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Absorber is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to absorb”.
Below are all of the conjugations for absorber 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 absorb |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | absorber |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está absorbiendo) and past continuous (estaba absorbiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. absorbing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he absorbido and hubiera absorbido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have absorbed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | absorbiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | absorbido |
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 absorb” or “they absorb”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | absorbo |
| Tú | absorbes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorbe |
| Nosotros / as | absorbemos |
| Vosotros / as | absorbéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorben |
| Vos | absorbés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I absorbed” or “she absorbed” 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 | absorbí | I absorbed |
| Tú | absorbiste | You absorbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorbió | He / she / you absorbed |
| Nosotros / as | absorbimos | We absorbed |
| Vosotros / as | absorbisteis | You absorbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorbieron | They / you absorbed |
| Vos | absorbiste | You absorbed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was absorbing” or “she was absorbing” 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 | absorbía | I was absorbing |
| Tú | absorbías | You were absorbing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorbía | He was / she was / you were absorbing |
| Nosotros / as | absorbíamos | We were absorbing |
| Vosotros / as | absorbíais | You were absorbing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorbían | They / you were absorbing |
| Vos | absorbías | You were absorbing |
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 absorbed” and “she has absorbed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he absorbido | I have absorbed |
| Tú | has absorbido | You have absorbed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha absorbido | He has / she has / you have absorbed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos absorbido | We have absorbed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis absorbido | You have absorbed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han absorbido | They / you have absorbed |
| Vos | has absorbido | You have absorbed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would absorb” or “she would absorb”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | absorbería | I would absorb |
| Tú | absorberías | You would absorb |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorbería | He / she / you would absorb |
| Nosotros / as | absorberíamos | We would absorb |
| Vosotros / as | absorberíais | You would absorb |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorberían | They / you would absorb |
| Vos | absorberías | You would absorb |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will absorb” or “they will absorb”.
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 absorber” means “They are going to absorb”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | absorberé | I will absorb |
| Tú | absorberás | You will absorb |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorberá | He / she / you will absorb |
| Nosotros / as | absorberemos | We will absorb |
| Vosotros / as | absorberéis | You will absorb |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorberán | They / you will absorb |
| Vos | absorberás | You will absorb |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | absorba |
| Tú | absorbas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorba |
| Nosotros / as | absorbamos |
| Vosotros / as | absorbáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorban |
| Vos | absorbas |
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 | absorbiera | absorbiese |
| Tú | absorbieras | absorbiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorbiera | absorbiese |
| Nosotros / as | absorbiéramos | absorbiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | absorbierais | absorbieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorbieran | absorbiesen |
| Vos | absorbieras | absorbiese |
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 | absorbiere |
| Tú | absorbieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorbiere |
| Nosotros / as | absorbiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | absorbiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorbieren |
| Vos | absorbieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “absorb!” and “don’t absorb!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | absorbe | no absorbas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | absorba | no absorba |
| Nosotros / as | absorbamos | no absorbamos |
| Vosotros / as | absorbed | no absorbáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | absorban | no absorban |
| Vos | absorbé | no absorbas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya absorbido |
| Tú | hayas absorbido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya absorbido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos absorbido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis absorbido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan absorbido |
| Vos | hayas absorbido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera absorbido / hubiese absorbido |
| Tú | hubieras absorbido / hubieses absorbido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera absorbido / hubiese absorbido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos absorbido / hubiésemos absorbido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais absorbido / hubieseis absorbido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran absorbido / hubiesen absorbido |
| Vos | hubieras absorbido / hubieses absorbido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere absorbido |
| Tú | hubieres absorbido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere absorbido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos absorbido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis absorbido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren absorbido |
| Vos | hubieres absorbido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté absorbiendo |
| Tú | estés absorbiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté absorbiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos absorbiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis absorbiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén absorbiendo |
| Vos | estés absorbiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera absorbiendo / estuviese absorbiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras absorbiendo / estuvieses absorbiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera absorbiendo / estuviese absorbiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos absorbiendo / estuviésamos absorbiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais absorbiendo / estuvieseis absorbiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera absorbiendo / estuviese absorbiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras absorbiendo / estuvieses absorbiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere absorbiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres absorbiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere absorbiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos absorbiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis absorbiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere absorbiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres absorbiendo |
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 absorbés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos absorbiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos absorbías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos absorberías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos absorberás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos absorbas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos absorbieras / Vos absorbiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos absorbé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no absorbas |