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Acoger is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to welcome, receive, shelter”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acoger 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 welcome, receive, shelter |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acoger |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acogiendo) and past continuous (estaba acogiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. welcoming).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acogido and hubiera acogido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have welcomed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acogiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acogido |
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 welcome” or “they welcome”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acojo |
| Tú | acoges |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoge |
| Nosotros / as | acogemos |
| Vosotros / as | acogéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acogen |
| Vos | acogés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I welcomed” or “she welcomed” 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 | acogí | I welcomed |
| Tú | acogiste | You welcomed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acogió | He / she / you welcomed |
| Nosotros / as | acogimos | We welcomed |
| Vosotros / as | acogisteis | You welcomed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acogieron | They / you welcomed |
| Vos | acogiste | You welcomed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was welcoming” or “she was welcoming” 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 | acogía | I was welcoming |
| Tú | acogías | You were welcoming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acogía | He was / she was / you were welcoming |
| Nosotros / as | acogíamos | We were welcoming |
| Vosotros / as | acogíais | You were welcoming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acogían | They / you were welcoming |
| Vos | acogías | You were welcoming |
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 welcomed” and “she has welcomed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acogido | I have welcomed |
| Tú | has acogido | You have welcomed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acogido | He has / she has / you have welcomed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acogido | We have welcomed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acogido | You have welcomed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acogido | They / you have welcomed |
| Vos | has acogido | You have welcomed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would welcome” or “she would welcome”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acogería | I would welcome |
| Tú | acogerías | You would welcome |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acogería | He / she / you would welcome |
| Nosotros / as | acogeríamos | We would welcome |
| Vosotros / as | acogeríais | You would welcome |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acogerían | They / you would welcome |
| Vos | acogerías | You would welcome |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will welcome” or “they will welcome”.
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 acoger” means “They are going to welcome”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acogeré | I will welcome |
| Tú | acogerás | You will welcome |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acogerá | He / she / you will welcome |
| Nosotros / as | acogeremos | We will welcome |
| Vosotros / as | acogeréis | You will welcome |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acogerán | They / you will welcome |
| Vos | acogerás | You will welcome |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acoja |
| Tú | acojas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoja |
| Nosotros / as | acojamos |
| Vosotros / as | acojáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acojan |
| Vos | acojas |
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 | acogiera | acogiese |
| Tú | acogieras | acogiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acogiera | acogiese |
| Nosotros / as | acogiéramos | acogiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | acogierais | acogieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acogieran | acogiesen |
| Vos | acogieras | acogiese |
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 | acogiere |
| Tú | acogieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acogiere |
| Nosotros / as | acogiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | acogiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acogieren |
| Vos | acogieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “welcome!” and “don’t welcome!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acoge | no acojas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoja | no acoja |
| Nosotros / as | acojamos | no acojamos |
| Vosotros / as | acoged | no acojáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acojan | no acojan |
| Vos | acogé | no acojas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acogido |
| Tú | hayas acogido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acogido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acogido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acogido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acogido |
| Vos | hayas acogido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acogido / hubiese acogido |
| Tú | hubieras acogido / hubieses acogido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acogido / hubiese acogido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acogido / hubiésemos acogido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acogido / hubieseis acogido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acogido / hubiesen acogido |
| Vos | hubieras acogido / hubieses acogido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acogido |
| Tú | hubieres acogido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acogido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acogido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acogido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acogido |
| Vos | hubieres acogido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acogiendo |
| Tú | estés acogiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acogiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acogiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acogiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acogiendo |
| Vos | estés acogiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acogiendo / estuviese acogiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras acogiendo / estuvieses acogiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acogiendo / estuviese acogiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acogiendo / estuviésamos acogiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acogiendo / estuvieseis acogiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acogiendo / estuviese acogiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras acogiendo / estuvieses acogiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acogiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres acogiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acogiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acogiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acogiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acogiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres acogiendo |
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 acogés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acogiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acogías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acogerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acogerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acojas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acogieras / Vos acogiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acogé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acojas |