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Edificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to build, construct, erect”.
Below are all of the conjugations for edificar 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 build, construct, erect |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | edificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está edificando) and past continuous (estaba edificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. building).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he edificado and hubiera edificado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have built).
| Gerundio / Gerund | edificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | edificado |
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 build” or “they build”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | edifico |
| Tú | edificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edifica |
| Nosotros / as | edificamos |
| Vosotros / as | edificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edifican |
| Vos | edificás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I built” or “she built” 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 | edifiqué | I built |
| Tú | edificaste | You built |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificó | He / she / you built |
| Nosotros / as | edificamos | We built |
| Vosotros / as | edificasteis | You built |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaron | They / you built |
| Vos | edificaste | You built |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was building” or “she was building” 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 | edificaba | I was building |
| Tú | edificabas | You were building |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificaba | He was / she was / you were building |
| Nosotros / as | edificábamos | We were building |
| Vosotros / as | edificabais | You were building |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaban | They / you were building |
| Vos | edificabas | You were building |
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 built” and “she has built”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he edificado | I have built |
| Tú | has edificado | You have built |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha edificado | He has / she has / you have built |
| Nosotros / as | hemos edificado | We have built |
| Vosotros / as | habéis edificado | You have built |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han edificado | They / you have built |
| Vos | has edificado | You have built |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would build” or “she would build”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | edificaría | I would build |
| Tú | edificarías | You would build |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificaría | He / she / you would build |
| Nosotros / as | edificaríamos | We would build |
| Vosotros / as | edificaríais | You would build |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificarían | They / you would build |
| Vos | edificarías | You would build |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will build” or “they will build”.
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 edificar” means “They are going to build”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | edificaré | I will build |
| Tú | edificarás | You will build |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificará | He / she / you will build |
| Nosotros / as | edificaremos | We will build |
| Vosotros / as | edificaréis | You will build |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificarán | They / you will build |
| Vos | edificarás | You will build |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | edifique |
| Tú | edifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edifique |
| Nosotros / as | edifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | edifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edifiquen |
| Vos | edifiques |
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 | edificara | edificase |
| Tú | edificaras | edificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificara | edificase |
| Nosotros / as | edificáramos | edificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | edificarais | edificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaran | edificasen |
| Vos | edificaras | edificase |
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 | edificare |
| Tú | edificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificare |
| Nosotros / as | edificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | edificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaren |
| Vos | edificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “build!” and “don’t build!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | edifica | no edifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edifique | no edifique |
| Nosotros / as | edifiquemos | no edifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | edificad | no edifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edifiquen | no edifiquen |
| Vos | edificá | no edifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya edificado |
| Tú | hayas edificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya edificado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos edificado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis edificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan edificado |
| Vos | hayas edificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera edificado / hubiese edificado |
| Tú | hubieras edificado / hubieses edificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera edificado / hubiese edificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos edificado / hubiésemos edificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais edificado / hubieseis edificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran edificado / hubiesen edificado |
| Vos | hubieras edificado / hubieses edificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere edificado |
| Tú | hubieres edificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere edificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos edificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis edificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren edificado |
| Vos | hubieres edificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté edificando |
| Tú | estés edificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté edificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos edificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis edificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén edificando |
| Vos | estés edificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera edificando / estuviese edificando |
| Tú | estuvieras edificando / estuvieses edificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera edificando / estuviese edificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos edificando / estuviésamos edificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais edificando / estuvieseis edificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera edificando / estuviese edificando |
| Vos | estuvieras edificando / estuvieses edificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere edificando |
| Tú | estuvieres edificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere edificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos edificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis edificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere edificando |
| Vos | estuvieres edificando |
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 edificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos edificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos edificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos edificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos edificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos edifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos edificaras / Vos edificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos edificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no edifiques |