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Meditar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to meditate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for meditar 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 meditate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | meditar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está meditando) and past continuous (estaba meditando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. meditating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he meditado and hubiera meditado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have meditated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | meditando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | meditado |
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 meditate” or “they meditate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | medito |
| Tú | meditas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | medita |
| Nosotros / as | meditamos |
| Vosotros / as | meditáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | meditan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I meditated” or “she meditated” 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 | medité | I meditated |
| Tú | meditaste | You meditated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | meditó | He / she / you meditated |
| Nosotros / as | meditamos | We meditated |
| Vosotros / as | meditasteis | You meditated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | meditaron | They / you meditated |
| Vos | meditaste | You meditated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was meditating” or “she was meditating” 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 | meditaba | I was meditating |
| Tú | meditabas | You were meditating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | meditaba | He was / she was / you were meditating |
| Nosotros / as | meditábamos | We were meditating |
| Vosotros / as | meditabais | You were meditating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | meditaban | They / you were meditating |
| Vos | meditabas | You were meditating |
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 meditated” and “she has meditated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he meditado | I have meditated |
| Tú | has meditado | You have meditated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha meditado | He has / she has / you have meditated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos meditado | We have meditated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis meditado | You have meditated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han meditado | They / you have meditated |
| Vos | has meditado | You have meditated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would meditate” or “she would meditate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | meditaría | I would meditate |
| Tú | meditarías | You would meditate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | meditaría | He / she / you would meditate |
| Nosotros / as | meditaríamos | We would meditate |
| Vosotros / as | meditaríais | You would meditate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | meditarían | They / you would meditate |
| Vos | meditarías | You would meditate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will meditate” or “they will meditate”.
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 meditar” means “They are going to meditate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | meditaré | I will meditate |
| Tú | meditarás | You will meditate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | meditará | He / she / you will meditate |
| Nosotros / as | meditaremos | We will meditate |
| Vosotros / as | meditaréis | You will meditate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | meditarán | They / you will meditate |
| Vos | meditarás | You will meditate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | medite |
| Tú | medites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | medite |
| Nosotros / as | meditemos |
| Vosotros / as | meditéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mediten |
| Vos | medites |
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 | meditara | meditase |
| Tú | meditaras | meditase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | meditara | meditase |
| Nosotros / as | meditáramos | meditásemos |
| Vosotros / as | meditarais | meditaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | meditaran | meditasen |
| Vos | meditaras | meditase |
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 | meditare |
| Tú | meditares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | meditare |
| Nosotros / as | meditáremos |
| Vosotros / as | meditareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | meditaren |
| Vos | meditares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “meditate!” and “don’t meditate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | medita | no medites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | medite | no medite |
| Nosotros / as | meditemos | no meditemos |
| Vosotros / as | meditad | no meditéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mediten | no mediten |
| Vos | no medites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya meditado |
| Tú | hayas meditado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya meditado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos meditado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis meditado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan meditado |
| Vos | hayas meditado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera meditado / hubiese meditado |
| Tú | hubieras meditado / hubieses meditado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera meditado / hubiese meditado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos meditado / hubiésemos meditado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais meditado / hubieseis meditado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran meditado / hubiesen meditado |
| Vos | hubieras meditado / hubieses meditado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere meditado |
| Tú | hubieres meditado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere meditado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos meditado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis meditado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren meditado |
| Vos | hubieres meditado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté meditando |
| Tú | estés meditando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté meditando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos meditando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis meditando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén meditando |
| Vos | estés meditando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera meditando / estuviese meditando |
| Tú | estuvieras meditando / estuvieses meditando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera meditando / estuviese meditando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos meditando / estuviésamos meditando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais meditando / estuvieseis meditando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera meditando / estuviese meditando |
| Vos | estuvieras meditando / estuvieses meditando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere meditando |
| Tú | estuvieres meditando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere meditando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos meditando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis meditando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere meditando |
| Vos | estuvieres meditando |
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 meditaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos meditabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos meditarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos meditarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos medites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos meditaras / Vos meditase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no medites |