado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere consolado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos consolado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis consolado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren consolado |
| Vos | hubieres consolado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté consolando |
| Tú | estés consolando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté consolando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos consolando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis consolando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén consolando |
| Vos | estés consolando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera consolando / estuviese consolando |
| Tú | estuvieras consolando / estuvieses consolando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera consolando / estuviese consolando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos consolando / estuviésamos consolando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais consolando / estuvieseis consolando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera consolando / estuviese consolando |
| Vos | estuvieras consolando / estuvieses consolando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere consolando |
| Tú | estuvieres consolando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere consolando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos consolando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis consolando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere consolando |
| Vos | estuvieres consolando |
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 consolás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos consolaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos consolabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos consolarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos consolarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos consueles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos consolaras / Vos consolase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos consolá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no consueles |