Evacuar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb evacuar means to evacuate, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Evacuar means to evacuate a place or people: evacuar el edificio, evacuar a los heridos. It takes the place or the people as its object. Like every Spanish verb, evacuar changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say Yo evacúo el edificio por el incendio — "I evacuate the building because of the fire". Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: evacuar
  • English: to evacuate
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: evacuando
  • Past participle: evacuado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + evacuado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for evacuar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for evacuar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem.

Present indicative

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evacúo | | tú | evacúas | | él/ella/Ud. | evacúa | | nosotros/as | evacuamos | | vosotros/as | evacuáis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacúan |

Preterite

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evacué | | tú | evacuaste | | él/ella/Ud. | evacuó | | nosotros/as | evacuamos | | vosotros/as | evacuasteis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacuaron |

Imperfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evacuaba | | tú | evacuabas | | él/ella/Ud. | evacuaba | | nosotros/as | evacuábamos | | vosotros/as | evacuabais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacuaban |

Future

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evacuaré | | tú | evacuarás | | él/ella/Ud. | evacuará | | nosotros/as | evacuaremos | | vosotros/as | evacuaréis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacuarán |

Conditional

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evacuaría | | tú | evacuarías | | él/ella/Ud. | evacuaría | | nosotros/as | evacuaríamos | | vosotros/as | evacuaríais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacuarían |

Present perfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | he evacuado | | tú | has evacuado | | él/ella/Ud. | ha evacuado | | nosotros/as | hemos evacuado | | vosotros/as | habéis evacuado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | han evacuado |

Pluperfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | había evacuado | | tú | habías evacuado | | él/ella/Ud. | había evacuado | | nosotros/as | habíamos evacuado | | vosotros/as | habíais evacuado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían evacuado |

Future perfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | habré evacuado | | tú | habrás evacuado | | él/ella/Ud. | habrá evacuado | | nosotros/as | habremos evacuado | | vosotros/as | habréis evacuado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán evacuado |

Conditional perfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | habría evacuado | | tú | habrías evacuado | | él/ella/Ud. | habría evacuado | | nosotros/as | habríamos evacuado | | vosotros/as | habríais evacuado | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían evacuado |

Present subjunctive

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evacúe | | tú | evacúes | | él/ella/Ud. | evacúe | | nosotros/as | evacuemos | | vosotros/as | evacuéis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacúen |

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | evacuara | | tú | evacuaras | | él/ella/Ud. | evacuara | | nosotros/as | evacuáramos | | vosotros/as | evacuarais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacuaran |

Imperative (affirmative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | evacúa | | él/ella/Ud. | evacúe | | nosotros/as | evacuemos | | vosotros/as | evacuad | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacúen |

Imperative (negative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | evacúes | | él/ella/Ud. | evacúe | | nosotros/as | evacuemos | | vosotros/as | evacuéis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | evacúen |

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund evacuando with estar for the progressive: está evacuando
Past participle evacuado with haber for the perfect tenses: he evacuado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo evacúo el edificio por el incendio — "I evacuate the building because of the fire".

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, yo evacué la zona antes de la tormenta — "Yesterday, I evacuated the area before the storm".

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, yo evacuaba a los heridos en ambulancia — "As a child, I used to evacuate the injured by ambulance".

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, yo evacuaré el colegio en un simulacro — "Tomorrow, I will evacuate the school in a drill".

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo evacuaría el edificio por el incendio si pudiera — "I would evacuate the building because of the fire if I could".

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, yo he evacuado la zona antes de la tormenta — "Today, I have evacuated the area before the storm".

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo ya había evacuado a los heridos en ambulancia antes de salir — "I already had evacuated the injured by ambulance before leaving".

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, yo habré evacuado el colegio en un simulacro — "By tomorrow, I will have evacuated the school in a drill".

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría evacuado el edificio por el incendio con más tiempo — "I would have evacuated the building because of the fire with more time".

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él evacúe la zona antes de la tormenta — "I hope he evacuates the area before the storm".

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past. The -ra forms are shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo evacuara a los heridos en ambulancia, todo cambiaría — "If I evacuated the injured by ambulance, everything would change".

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Evacúa el colegio en un simulacro. — "Evacuate the school in a drill.".

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For evacuar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No evacúes el edificio por el incendio. — "Do not evacuate the building because of the fire.".

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with evacuar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Yo evacúo el edificio por el incendio — "I evacuate the building because of the fire"
  2. Mi amigo evacúa la zona antes de la tormenta — "My friend evacuates the area before the storm"
  3. Ayer, yo evacué a los heridos en ambulancia — "Yesterday, I evacuated the injured by ambulance"
  4. Antes, nosotros evacuábamos el colegio en un simulacro — "Before, we used to evacuate the school in a drill"
  5. Mañana, tú evacuarás el barrio por la inundación — "Tomorrow, you will evacuate the neighbourhood because of the flood"
  6. Yo evacuaría el edificio por el incendio si tuviera más tiempo — "I would evacuate the building because of the fire if I had more time"
  7. Él ha evacuado la zona antes de la tormenta — "He has evacuated the area before the storm"
  8. Espero que él evacúe a los heridos en ambulancia — "I hope he evacuates the injured by ambulance"
  9. Yo ya había evacuado el colegio en un simulacro antes de salir — "I already had evacuated the school in a drill before leaving"
  10. Ellos evacuaban el barrio por la inundación cuando eran jóvenes — "They used to evacuate the neighbourhood because of the flood when they were young"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Espero que él evacúa la zona antes de la tormenta — Right: Espero que él evacúe la zona antes de la tormenta — After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: Espero que él evacúe la zona antes de la tormenta — not the indicative Espero que él evacúa la zona antes de la tormenta.
  2. Wrong: Ayer, yo evacúo a los heridos en ambulancia — Right: Ayer, yo evacué a los heridos en ambulancia — Ayer points to a finished action in the past, so it needs the preterite: Ayer, yo evacué a los heridos en ambulancia.
  3. Wrong: De niño, yo evacué el colegio en un simulacro todos los días — Right: De niño, yo evacuaba el colegio en un simulacro todos los días — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect, not the preterite: De niño, yo evacuaba el colegio en un simulacro todos los días.
  4. Wrong: Yo evacúo en el edificio por el incendio. — Right: Yo evacúo el edificio por el incendio. — evacuar takes this complement directly, with no preposition: Yo evacúo el edificio por el incendio.
  5. Wrong: Vosotros evacuais el barrio por la inundación. — Right: Vosotros evacuáis el barrio por la inundación. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: evacuáis, not evacuais.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on evacuar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ el edificio por el incendio — "I evacuate the building because of the fire" (present) A. evacuamos B. evacúo C. evacúas D. evacúa

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ______ la zona antes de la tormenta — "He evacuated the area before the storm" (preterite) A. evacuamos B. evacuó C. evacué D. evacuaste

  3. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ a los heridos en ambulancia — "We used to evacuate the injured by ambulance" (imperfect) A. evacuabas B. evacuabais C. evacuábamos D. evacuaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Tú ______ el colegio en un simulacro — "You will evacuate the school in a drill" (future) A. evacuarás B. evacuaré C. evacuará D. evacuaremos

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ el barrio por la inundación — "I would evacuate the neighbourhood because of the flood" (conditional) A. evacuaría B. evacuarías C. evacuaríamos D. evacuaríais

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ______ el edificio por el incendio — "I hope he evacuates the building because of the fire" (present subjunctive) A. evacuéis B. evacúe C. evacúes D. evacuemos

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ______ la zona antes de la tormenta, todo cambiaría — "If I evacuated the area before the storm, everything would change" (imperfect subjunctive) A. evacuarais B. evacuara C. evacuaras D. evacuáramos

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ a los heridos en ambulancia — "We have evacuated the injured by ambulance" (present perfect) A. he evacuado B. has evacuado C. ha evacuado D. hemos evacuado

  9. Complete the sentence: No ______ el colegio en un simulacro. — "Do not evacuate the school in a drill." (negative imperative) A. evacúes B. evacúe C. evacuemos D. evacuéis

  10. Which is the gerund of evacuar, used with estar for the progressive? A. evacuado B. evacúo C. evacué D. evacuando

Answer key

  1. evacúo — The present form for yo is evacúo.
  2. evacuó — The preterite form for él/ella/Ud. is evacuó.
  3. evacuábamos — The imperfect form for nosotros/as is evacuábamos.
  4. evacuarás — The future form for tú is evacuarás.
  5. evacuaría — The conditional form for yo is evacuaría.
  6. evacúe — The present subjunctive form for él/ella/Ud. is evacúe.
  7. evacuara — The imperfect subjunctive form for yo is evacuara.
  8. hemos evacuado — The present perfect form for nosotros/as is hemos evacuado.
  9. evacúes — The negative imperative form is evacúes.
  10. evacuando — The gerund of evacuar is evacuando: estoy evacuando. The participle evacuado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does evacuar mean in English?

evacuar means to evacuate. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo evacúo el edificio por el incendio — "I evacuate the building because of the fire". The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is evacuar regular?

Yes. evacuar is a regular -ar verb, so once you know the endings for its class you can conjugate it in every tense. The only thing to watch is the written accent on some forms, such as evacuáis.

What is the gerund and the past participle of evacuar?

The gerund is evacuando and the past participle is evacuado. Use the gerund with estar for the progressive, and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses.

How do I say "I evacuate" in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Ayer, yo evacué la zona antes de la tormenta — "Yesterday, I evacuated the area before the storm". For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: De niño, yo evacuaba a los heridos en ambulancia — "As a child, I used to evacuate the injured by ambulance". For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Hoy, yo he evacuado la zona antes de la tormenta — "Today, I have evacuated the area before the storm".

What is the difference between evacuar and desalojar?

Desalojar is the near-synonym for evacuating or clearing a building. Evacuar is the standard verb in emergency language. Evacuar means to evacuate a place or people: evacuar el edificio, evacuar a los heridos. It takes the place or the people as its object.

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