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Agradecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to thank, be thankful for”.
Below are all of the conjugations for agradecer 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 thank, be thankful for |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | agradecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está agradeciendo) and past continuous (estaba agradeciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. thanking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he agradecido and hubiera agradecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have thanked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | agradeciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | agradecido |
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 thank” or “they thank”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agradezco |
| Tú | agradeces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradece |
| Nosotros / as | agradecemos |
| Vosotros / as | agradecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradecen |
| Vos | agradecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I thanked” or “she thanked” 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 | agradecí | I thanked |
| Tú | agradeciste | You thanked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradeció | He / she / you thanked |
| Nosotros / as | agradecimos | We thanked |
| Vosotros / as | agradecisteis | You thanked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradecieron | They / you thanked |
| Vos | agradeciste | You thanked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was thanking” or “she was thanking” 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 | agradecía | I was thanking |
| Tú | agradecías | You were thanking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradecía | He was / she was / you were thanking |
| Nosotros / as | agradecíamos | We were thanking |
| Vosotros / as | agradecíais | You were thanking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradecían | They / you were thanking |
| Vos | agradecías | You were thanking |
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 thanked” and “she has thanked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he agradecido | I have thanked |
| Tú | has agradecido | You have thanked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha agradecido | He has / she has / you have thanked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos agradecido | We have thanked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis agradecido | You have thanked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han agradecido | They / you have thanked |
| Vos | has agradecido | You have thanked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would thank” or “she would thank”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agradecería | I would thank |
| Tú | agradecerías | You would thank |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradecería | He / she / you would thank |
| Nosotros / as | agradeceríamos | We would thank |
| Vosotros / as | agradeceríais | You would thank |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradecerían | They / you would thank |
| Vos | agradecerías | You would thank |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will thank” or “they will thank”.
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 agradecer” means “They are going to thank”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agradeceré | I will thank |
| Tú | agradecerás | You will thank |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradecerá | He / she / you will thank |
| Nosotros / as | agradeceremos | We will thank |
| Vosotros / as | agradeceréis | You will thank |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradecerán | They / you will thank |
| Vos | agradecerás | You will thank |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agradezca |
| Tú | agradezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradezca |
| Nosotros / as | agradezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | agradezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradezcan |
| Vos | agradezcas |
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 | agradeciera | agradeciese |
| Tú | agradecieras | agradeciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradeciera | agradeciese |
| Nosotros / as | agradeciéramos | agradeciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | agradecierais | agradecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradecieran | agradeciesen |
| Vos | agradecieras | agradeciese |
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 | agradeciere |
| Tú | agradecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradeciere |
| Nosotros / as | agradeciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | agradeciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradecieren |
| Vos | agradecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “thank!” and “don’t thank!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | agradece | no agradezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agradezca | no agradezca |
| Nosotros / as | agradezcamos | no agradezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | agradeced | no agradezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agradezcan | no agradezcan |
| Vos | agradecé | no agradezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya agradecido |
| Tú | hayas agradecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya agradecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos agradecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis agradecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan agradecido |
| Vos | hayas agradecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera agradecido / hubiese agradecido |
| Tú | hubieras agradecido / hubieses agradecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera agradecido / hubiese agradecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos agradecido / hubiésemos agradecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais agradecido / hubieseis agradecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran agradecido / hubiesen agradecido |
| Vos | hubieras agradecido / hubieses agradecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere agradecido |
| Tú | hubieres agradecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere agradecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos agradecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis agradecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren agradecido |
| Vos | hubieres agradecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté agradeciendo |
| Tú | estés agradeciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté agradeciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos agradeciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis agradeciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén agradeciendo |
| Vos | estés agradeciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera agradeciendo / estuviese agradeciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras agradeciendo / estuvieses agradeciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera agradeciendo / estuviese agradeciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos agradeciendo / estuviésamos agradeciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais agradeciendo / estuvieseis agradeciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera agradeciendo / estuviese agradeciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras agradeciendo / estuvieses agradeciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere agradeciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres agradeciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere agradeciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos agradeciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis agradeciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere agradeciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres agradeciendo |
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 agradecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos agradeciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos agradecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos agradecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos agradecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos agradezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos agradecieras / Vos agradeciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos agradecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no agradezcas |