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Emancipar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to emancipate, liberate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for emancipar 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 emancipate, liberate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | emancipar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está emancipando) and past continuous (estaba emancipando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. emancipating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he emancipado and hubiera emancipado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have emancipated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | emancipando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | emancipado |
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 emancipate” or “they emancipate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | emancipo |
| Tú | emancipas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipa |
| Nosotros / as | emancipamos |
| Vosotros / as | emancipáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emancipan |
| Vos | emancipás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I emancipated” or “she emancipated” 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 | emancipé | I emancipated |
| Tú | emancipaste | You emancipated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipó | He / she / you emancipated |
| Nosotros / as | emancipamos | We emancipated |
| Vosotros / as | emancipasteis | You emancipated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emanciparon | They / you emancipated |
| Vos | emancipaste | You emancipated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was emancipating” or “she was emancipating” 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 | emancipaba | I was emancipating |
| Tú | emancipabas | You were emancipating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipaba | He was / she was / you were emancipating |
| Nosotros / as | emancipábamos | We were emancipating |
| Vosotros / as | emancipabais | You were emancipating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emancipaban | They / you were emancipating |
| Vos | emancipabas | You were emancipating |
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 emancipated” and “she has emancipated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he emancipado | I have emancipated |
| Tú | has emancipado | You have emancipated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha emancipado | He has / she has / you have emancipated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos emancipado | We have emancipated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis emancipado | You have emancipated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han emancipado | They / you have emancipated |
| Vos | has emancipado | You have emancipated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would emancipate” or “she would emancipate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | emanciparía | I would emancipate |
| Tú | emanciparías | You would emancipate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emanciparía | He / she / you would emancipate |
| Nosotros / as | emanciparíamos | We would emancipate |
| Vosotros / as | emanciparíais | You would emancipate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emanciparían | They / you would emancipate |
| Vos | emanciparías | You would emancipate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will emancipate” or “they will emancipate”.
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 emancipar” means “They are going to emancipate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | emanciparé | I will emancipate |
| Tú | emanciparás | You will emancipate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipará | He / she / you will emancipate |
| Nosotros / as | emanciparemos | We will emancipate |
| Vosotros / as | emanciparéis | You will emancipate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emanciparán | They / you will emancipate |
| Vos | emanciparás | You will emancipate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | emancipe |
| Tú | emancipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipe |
| Nosotros / as | emancipemos |
| Vosotros / as | emancipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emancipen |
| Vos | emancipes |
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 | emancipara | emancipase |
| Tú | emanciparas | emancipase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipara | emancipase |
| Nosotros / as | emancipáramos | emancipásemos |
| Vosotros / as | emanciparais | emancipaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emanciparan | emancipasen |
| Vos | emanciparas | emancipase |
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 | emancipare |
| Tú | emancipares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipare |
| Nosotros / as | emancipáremos |
| Vosotros / as | emancipareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emanciparen |
| Vos | emancipares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “emancipate!” and “don’t emancipate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | emancipa | no emancipes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emancipe | no emancipe |
| Nosotros / as | emancipemos | no emancipemos |
| Vosotros / as | emancipad | no emancipéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emancipen | no emancipen |
| Vos | emancipá | no emancipes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya emancipado |
| Tú | hayas emancipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya emancipado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos emancipado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis emancipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan emancipado |
| Vos | hayas emancipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera emancipado / hubiese emancipado |
| Tú | hubieras emancipado / hubieses emancipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera emancipado / hubiese emancipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos emancipado / hubiésemos emancipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais emancipado / hubieseis emancipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran emancipado / hubiesen emancipado |
| Vos | hubieras emancipado / hubieses emancipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere emancipado |
| Tú | hubieres emancipado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere emancipado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos emancipado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis emancipado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren emancipado |
| Vos | hubieres emancipado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté emancipando |
| Tú | estés emancipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté emancipando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos emancipando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis emancipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén emancipando |
| Vos | estés emancipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera emancipando / estuviese emancipando |
| Tú | estuvieras emancipando / estuvieses emancipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera emancipando / estuviese emancipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos emancipando / estuviésamos emancipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais emancipando / estuvieseis emancipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera emancipando / estuviese emancipando |
| Vos | estuvieras emancipando / estuvieses emancipando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere emancipando |
| Tú | estuvieres emancipando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere emancipando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos emancipando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis emancipando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere emancipando |
| Vos | estuvieres emancipando |
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 emancipás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos emancipaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos emancipabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos emanciparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos emanciparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos emancipes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos emanciparas / Vos emancipase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos emancipá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no emancipes |