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Montar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to mount, ride”.
Below are all of the conjugations for montar 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 mount, ride |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | montar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está montando) and past continuous (estaba montando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. mounting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he montado and hubiera montado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have mounted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | montando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | montado |
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 mount” or “they mount”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | monto |
| Tú | montas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | monta |
| Nosotros / as | montamos |
| Vosotros / as | montáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | montan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I mounted” or “she mounted” 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 | monté | I mounted |
| Tú | montaste | You mounted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | montó | He / she / you mounted |
| Nosotros / as | montamos | We mounted |
| Vosotros / as | montasteis | You mounted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | montaron | They / you mounted |
| Vos | montaste | You mounted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was mounting” or “she was mounting” 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 | montaba | I was mounting |
| Tú | montabas | You were mounting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | montaba | He was / she was / you were mounting |
| Nosotros / as | montábamos | We were mounting |
| Vosotros / as | montabais | You were mounting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | montaban | They / you were mounting |
| Vos | montabas | You were mounting |
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 mounted” and “she has mounted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he montado | I have mounted |
| Tú | has montado | You have mounted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha montado | He has / she has / you have mounted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos montado | We have mounted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis montado | You have mounted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han montado | They / you have mounted |
| Vos | has montado | You have mounted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would mount” or “she would mount”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | montaría | I would mount |
| Tú | montarías | You would mount |
| Él / Ella / Usted | montaría | He / she / you would mount |
| Nosotros / as | montaríamos | We would mount |
| Vosotros / as | montaríais | You would mount |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | montarían | They / you would mount |
| Vos | montarías | You would mount |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will mount” or “they will mount”.
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 montar” means “They are going to mount”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | montaré | I will mount |
| Tú | montarás | You will mount |
| Él / Ella / Usted | montará | He / she / you will mount |
| Nosotros / as | montaremos | We will mount |
| Vosotros / as | montaréis | You will mount |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | montarán | They / you will mount |
| Vos | montarás | You will mount |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | monte |
| Tú | montes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | monte |
| Nosotros / as | montemos |
| Vosotros / as | montéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | monten |
| Vos | montes |
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 | montara | montase |
| Tú | montaras | montase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | montara | montase |
| Nosotros / as | montáramos | montásemos |
| Vosotros / as | montarais | montaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | montaran | montasen |
| Vos | montaras | montase |
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 | montare |
| Tú | montares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | montare |
| Nosotros / as | montáremos |
| Vosotros / as | montareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | montaren |
| Vos | montares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “mount!” and “don’t mount!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | monta | no montes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | monte | no monte |
| Nosotros / as | montemos | no montemos |
| Vosotros / as | montad | no montéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | monten | no monten |
| Vos | no montes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya montado |
| Tú | hayas montado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya montado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos montado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis montado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan montado |
| Vos | hayas montado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera montado / hubiese montado |
| Tú | hubieras montado / hubieses montado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera montado / hubiese montado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos montado / hubiésemos montado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais montado / hubieseis montado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran montado / hubiesen montado |
| Vos | hubieras montado / hubieses montado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere montado |
| Tú | hubieres montado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere montado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos montado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis montado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren montado |
| Vos | hubieres montado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté montando |
| Tú | estés montando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté montando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos montando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis montando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén montando |
| Vos | estés montando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera montando / estuviese montando |
| Tú | estuvieras montando / estuvieses montando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera montando / estuviese montando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos montando / estuviésamos montando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais montando / estuvieseis montando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera montando / estuviese montando |
| Vos | estuvieras montando / estuvieses montando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere montando |
| Tú | estuvieres montando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere montando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos montando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis montando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere montando |
| Vos | estuvieres montando |
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 montaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos montabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos montarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos montarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos montes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos montaras / Vos montase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no montes |