Ella VerbsTo colonise Irregular Verb
At a glance: Colonizar (to colonise) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: colonizo, colonizas, coloniza, colonizamos, colonizáis, colonizan. Its irregularities include: Change z to c for yo in the indicative preterite and for all pronouns in the subjunctive present (and therefore the imperatives).
Colonizar is the Spanish verb for "to colonise". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | colonizar | to colonise |
| Past participle | colonizado | colonised |
| Gerund | colonizando | colonising |
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The Indicative Present of colonizar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "colonizo", meaning "I colonise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonizo | I colonise |
| Tú | colonizas | you colonise |
| Ella / Él / Usted | coloniza | s/he colonises |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonizamos | we colonise |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizáis | you (plural) colonise |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonizan | they colonise |
The Indicative Preterite of colonizar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "colonicé", meaning "I colonised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonicé | I colonised |
| Tú | colonizaste | you colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonizó | s/he colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonizamos | we colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizasteis | you (plural) colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonizaron | they colonised |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Imperfect of colonizar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "colonizaba", meaning "I used to colonise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonizaba | I used to colonise |
| Tú | colonizabas | you used to colonise |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonizaba | s/he used to colonise |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonizábamos | we used to colonise |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizabais | you (plural) used to colonise |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonizaban | they used to colonise |
The Indicative Present Continuous of colonizar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy colonizando", meaning "I am colonising".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy colonizando | I am colonising |
| Tú | estás colonizando | you are colonising |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está colonizando | s/he is colonising |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos colonizando | we are colonising |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis colonizando | you (plural) are colonising |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están colonizando | they are colonising |
The Indicative Informal Future of colonizar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a colonizar", meaning "I am going to colonise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a colonizar | I am going to colonise |
| Tú | vas a colonizar | you are going to colonise |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a colonizar | s/he is going to colonise |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a colonizar | we are going to colonise |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a colonizar | you (plural) are going to colonise |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a colonizar | they are going to colonise |
The Indicative Future of colonizar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "colonizaré", meaning "I will colonise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonizaré | I will colonise |
| Tú | colonizarás | you will colonise |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonizará | s/he will colonise |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonizaremos | we will colonise |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizaréis | you (plural) will colonise |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonizarán | they will colonise |
The Indicative Conditional of colonizar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "colonizaría", meaning "I would colonise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonizaría | I would colonise |
| Tú | colonizarías | you would colonise |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonizaría | s/he would colonise |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonizaríamos | we would colonise |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizaríais | you (plural) would colonise |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonizarían | they would colonise |
The Indicative Present Perfect of colonizar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he colonizado", meaning "I have colonised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he colonizado | I have colonised |
| Tú | has colonizado | you have colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha colonizado | s/he has colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos colonizado | we have colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis colonizado | you (plural) have colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han colonizado | they have colonised |
The Indicative Past Perfect of colonizar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había colonizado", meaning "I had colonised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había colonizado | I had colonised |
| Tú | habías colonizado | you had colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había colonizado | s/he had colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos colonizado | we had colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais colonizado | you (plural) had colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían colonizado | they had colonised |
The Indicative Future Perfect of colonizar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré colonizado", meaning "I will have colonised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré colonizado | I will have colonised |
| Tú | habrás colonizado | you will have colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá colonizado | s/he will have colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos colonizado | we will have colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis colonizado | you (plural) will have colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán colonizado | they will have colonised |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of colonizar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría colonizado", meaning "I would have colonised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría colonizado | I would have colonised |
| Tú | habrías colonizado | you would have colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría colonizado | s/he would have colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos colonizado | we would have colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais colonizado | you (plural) would have colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían colonizado | they would have colonised |
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "colonice", meaning "I colonise".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonice | I colonise |
| Tú | colonices | you colonise |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonice | s/he colonises |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonicemos | we colonise |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonicéis | you (plural) colonise |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonicen | they colonise |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "colonizara", meaning "I colonised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonizara | I colonised |
| Tú | colonizaras | you colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonizara | s/he colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonizáramos | we colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizarais | you (plural) colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonizaran | they colonised |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "colonizare", meaning "I will colonise".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | colonizare | I will colonise |
| Tú | colonizares | you will colonise |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonizare | s/he will colonise |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonizáremos | we will colonise |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizareis | you (plural) will colonise |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonizaren | they will colonise |
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya colonizado", meaning "I have colonised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya colonizado | I have colonised |
| Tú | hayas colonizado | you have colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya colonizado | s/he has colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos colonizado | we have colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis colonizado | you (plural) have colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan colonizado | they have colonised |
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera colonizado", meaning "I had colonised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera colonizado | I had colonised |
| Tú | hubieras colonizado | you had colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera colonizado | s/he had colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos colonizado | we had colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais colonizado | you (plural) had colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran colonizado | they had colonised |
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere colonizado", meaning "I will have colonised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere colonizado | I will have colonised |
| Tú | hubieres colonizado | you will have colonised |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere colonizado | s/he will have colonised |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos colonizado | we will have colonised |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis colonizado | you (plural) will have colonised |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren colonizado | they will have colonised |
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "colonice", meaning "(to you formal) colonise!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | coloniza | (to you) colonise! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | colonice | (to you formal) colonise! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | colonicemos | let's colonise! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | colonizad | (to you plural) colonise! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | colonicen | (to you plural formal) colonise! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no colonice", meaning "(to you formal) don't colonise!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no colonices | (to you) don't colonise! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no colonice | (to you formal) don't colonise! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no colonicemos | let's not colonise! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no colonicéis | (to you plural) don't colonise! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no colonicen | (to you plural formal) don't colonise! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
Colonizar is an irregular Spanish verb. Its irregularities include: Change z to c for yo in the indicative preterite and for all pronouns in the subjunctive present (and therefore the imperatives).
In the present tense (presente), colonizar is conjugated as: yo colonizo, tú colonizas, él/ella/usted coloniza, nosotros colonizamos, vosotros colonizáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes colonizan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), colonizar is conjugated as: yo colonicé, tú colonizaste, él/ella/usted colonizó, nosotros colonizamos, vosotros colonizasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes colonizaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), colonizar is conjugated as: yo colonizaba, tú colonizabas, él/ella/usted colonizaba, nosotros colonizábamos, vosotros colonizabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes colonizaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), colonizar is conjugated as: yo colonizaré, tú colonizarás, él/ella/usted colonizará, nosotros colonizaremos, vosotros colonizaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes colonizarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), colonizar is conjugated as: yo colonice, tú colonices, él/ella/usted colonice, nosotros colonicemos, vosotros colonicéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes colonicen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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