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Exigir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to demand, require”.
Below are all of the conjugations for exigir 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 demand, require |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | exigir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está exigiendo) and past continuous (estaba exigiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. requiring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he exigido and hubiera exigido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have required).
| Gerundio / Gerund | exigiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | exigido |
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 require” or “they require”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exijo |
| Tú | exiges |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exige |
| Nosotros / as | exigimos |
| Vosotros / as | exigís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exigen |
| Vos | exigís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I required” or “she required” 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 | exigí | I required |
| Tú | exigiste | You required |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exigió | He / she / you required |
| Nosotros / as | exigimos | We required |
| Vosotros / as | exigisteis | You required |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exigieron | They / you required |
| Vos | exigiste | You required |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was requiring” or “she was requiring” 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 | exigía | I was requiring |
| Tú | exigías | You were requiring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exigía | He was / she was / you were requiring |
| Nosotros / as | exigíamos | We were requiring |
| Vosotros / as | exigíais | You were requiring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exigían | They / you were requiring |
| Vos | exigías | You were requiring |
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 required” and “she has required”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he exigido | I have required |
| Tú | has exigido | You have required |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha exigido | He has / she has / you have required |
| Nosotros / as | hemos exigido | We have required |
| Vosotros / as | habéis exigido | You have required |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han exigido | They / you have required |
| Vos | has exigido | You have required |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would require” or “she would require”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exigiría | I would require |
| Tú | exigirías | You would require |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exigiría | He / she / you would require |
| Nosotros / as | exigiríamos | We would require |
| Vosotros / as | exigiríais | You would require |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exigirían | They / you would require |
| Vos | exigirías | You would require |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will require” or “they will require”.
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 exigir” means “They are going to require”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exigiré | I will require |
| Tú | exigirás | You will require |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exigirá | He / she / you will require |
| Nosotros / as | exigiremos | We will require |
| Vosotros / as | exigiréis | You will require |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exigirán | They / you will require |
| Vos | exigirás | You will require |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exija |
| Tú | exijas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exija |
| Nosotros / as | exijamos |
| Vosotros / as | exijáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exijan |
| Vos | exijas |
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 | exigiera | exigiese |
| Tú | exigieras | exigiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exigiera | exigiese |
| Nosotros / as | exigiéramos | exigiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | exigierais | exigieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exigieran | exigiesen |
| Vos | exigieras | exigiese |
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 | exigiere |
| Tú | exigieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exigiera |
| Nosotros / as | exigiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | exigiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exigieren |
| Vos | exigieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “require!” and “don’t require!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | exige | no exijas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exija | no exija |
| Nosotros / as | exijamos | no exijamos |
| Vosotros / as | exigid | no exijáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exijan | no exijan |
| Vos | exigí | no exijas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya exigido |
| Tú | hayas exigido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya exigido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos exigido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis exigido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan exigido |
| Vos | hayas exigido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera exigido / hubiese exigido |
| Tú | hubieras exigido / hubieses exigido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera exigido / hubiese exigido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos exigido / hubiésemos exigido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais exigido / hubieseis exigido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran exigido / hubiesen exigido |
| Vos | hubieras exigido / hubieses exigido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere exigido |
| Tú | hubieres exigido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere exigido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos exigido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis exigido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren exigido |
| Vos | hubieres exigido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté exigiendo |
| Tú | estés exigiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté exigiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos exigiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis exigiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén exigiendo |
| Vos | estés exigiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera exigiendo / estuviese exigiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras exigiendo / estuvieses exigiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera exigiendo / estuviese exigiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos exigiendo / estuviésamos exigiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais exigiendo / estuvieseis exigiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera exigiendo / estuviese exigiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras exigiendo / estuvieses exigiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere exigiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres exigiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere exigiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos exigiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis exigiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere exigiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres exigiendo |
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 exigís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos exigiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos exigías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos exigirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos exigirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos exijas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos exigieras / Vos exigiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos exigí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no exijas |