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Fragmentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fragment”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fragmentar 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 fragment |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fragmentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fragmentando) and past continuous (estaba fragmentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. fragmented).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he fragmented and hubiera fragmented. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have fragmenting).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fragmentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | fragmented |
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 fragment” or “they fragment”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fragmento |
| Tú | fragmentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmenta |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentamos |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmentan |
| Vos | fragmentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I fragment” or “she fragment” 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 | fragmenté | I fragment |
| Tú | fragmentaste | You fragment |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmentó | He / she / you fragment |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentamos | We fragment |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentasteis | You fragment |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmentaron | They / you fragment |
| Vos | fragmentaste | You fragment |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was fragmented” or “she was fragmented” 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 | fragmentaba | I was fragmented |
| Tú | fragmentabas | You were fragmented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmentaba | He was / she was / you were fragmented |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentábamos | We were fragmented |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentabais | You were fragmented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmentaban | They / you were fragmented |
| Vos | fragmentabas | You were fragmented |
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 fragmenting” and “she has fragmenting”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he fragmented | I have fragmenting |
| Tú | has fragmented | You have fragmenting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha fragmented | He has / she has / you have fragmenting |
| Nosotros / as | hemos fragmented | We have fragmenting |
| Vosotros / as | habéis fragmented | You have fragmenting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han fragmented | They / you have fragmenting |
| Vos | has fragmented | You have fragmenting |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fragment” or “she would fragment”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fragmentaría | I would fragment |
| Tú | fragmentarías | You would fragment |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmentaría | He / she / you would fragment |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentaríamos | We would fragment |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentaríais | You would fragment |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmentarían | They / you would fragment |
| Vos | fragmentarías | You would fragment |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fragment” or “they will fragment”.
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 fragmentar” means “They are going to fragment”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fragmentaré | I will fragment |
| Tú | fragmentarás | You will fragment |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmentará | He / she / you will fragment |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentaremos | We will fragment |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentaréis | You will fragment |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmentarán | They / you will fragment |
| Vos | fragmentarás | You will fragment |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fragmente |
| Tú | fragmentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmente |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentemos |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmenten |
| Vos | fragmentes |
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 | fragmentara | fragmentase |
| Tú | fragmentaras | fragmentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmentara | fragmentase |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentáramos | fragmentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentarais | fragmentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmentaran | fragmentasen |
| Vos | fragmentaras | fragmentase |
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 | fragmentare |
| Tú | fragmentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmentare |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmentaren |
| Vos | fragmentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fragment!” and “don’t fragment!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fragmenta | no fragmentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fragmente | no fragmente |
| Nosotros / as | fragmentemos | no fragmentemos |
| Vosotros / as | fragmentad | no fragmentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fragmenten | no fragmenten |
| Vos | fragmentá | no fragmentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya fragmented |
| Tú | hayas fragmented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya fragmented |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos fragmented |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis fragmented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan fragmented |
| Vos | hayas fragmented |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera fragmented / hubiese fragmented |
| Tú | hubieras fragmented / hubieses fragmented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera fragmented / hubiese fragmented |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos fragmented / hubiésemos fragmented |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais fragmented / hubieseis fragmented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran fragmented / hubiesen fragmented |
| Vos | hubieras fragmented / hubieses fragmented |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere fragmented |
| Tú | hubieres fragmented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere fragmented |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos fragmented |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis fragmented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren fragmented |
| Vos | hubieres fragmented |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fragmentando |
| Tú | estés fragmentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fragmentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fragmentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fragmentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fragmentando |
| Vos | estés fragmentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fragmentando / estuviese fragmentando |
| Tú | estuvieras fragmentando / estuvieses fragmentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fragmentando / estuviese fragmentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fragmentando / estuviésamos fragmentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fragmentando / estuvieseis fragmentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fragmentando / estuviese fragmentando |
| Vos | estuvieras fragmentando / estuvieses fragmentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fragmentando |
| Tú | estuvieres fragmentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fragmentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fragmentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fragmentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fragmentando |
| Vos | estuvieres fragmentando |
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 fragmentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fragmentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fragmentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fragmentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fragmentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fragmentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fragmentaras / Vos fragmentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fragmentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fragmentes |