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Intersectar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to intersect, meet, cross”.
Below are all of the conjugations for intersectar 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 intersect, meet, cross |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | intersectar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está intersectando) and past continuous (estaba intersectando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. intersecting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he intersectado and hubiera intersectado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have intersected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | intersectando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | intersectado |
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 intersect” or “they intersect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intersecto |
| Tú | intersectas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersecta |
| Nosotros / as | intersectamos |
| Vosotros / as | intersectáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersectan |
| Vos | intersectás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I intersected” or “she intersected” 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 | intersecté | I intersected |
| Tú | intersectaste | You intersected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersectó | He / she / you intersected |
| Nosotros / as | intersectamos | We intersected |
| Vosotros / as | intersectasteis | You intersected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersectaron | They / you intersected |
| Vos | intersectaste | You intersected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was intersecting” or “she was intersecting” 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 | intersectaba | I was intersecting |
| Tú | intersectabas | You were intersecting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersectaba | He was / she was / you were intersecting |
| Nosotros / as | intersectábamos | We were intersecting |
| Vosotros / as | intersectabais | You were intersecting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersectaban | They / you were intersecting |
| Vos | intersectabas | You were intersecting |
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 intersected” and “she has intersected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he intersectado | I have intersected |
| Tú | has intersectado | You have intersected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha intersectado | He has / she has / you have intersected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos intersectado | We have intersected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis intersectado | You have intersected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han intersectado | They / you have intersected |
| Vos | has intersectado | You have intersected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would intersect” or “she would intersect”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intersectaría | I would intersect |
| Tú | intersectarías | You would intersect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersectaría | He / she / you would intersect |
| Nosotros / as | intersectaríamos | We would intersect |
| Vosotros / as | intersectaríais | You would intersect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersectarían | They / you would intersect |
| Vos | intersectarías | You would intersect |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will intersect” or “they will intersect”.
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 intersectar” means “They are going to intersect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intersectaré | I will intersect |
| Tú | intersectarás | You will intersect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersectará | He / she / you will intersect |
| Nosotros / as | intersectaremos | We will intersect |
| Vosotros / as | intersectaréis | You will intersect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersectarán | They / you will intersect |
| Vos | intersectarás | You will intersect |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intersecte |
| Tú | intersectes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersecte |
| Nosotros / as | intersectemos |
| Vosotros / as | intersectéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersecten |
| Vos | intersectes |
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 | intersectara | intersectase |
| Tú | intersectaras | intersectase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersectara | intersectase |
| Nosotros / as | intersectáramos | intersectásemos |
| Vosotros / as | intersectarais | intersectaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersectaran | intersectasen |
| Vos | intersectaras | intersectase |
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 | intersectare |
| Tú | intersectares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersectare |
| Nosotros / as | intersectáremos |
| Vosotros / as | intersectareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersectaren |
| Vos | intersectares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “intersect!” and “don’t intersect!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | intersecta | no intersectes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intersecte | no intersecte |
| Nosotros / as | intersectemos | no intersectemos |
| Vosotros / as | intersectad | no intersectéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intersecten | no intersecten |
| Vos | intersectá | no intersectes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya intersectado |
| Tú | hayas intersectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya intersectado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos intersectado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis intersectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan intersectado |
| Vos | hayas intersectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera intersectado / hubiese intersectado |
| Tú | hubieras intersectado / hubieses intersectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera intersectado / hubiese intersectado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos intersectado / hubiésemos intersectado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais intersectado / hubieseis intersectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran intersectado / hubiesen intersectado |
| Vos | hubieras intersectado / hubieses intersectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere intersectado |
| Tú | hubieres intersectado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere intersectado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos intersectado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis intersectado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren intersectado |
| Vos | hubieres intersectado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté intersectando |
| Tú | estés intersectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté intersectando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos intersectando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis intersectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén intersectando |
| Vos | estés intersectando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera intersectando / estuviese intersectando |
| Tú | estuvieras intersectando / estuvieses intersectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera intersectando / estuviese intersectando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos intersectando / estuviésamos intersectando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais intersectando / estuvieseis intersectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera intersectando / estuviese intersectando |
| Vos | estuvieras intersectando / estuvieses intersectando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere intersectando |
| Tú | estuvieres intersectando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere intersectando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos intersectando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis intersectando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere intersectando |
| Vos | estuvieres intersectando |
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 intersectás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos intersectaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos intersectabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos intersectarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos intersectarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos intersectes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos intersectaras / Vos intersectase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos intersectá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no intersectes |