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Irrigar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to irrigate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for irrigar 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 irrigate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | irrigar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está irrigando) and past continuous (estaba irrigando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. irrigating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he irrigado and hubiera irrigado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have irrigated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | irrigando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | irrigado |
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 irrigate” or “they irrigate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | irrigo |
| Tú | irrigas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irriga |
| Nosotros / as | irrigamos |
| Vosotros / as | irrigáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irrigan |
| Vos | irrigás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I irrigated” or “she irrigated” 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 | irrigué | I irrigated |
| Tú | irrigaste | You irrigated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigó | He / she / you irrigated |
| Nosotros / as | irrigamos | We irrigated |
| Vosotros / as | irrigasteis | You irrigated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irrigaron | They / you irrigated |
| Vos | irrigaste | You irrigated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was irrigating” or “she was irrigating” 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 | irrigaba | I was irrigating |
| Tú | irrigabas | You were irrigating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigaba | He was / she was / you were irrigating |
| Nosotros / as | irrigábamos | We were irrigating |
| Vosotros / as | irrigabais | You were irrigating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irrigaban | They / you were irrigating |
| Vos | irrigabas | You were irrigating |
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 irrigated” and “she has irrigated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he irrigado | I have irrigated |
| Tú | has irrigado | You have irrigated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha irrigado | He has / she has / you have irrigated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos irrigado | We have irrigated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis irrigado | You have irrigated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han irrigado | They / you have irrigated |
| Vos | has irrigado | You have irrigated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would irrigate” or “she would irrigate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | irrigaría | I would irrigate |
| Tú | irrigarías | You would irrigate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigaría | He / she / you would irrigate |
| Nosotros / as | irrigaríamos | We would irrigate |
| Vosotros / as | irrigaríais | You would irrigate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irrigarían | They / you would irrigate |
| Vos | irrigarías | You would irrigate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will irrigate” or “they will irrigate”.
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 irrigar” means “They are going to irrigate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | irrigaré | I will irrigate |
| Tú | irrigarás | You will irrigate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigará | He / she / you will irrigate |
| Nosotros / as | irrigaremos | We will irrigate |
| Vosotros / as | irrigaréis | You will irrigate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irrigarán | They / you will irrigate |
| Vos | irrigarás | You will irrigate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | irrigue |
| Tú | irrigues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigue |
| Nosotros / as | irriguemos |
| Vosotros / as | irriguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irriguen |
| Vos | irrigues |
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 | irrigara | irrigase |
| Tú | irrigaras | irrigase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigara | irrigase |
| Nosotros / as | irrigáramos | irrigásemos |
| Vosotros / as | irrigarais | irrigaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irrigaran | irrigasen |
| Vos | irrigaras | irrigase |
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 | irrigare |
| Tú | irrigares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigare |
| Nosotros / as | irrigáremos |
| Vosotros / as | irrigareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irrigaren |
| Vos | irrigares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “irrigate!” and “don’t irrigate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | irriga | no irrigues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | irrigue | no irrigue |
| Nosotros / as | irriguemos | no irriguemos |
| Vosotros / as | irrigad | no irriguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | irriguen | no irriguen |
| Vos | irrigá | no irrigues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya irrigado |
| Tú | hayas irrigado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya irrigado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos irrigado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis irrigado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan irrigado |
| Vos | hayas irrigado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera irrigado / hubiese irrigado |
| Tú | hubieras irrigado / hubieses irrigado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera irrigado / hubiese irrigado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos irrigado / hubiésemos irrigado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais irrigado / hubieseis irrigado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran irrigado / hubiesen irrigado |
| Vos | hubieras irrigado / hubieses irrigado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere irrigado |
| Tú | hubieres irrigado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere irrigado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos irrigado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis irrigado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren irrigado |
| Vos | hubieres irrigado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté irrigando |
| Tú | estés irrigando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté irrigando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos irrigando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis irrigando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén irrigando |
| Vos | estés irrigando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera irrigando / estuviese irrigando |
| Tú | estuvieras irrigando / estuvieses irrigando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera irrigando / estuviese irrigando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos irrigando / estuviésamos irrigando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais irrigando / estuvieseis irrigando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera irrigando / estuviese irrigando |
| Vos | estuvieras irrigando / estuvieses irrigando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere irrigando |
| Tú | estuvieres irrigando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere irrigando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos irrigando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis irrigando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere irrigando |
| Vos | estuvieres irrigando |
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 irrigás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos irrigaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos irrigabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos irrigarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos irrigarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos irrigues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos irrigaras / Vos irrigase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos irrigá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no irrigues |