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Abastecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to supply, replenish, furnish with”.
Below are all of the conjugations for abastecer 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 supply, replenish, furnish with |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abastecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abasteciendo) and past continuous (estaba abasteciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. supplying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abastecido and hubiera abastecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have supplied).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abasteciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abastecido |
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 supply” or “they supply”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abastezco |
| Tú | abasteces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abastece |
| Nosotros / as | abastecemos |
| Vosotros / as | abastecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastecen |
| Vos | abastecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I supplied” or “she supplied” 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 | abastecí | I supplied |
| Tú | abasteciste | You supplied |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abasteció | He / she / you supplied |
| Nosotros / as | abastecimos | We supplied |
| Vosotros / as | abastecisteis | You supplied |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastecieron | They / you supplied |
| Vos | abasteciste | You supplied |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was supplying” or “she was supplying” 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 | abastecía | I was supplying |
| Tú | abastecías | You were supplying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abastecía | He was / she was / you were supplying |
| Nosotros / as | abastecíamos | We were supplying |
| Vosotros / as | abastecíais | You were supplying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastecían | They / you were supplying |
| Vos | abastecías | You were supplying |
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 supplied” and “she has supplied”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abastecido | I have supplied |
| Tú | has abastecido | You have supplied |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha abastecido | He has / she has / you have supplied |
| Nosotros / as | hemos abastecido | We have supplied |
| Vosotros / as | habéis abastecido | You have supplied |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han abastecido | They / you have supplied |
| Vos | has abastecido | You have supplied |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would supply” or “she would supply”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abastecería | I would supply |
| Tú | abastecerías | You would supply |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abastecería | He / she / you would supply |
| Nosotros / as | abasteceríamos | We would supply |
| Vosotros / as | abasteceríais | You would supply |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastecerían | They / you would supply |
| Vos | abastecerías | You would supply |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will supply” or “they will supply”.
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 abastecer” means “They are going to supply”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abasteceré | I will supply |
| Tú | abastecerás | You will supply |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abastecerá | He / she / you will supply |
| Nosotros / as | abasteceremos | We will supply |
| Vosotros / as | abasteceréis | You will supply |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastecerán | They / you will supply |
| Vos | abastecerás | You will supply |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abastezca |
| Tú | abastezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abastezca |
| Nosotros / as | abastezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | abastezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastezcan |
| Vos | abastezcas |
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 | abasteciera | abasteciese |
| Tú | abastecieras | abasteciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abasteciera | abasteciese |
| Nosotros / as | abasteciéramos | abasteciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | abastecierais | abastecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastecieran | abasteciesen |
| Vos | abastecieras | abasteciese |
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 | abasteciere |
| Tú | abastecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abasteciere |
| Nosotros / as | abasteciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | abasteciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastecieren |
| Vos | abastecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “supply!” and “don’t supply!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abastece | no abastezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abastezca | no abastezca |
| Nosotros / as | abastezcamos | no abastezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | abasteced | no abastezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abastezcan | no abastezcan |
| Vos | abastecete | no abastezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abastecido |
| Tú | hayas abastecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abastecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abastecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abastecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abastecido |
| Vos | hayas abastecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abastecido / hubiese abastecido |
| Tú | hubieras abastecido / hubieses abastecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abastecido / hubiese abastecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abastecido / hubiésemos abastecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abastecido / hubieseis abastecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abastecido / hubiesen abastecido |
| Vos | hubieras abastecido / hubieses abastecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abastecido |
| Tú | hubieres abastecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abastecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abastecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abastecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abastecido |
| Vos | hubieres abastecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abasteciendo |
| Tú | estés abasteciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abasteciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abasteciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abasteciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abasteciendo |
| Vos | estés abasteciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abasteciendo / estuviese abasteciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras abasteciendo / estuvieses abasteciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abasteciendo / estuviese abasteciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abasteciendo / estuviésamos abasteciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abasteciendo / estuvieseis abasteciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abasteciendo / estuviese abasteciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras abasteciendo / estuvieses abasteciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abasteciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres abasteciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abasteciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abasteciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abasteciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abasteciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres abasteciendo |
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 abastecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos abasteciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos abastecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos abastecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos abastecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos abastezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos abastecieras / Vos abasteciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abastecete |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no abastezcas |