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Efectuar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to carry out, perform’ effect”.
Below are all of the conjugations for efectuar 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 carry out, perform’ effect |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | efectuar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está efectuando) and past continuous (estaba efectuando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. carrying out).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he efectuado and hubiera efectuado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have carried out).
| Gerundio / Gerund | efectuando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | efectuado |
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 carry out” or “they carry out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | efectúo |
| Tú | efectúas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectúa |
| Nosotros / as | efectuamos |
| Vosotros / as | efectuáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectúan |
| Vos | efectuás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I carried out” or “she carried out” 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 | efectué | I carried out |
| Tú | efectuaste | You carried out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectuó | He / she / you carried out |
| Nosotros / as | efectuamos | We carried out |
| Vosotros / as | efectuasteis | You carried out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectuaron | They / you carried out |
| Vos | efectuaste | You carried out |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was carrying out” or “she was carrying out” 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 | efectuaba | I was carrying out |
| Tú | efectuabas | You were carrying out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectuaba | He was / she was / you were carrying out |
| Nosotros / as | efectuábamos | We were carrying out |
| Vosotros / as | efectuabais | You were carrying out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectuaban | They / you were carrying out |
| Vos | efectuabas | You were carrying out |
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 carried out” and “she has carried out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he efectuado | I have carried out |
| Tú | has efectuado | You have carried out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha efectuado | He has / she has / you have carried out |
| Nosotros / as | hemos efectuado | We have carried out |
| Vosotros / as | habéis efectuado | You have carried out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han efectuado | They / you have carried out |
| Vos | has efectuado | You have carried out |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would carry out” or “she would carry out”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectuaría | I would carry out |
| Tú | efectuarías | You would carry out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectuaría | He / she / you would carry out |
| Nosotros / as | efectuaríamos | We would carry out |
| Vosotros / as | efectuaríais | You would carry out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectuarían | They / you would carry out |
| Vos | efectuarías | You would carry out |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will carry out” or “they will carry out”.
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 efectuar” means “They are going to carry out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectuaré | I will carry out |
| Tú | efectuarás | You will carry out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectuará | He / she / you will carry out |
| Nosotros / as | efectuaremos | We will carry out |
| Vosotros / as | efectuaréis | You will carry out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectuarán | They / you will carry out |
| Vos | efectuarás | You will carry out |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | efectúe |
| Tú | efectúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectúe |
| Nosotros / as | efectuemos |
| Vosotros / as | efectuéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectúen |
| Vos | efectúes |
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 | efectuara | efectuase |
| Tú | efectuaras | efectuase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectuara | efectuase |
| Nosotros / as | efectuáramos | efectuásemos |
| Vosotros / as | efectuarais | efectuaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectuaran | efectuasen |
| Vos | efectuaras | efectuase |
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 | efectuare |
| Tú | efectuares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectuare |
| Nosotros / as | efectuáremos |
| Vosotros / as | efectuareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectuaren |
| Vos | efectuares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “carry out!” and “don’t carry out!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | efectúa | no efectúes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | efectúe | no efectúe |
| Nosotros / as | efectuemos | no efectuemos |
| Vosotros / as | efectuad | no efectuéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | efectúen | no efectúen |
| Vos | efectuá | no efectúes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya efectuado |
| Tú | hayas efectuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya efectuado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos efectuado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis efectuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan efectuado |
| Vos | hayas efectuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera efectuado / hubiese efectuado |
| Tú | hubieras efectuado / hubieses efectuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera efectuado / hubiese efectuado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos efectuado / hubiésemos efectuado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais efectuado / hubieseis efectuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran efectuado / hubiesen efectuado |
| Vos | hubieras efectuado / hubieses efectuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere efectuado |
| Tú | hubieres efectuado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere efectuado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos efectuado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis efectuado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren efectuado |
| Vos | hubieres efectuado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté efectuando |
| Tú | estés efectuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté efectuando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos efectuando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis efectuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén efectuando |
| Vos | estés efectuando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera efectuando / estuviese efectuando |
| Tú | estuvieras efectuando / estuvieses efectuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera efectuando / estuviese efectuando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos efectuando / estuviésamos efectuando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais efectuando / estuvieseis efectuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera efectuando / estuviese efectuando |
| Vos | estuvieras efectuando / estuvieses efectuando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere efectuando |
| Tú | estuvieres efectuando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere efectuando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos efectuando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis efectuando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere efectuando |
| Vos | estuvieres efectuando |
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 efectuás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos efectuaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos efectuabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos efectuarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos efectuarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos efectúes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos efectuaras / Vos efectuase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos efectuá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no efectúes |