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Interceder is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to intercede, mediate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for interceder 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 intercede, mediate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | interceder |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está intercediendo) and past continuous (estaba intercediendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. interceding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he intercedido and hubiera intercedido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have interceded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | intercediendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | intercedido |
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 intercede” or “they intercede”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intercedo |
| Tú | intercedes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercede |
| Nosotros / as | intercedemos |
| Vosotros / as | intercedéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceden |
| Vos | intercedes |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I interceded” or “she interceded” 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 | intercedí | I interceded |
| Tú | intercediste | You interceded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercedió | He / she / you interceded |
| Nosotros / as | intercedimos | We interceded |
| Vosotros / as | intercedisteis | You interceded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercedieron | They / you interceded |
| Vos | intercediste | You interceded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was interceding” or “she was interceding” 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 | intercedía | I was interceding |
| Tú | intercedías | You were interceding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercedía | He was / she was / you were interceding |
| Nosotros / as | intercedíamos | We were interceding |
| Vosotros / as | intercedíais | You were interceding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercedían | They / you were interceding |
| Vos | intercedías | You were interceding |
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 interceded” and “she has interceded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he intercedido | I have interceded |
| Tú | has intercedido | You have interceded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha intercedido | He has / she has / you have interceded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos intercedido | We have interceded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis intercedido | You have interceded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han intercedido | They / you have interceded |
| Vos | has intercedido | You have interceded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would intercede” or “she would intercede”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intercedería | I would intercede |
| Tú | intercederías | You would intercede |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercedería | He / she / you would intercede |
| Nosotros / as | intercederíamos | We would intercede |
| Vosotros / as | intercederíais | You would intercede |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercederían | They / you would intercede |
| Vos | intercederías | You would intercede |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will intercede” or “they will intercede”.
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 interceder” means “They are going to intercede”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intercederé | I will intercede |
| Tú | intercederás | You will intercede |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercederá | He / she / you will intercede |
| Nosotros / as | intercederemos | We will intercede |
| Vosotros / as | intercederéis | You will intercede |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercederán | They / you will intercede |
| Vos | intercederás | You will intercede |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | interceda |
| Tú | intercedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceda |
| Nosotros / as | intercedamos |
| Vosotros / as | intercedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercedan |
| Vos | intercedas |
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 | intercediera | intercediese |
| Tú | intercedieras | intercediese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercediera | intercediese |
| Nosotros / as | intercediéramos | intercediésemos |
| Vosotros / as | intercedierais | intercedieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercedieran | intercediesen |
| Vos | intercedieras | intercediese |
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 | intercediere |
| Tú | intercedieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercediere |
| Nosotros / as | intercediéremos |
| Vosotros / as | intercediereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercedieren |
| Vos | intercedieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “intercede!” and “don’t intercede!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | intercede | no intercedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceda | no interceda |
| Nosotros / as | intercedamos | no intercedamos |
| Vosotros / as | interceded | no intercedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercedan | no intercedan |
| Vos | intercedé | no intercedas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya intercedido |
| Tú | hayas intercedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya intercedido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos intercedido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis intercedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan intercedido |
| Vos | hayas intercedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera intercedido / hubiese intercedido |
| Tú | hubieras intercedido / hubieses intercedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera intercedido / hubiese intercedido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos intercedido / hubiésemos intercedido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais intercedido / hubieseis intercedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran intercedido / hubiesen intercedido |
| Vos | hubieras intercedido / hubieses intercedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere intercedido |
| Tú | hubieres intercedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere intercedido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos intercedido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis intercedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren intercedido |
| Vos | hubieres intercedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté intercediendo |
| Tú | estés intercediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté intercediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos intercediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis intercediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén intercediendo |
| Vos | estés intercediendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera intercediendo / estuviese intercediendo |
| Tú | estuvieras intercediendo / estuvieses intercediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera intercediendo / estuviese intercediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos intercediendo / estuviésamos intercediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais intercediendo / estuvieseis intercediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera intercediendo / estuviese intercediendo |
| Vos | estuvieras intercediendo / estuvieses intercediendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere intercediendo |
| Tú | estuvieres intercediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere intercediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos intercediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis intercediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere intercediendo |
| Vos | estuvieres intercediendo |
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 intercedes |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos intercediste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos intercedías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos intercederías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos intercederás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos intercedas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos intercedieras / Vos intercediese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos intercedé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no intercedas |