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Manchar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to soil, become soiled, stained”.
Below are all of the conjugations for manchar 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 soil, become soiled, stained |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | manchar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está manchando) and past continuous (estaba manchando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. soiling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he manchado and hubiera manchado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have soiled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | manchando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | manchado |
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 soil” or “they soil”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | mancho |
| Tú | manchas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mancha |
| Nosotros / as | manchamos |
| Vosotros / as | mancháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manchan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I soiled” or “she soiled” 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 | manché | I soiled |
| Tú | manchaste | You soiled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manchó | He / she / you soiled |
| Nosotros / as | manchamos | We soiled |
| Vosotros / as | manchasteis | You soiled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mancharon | They / you soiled |
| Vos | manchaste | You soiled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was soiling” or “she was soiling” 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 | manchaba | I was soiling |
| Tú | manchabas | You were soiling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manchaba | He was / she was / you were soiling |
| Nosotros / as | manchábamos | We were soiling |
| Vosotros / as | manchabais | You were soiling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manchaban | They / you were soiling |
| Vos | manchabas | You were soiling |
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 soiled” and “she has soiled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he manchado | I have soiled |
| Tú | has manchado | You have soiled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha manchado | He has / she has / you have soiled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos manchado | We have soiled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis manchado | You have soiled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han manchado | They / you have soiled |
| Vos | has manchado | You have soiled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would soil” or “she would soil”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | mancharía | I would soil |
| Tú | mancharías | You would soil |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mancharía | He / she / you would soil |
| Nosotros / as | mancharíamos | We would soil |
| Vosotros / as | mancharíais | You would soil |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mancharían | They / you would soil |
| Vos | mancharías | You would soil |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will soil” or “they will soil”.
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 manchar” means “They are going to soil”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | mancharé | I will soil |
| Tú | mancharás | You will soil |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manchará | He / she / you will soil |
| Nosotros / as | mancharemos | We will soil |
| Vosotros / as | mancharéis | You will soil |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mancharán | They / you will soil |
| Vos | mancharás | You will soil |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | manche |
| Tú | manches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manche |
| Nosotros / as | manchemos |
| Vosotros / as | manchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manchen |
| Vos | manches |
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 | manchara | manchase |
| Tú | mancharas | manchase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manchara | manchase |
| Nosotros / as | mancháramos | manchásemos |
| Vosotros / as | mancharais | manchaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mancharan | manchasen |
| Vos | mancharas | manchase |
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 | manchare |
| Tú | manchares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manchare |
| Nosotros / as | mancháremos |
| Vosotros / as | manchareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mancharen |
| Vos | manchares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “soil!” and “don’t soil!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | mancha | no manches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manche | no manche |
| Nosotros / as | manchemos | no manchemos |
| Vosotros / as | manchad | no manchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manchen | no manchen |
| Vos | no manches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya manchado |
| Tú | hayas manchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya manchado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos manchado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis manchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan manchado |
| Vos | hayas manchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera manchado / hubiese manchado |
| Tú | hubieras manchado / hubieses manchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera manchado / hubiese manchado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos manchado / hubiésemos manchado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais manchado / hubieseis manchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran manchado / hubiesen manchado |
| Vos | hubieras manchado / hubieses manchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere manchado |
| Tú | hubieres manchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere manchado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos manchado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis manchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren manchado |
| Vos | hubieres manchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté manchando |
| Tú | estés manchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté manchando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos manchando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis manchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén manchando |
| Vos | estés manchando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera manchando / estuviese manchando |
| Tú | estuvieras manchando / estuvieses manchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera manchando / estuviese manchando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos manchando / estuviésamos manchando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais manchando / estuvieseis manchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera manchando / estuviese manchando |
| Vos | estuvieras manchando / estuvieses manchando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere manchando |
| Tú | estuvieres manchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere manchando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos manchando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis manchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere manchando |
| Vos | estuvieres manchando |
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 |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos manchaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos manchabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos mancharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos mancharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos manches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos mancharas / Vos manchase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no manches |