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Juntar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to join, collect, save”.
Below are all of the conjugations for juntar 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 join, collect, save |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | juntar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está juntando) and past continuous (estaba juntando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. joining).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he juntado and hubiera juntado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have joined).
| Gerundio / Gerund | juntando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | juntado |
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 join” or “they join”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | junto |
| Tú | juntas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | junta |
| Nosotros / as | juntamos |
| Vosotros / as | juntáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | juntan |
| Vos | juntás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I joined” or “she joined” 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 | junté | I joined |
| Tú | juntaste | You joined |
| Él / Ella / Usted | juntó | He / she / you joined |
| Nosotros / as | juntamos | We joined |
| Vosotros / as | juntasteis | You joined |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | juntaron | They / you joined |
| Vos | juntaste | You joined |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was joining” or “she was joining” 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 | juntaba | I was joining |
| Tú | juntabas | You were joining |
| Él / Ella / Usted | juntaba | He was / she was / you were joining |
| Nosotros / as | juntábamos | We were joining |
| Vosotros / as | juntabais | You were joining |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | juntaban | They / you were joining |
| Vos | juntabas | You were joining |
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 joined” and “she has joined”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he juntado | I have joined |
| Tú | has juntado | You have joined |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha juntado | He has / she has / you have joined |
| Nosotros / as | hemos juntado | We have joined |
| Vosotros / as | habéis juntado | You have joined |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han juntado | They / you have joined |
| Vos | has juntado | You have joined |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would join” or “she would join”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | juntaría | I would join |
| Tú | juntarías | You would join |
| Él / Ella / Usted | juntaría | He / she / you would join |
| Nosotros / as | juntaríamos | We would join |
| Vosotros / as | juntaríais | You would join |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | juntarían | They / you would join |
| Vos | juntarías | You would join |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will join” or “they will join”.
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 juntar” means “They are going to join”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | juntaré | I will join |
| Tú | juntarás | You will join |
| Él / Ella / Usted | juntará | He / she / you will join |
| Nosotros / as | juntaremos | We will join |
| Vosotros / as | juntaréis | You will join |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | juntarán | They / you will join |
| Vos | juntarás | You will join |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | junte |
| Tú | juntes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | junte |
| Nosotros / as | juntemos |
| Vosotros / as | juntéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | junten |
| Vos | juntes |
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 | juntara | juntase |
| Tú | juntaras | juntase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | juntara | juntase |
| Nosotros / as | juntáramos | juntásemos |
| Vosotros / as | juntarais | juntaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | juntaran | juntasen |
| Vos | juntaras | juntase |
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 | juntare |
| Tú | juntares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | juntare |
| Nosotros / as | juntáremos |
| Vosotros / as | juntareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | juntaren |
| Vos | juntares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “join!” and “don’t join!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | junta | no juntes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | junte | no junte |
| Nosotros / as | juntemos | no juntemos |
| Vosotros / as | juntad | no juntéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | junten | no junten |
| Vos | juntá | no juntes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya juntado |
| Tú | hayas juntado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya juntado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos juntado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis juntado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan juntado |
| Vos | hayas juntado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera juntado / hubiese juntado |
| Tú | hubieras juntado / hubieses juntado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera juntado / hubiese juntado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos juntado / hubiésemos juntado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais juntado / hubieseis juntado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran juntado / hubiesen juntado |
| Vos | hubieras juntado / hubieses juntado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere juntado |
| Tú | hubieres juntado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere juntado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos juntado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis juntado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren juntado |
| Vos | hubieres juntado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté juntando |
| Tú | estés juntando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté juntando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos juntando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis juntando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén juntando |
| Vos | estés juntando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera juntando / estuviese juntando |
| Tú | estuvieras juntando / estuvieses juntando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera juntando / estuviese juntando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos juntando / estuviésamos juntando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais juntando / estuvieseis juntando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera juntando / estuviese juntando |
| Vos | estuvieras juntando / estuvieses juntando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere juntando |
| Tú | estuvieres juntando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere juntando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos juntando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis juntando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere juntando |
| Vos | estuvieres juntando |
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 juntás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos juntaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos juntabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos juntarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos juntarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos juntes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos juntaras / Vos juntase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos juntá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no juntes |