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Legar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to delegate, bequeath”.
Below are all of the conjugations for legar 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 delegate, bequeath |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | legar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está legando) and past continuous (estaba legando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. delegating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he legado and hubiera legado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have delegated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | legando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | legado |
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 delegate” or “they delegate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | lego |
| Tú | legas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | lega |
| Nosotros / as | legamos |
| Vosotros / as | legáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legan |
| Vos | legás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I delegated” or “she delegated” 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 | legué | I delegated |
| Tú | legaste | You delegated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legó | He / she / you delegated |
| Nosotros / as | legamos | We delegated |
| Vosotros / as | legasteis | You delegated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legaron | They / you delegated |
| Vos | legaste | You delegated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was delegating” or “she was delegating” 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 | legaba | I was delegating |
| Tú | legabas | You were delegating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legaba | He was / she was / you were delegating |
| Nosotros / as | legábamos | We were delegating |
| Vosotros / as | legabais | You were delegating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legaban | They / you were delegating |
| Vos | legabas | You were delegating |
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 delegated” and “she has delegated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he legado | I have delegated |
| Tú | has legado | You have delegated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha legado | He has / she has / you have delegated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos legado | We have delegated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis legado | You have delegated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han legado | They / you have delegated |
| Vos | has legado | You have delegated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would delegate” or “she would delegate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | legaría | I would delegate |
| Tú | legarías | You would delegate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legaría | He / she / you would delegate |
| Nosotros / as | legaríamos | We would delegate |
| Vosotros / as | legaríais | You would delegate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legarían | They / you would delegate |
| Vos | legarías | You would delegate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will delegate” or “they will delegate”.
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 legar” means “They are going to delegate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | legaré | I will delegate |
| Tú | legarás | You will delegate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legará | He / she / you will delegate |
| Nosotros / as | legaremos | We will delegate |
| Vosotros / as | legaréis | You will delegate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legarán | They / you will delegate |
| Vos | legarás | You will delegate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | legue |
| Tú | legues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legue |
| Nosotros / as | leguemos |
| Vosotros / as | leguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | leguen |
| Vos | legues |
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 | legara | legase |
| Tú | legaras | legase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legara | legase |
| Nosotros / as | legáramos | legásemos |
| Vosotros / as | legarais | legaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legaran | legasen |
| Vos | legaras | legase |
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 | legare |
| Tú | legares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legare |
| Nosotros / as | legáremos |
| Vosotros / as | legareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | legaren |
| Vos | legares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “delegate!” and “don’t delegate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | lega | no legues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | legue | no legue |
| Nosotros / as | leguemos | no leguemos |
| Vosotros / as | legad | no leguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | leguen | no leguen |
| Vos | legá | no legues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya legado |
| Tú | hayas legado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya legado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos legado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis legado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan legado |
| Vos | hayas legado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera legado / hubiese legado |
| Tú | hubieras legado / hubieses legado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera legado / hubiese legado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos legado / hubiésemos legado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais legado / hubieseis legado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran legado / hubiesen legado |
| Vos | hubieras legado / hubieses legado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere legado |
| Tú | hubieres legado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere legado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos legado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis legado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren legado |
| Vos | hubieres legado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté legando |
| Tú | estés legando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté legando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos legando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis legando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén legando |
| Vos | estés legando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera legando / estuviese legando |
| Tú | estuvieras legando / estuvieses legando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera legando / estuviese legando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos legando / estuviésamos legando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais legando / estuvieseis legando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera legando / estuviese legando |
| Vos | estuvieras legando / estuvieses legando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere legando |
| Tú | estuvieres legando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere legando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos legando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis legando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere legando |
| Vos | estuvieres legando |
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 legás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos legaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos legabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos legarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos legarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos legues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos legaras / Vos legase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos legá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no legues |