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Admitir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to admit, grant, permit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for admitir 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 admit, grant, permit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | admitir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está admitiendo) and past continuous (estaba admitiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. admitting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he admitido and hubiera admitido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have admitted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | admitiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | admitido |
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 admit” or “they admit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | admito |
| Tú | admites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admite |
| Nosotros / as | admitimos |
| Vosotros / as | admitís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiten |
| Vos | adobás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I admitted” or “she admitted” 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 | admití | I admitted |
| Tú | admitiste | You admitted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admitió | He / she / you admitted |
| Nosotros / as | admitimos | We admitted |
| Vosotros / as | admitisteis | You admitted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitieron | They / you admitted |
| Vos | admitiste | You admitted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was admitting” or “she was admitting” 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 | admitía | I was admitting |
| Tú | admitías | You were admitting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admitía | He was / she was / you were admitting |
| Nosotros / as | admitíamos | We were admitting |
| Vosotros / as | admitíais | You were admitting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitían | They / you were admitting |
| Vos | admitías | You were admitting |
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 admitted” and “she has admitted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he admitido | I have admitted |
| Tú | has admitido | You have admitted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha admitido | He has / she has / you have admitted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos admitido | We have admitted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis admitido | You have admitted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han admitido | They / you have admitted |
| Vos | has admitido | You have admitted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would admit” or “she would admit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | admitiría | I would admit |
| Tú | admitirías | You would admit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admitiría | He / she / you would admit |
| Nosotros / as | admitiríamos | We would admit |
| Vosotros / as | admitiríais | You would admit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitirían | They / you would admit |
| Vos | admitirías | You would admit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will admit” or “they will admit”.
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 admitir” means “They are going to admit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | admitiré | I will admit |
| Tú | admitirás | You will admit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admitirá | He / she / you will admit |
| Nosotros / as | admitiremos | We will admit |
| Vosotros / as | admitiréis | You will admit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitirán | They / you will admit |
| Vos | admitirás | You will admit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | admita |
| Tú | admitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admita |
| Nosotros / as | admitamos |
| Vosotros / as | admitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitan |
| Vos | admitas |
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 | admitiera | admitiese |
| Tú | admitieras | admitiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admitiera | admitiese |
| Nosotros / as | admitiéramos | admitiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | admitierais | admitieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitieran | admitiesen |
| Vos | admitieras | admitiese |
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 | admitiere |
| Tú | admitieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admitiera |
| Nosotros / as | admitiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | admitiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitieren |
| Vos | admitieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “admit!” and “don’t admit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | admite | no admitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admita | no admita |
| Nosotros / as | admitamos | no admitamos |
| Vosotros / as | admitid | no admitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admitan | no admitan |
| Vos | admití | no admitas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya admitido |
| Tú | hayas admitido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya admitido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos admitido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis admitido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan admitido |
| Vos | hayas admitido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera admitido / hubiese admitido |
| Tú | hubieras admitido / hubieses admitido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera admitido / hubiese admitido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos admitido / hubiésemos admitido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais admitido / hubieseis admitido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran admitido / hubiesen admitido |
| Vos | hubieras admitido / hubieses admitido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere admitido |
| Tú | hubieres admitido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere admitido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos admitido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis admitido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren admitido |
| Vos | hubieres admitido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté admitiendo |
| Tú | estés admitiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté admitiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos admitiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis admitiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén admitiendo |
| Vos | estés admitiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera admitiendo / estuviese admitiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras admitiendo / estuvieses admitiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera admitiendo / estuviese admitiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos admitiendo / estuviésamos admitiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais admitiendo / estuvieseis admitiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera admitiendo / estuviese admitiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras admitiendo / estuvieses admitiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere admitiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres admitiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere admitiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos admitiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis admitiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere admitiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres admitiendo |
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 adobás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos admitiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos admitías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos admitirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos admitirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos admitas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos admitieras / Vos admitiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos admití |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no admitas |