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Producir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to produce”.
Below are all of the conjugations for producir 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 produce |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | producir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está produciendo) and past continuous (estaba produciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. producing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he producido and hubiera producido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have produced).
| Gerundio / Gerund | produciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | producido |
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 produce” or “they produce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | produzco |
| Tú | produces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | produce |
| Nosotros / as | producimos |
| Vosotros / as | producís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | producen |
| Vos | producís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I produced” or “she produced” 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 | produje | I produced |
| Tú | produjiste | You produced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | produjo | He / she / you produced |
| Nosotros / as | produjimos | We produced |
| Vosotros / as | produjisteis | You produced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | produjeron | They / you produced |
| Vos | produjiste | You produced |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was producing” or “she was producing” 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 | producía | I was producing |
| Tú | producías | You were producing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | producía | He was / she was / you were producing |
| Nosotros / as | producíamos | We were producing |
| Vosotros / as | producíais | You were producing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | producían | They / you were producing |
| Vos | producías | You were producing |
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 produced” and “she has produced”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he producido | I have produced |
| Tú | has producido | You have produced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha producido | He has / she has / you have produced |
| Nosotros / as | hemos producido | We have produced |
| Vosotros / as | habéis producido | You have produced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han producido | They / you have produced |
| Vos | has producido | You have produced |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would produce” or “she would produce”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | produciría | I would produce |
| Tú | producirías | You would produce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | produciría | He / she / you would produce |
| Nosotros / as | produciríamos | We would produce |
| Vosotros / as | produciríais | You would produce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | producirían | They / you would produce |
| Vos | producirías | You would produce |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will produce” or “they will produce”.
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 producir” means “They are going to produce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | produciré | I will produce |
| Tú | producirás | You will produce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | producirá | He / she / you will produce |
| Nosotros / as | produciremos | We will produce |
| Vosotros / as | produciréis | You will produce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | producirán | They / you will produce |
| Vos | producirás | You will produce |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | produzca |
| Tú | produzcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | produzca |
| Nosotros / as | produzcamos |
| Vosotros / as | produzcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | produzcan |
| Vos | produzcas |
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 | produjera | produjese |
| Tú | produjeras | produjese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | produjera | produjese |
| Nosotros / as | produjéramos | produjésemos |
| Vosotros / as | produjerais | produjeseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | produjeran | produjesen |
| Vos | produjeras | produjese |
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 | produjere |
| Tú | produjeres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | produjera |
| Nosotros / as | produjéremos |
| Vosotros / as | produjereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | produjeren |
| Vos | produjeres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “produce!” and “don’t produce!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | produce | no produzcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | produzca | no produzca |
| Nosotros / as | produzcamos | no produzcamos |
| Vosotros / as | producid | no produzcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | produzcan | no produzcan |
| Vos | producí | no produzcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya producido |
| Tú | hayas producido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya producido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos producido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis producido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan producido |
| Vos | hayas producido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera producido / hubiese producido |
| Tú | hubieras producido / hubieses producido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera producido / hubiese producido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos producido / hubiésemos producido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais producido / hubieseis producido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran producido / hubiesen producido |
| Vos | hubieras producido / hubieses producido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere producido |
| Tú | hubieres producido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere producido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos producido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis producido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren producido |
| Vos | hubieres producido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté produciendo |
| Tú | estés produciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté produciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos produciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis produciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén produciendo |
| Vos | estés produciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera produciendo / estuviese produciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras produciendo / estuvieses produciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera produciendo / estuviese produciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos produciendo / estuviésamos produciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais produciendo / estuvieseis produciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera produciendo / estuviese produciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras produciendo / estuvieses produciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere produciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres produciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere produciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos produciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis produciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere produciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres produciendo |
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 producís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos produjiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos producías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos producirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos producirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos produzcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos produjeras / Vos produjese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos producí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no produzcas |
