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Fluir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to flow”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fluir 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 flow |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fluir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fluyendo) and past continuous (estaba fluyendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. flowed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he flowed and hubiera flowed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have flowing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fluyendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | flowed |
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 flow” or “they flow”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fluyo |
| Tú | fluyes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluye |
| Nosotros / as | fluimos |
| Vosotros / as | fluís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluyen |
| Vos | fluís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I flow” or “she flow” 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 | fluí | I flow |
| Tú | fluiste | You flow |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluyó | He / she / you flow |
| Nosotros / as | fluimos | We flow |
| Vosotros / as | fluisteis | You flow |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluyeron | They / you flow |
| Vos | fluiste | You flow |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was flowed” or “she was flowed” 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 | fluía | I was flowed |
| Tú | fluías | You were flowed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluía | He was / she was / you were flowed |
| Nosotros / as | fluíamos | We were flowed |
| Vosotros / as | fluíais | You were flowed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluían | They / you were flowed |
| Vos | fluías | You were flowed |
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 flowing” and “she has flowing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he flowed | I have flowing |
| Tú | has flowed | You have flowing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha flowed | He has / she has / you have flowing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos flowed | We have flowing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis flowed | You have flowing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han flowed | They / you have flowing |
| Vos | has flowed | You have flowing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would flow” or “she would flow”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluiría | I would flow |
| Tú | fluirías | You would flow |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluiría | He / she / you would flow |
| Nosotros / as | fluiríamos | We would flow |
| Vosotros / as | fluiríais | You would flow |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluirían | They / you would flow |
| Vos | fluirías | You would flow |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will flow” or “they will flow”.
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 fluir” means “They are going to flow”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fluiré | I will flow |
| Tú | fluirás | You will flow |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluirá | He / she / you will flow |
| Nosotros / as | fluiremos | We will flow |
| Vosotros / as | fluiréis | You will flow |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluirán | They / you will flow |
| Vos | fluirás | You will flow |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fluya |
| Tú | fluyas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluya |
| Nosotros / as | fluyamos |
| Vosotros / as | fluyáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluyan |
| Vos | fluyas |
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 | fluyera | fluyese |
| Tú | fluyeras | fluyese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluyera | fluyese |
| Nosotros / as | fluyéramos | fluyésemos |
| Vosotros / as | fluyerais | fluyeseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluyeran | fluyesen |
| Vos | fluyeras | fluyese |
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 | fluyere |
| Tú | fluyeres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluyera |
| Nosotros / as | fluyéremos |
| Vosotros / as | fluyereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluyeren |
| Vos | fluyeres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “flow!” and “don’t flow!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fluye | no fluyas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fluya | no fluya |
| Nosotros / as | fluyamos | no fluyamos |
| Vosotros / as | fluid | no fluyáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fluyan | no fluyan |
| Vos | fluí | no fluyas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya flowed |
| Tú | hayas flowed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya flowed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos flowed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis flowed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan flowed |
| Vos | hayas flowed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera flowed / hubiese flowed |
| Tú | hubieras flowed / hubieses flowed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera flowed / hubiese flowed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos flowed / hubiésemos flowed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais flowed / hubieseis flowed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran flowed / hubiesen flowed |
| Vos | hubieras flowed / hubieses flowed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere flowed |
| Tú | hubieres flowed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere flowed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos flowed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis flowed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren flowed |
| Vos | hubieres flowed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fluyendo |
| Tú | estés fluyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fluyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fluyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fluyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fluyendo |
| Vos | estés fluyendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fluyendo / estuviese fluyendo |
| Tú | estuvieras fluyendo / estuvieses fluyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fluyendo / estuviese fluyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fluyendo / estuviésamos fluyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fluyendo / estuvieseis fluyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fluyendo / estuviese fluyendo |
| Vos | estuvieras fluyendo / estuvieses fluyendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fluyendo |
| Tú | estuvieres fluyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fluyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fluyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fluyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fluyendo |
| Vos | estuvieres fluyendo |
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 fluís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fluiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fluías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fluirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fluirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fluyas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fluyeras / Vos fluyese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fluí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fluyas |