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Ingerir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to ingest, take in, consume”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ingerir 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 ingest, take in, consume |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ingerir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ingiriendo) and past continuous (estaba ingiriendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. ingesting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ingerido and hubiera ingerido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have ingested).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ingiriendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ingerido |
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 ingest” or “they ingest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ingiero |
| Tú | ingieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingiere |
| Nosotros / as | ingerimos |
| Vosotros / as | ingerís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingieren |
| Vos | ingerís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I ingested” or “she ingested” 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 | ingerí | I ingested |
| Tú | ingeriste | You ingested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingirió | He / she / you ingested |
| Nosotros / as | ingerimos | We ingested |
| Vosotros / as | ingeristeis | You ingested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingirieron | They / you ingested |
| Vos | ingeriste | You ingested |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was ingesting” or “she was ingesting” 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 | ingería | I was ingesting |
| Tú | ingerías | You were ingesting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingería | He was / she was / you were ingesting |
| Nosotros / as | ingeríamos | We were ingesting |
| Vosotros / as | ingeríais | You were ingesting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingerían | They / you were ingesting |
| Vos | ingerías | You were ingesting |
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 ingested” and “she has ingested”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ingerido | I have ingested |
| Tú | has ingerido | You have ingested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ingerido | He has / she has / you have ingested |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ingerido | We have ingested |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ingerido | You have ingested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ingerido | They / you have ingested |
| Vos | has ingerido | You have ingested |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would ingest” or “she would ingest”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ingeriría | I would ingest |
| Tú | ingerirías | You would ingest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingeriría | He / she / you would ingest |
| Nosotros / as | ingeriríamos | We would ingest |
| Vosotros / as | ingeriríais | You would ingest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingerirían | They / you would ingest |
| Vos | ingerirías | You would ingest |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will ingest” or “they will ingest”.
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 ingerir” means “They are going to ingest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ingeriré | I will ingest |
| Tú | ingerirás | You will ingest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingerirá | He / she / you will ingest |
| Nosotros / as | ingeriremos | We will ingest |
| Vosotros / as | ingeriréis | You will ingest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingerirán | They / you will ingest |
| Vos | ingerirás | You will ingest |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ingiera |
| Tú | ingieras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingiera |
| Nosotros / as | ingiramos |
| Vosotros / as | ingiráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingieran |
| Vos | ingieras |
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 | ingiriera | ingiriese |
| Tú | ingirieras | ingiriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingiriera | ingiriese |
| Nosotros / as | ingiriéramos | ingiriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | ingirierais | ingirieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingirieran | ingiriesen |
| Vos | ingirieras | ingiriese |
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 | ingiriere |
| Tú | ingirieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingiriera |
| Nosotros / as | ingiriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | ingiriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingirieren |
| Vos | ingirieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “ingest!” and “don’t ingest!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ingiere | no ingieras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ingiera | no ingiera |
| Nosotros / as | ingiramos | no ingiramos |
| Vosotros / as | ingerid | no ingiráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ingieran | no ingieran |
| Vos | ingerí | no ingieras |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ingerido |
| Tú | hayas ingerido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ingerido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ingerido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ingerido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ingerido |
| Vos | hayas ingerido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ingerido / hubiese ingerido |
| Tú | hubieras ingerido / hubieses ingerido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ingerido / hubiese ingerido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ingerido / hubiésemos ingerido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ingerido / hubieseis ingerido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ingerido / hubiesen ingerido |
| Vos | hubieras ingerido / hubieses ingerido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ingerido |
| Tú | hubieres ingerido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ingerido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ingerido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ingerido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ingerido |
| Vos | hubieres ingerido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ingiriendo |
| Tú | estés ingiriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ingiriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ingiriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ingiriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ingiriendo |
| Vos | estés ingiriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ingiriendo / estuviese ingiriendo |
| Tú | estuvieras ingiriendo / estuvieses ingiriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ingiriendo / estuviese ingiriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ingiriendo / estuviésamos ingiriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ingiriendo / estuvieseis ingiriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ingiriendo / estuviese ingiriendo |
| Vos | estuvieras ingiriendo / estuvieses ingiriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ingiriendo |
| Tú | estuvieres ingiriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ingiriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ingiriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ingiriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ingiriendo |
| Vos | estuvieres ingiriendo |
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 ingerís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ingeriste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ingerías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ingerirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ingerirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ingieras |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ingirieras / Vos ingiriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ingerí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ingieras |