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Falsificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to falsify, forge, counterfeit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for falsificar 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 falsify, forge, counterfeit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | falsificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está falsificando) and past continuous (estaba falsificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. falsified).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he falsified and hubiera falsified. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have falsifying).
| Gerundio / Gerund | falsificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | falsified |
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 falsify” or “they falsify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | falsifico |
| Tú | falsificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsifica |
| Nosotros / as | falsificamos |
| Vosotros / as | falsificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsifican |
| Vos | falsificás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I falsify” or “she falsify” 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 | falsifiqué | I falsify |
| Tú | falsificaste | You falsify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsificó | He / she / you falsify |
| Nosotros / as | falsificamos | We falsify |
| Vosotros / as | falsificasteis | You falsify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsificaron | They / you falsify |
| Vos | falsificaste | You falsify |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was falsified” or “she was falsified” 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 | falsificaba | I was falsified |
| Tú | falsificabas | You were falsified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsificaba | He was / she was / you were falsified |
| Nosotros / as | falsificábamos | We were falsified |
| Vosotros / as | falsificabais | You were falsified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsificaban | They / you were falsified |
| Vos | falsificabas | You were falsified |
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 falsifying” and “she has falsifying”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he falsified | I have falsifying |
| Tú | has falsified | You have falsifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha falsified | He has / she has / you have falsifying |
| Nosotros / as | hemos falsified | We have falsifying |
| Vosotros / as | habéis falsified | You have falsifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han falsified | They / you have falsifying |
| Vos | has falsified | You have falsifying |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would falsify” or “she would falsify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | falsificaría | I would falsify |
| Tú | falsificarías | You would falsify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsificaría | He / she / you would falsify |
| Nosotros / as | falsificaríamos | We would falsify |
| Vosotros / as | falsificaríais | You would falsify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsificarían | They / you would falsify |
| Vos | falsificarías | You would falsify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will falsify” or “they will falsify”.
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 falsificar” means “They are going to falsify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | falsificaré | I will falsify |
| Tú | falsificarás | You will falsify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsificará | He / she / you will falsify |
| Nosotros / as | falsificaremos | We will falsify |
| Vosotros / as | falsificaréis | You will falsify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsificarán | They / you will falsify |
| Vos | falsificarás | You will falsify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | falsifique |
| Tú | falsifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsifique |
| Nosotros / as | falsifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | falsifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsifiquen |
| Vos | falsifiques |
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 | falsificara | falsificase |
| Tú | falsificaras | falsificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsificara | falsificase |
| Nosotros / as | falsificáramos | falsificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | falsificarais | falsificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsificaran | falsificasen |
| Vos | falsificaras | falsificase |
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 | falsificare |
| Tú | falsificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsificare |
| Nosotros / as | falsificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | falsificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsificaren |
| Vos | falsificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “falsify!” and “don’t falsify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | falsifica | no falsifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | falsifique | no falsifique |
| Nosotros / as | falsifiquemos | no falsifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | falsificad | no falsifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | falsifiquen | no falsifiquen |
| Vos | falsificá | no falsifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya falsified |
| Tú | hayas falsified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya falsified |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos falsified |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis falsified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan falsified |
| Vos | hayas falsified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera falsified / hubiese falsified |
| Tú | hubieras falsified / hubieses falsified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera falsified / hubiese falsified |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos falsified / hubiésemos falsified |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais falsified / hubieseis falsified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran falsified / hubiesen falsified |
| Vos | hubieras falsified / hubieses falsified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere falsified |
| Tú | hubieres falsified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere falsified |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos falsified |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis falsified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren falsified |
| Vos | hubieres falsified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté falsificando |
| Tú | estés falsificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté falsificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos falsificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis falsificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén falsificando |
| Vos | estés falsificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera falsificando / estuviese falsificando |
| Tú | estuvieras falsificando / estuvieses falsificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera falsificando / estuviese falsificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos falsificando / estuviésamos falsificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais falsificando / estuvieseis falsificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera falsificando / estuviese falsificando |
| Vos | estuvieras falsificando / estuvieses falsificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere falsificando |
| Tú | estuvieres falsificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere falsificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos falsificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis falsificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere falsificando |
| Vos | estuvieres falsificando |
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 falsificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos falsificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos falsificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos falsificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos falsificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos falsifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos falsificaras / Vos falsificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos falsificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no falsifiques |