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Apaciguar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pacify, calm, soothe”.
Below are all of the conjugations for apaciguar 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 pacify, calm, soothe |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | apaciguar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está apaciguando) and past continuous (estaba apaciguando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. soothing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he apaciguado and hubiera apaciguado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have soothed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | apaciguando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | apaciguado |
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 soothe” or “they soothe”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | apaciguo |
| Tú | apaciguas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apacigua |
| Nosotros / as | apaciguamos |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaciguan |
| Vos | apaciguás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I soothed” or “she soothed” 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 | apacigüé | I soothed |
| Tú | apaciguaste | You soothed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apaciguó | He / she / you soothed |
| Nosotros / as | apaciguamos | We soothed |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguasteis | You soothed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaciguaron | They / you soothed |
| Vos | apaciguaste | You soothed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was soothing” or “she was soothing” 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 | apaciguaba | I was soothing |
| Tú | apaciguabas | You were soothing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apaciguaba | He was / she was / you were soothing |
| Nosotros / as | apaciguábamos | We were soothing |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguabais | You were soothing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaciguaban | They / you were soothing |
| Vos | apaciguabas | You were soothing |
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 soothed” and “she has soothed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he apaciguado | I have soothed |
| Tú | has apaciguado | You have soothed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha apaciguado | He has / she has / you have soothed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos apaciguado | We have soothed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis apaciguado | You have soothed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han apaciguado | They / you have soothed |
| Vos | has apaciguado | You have soothed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would soothe” or “she would soothe”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apaciguaría | I would soothe |
| Tú | apaciguarías | You would soothe |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apaciguaría | He / she / you would soothe |
| Nosotros / as | apaciguaríamos | We would soothe |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguaríais | You would soothe |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaciguarían | They / you would soothe |
| Vos | apaciguarías | You would soothe |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will soothe” or “they will soothe”.
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 apaciguar” means “They are going to soothe”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apaciguaré | I will soothe |
| Tú | apaciguarás | You will soothe |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apaciguará | He / she / you will soothe |
| Nosotros / as | apaciguaremos | We will soothe |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguaréis | You will soothe |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaciguarán | They / you will soothe |
| Vos | apaciguarás | You will soothe |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | apacigüe |
| Tú | apacigües |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apacigüe |
| Nosotros / as | apacigüemos |
| Vosotros / as | apacigüéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apacigüen |
| Vos | apacigües |
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 | apaciguara | apaciguase |
| Tú | apaciguaras | apaciguase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apaciguara | apaciguase |
| Nosotros / as | apaciguáramos | apaciguásemos |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguarais | apaciguaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaciguaran | apaciguasen |
| Vos | apaciguaras | apaciguase |
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 | apaciguare |
| Tú | apaciguares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apaciguare |
| Nosotros / as | apaciguáremos |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apaciguaren |
| Vos | apaciguares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “soothe!” and “don’t soothe!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | apacigua | no apacigües |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apacigüe | no apacigüe |
| Nosotros / as | apacigüemos | no apacigüemos |
| Vosotros / as | apaciguad | no apacigüéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apacigüen | no apacigüen |
| Vos | apaciguá | no apacigües |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya apaciguado |
| Tú | hayas apaciguado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya apaciguado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos apaciguado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis apaciguado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan apaciguado |
| Vos | hayas apaciguado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera apaciguado / hubiese apaciguado |
| Tú | hubieras apaciguado / hubieses apaciguado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera apaciguado / hubiese apaciguado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos apaciguado / hubiésemos apaciguado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais apaciguado / hubieseis apaciguado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran apaciguado / hubiesen apaciguado |
| Vos | hubieras apaciguado / hubieses apaciguado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere apaciguado |
| Tú | hubieres apaciguado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere apaciguado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos apaciguado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis apaciguado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren apaciguado |
| Vos | hubieres apaciguado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté apaciguando |
| Tú | estés apaciguando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté apaciguando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos apaciguando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis apaciguando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén apaciguando |
| Vos | estés apaciguando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera apaciguando / estuviese apaciguando |
| Tú | estuvieras apaciguando / estuvieses apaciguando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera apaciguando / estuviese apaciguando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos apaciguando / estuviésamos apaciguando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais apaciguando / estuvieseis apaciguando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera apaciguando / estuviese apaciguando |
| Vos | estuvieras apaciguando / estuvieses apaciguando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere apaciguando |
| Tú | estuvieres apaciguando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere apaciguando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos apaciguando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis apaciguando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere apaciguando |
| Vos | estuvieres apaciguando |
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 apaciguás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos apaciguaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos apaciguabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos apaciguarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos apaciguarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos apacigües |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos apaciguaras / Vos apaciguase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos apaciguá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no apacigües |