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Conspirar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to conspire, plot”.
Below are all of the conjugations for conspirar 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 conspire, plot |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | conspirar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está conspirando) and past continuous (estaba conspirando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. conspiring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he conspirado and hubiera conspirado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have conspired).
| Gerundio / Gerund | conspirando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | conspirado |
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 conspire” or “they conspire”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conspiro |
| Tú | conspiras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspira |
| Nosotros / as | conspiramos |
| Vosotros / as | conspiráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspiran |
| Vos | conspirás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I conspired” or “she conspired” 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 | conspiré | I conspired |
| Tú | conspiraste | You conspired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspiró | He / she / you conspired |
| Nosotros / as | conspiramos | We conspired |
| Vosotros / as | conspirasteis | You conspired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspiraron | They / you conspired |
| Vos | conspiraste | You conspired |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was conspiring” or “she was conspiring” 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 | conspiraba | I was conspiring |
| Tú | conspirabas | You were conspiring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspiraba | He was / she was / you were conspiring |
| Nosotros / as | conspirábamos | We were conspiring |
| Vosotros / as | conspirabais | You were conspiring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspiraban | They / you were conspiring |
| Vos | conspirabas | You were conspiring |
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 conspired” and “she has conspired”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he conspirado | I have conspired |
| Tú | has conspirado | You have conspired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha conspirado | He has / she has / you have conspired |
| Nosotros / as | hemos conspirado | We have conspired |
| Vosotros / as | habéis conspirado | You have conspired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han conspirado | They / you have conspired |
| Vos | has conspirado | You have conspired |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would conspire” or “she would conspire”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conspiraría | I would conspire |
| Tú | conspirarías | You would conspire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspiraría | He / she / you would conspire |
| Nosotros / as | conspiraríamos | We would conspire |
| Vosotros / as | conspiraríais | You would conspire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspirarían | They / you would conspire |
| Vos | conspirarías | You would conspire |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will conspire” or “they will conspire”.
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 conspirar” means “They are going to conspire”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conspiraré | I will conspire |
| Tú | conspirarás | You will conspire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspirará | He / she / you will conspire |
| Nosotros / as | conspiraremos | We will conspire |
| Vosotros / as | conspiraréis | You will conspire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspirarán | They / you will conspire |
| Vos | conspirarás | You will conspire |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conspire |
| Tú | conspires |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspire |
| Nosotros / as | conspiremos |
| Vosotros / as | conspiréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspiren |
| Vos | conspires |
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 | conspirara | conspirase |
| Tú | conspiraras | conspirase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspirara | conspirase |
| Nosotros / as | conspiráramos | conspirásemos |
| Vosotros / as | conspirarais | conspiraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspiraran | conspirasen |
| Vos | conspiraras | conspirase |
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 | conspirare |
| Tú | conspirares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspirare |
| Nosotros / as | conspiráremos |
| Vosotros / as | conspirareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspiraren |
| Vos | conspirares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “conspire!” and “don’t conspire!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | conspira | no conspires |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conspire | no conspire |
| Nosotros / as | conspiremos | no conspiremos |
| Vosotros / as | conspirad | no conspiréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conspiren | no conspiren |
| Vos | conspirá | no conspires |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya conspirado |
| Tú | hayas conspirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya conspirado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos conspirado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis conspirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan conspirado |
| Vos | hayas conspirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera conspirado / hubiese conspirado |
| Tú | hubieras conspirado / hubieses conspirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera conspirado / hubiese conspirado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos conspirado / hubiésemos conspirado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais conspirado / hubieseis conspirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran conspirado / hubiesen conspirado |
| Vos | hubieras conspirado / hubieses conspirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere conspirado |
| Tú | hubieres conspirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere conspirado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos conspirado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis conspirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren conspirado |
| Vos | hubieres conspirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté conspirando |
| Tú | estés conspirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté conspirando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos conspirando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis conspirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén conspirando |
| Vos | estés conspirando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera conspirando / estuviese conspirando |
| Tú | estuvieras conspirando / estuvieses conspirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera conspirando / estuviese conspirando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos conspirando / estuviésamos conspirando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais conspirando / estuvieseis conspirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera conspirando / estuviese conspirando |
| Vos | estuvieras conspirando / estuvieses conspirando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere conspirando |
| Tú | estuvieres conspirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere conspirando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos conspirando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis conspirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere conspirando |
| Vos | estuvieres conspirando |
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 conspirás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos conspiraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos conspirabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos conspirarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos conspirarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos conspires |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos conspiraras / Vos conspirase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos conspirá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no conspires |