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Exportar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to export”.
Below are all of the conjugations for exportar 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 export |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | exportar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está exportando) and past continuous (estaba exportando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. exporting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he exportado and hubiera exportado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have exported).
| Gerundio / Gerund | exportando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | exportado |
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 export” or “they export”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exporto |
| Tú | exportas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exporta |
| Nosotros / as | exportamos |
| Vosotros / as | exportáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exportan |
| Vos | exportás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I exported” or “she exported” 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 | exporté | I exported |
| Tú | exportaste | You exported |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exportó | He / she / you exported |
| Nosotros / as | exportamos | We exported |
| Vosotros / as | exportasteis | You exported |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exportaron | They / you exported |
| Vos | exportaste | You exported |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was exporting” or “she was exporting” 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 | exportaba | I was exporting |
| Tú | exportabas | You were exporting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exportaba | He was / she was / you were exporting |
| Nosotros / as | exportábamos | We were exporting |
| Vosotros / as | exportabais | You were exporting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exportaban | They / you were exporting |
| Vos | exportabas | You were exporting |
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 exported” and “she has exported”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he exportado | I have exported |
| Tú | has exportado | You have exported |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha exportado | He has / she has / you have exported |
| Nosotros / as | hemos exportado | We have exported |
| Vosotros / as | habéis exportado | You have exported |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han exportado | They / you have exported |
| Vos | has exportado | You have exported |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would export” or “she would export”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exportaría | I would export |
| Tú | exportarías | You would export |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exportaría | He / she / you would export |
| Nosotros / as | exportaríamos | We would export |
| Vosotros / as | exportaríais | You would export |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exportarían | They / you would export |
| Vos | exportarías | You would export |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will export” or “they will export”.
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 exportar” means “They are going to export”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exportaré | I will export |
| Tú | exportarás | You will export |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exportará | He / she / you will export |
| Nosotros / as | exportaremos | We will export |
| Vosotros / as | exportaréis | You will export |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exportarán | They / you will export |
| Vos | exportarás | You will export |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exporte |
| Tú | exportes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exporte |
| Nosotros / as | exportemos |
| Vosotros / as | exportéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exporten |
| Vos | exportes |
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 | exportara | exportase |
| Tú | exportaras | exportase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exportara | exportase |
| Nosotros / as | exportáramos | exportásemos |
| Vosotros / as | exportarais | exportaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exportaran | exportasen |
| Vos | exportaras | exportase |
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 | exportare |
| Tú | exportares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exportare |
| Nosotros / as | exportáremos |
| Vosotros / as | exportareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exportaren |
| Vos | exportares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “export!” and “don’t export!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | exporta | no exportes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exporte | no exporte |
| Nosotros / as | exportemos | no exportemos |
| Vosotros / as | exportad | no exportéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exporten | no exporten |
| Vos | exportá | no exportes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya exportado |
| Tú | hayas exportado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya exportado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos exportado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis exportado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan exportado |
| Vos | hayas exportado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera exportado / hubiese exportado |
| Tú | hubieras exportado / hubieses exportado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera exportado / hubiese exportado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos exportado / hubiésemos exportado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais exportado / hubieseis exportado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran exportado / hubiesen exportado |
| Vos | hubieras exportado / hubieses exportado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere exportado |
| Tú | hubieres exportado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere exportado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos exportado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis exportado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren exportado |
| Vos | hubieres exportado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté exportando |
| Tú | estés exportando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté exportando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos exportando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis exportando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén exportando |
| Vos | estés exportando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera exportando / estuviese exportando |
| Tú | estuvieras exportando / estuvieses exportando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera exportando / estuviese exportando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos exportando / estuviésamos exportando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais exportando / estuvieseis exportando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera exportando / estuviese exportando |
| Vos | estuvieras exportando / estuvieses exportando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere exportando |
| Tú | estuvieres exportando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere exportando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos exportando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis exportando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere exportando |
| Vos | estuvieres exportando |
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 exportás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos exportaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos exportabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos exportarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos exportarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos exportes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos exportaras / Vos exportase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos exportá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no exportes |