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Consentir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to consent, agree, pamper”.
Below are all of the conjugations for consentir in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to consent, agree, pamper |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | consentir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está consintiendo) and past continuous (estaba consintiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. consenting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he consentido and hubiera consentido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have consented).
| Gerundio / Gerund | consintiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | consentido |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I consent” or “they consent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consiento |
| Tú | consientes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consiente |
| Nosotros / as | consentimos |
| Vosotros / as | consentís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consienten |
| Vos | consentís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I consented” or “she consented” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consentí | I consented |
| Tú | consentiste | You consented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consintió | He / she / you consented |
| Nosotros / as | consentimos | We consented |
| Vosotros / as | consentisteis | You consented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consintieron | They / you consented |
| Vos | consentiste | You consented |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was consenting” or “she was consenting” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consentía | I was consenting |
| Tú | consentías | You were consenting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consentía | He was / she was / you were consenting |
| Nosotros / as | consentíamos | We were consenting |
| Vosotros / as | consentíais | You were consenting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consentían | They / you were consenting |
| Vos | consentías | You were consenting |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have consented” and “she has consented”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he consentido | I have consented |
| Tú | has consentido | You have consented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha consentido | He has / she has / you have consented |
| Nosotros / as | hemos consentido | We have consented |
| Vosotros / as | habéis consentido | You have consented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han consentido | They / you have consented |
| Vos | has consentido | You have consented |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would consent” or “she would consent”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consentiría | I would consent |
| Tú | consentirías | You would consent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consentiría | He / she / you would consent |
| Nosotros / as | consentiríamos | We would consent |
| Vosotros / as | consentiríais | You would consent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consentirían | They / you would consent |
| Vos | consentirías | You would consent |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will consent” or “they will consent”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a consentir” means “They are going to consent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consentiré | I will consent |
| Tú | consentirás | You will consent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consentirá | He / she / you will consent |
| Nosotros / as | consentiremos | We will consent |
| Vosotros / as | consentiréis | You will consent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consentirán | They / you will consent |
| Vos | consentirás | You will consent |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consienta |
| Tú | consientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consienta |
| Nosotros / as | consintamos |
| Vosotros / as | consintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consientan |
| Vos | consientas |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consintiera | consintiese |
| Tú | consintieras | consintiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consintiera | consintiese |
| Nosotros / as | consintiéramos | consintiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | consintierais | consintieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consintieran | consintiesen |
| Vos | consintieras | consintiese |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consintiere |
| Tú | consintieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consintiera |
| Nosotros / as | consintiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | consintiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consintieren |
| Vos | consintieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “consent!” and “don’t consent!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | consiente | no consientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consienta | no consienta |
| Nosotros / as | consintamos | no consintamos |
| Vosotros / as | consentid | no consintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consientan | no consientan |
| Vos | consentí | no consientas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya consentido |
| Tú | hayas consentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya consentido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos consentido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis consentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan consentido |
| Vos | hayas consentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera consentido / hubiese consentido |
| Tú | hubieras consentido / hubieses consentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera consentido / hubiese consentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos consentido / hubiésemos consentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais consentido / hubieseis consentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran consentido / hubiesen consentido |
| Vos | hubieras consentido / hubieses consentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere consentido |
| Tú | hubieres consentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere consentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos consentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis consentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren consentido |
| Vos | hubieres consentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté consintiendo |
| Tú | estés consintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté consintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos consintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis consintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén consintiendo |
| Vos | estés consintiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera consintiendo / estuviese consintiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras consintiendo / estuvieses consintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera consintiendo / estuviese consintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos consintiendo / estuviésamos consintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais consintiendo / estuvieseis consintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera consintiendo / estuviese consintiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras consintiendo / estuvieses consintiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere consintiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres consintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere consintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos consintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis consintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere consintiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres consintiendo |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos consentís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos consentiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos consentías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos consentirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos consentirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos consientas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos consintieras / Vos consintiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos consentí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no consientas |