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Introducir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to insert, bring in, submit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for introducir 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 insert, bring in, submit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | introducir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está introduciendo) and past continuous (estaba introduciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inserting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he introducido and hubiera introducido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have inserted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | introduciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | introducido |
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 insert” or “they insert”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | introduzco |
| Tú | introduces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introduce |
| Nosotros / as | introducimos |
| Vosotros / as | introducís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introducen |
| Vos | introducís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I inserted” or “she inserted” 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 | introduje | I inserted |
| Tú | introdujiste | You inserted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introdujo | He / she / you inserted |
| Nosotros / as | introdujimos | We inserted |
| Vosotros / as | introdujisteis | You inserted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introdujeron | They / you inserted |
| Vos | introdujiste | You inserted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inserting” or “she was inserting” 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 | introducía | I was inserting |
| Tú | introducías | You were inserting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introducía | He was / she was / you were inserting |
| Nosotros / as | introducíamos | We were inserting |
| Vosotros / as | introducíais | You were inserting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introducían | They / you were inserting |
| Vos | introducías | You were inserting |
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 inserted” and “she has inserted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he introducido | I have inserted |
| Tú | has introducido | You have inserted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha introducido | He has / she has / you have inserted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos introducido | We have inserted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis introducido | You have inserted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han introducido | They / you have inserted |
| Vos | has introducido | You have inserted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would insert” or “she would insert”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | introduciría | I would insert |
| Tú | introducirías | You would insert |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introduciría | He / she / you would insert |
| Nosotros / as | introduciríamos | We would insert |
| Vosotros / as | introduciríais | You would insert |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introducirían | They / you would insert |
| Vos | introducirías | You would insert |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will insert” or “they will insert”.
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 introducir” means “They are going to insert”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | introduciré | I will insert |
| Tú | introducirás | You will insert |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introducirá | He / she / you will insert |
| Nosotros / as | introduciremos | We will insert |
| Vosotros / as | introduciréis | You will insert |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introducirán | They / you will insert |
| Vos | introducirás | You will insert |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | introduzca |
| Tú | introduzcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introduzca |
| Nosotros / as | introduzcamos |
| Vosotros / as | introduzcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introduzcan |
| Vos | introduzcas |
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 | introdujera | introdujese |
| Tú | introdujeras | introdujese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introdujera | introdujese |
| Nosotros / as | introdujéramos | introdujésemos |
| Vosotros / as | introdujerais | introdujeseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introdujeran | introdujesen |
| Vos | introdujeras | introdujese |
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 | introdujere |
| Tú | introdujeres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introdujera |
| Nosotros / as | introdujéremos |
| Vosotros / as | introdujereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introdujeren |
| Vos | introdujeres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “insert!” and “don’t insert!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | introduce | no introduzcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | introduzca | no introduzca |
| Nosotros / as | introduzcamos | no introduzcamos |
| Vosotros / as | introducid | no introduzcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | introduzcan | no introduzcan |
| Vos | introducí | no introduzcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya introducido |
| Tú | hayas introducido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya introducido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos introducido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis introducido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan introducido |
| Vos | hayas introducido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera introducido / hubiese introducido |
| Tú | hubieras introducido / hubieses introducido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera introducido / hubiese introducido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos introducido / hubiésemos introducido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais introducido / hubieseis introducido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran introducido / hubiesen introducido |
| Vos | hubieras introducido / hubieses introducido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere introducido |
| Tú | hubieres introducido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere introducido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos introducido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis introducido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren introducido |
| Vos | hubieres introducido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté introduciendo |
| Tú | estés introduciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté introduciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos introduciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis introduciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén introduciendo |
| Vos | estés introduciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera introduciendo / estuviese introduciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras introduciendo / estuvieses introduciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera introduciendo / estuviese introduciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos introduciendo / estuviésamos introduciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais introduciendo / estuvieseis introduciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera introduciendo / estuviese introduciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras introduciendo / estuvieses introduciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere introduciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres introduciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere introduciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos introduciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis introduciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere introduciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres introduciendo |
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 introducís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos introdujiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos introducías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos introducirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos introducirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos introduzcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos introdujeras / Vos introdujese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos introducí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no introduzcas |