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Honrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to honor”.
Below are all of the conjugations for honrar 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 honor |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | honrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está honrando) and past continuous (estaba honrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. honored).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he honored and hubiera honored. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have honoring).
| Gerundio / Gerund | honrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | honored |
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 honor” or “they honor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | honro |
| Tú | honras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honra |
| Nosotros / as | honramos |
| Vosotros / as | honráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honran |
| Vos | honrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I honor” or “she honor” 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 | honré | I honor |
| Tú | honraste | You honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honró | He / she / you honor |
| Nosotros / as | honramos | We honor |
| Vosotros / as | honrasteis | You honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honraron | They / you honor |
| Vos | honraste | You honor |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was honored” or “she was honored” 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 | honraba | I was honored |
| Tú | honrabas | You were honored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honraba | He was / she was / you were honored |
| Nosotros / as | honrábamos | We were honored |
| Vosotros / as | honrabais | You were honored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honraban | They / you were honored |
| Vos | honrabas | You were honored |
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 honoring” and “she has honoring”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he honored | I have honoring |
| Tú | has honored | You have honoring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha honored | He has / she has / you have honoring |
| Nosotros / as | hemos honored | We have honoring |
| Vosotros / as | habéis honored | You have honoring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han honored | They / you have honoring |
| Vos | has honored | You have honoring |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would honor” or “she would honor”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | honraría | I would honor |
| Tú | honrarías | You would honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honraría | He / she / you would honor |
| Nosotros / as | honraríamos | We would honor |
| Vosotros / as | honraríais | You would honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honrarían | They / you would honor |
| Vos | honrarías | You would honor |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will honor” or “they will honor”.
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 honrar” means “They are going to honor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | honraré | I will honor |
| Tú | honrarás | You will honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honrará | He / she / you will honor |
| Nosotros / as | honraremos | We will honor |
| Vosotros / as | honraréis | You will honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honrarán | They / you will honor |
| Vos | honrarás | You will honor |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | honre |
| Tú | honres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honre |
| Nosotros / as | honremos |
| Vosotros / as | honréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honren |
| Vos | honres |
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 | honrara | honrase |
| Tú | honraras | honrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honrara | honrase |
| Nosotros / as | honráramos | honrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | honrarais | honraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honraran | honrasen |
| Vos | honraras | honrase |
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 | honrare |
| Tú | honrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honrare |
| Nosotros / as | honráremos |
| Vosotros / as | honrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honraren |
| Vos | honrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “honor!” and “don’t honor!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | honra | no honres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | honre | no honre |
| Nosotros / as | honremos | no honremos |
| Vosotros / as | honrad | no honréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | honren | no honren |
| Vos | honrá | no honres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya honored |
| Tú | hayas honored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya honored |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos honored |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis honored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan honored |
| Vos | hayas honored |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera honored / hubiese honored |
| Tú | hubieras honored / hubieses honored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera honored / hubiese honored |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos honored / hubiésemos honored |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais honored / hubieseis honored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran honored / hubiesen honored |
| Vos | hubieras honored / hubieses honored |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere honored |
| Tú | hubieres honored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere honored |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos honored |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis honored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren honored |
| Vos | hubieres honored |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté honrando |
| Tú | estés honrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté honrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos honrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis honrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén honrando |
| Vos | estés honrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera honrando / estuviese honrando |
| Tú | estuvieras honrando / estuvieses honrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera honrando / estuviese honrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos honrando / estuviésamos honrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais honrando / estuvieseis honrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera honrando / estuviese honrando |
| Vos | estuvieras honrando / estuvieses honrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere honrando |
| Tú | estuvieres honrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere honrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos honrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis honrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere honrando |
| Vos | estuvieres honrando |
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 honrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos honraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos honrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos honrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos honrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos honres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos honraras / Vos honrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos honrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no honres |