Obligar conjugation chart
Obligar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I force | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you force | |
| vos | you force | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she forces | |
| nosotros | we force | |
| vosotros | you all force | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they force |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Obligar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I forced | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you forced | |
| vos | you forced | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she forced | |
| nosotros | we forced | |
| vosotros | you all forced | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they forced |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Obligar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to force | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to force | |
| vos | you used to force | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to force | |
| nosotros | we used to force | |
| vosotros | you all used to force | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to force |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Obligar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will force | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will force | |
| vos | you will force | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will force | |
| nosotros | we will force | |
| vosotros | you all will force | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will force |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Obligar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would force | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would force | |
| vos | you would force | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would force | |
| nosotros | we would force | |
| vosotros | you all would force | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would force |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Obligar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I force | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you force | |
| vos | that you force | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she force | |
| nosotros | that we force | |
| vosotros | that you all force | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they force |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Obligar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I forced | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you forced | |
| vos | if you forced | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she forced | |
| nosotros | if we forced | |
| vosotros | if you all forced | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they forced |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (obligase), more common in writing.
Obligar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | force! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | force! | |
| usted | force! | |
| nosotros | let's force! | |
| vosotros | force! | |
| ustedes | force! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: obliga. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (obligue, obliguemos, obliguen).
Obligar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't force! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't force! | |
| usted | don't force! | |
| nosotros | let's not force! | |
| vosotros | don't force! | |
| ustedes | don't force! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + obligues, obligue…
Always the verb haber + the past participle obligado, which never changes.
Obligar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he obligado |
|---|---|
| tú | has obligado |
| vos | has obligado |
| él, ella, usted | ha obligado |
| nosotros | hemos obligado |
| vosotros | habéis obligado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han obligado |
Obligar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había obligado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías obligado |
| vos | habías obligado |
| él, ella, usted | había obligado |
| nosotros | habíamos obligado |
| vosotros | habíais obligado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían obligado |
Obligar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré obligado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás obligado |
| vos | habrás obligado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá obligado |
| nosotros | habremos obligado |
| vosotros | habréis obligado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán obligado |
Obligar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría obligado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías obligado |
| vos | habrías obligado |
| él, ella, usted | habría obligado |
| nosotros | habríamos obligado |
| vosotros | habríais obligado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían obligado |
Obligar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya obligado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas obligado |
| vos | hayas obligado |
| él, ella, usted | haya obligado |
| nosotros | hayamos obligado |
| vosotros | hayáis obligado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan obligado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
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