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Hospedar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lodge (at), stay (at)”.
Below are all of the conjugations for hospedar 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 lodge (at), stay (at) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | hospedar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está hospedando) and past continuous (estaba hospedando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lodged).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he lodged and hubiera lodged. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lodging).
| Gerundio / Gerund | hospedando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | lodged |
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 lodge” or “they lodge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hospedo |
| Tú | hospedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospeda |
| Nosotros / as | hospedamos |
| Vosotros / as | hospedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospedan |
| Vos | hospedás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lodge” or “she lodge” 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 | hospedé | I lodge |
| Tú | hospedaste | You lodge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospedó | He / she / you lodge |
| Nosotros / as | hospedamos | We lodge |
| Vosotros / as | hospedasteis | You lodge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospedaron | They / you lodge |
| Vos | hospedaste | You lodge |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lodged” or “she was lodged” 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 | hospedaba | I was lodged |
| Tú | hospedabas | You were lodged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospedaba | He was / she was / you were lodged |
| Nosotros / as | hospedábamos | We were lodged |
| Vosotros / as | hospedabais | You were lodged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospedaban | They / you were lodged |
| Vos | hospedabas | You were lodged |
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 lodging” and “she has lodging”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he lodged | I have lodging |
| Tú | has lodged | You have lodging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha lodged | He has / she has / you have lodging |
| Nosotros / as | hemos lodged | We have lodging |
| Vosotros / as | habéis lodged | You have lodging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han lodged | They / you have lodging |
| Vos | has lodged | You have lodging |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lodge” or “she would lodge”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hospedaría | I would lodge |
| Tú | hospedarías | You would lodge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospedaría | He / she / you would lodge |
| Nosotros / as | hospedaríamos | We would lodge |
| Vosotros / as | hospedaríais | You would lodge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospedarían | They / you would lodge |
| Vos | hospedarías | You would lodge |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lodge” or “they will lodge”.
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 hospedar” means “They are going to lodge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hospedaré | I will lodge |
| Tú | hospedarás | You will lodge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospedará | He / she / you will lodge |
| Nosotros / as | hospedaremos | We will lodge |
| Vosotros / as | hospedaréis | You will lodge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospedarán | They / you will lodge |
| Vos | hospedarás | You will lodge |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hospede |
| Tú | hospedes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospede |
| Nosotros / as | hospedemos |
| Vosotros / as | hospedéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospeden |
| Vos | hospedes |
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 | hospedara | hospedase |
| Tú | hospedaras | hospedase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospedara | hospedase |
| Nosotros / as | hospedáramos | hospedásemos |
| Vosotros / as | hospedarais | hospedaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospedaran | hospedasen |
| Vos | hospedaras | hospedase |
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 | hospedare |
| Tú | hospedares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospedare |
| Nosotros / as | hospedáremos |
| Vosotros / as | hospedareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospedaren |
| Vos | hospedares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lodge!” and “don’t lodge!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | hospeda | no hospedes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hospede | no hospede |
| Nosotros / as | hospedemos | no hospedemos |
| Vosotros / as | hospedad | no hospedéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hospeden | no hospeden |
| Vos | hospedá | no hospedes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya lodged |
| Tú | hayas lodged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya lodged |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos lodged |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis lodged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan lodged |
| Vos | hayas lodged |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera lodged / hubiese lodged |
| Tú | hubieras lodged / hubieses lodged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera lodged / hubiese lodged |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos lodged / hubiésemos lodged |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais lodged / hubieseis lodged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran lodged / hubiesen lodged |
| Vos | hubieras lodged / hubieses lodged |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere lodged |
| Tú | hubieres lodged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere lodged |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos lodged |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis lodged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren lodged |
| Vos | hubieres lodged |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté hospedando |
| Tú | estés hospedando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté hospedando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos hospedando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis hospedando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén hospedando |
| Vos | estés hospedando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera hospedando / estuviese hospedando |
| Tú | estuvieras hospedando / estuvieses hospedando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera hospedando / estuviese hospedando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos hospedando / estuviésamos hospedando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais hospedando / estuvieseis hospedando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera hospedando / estuviese hospedando |
| Vos | estuvieras hospedando / estuvieses hospedando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere hospedando |
| Tú | estuvieres hospedando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere hospedando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos hospedando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis hospedando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere hospedando |
| Vos | estuvieres hospedando |
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 hospedás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos hospedaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos hospedabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos hospedarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos hospedarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos hospedes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos hospedaras / Vos hospedase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos hospedá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no hospedes |