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Molestar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to annoy, bother, pester”.
Below are all of the conjugations for molestar 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 annoy, bother, pester |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | molestar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está molestando) and past continuous (estaba molestando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. annoying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he molestado and hubiera molestado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have annoyed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | molestando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | molestado |
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 annoy” or “they annoy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | molesto |
| Tú | molestas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | molesta |
| Nosotros / as | molestamos |
| Vosotros / as | molestáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molestan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I annoyed” or “she annoyed” 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 | molesté | I annoyed |
| Tú | molestaste | You annoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | molestó | He / she / you annoyed |
| Nosotros / as | molestamos | We annoyed |
| Vosotros / as | molestasteis | You annoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molestaron | They / you annoyed |
| Vos | molestaste | You annoyed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was annoying” or “she was annoying” 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 | molestaba | I was annoying |
| Tú | molestabas | You were annoying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | molestaba | He was / she was / you were annoying |
| Nosotros / as | molestábamos | We were annoying |
| Vosotros / as | molestabais | You were annoying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molestaban | They / you were annoying |
| Vos | molestabas | You were annoying |
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 annoyed” and “she has annoyed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he molestado | I have annoyed |
| Tú | has molestado | You have annoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha molestado | He has / she has / you have annoyed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos molestado | We have annoyed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis molestado | You have annoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han molestado | They / you have annoyed |
| Vos | has molestado | You have annoyed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would annoy” or “she would annoy”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | molestaría | I would annoy |
| Tú | molestarías | You would annoy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | molestaría | He / she / you would annoy |
| Nosotros / as | molestaríamos | We would annoy |
| Vosotros / as | molestaríais | You would annoy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molestarían | They / you would annoy |
| Vos | molestarías | You would annoy |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will annoy” or “they will annoy”.
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 molestar” means “They are going to annoy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | molestaré | I will annoy |
| Tú | molestarás | You will annoy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | molestará | He / she / you will annoy |
| Nosotros / as | molestaremos | We will annoy |
| Vosotros / as | molestaréis | You will annoy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molestarán | They / you will annoy |
| Vos | molestarás | You will annoy |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | moleste |
| Tú | molestes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | moleste |
| Nosotros / as | molestemos |
| Vosotros / as | molestéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molesten |
| Vos | molestes |
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 | molestara | molestase |
| Tú | molestaras | molestase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | molestara | molestase |
| Nosotros / as | molestáramos | molestásemos |
| Vosotros / as | molestarais | molestaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molestaran | molestasen |
| Vos | molestaras | molestase |
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 | molestare |
| Tú | molestares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | molestare |
| Nosotros / as | molestáremos |
| Vosotros / as | molestareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molestaren |
| Vos | molestares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “annoy!” and “don’t annoy!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | molesta | no molestes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | moleste | no moleste |
| Nosotros / as | molestemos | no molestemos |
| Vosotros / as | molestad | no molestéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | molesten | no molesten |
| Vos | no molestes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya molestado |
| Tú | hayas molestado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya molestado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos molestado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis molestado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan molestado |
| Vos | hayas molestado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera molestado / hubiese molestado |
| Tú | hubieras molestado / hubieses molestado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera molestado / hubiese molestado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos molestado / hubiésemos molestado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais molestado / hubieseis molestado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran molestado / hubiesen molestado |
| Vos | hubieras molestado / hubieses molestado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere molestado |
| Tú | hubieres molestado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere molestado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos molestado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis molestado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren molestado |
| Vos | hubieres molestado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté molestando |
| Tú | estés molestando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté molestando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos molestando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis molestando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén molestando |
| Vos | estés molestando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera molestando / estuviese molestando |
| Tú | estuvieras molestando / estuvieses molestando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera molestando / estuviese molestando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos molestando / estuviésamos molestando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais molestando / estuvieseis molestando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera molestando / estuviese molestando |
| Vos | estuvieras molestando / estuvieses molestando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere molestando |
| Tú | estuvieres molestando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere molestando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos molestando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis molestando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere molestando |
| Vos | estuvieres molestando |
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 molestaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos molestabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos molestarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos molestarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos molestes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos molestaras / Vos molestase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no molestes |