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Ejecutar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to execute”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ejecutar 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 execute |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ejecutar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ejecutando) and past continuous (estaba ejecutando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. executing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ejecutado and hubiera ejecutado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have executed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ejecutando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ejecutado |
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 execute” or “they execute”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ejecuto |
| Tú | ejecutas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecuta |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutamos |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecutan |
| Vos | ejecutás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I executed” or “she executed” 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 | ejecuté | I executed |
| Tú | ejecutaste | You executed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecutó | He / she / you executed |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutamos | We executed |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutasteis | You executed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecutaron | They / you executed |
| Vos | ejecutaste | You executed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was executing” or “she was executing” 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 | ejecutaba | I was executing |
| Tú | ejecutabas | You were executing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecutaba | He was / she was / you were executing |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutábamos | We were executing |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutabais | You were executing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecutaban | They / you were executing |
| Vos | ejecutabas | You were executing |
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 executed” and “she has executed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ejecutado | I have executed |
| Tú | has ejecutado | You have executed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ejecutado | He has / she has / you have executed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ejecutado | We have executed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ejecutado | You have executed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ejecutado | They / you have executed |
| Vos | has ejecutado | You have executed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would execute” or “she would execute”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ejecutaría | I would execute |
| Tú | ejecutarías | You would execute |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecutaría | He / she / you would execute |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutaríamos | We would execute |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutaríais | You would execute |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecutarían | They / you would execute |
| Vos | ejecutarías | You would execute |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will execute” or “they will execute”.
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 ejecutar” means “They are going to execute”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ejecutaré | I will execute |
| Tú | ejecutarás | You will execute |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecutará | He / she / you will execute |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutaremos | We will execute |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutaréis | You will execute |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecutarán | They / you will execute |
| Vos | ejecutarás | You will execute |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ejecute |
| Tú | ejecutes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecute |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutemos |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecuten |
| Vos | ejecutes |
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 | ejecutara | ejecutase |
| Tú | ejecutaras | ejecutase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecutara | ejecutase |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutáramos | ejecutásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutarais | ejecutaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecutaran | ejecutasen |
| Vos | ejecutaras | ejecutase |
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 | ejecutare |
| Tú | ejecutares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecutare |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutáremos |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecutaren |
| Vos | ejecutares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “execute!” and “don’t execute!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ejecuta | no ejecutes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ejecute | no ejecute |
| Nosotros / as | ejecutemos | no ejecutemos |
| Vosotros / as | ejecutad | no ejecutéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ejecuten | no ejecuten |
| Vos | ejecutá | no ejecutes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ejecutado |
| Tú | hayas ejecutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ejecutado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ejecutado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ejecutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ejecutado |
| Vos | hayas ejecutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ejecutado / hubiese ejecutado |
| Tú | hubieras ejecutado / hubieses ejecutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ejecutado / hubiese ejecutado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ejecutado / hubiésemos ejecutado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ejecutado / hubieseis ejecutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ejecutado / hubiesen ejecutado |
| Vos | hubieras ejecutado / hubieses ejecutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ejecutado |
| Tú | hubieres ejecutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ejecutado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ejecutado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ejecutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ejecutado |
| Vos | hubieres ejecutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ejecutando |
| Tú | estés ejecutando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ejecutando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ejecutando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ejecutando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ejecutando |
| Vos | estés ejecutando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ejecutando / estuviese ejecutando |
| Tú | estuvieras ejecutando / estuvieses ejecutando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ejecutando / estuviese ejecutando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ejecutando / estuviésamos ejecutando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ejecutando / estuvieseis ejecutando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ejecutando / estuviese ejecutando |
| Vos | estuvieras ejecutando / estuvieses ejecutando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ejecutando |
| Tú | estuvieres ejecutando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ejecutando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ejecutando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ejecutando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ejecutando |
| Vos | estuvieres ejecutando |
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 ejecutás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ejecutaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ejecutabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ejecutarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ejecutarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ejecutes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ejecutaras / Vos ejecutase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ejecutá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ejecutes |