Granizar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb granizar means to hail, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Granizar is a spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e) verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. It has a spelling change (z → c before e), which keeps the pronunciation of the stem the same when the ending changes. On this page you will find the full conjugation of granizar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Graniza toda la tarde — "It hails all afternoon" — and in the preterite you say En invierno, granizó — "In winter, it hailed". 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: granizar
  • English: to hail
  • Verb type: spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e) verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: granizando
  • Past participle: granizado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + granizado)

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

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for granizar. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Gerund: granizando · Past participle: granizado

Present indicative

Person Form
yo granizo
tú granizas
él/ella/Ud. graniza
nosotros/as granizamos
vosotros/as granizáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. granizan

Preterite

Person Form
yo granicé
tú granizaste
él/ella/Ud. granizó
nosotros/as granizamos
vosotros/as granizasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. granizaron

Imperfect

Person Form
yo granizaba
tú granizabas
él/ella/Ud. granizaba
nosotros/as granizábamos
vosotros/as granizabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. granizaban

Future

Person Form
yo granizaré
tú granizarás
él/ella/Ud. granizará
nosotros/as granizaremos
vosotros/as granizaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. granizarán

Conditional

Person Form
yo granizaría
tú granizarías
él/ella/Ud. granizaría
nosotros/as granizaríamos
vosotros/as granizaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. granizarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo granice
tú granices
él/ella/Ud. granice
nosotros/as granicemos
vosotros/as granicéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. granicen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo granizara
tú granizaras
él/ella/Ud. granizara
nosotros/as granizáramos
vosotros/as granizarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. granizaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú graniza
él/ella/Ud. granice
nosotros/as granicemos
vosotros/as granizad
ellos/ellas/Uds. granicen

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú granices
él/ella/Ud. granice
nosotros/as granicemos
vosotros/as granicéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. granicen

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund granizando with estar for the progressive: estoy granizando
Past participle granizado with haber for the perfect tenses: he granizado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For granizar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: En invierno, graniza — "In winter, it hails". Learn the present indicative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For granizar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Granizó con fuerza — "It hailed hard". Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense. Spelling change in the preterite: the yo form is granicé (z → c before e), so the sound of the stem stays the same.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For granizar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Granizaba toda la tarde — "It used to hail all afternoon". Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For granizar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: En invierno, granizará — "In winter, it will hail". Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For granizar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Granizaría con fuerza — "It would hail hard". Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. It connects the past with the present moment. For granizar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Ha granizado toda la tarde — "It has hailed all afternoon". Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For granizar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: En invierno, había granizado — "In winter, it had hailed". Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For granizar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habrá granizado con fuerza — "It will have hailed hard". Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. It looks back at a past that never happened. For granizar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría granizado toda la tarde — "It would have hailed all afternoon". Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For granizar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que granice en invierno — "I hope it hails in winter". Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense. The subjunctive keeps the spelling change: granice, granices, granice all show z → c before e, just like the preterite yo form.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For granizar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si granizara con fuerza, todo cambiaría — "If it hailed hard, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For granizar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Granice toda la tarde — "Let it hail all afternoon". Learn the imperative (affirmative) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For granizar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No granices en invierno — "Don't hail in winter". Learn the imperative (negative) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

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

  1. Graniza con fuerza — "It hails hard"
  2. Granizó toda la tarde — "It hailed all afternoon"
  3. En invierno, granizaba — "In winter, it used to hail"
  4. Granizará con fuerza — "It will hail hard"
  5. Ha granizado toda la tarde — "It has hailed all afternoon"
  6. En invierno, granizaría — "In winter, it would hail"
  7. Había granizado con fuerza — "It had hailed hard"
  8. Habrá granizado toda la tarde — "It will have hailed all afternoon"
  9. Espero que granice en invierno — "I hope it hails in winter"
  10. Si granizara con fuerza, todo cambiaría — "If it hailed hard, everything would change"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Mañana graniza toda la tarde. — Right: Mañana granizará toda la tarde. — For something that will happen tomorrow, use the future (granizará), not the present. The present (graniza) describes what is happening now.
  2. Wrong: Ayer, graniza — Right: Ayer, granizó — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to granicé, with the spelling change z → c before e.
  3. Wrong: Cada día, granizó. — Right: Cada día, granizaba. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (granizaba), not the preterite. The preterite (granizó) is for one finished action.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy granizado en invierno. — Right: Yo he granizado en invierno. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he granizado, has granizado, ha granizado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: Espero que él graniza toda la tarde. — Right: Espero que él granice toda la tarde. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: granice. The indicative graniza is wrong here.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Hoy, ___ toda la tarde. (present tense) A. granicé B. granizaréis C. he granizado D. graniza

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, ___ toda la tarde. (preterite) A. granizaba B. han granizado C. granicéis D. granizó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, ___ toda la tarde. (imperfect) A. granizan B. graniza C. granizaba D. granizarías

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, ___ toda la tarde. (future) A. habíais granizado B. habían granizado C. habrías granizado D. granizará

  5. Complete the sentence: Si pudiera, ___ toda la tarde. (conditional) A. granizáramos B. granizaría C. habrás granizado D. ha granizado

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que ___ toda la tarde. (present subjunctive) A. habrás granizado B. granice C. granizáramos D. habremos granizado

  7. Complete the sentence: Si ___ toda la tarde, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. granizara B. granizábamos C. habría granizado D. granizabais

  8. Complete the sentence: Hoy, ___ toda la tarde. (present perfect) A. ha granizado B. he granizado C. granizaré D. has granizado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ toda la tarde. (negative imperative, él/ella/Ud.) A. granices B. granicemos C. granice D. granicen

  10. Which is the gerund of granizar, used with estar for the progressive? A. granizando B. granizaré C. granizado D. granizo

Answer key

  1. graniza — The él/ella/Ud. present tense of granizar is graniza.
  2. granizó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of granizar is granizó.
  3. granizaba — The él/ella/Ud. imperfect of granizar is granizaba.
  4. granizará — The él/ella/Ud. future of granizar is granizará.
  5. granizaría — The él/ella/Ud. conditional of granizar is granizaría.
  6. granice — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of granizar is granice.
  7. granizara — The él/ella/Ud. imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of granizar is granizara.
  8. ha granizado — The él/ella/Ud. present perfect of granizar is ha granizado.
  9. granice — The negative él/ella/Ud. imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: granice.
  10. granizando — The gerund of granizar is granizando: estoy granizando. The participle granizado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does granizar mean in English?

Granizar means to hail. It is used in everyday situations such as Graniza toda la tarde. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is granizar regular?

Mostly. Granizar follows the regular -ar endings, but it has a spelling change (z → c before e). The tables on this page show every form, so you can see exactly where the spelling changes.

What is the gerund and the past participle of granizar?

The gerund is granizando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy granizando. The past participle is granizado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he granizado.

How do I say “I hail” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: En invierno, granizó. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Granizaba con fuerza. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Ha granizado toda la tarde.

How do I practise granizar?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the granizar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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