inmovilizar — Spanish conjugation

to immobilise

Frequency#29Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The present tense is the most versatile tense in Spanish. It covers actions happening right now, habitual actions, and even near-future plans. One form does the work of three English constructions.

Ella habla inglés — She speaks / is speaking English

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoinmovilizoI immobilize
inmovilizasyou immobilize
vosinmovilizásyou immobilize
él/ella/Ud.inmovilizahe/she/it immobilizes
nosotrosinmovilizamoswe immobilize
vosotrosinmovilizáisyou (pl.) immobilize
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilizanthey immobilize

Preterite (Pretérito indefinido) Irregular

Used for completed past actions with a defined endpoint — a single event, a series of events, or an action that interrupted another. Common with time expressions like ayer, el lunes, una vez.

Ella habló de ti ayer — She spoke about you yesterday

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoinmovilicéI immobilized
inmovilizasteyou immobilized
vosinmovilizasteyou immobilized
él/ella/Ud.inmovilizóhe/she/it immobilized
nosotrosinmovilizamoswe immobilized
vosotrosinmovilizasteisyou (pl.) immobilized
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilizaronthey immobilized

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfecto) Regular

Describes ongoing or habitual past states — what things were like, background context, what used to happen. Contrasts with the preterite which marks completed events.

Cuando era niño vivía en Valencia — When I was a child I lived in Valencia

PronounSpanish
yoinmovilizaba
inmovilizabas
vosinmovilizabas
él/ella/Ud.inmovilizaba
nosotrosinmovilizábamos
vosotrosinmovilizabais
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilizaban

Conditional (Condicional) Regular

Expresses hypothetical actions, polite requests, and what would happen under certain conditions. Also used for reported speech about the future from a past perspective.

¿Podrías ayudarme? — Could you help me?

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoinmovilizaríaI would immobilize
inmovilizaríasyou would immobilize
vosinmovilizaríasyou would immobilize
él/ella/Ud.inmovilizaríahe/she/it would immobilize
nosotrosinmovilizaríamoswe would immobilize
vosotrosinmovilizaríaisyou (pl.) would immobilize
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilizaríanthey would immobilize

Future (Futuro) Regular

Expresses future actions, predictions, and probability about the present. Formed with the full infinitive as stem for most verbs. In spoken Spanish, ir a + infinitive is often preferred for near future.

Ella hablará en conferencia mañana — She will speak at the conference tomorrow

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoinmovilizaréI will immobilize
inmovilizarásyou will immobilize
vosinmovilizarásyou will immobilize
él/ella/Ud.inmovilizaráhe/she/it will immobilize
nosotrosinmovilizaremoswe will immobilize
vosotrosinmovilizaréisyou (pl.) will immobilize
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilizaránthey will immobilize

Present perfect (Pretérito perfecto) Regular

A compound past tense linking a past action to the present moment — something that has happened and still feels recent or relevant. More common in Spain than Latin America where preterite is preferred.

Hoy he hablado con el jefe — Today I have spoken with the boss

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohe inmovilizadoI have immobilized
has inmovilizadoyou have immobilized
voshas inmovilizadoyou have immobilized
él/ella/Ud.ha inmovilizadohe/she/it has immobilized
nosotroshemos inmovilizadowe have immobilized
vosotroshabéis inmovilizadoyou (pl.) have immobilized
ellos/ellas/Uds.han inmovilizadothey have immobilized

Pluperfect (Pretérito pluscuamperfecto) Regular

The past of the past — describes an action that was already completed before another past event happened. Always implies a reference point in the past.

Ya había hablado cuando llegaste — She had already spoken when you arrived

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohabía inmovilizadoI had immobilized
habías inmovilizadoyou had immobilized
voshabías inmovilizadoyou had immobilized
él/ella/Ud.había inmovilizadohe/she/it had immobilized
nosotroshabíamos inmovilizadowe had immobilized
vosotroshabíais inmovilizadoyou (pl.) had immobilized
ellos/ellas/Uds.habían inmovilizadothey had immobilized

Conditional perfect (Condicional perfecto) Regular

Expresses what would have happened — actions that were possible but did not occur, or regrets about the past. Formed with conditional of haber + past participle.

Habría hablado, pero no me dejaron — I would have spoken, but they did not let me

PronounSpanish
yohabría inmovilizado
habrías inmovilizado
voshabrías inmovilizado
él/ella/Ud.habría inmovilizado
nosotroshabríamos inmovilizado
vosotroshabríais inmovilizado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrían inmovilizado

Future perfect (Futuro perfecto) Regular

Describes an action that will have been completed by a certain point in the future, or expresses probability about a recent past action.

Para el lunes habré terminado — By Monday I will have finished

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohabré inmovilizadoI will have immobilized
habrás inmovilizadoyou will have immobilized
voshabrás inmovilizadoyou will have immobilized
él/ella/Ud.habrá inmovilizadohe/she/it will have immobilized
nosotroshabremos inmovilizadowe will have immobilized
vosotroshabréis inmovilizadoyou (pl.) will have immobilized
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrán inmovilizadothey will have immobilized

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjuntivo presente) Irregular

Used in subordinate clauses after expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, necessity, or impersonal statements. Triggered by a change of subject between the main and subordinate clause.

Espero que hable — I hope she speaks

PronounSpanish
yoinmovilice
inmovilices
vosinmovilices
él/ella/Ud.inmovilice
nosotrosinmovilicemos
vosotrosinmovilicéis
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilicen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-ra)) Regular

The past subjunctive used after past main verbs, in if-clauses with conditional, and for polite softening. The -ra form is more common in everyday speech than the -se form.

Si pudiera, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yoinmovilizara
inmovilizaras
vosinmovilizaras
él/ella/Ud.inmovilizara
nosotrosinmovilizáramos
vosotrosinmovilizarais
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilizaran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-se)) Regular

The alternative past subjunctive form. Interchangeable with -ra in most contexts but slightly more literary or formal. Both forms are grammatically correct in all regions.

Si pudiese, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yoinmovilizase
inmovilizases
vosinmovilizases
él/ella/Ud.inmovilizase
nosotrosinmovilizásemos
vosotrosinmovilizaseis
ellos/ellas/Uds.inmovilizasen

Perfect subjunctive (Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

A compound subjunctive that expresses completed actions in a subjunctive context — used after present or future main verbs expressing doubt, emotion or desire.

Dudo que ya haya llegado — I doubt she has already arrived

PronounSpanish
yohaya inmovilizado
hayas inmovilizado
voshayas inmovilizado
él/ella/Ud.haya inmovilizado
nosotroshayamos inmovilizado
vosotroshayáis inmovilizado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hayan inmovilizado

Pluperfect subjunctive (Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

Expresses what had happened in hypothetical or unreal past contexts — the subjunctive equivalent of the pluperfect. Common in contrary-to-fact past conditions.

Si hubiera hablado, lo habrían creído — If she had spoken, they would have believed her

PronounSpanish
yohubiera inmovilizado
hubieras inmovilizado
voshubieras inmovilizado
él/ella/Ud.hubiera inmovilizado
nosotroshubiéramos inmovilizado
vosotroshubierais inmovilizado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hubieran inmovilizado

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo) Irregular

Direct commands and instructions. The imperative only exists for tú, usted, nosotros, vosotros and ustedes — yo has no command form. Affirmative and negative forms use different conjugations.

Habla más despacio — Speak more slowly

PronounSpanish
inmoviliza
vosinmovilizá
él/ella/Ud.inmovilice
nosotrosinmovilicemos
vosotrosinmovilizad
ustedesinmovilicen

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use the subjunctive forms for all persons. Formed with no + present subjunctive. This applies to all persons including tú where the affirmative uses a different form.

No hables tan rápido — Do not speak so fast

PronounSpanish
no inmovilices
vosno inmovilices
él/ella/Ud.no inmovilice
nosotrosno inmovilicemos
vosotrosno inmovilicéis
ustedesno inmovilicen

Present progressive (Presente progresivo) Regular

Emphasises that an action is happening right now at this very moment. Less common than in English since the present tense already covers ongoing actions in Spanish.

Estoy hablando contigo — I am speaking with you

PronounSpanish
yoestoy inmovilizando
estás inmovilizando
vosestás inmovilizando
él/ella/Ud.está inmovilizando
nosotrosestamos inmovilizando
vosotrosestáis inmovilizando
ellos/ellas/Uds.están inmovilizando

Preterite progressive (Pretérito indefinido progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that was in progress throughout a completed past period. Uses the preterite of estar + gerund to emphasise the ongoing nature within a defined timeframe.

Estuvo hablando toda la tarde — He was talking all afternoon

PronounSpanish
yoestuve inmovilizando
estuviste inmovilizando
vosestuviste inmovilizando
él/ella/Ud.estuvo inmovilizando
nosotrosestuvimos inmovilizando
vosotrosestuvisteis inmovilizando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estuvieron inmovilizando

Imperfect progressive (Pretérito imperfecto progresivo) Regular

Emphasises an ongoing background action using the imperfect of estar + gerund. Layered on top of the imperfect which already conveys continuity — used for extra emphasis on the progressive nature.

Estaba hablando cuando entró — I was speaking when he came in

PronounSpanish
yoestaba inmovilizando
estabas inmovilizando
vosestabas inmovilizando
él/ella/Ud.estaba inmovilizando
nosotrosestábamos inmovilizando
vosotrosestabais inmovilizando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estaban inmovilizando

Conditional progressive (Condicional progresivo) Regular

Expresses what would be in progress under hypothetical conditions. Uses the conditional of estar + gerund. Less common but used for emphasis on the ongoing nature of a hypothetical action.

Estaría hablando ahora si pudiera — I would be speaking now if I could

PronounSpanish
yoestaría inmovilizando
estarías inmovilizando
vosestarías inmovilizando
él/ella/Ud.estaría inmovilizando
nosotrosestaríamos inmovilizando
vosotrosestaríais inmovilizando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarían inmovilizando

Future progressive (Futuro progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that will be in progress at a future point, or expresses probability about an ongoing present action. Uses the future of estar + gerund.

Mañana a esta hora estaré viajando — At this time tomorrow I will be travelling

PronounSpanish
yoestaré inmovilizando
estarás inmovilizando
vosestarás inmovilizando
él/ella/Ud.estará inmovilizando
nosotrosestaremos inmovilizando
vosotrosestaréis inmovilizando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarán inmovilizando