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Inhalar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to inhale, breathe in”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inhalar 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 inhale, breathe in |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inhalar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inhalando) and past continuous (estaba inhalando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inhaling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inhalado and hubiera inhalado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have inhaled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inhalando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inhalado |
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 inhale” or “they inhale”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inhalo |
| Tú | inhalas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhala |
| Nosotros / as | inhalamos |
| Vosotros / as | inhaláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalan |
| Vos | inhalás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I inhaled” or “she inhaled” 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 | inhalé | I inhaled |
| Tú | inhalaste | You inhaled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhaló | He / she / you inhaled |
| Nosotros / as | inhalamos | We inhaled |
| Vosotros / as | inhalasteis | You inhaled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalaron | They / you inhaled |
| Vos | inhalaste | You inhaled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inhaling” or “she was inhaling” 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 | inhalaba | I was inhaling |
| Tú | inhalabas | You were inhaling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhalaba | He was / she was / you were inhaling |
| Nosotros / as | inhalábamos | We were inhaling |
| Vosotros / as | inhalabais | You were inhaling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalaban | They / you were inhaling |
| Vos | inhalabas | You were inhaling |
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 inhaled” and “she has inhaled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inhalado | I have inhaled |
| Tú | has inhalado | You have inhaled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inhalado | He has / she has / you have inhaled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inhalado | We have inhaled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inhalado | You have inhaled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inhalado | They / you have inhaled |
| Vos | has inhalado | You have inhaled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would inhale” or “she would inhale”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inhalaría | I would inhale |
| Tú | inhalarías | You would inhale |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhalaría | He / she / you would inhale |
| Nosotros / as | inhalaríamos | We would inhale |
| Vosotros / as | inhalaríais | You would inhale |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalarían | They / you would inhale |
| Vos | inhalarías | You would inhale |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will inhale” or “they will inhale”.
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 inhalar” means “They are going to inhale”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inhalaré | I will inhale |
| Tú | inhalarás | You will inhale |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhalará | He / she / you will inhale |
| Nosotros / as | inhalaremos | We will inhale |
| Vosotros / as | inhalaréis | You will inhale |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalarán | They / you will inhale |
| Vos | inhalarás | You will inhale |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inhale |
| Tú | inhales |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhale |
| Nosotros / as | inhalemos |
| Vosotros / as | inhaléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalen |
| Vos | inhales |
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 | inhalara | inhalase |
| Tú | inhalaras | inhalase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhalara | inhalase |
| Nosotros / as | inhaláramos | inhalásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inhalarais | inhalaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalaran | inhalasen |
| Vos | inhalaras | inhalase |
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 | inhalare |
| Tú | inhalares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhalare |
| Nosotros / as | inhaláremos |
| Vosotros / as | inhalareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalaren |
| Vos | inhalares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “inhale!” and “don’t inhale!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inhala | no inhales |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inhale | no inhale |
| Nosotros / as | inhalemos | no inhalemos |
| Vosotros / as | inhalad | no inhaléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inhalen | no inhalen |
| Vos | inhalá | no inhales |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inhalado |
| Tú | hayas inhalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inhalado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inhalado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inhalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inhalado |
| Vos | hayas inhalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inhalado / hubiese inhalado |
| Tú | hubieras inhalado / hubieses inhalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inhalado / hubiese inhalado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inhalado / hubiésemos inhalado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inhalado / hubieseis inhalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inhalado / hubiesen inhalado |
| Vos | hubieras inhalado / hubieses inhalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inhalado |
| Tú | hubieres inhalado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inhalado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inhalado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inhalado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inhalado |
| Vos | hubieres inhalado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inhalando |
| Tú | estés inhalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inhalando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inhalando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inhalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inhalando |
| Vos | estés inhalando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inhalando / estuviese inhalando |
| Tú | estuvieras inhalando / estuvieses inhalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inhalando / estuviese inhalando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inhalando / estuviésamos inhalando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inhalando / estuvieseis inhalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inhalando / estuviese inhalando |
| Vos | estuvieras inhalando / estuvieses inhalando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inhalando |
| Tú | estuvieres inhalando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inhalando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inhalando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inhalando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inhalando |
| Vos | estuvieres inhalando |
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 inhalás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inhalaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inhalabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inhalarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inhalarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos inhales |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inhalaras / Vos inhalase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inhalá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no inhales |