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Anteponer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to place in front, place before”.
Below are all of the conjugations for anteponer 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 place in front, place before |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | anteponer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está anteponiendo) and past continuous (estaba anteponiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. placing in front).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he antepuesto and hubiera antepuesto. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have placed in front).
| Gerundio / Gerund | anteponiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | antepuesto |
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 place in front” or “they place in front”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | antepongo |
| Tú | antepones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | antepone |
| Nosotros / as | anteponemos |
| Vosotros / as | anteponéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anteponen |
| Vos | anteponés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I placed in front” or “she placed in front” 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 | antepuse | I placed in front |
| Tú | antepusiste | You placed in front |
| Él / Ella / Usted | antepuso | He / she / you placed in front |
| Nosotros / as | antepusimos | We placed in front |
| Vosotros / as | antepusisteis | You placed in front |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antepusieron | They / you placed in front |
| Vos | antepusiste | You placed in front |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was placing in front” or “she was placing in front” 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 | anteponía | I was placing in front |
| Tú | anteponías | You were placing in front |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anteponía | He was / she was / you were placing in front |
| Nosotros / as | anteponíamos | We were placing in front |
| Vosotros / as | anteponíais | You were placing in front |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anteponían | They / you were placing in front |
| Vos | anteponías | You were placing in front |
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 placed in front” and “she has placed in front”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he antepuesto | I have placed in front |
| Tú | has antepuesto | You have placed in front |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha antepuesto | He has / she has / you have placed in front |
| Nosotros / as | hemos antepuesto | We have placed in front |
| Vosotros / as | habéis antepuesto | You have placed in front |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han antepuesto | They / you have placed in front |
| Vos | has antepuesto | You have placed in front |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would place in front” or “she would place in front”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | antepondría | I would place in front |
| Tú | antepondrías | You would place in front |
| Él / Ella / Usted | antepondría | He / she / you would place in front |
| Nosotros / as | antepondríamos | We would place in front |
| Vosotros / as | antepondríais | You would place in front |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antepondrían | They / you would place in front |
| Vos | antepondrías | You would place in front |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will place in front” or “they will place in front”.
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 anteponer” means “They are going to place in front”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | antepondré | I will place in front |
| Tú | antepondrás | You will place in front |
| Él / Ella / Usted | antepondrá | He / she / you will place in front |
| Nosotros / as | antepondremos | We will place in front |
| Vosotros / as | antepondréis | You will place in front |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antepondrán | They / you will place in front |
| Vos | antepondrás | You will place in front |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | anteponga |
| Tú | antepongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anteponga |
| Nosotros / as | antepongamos |
| Vosotros / as | antepongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antepongan |
| Vos | antepongas |
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 | antepusiera | antepusiese |
| Tú | antepusieras | antepusiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | antepusiera | antepusiese |
| Nosotros / as | antepusiéramos | antepusiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | antepusierais | antepusieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antepusieran | antepusiesen |
| Vos | antepusieras | antepusiese |
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 | antepusiere |
| Tú | antepusieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | antepusiere |
| Nosotros / as | antepusiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | antepusiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antepusieren |
| Vos | antepusieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “place in front!” and “don’t place in front!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | antepón | no antepongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anteponga | no anteponga |
| Nosotros / as | antepongamos | no antepongamos |
| Vosotros / as | anteponed | no antepongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antepongan | no antepongan |
| Vos | anteponé | no antepongas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya antepuesto |
| Tú | hayas antepuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya antepuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos antepuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis antepuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan antepuesto |
| Vos | hayas antepuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera antepuesto / hubiese antepuesto |
| Tú | hubieras antepuesto / hubieses antepuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera antepuesto / hubiese antepuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos antepuesto / hubiésemos antepuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais antepuesto / hubieseis antepuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran antepuesto / hubiesen antepuesto |
| Vos | hubieras antepuesto / hubieses antepuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere antepuesto |
| Tú | hubieres antepuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere antepuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos antepuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis antepuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren antepuesto |
| Vos | hubieres antepuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté anteponiendo |
| Tú | estés anteponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté anteponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos anteponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis anteponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén anteponiendo |
| Vos | estés anteponiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera anteponiendo / estuviese anteponiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras anteponiendo / estuvieses anteponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera anteponiendo / estuviese anteponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos anteponiendo / estuviésamos anteponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais anteponiendo / estuvieseis anteponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera anteponiendo / estuviese anteponiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras anteponiendo / estuvieses anteponiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere anteponiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres anteponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere anteponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos anteponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis anteponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere anteponiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres anteponiendo |
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 anteponés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos antepusiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos anteponías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos antepondrías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos antepondrás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos antepongas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos antepusieras / Vos antepusiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos anteponé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no antepongas |