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Aprehender is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to seize, apprehend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aprehender 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 seize, apprehend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aprehender |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aprehendiendo) and past continuous (estaba aprehendiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. siezing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aprehendido and hubiera aprehendido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have siezed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aprehendiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aprehendido |
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 sieze” or “they sieze”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aprehendo |
| Tú | aprehendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehende |
| Nosotros / as | aprehendemos |
| Vosotros / as | aprehendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehenden |
| Vos | aprehendés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I siezed” or “she siezed” 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 | aprehendí | I siezed |
| Tú | aprehendiste | You siezed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehendió | He / she / you siezed |
| Nosotros / as | aprehendimos | We siezed |
| Vosotros / as | aprehendisteis | You siezed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehendieron | They / you siezed |
| Vos | aprehendiste | You siezed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was siezing” or “she was siezing” 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 | aprehendía | I was siezing |
| Tú | aprehendías | You were siezing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehendía | He was / she was / you were siezing |
| Nosotros / as | aprehendíamos | We were siezing |
| Vosotros / as | aprehendíais | You were siezing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehendían | They / you were siezing |
| Vos | aprehendías | You were siezing |
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 siezed” and “she has siezed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aprehendido | I have siezed |
| Tú | has aprehendido | You have siezed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aprehendido | He has / she has / you have siezed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aprehendido | We have siezed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aprehendido | You have siezed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aprehendido | They / you have siezed |
| Vos | has aprehendido | You have siezed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would sieze” or “she would sieze”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aprehendería | I would sieze |
| Tú | aprehenderías | You would sieze |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehendería | He / she / you would sieze |
| Nosotros / as | aprehenderíamos | We would sieze |
| Vosotros / as | aprehenderíais | You would sieze |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehenderían | They / you would sieze |
| Vos | aprehenderías | You would sieze |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will sieze” or “they will sieze”.
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 aprehender” means “They are going to sieze”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aprehenderé | I will sieze |
| Tú | aprehenderás | You will sieze |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehenderá | He / she / you will sieze |
| Nosotros / as | aprehenderemos | We will sieze |
| Vosotros / as | aprehenderéis | You will sieze |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehenderán | They / you will sieze |
| Vos | aprehenderás | You will sieze |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aprehenda |
| Tú | aprehendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehenda |
| Nosotros / as | aprehendamos |
| Vosotros / as | aprehendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehendan |
| Vos | aprehendas |
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 | aprehendiera | aprehendiese |
| Tú | aprehendieras | aprehendiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehendiera | aprehendiese |
| Nosotros / as | aprehendiéramos | aprehendiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | aprehendierais | aprehendieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehendieran | aprehendiesen |
| Vos | aprehendieras | aprehendiese |
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 | aprehendiere |
| Tú | aprehendieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehendiere |
| Nosotros / as | aprehendiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | aprehendiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehendieren |
| Vos | aprehendieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “sieze!” and “don’t sieze!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aprehende | no aprehendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprehenda | no aprehenda |
| Nosotros / as | aprehendamos | no aprehendamos |
| Vosotros / as | aprehended | no aprehendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprehendan | no aprehendan |
| Vos | aprehendé | no aprehendas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aprehendido |
| Tú | hayas aprehendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aprehendido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aprehendido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aprehendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aprehendido |
| Vos | hayas aprehendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aprehendido / hubiese aprehendido |
| Tú | hubieras aprehendido / hubieses aprehendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aprehendido / hubiese aprehendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aprehendido / hubiésemos aprehendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aprehendido / hubieseis aprehendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aprehendido / hubiesen aprehendido |
| Vos | hubieras aprehendido / hubieses aprehendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aprehendido |
| Tú | hubieres aprehendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aprehendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aprehendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aprehendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aprehendido |
| Vos | hubieres aprehendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aprehendiendo |
| Tú | estés aprehendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aprehendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aprehendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aprehendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aprehendiendo |
| Vos | estés aprehendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aprehendiendo / estuviese aprehendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras aprehendiendo / estuvieses aprehendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aprehendiendo / estuviese aprehendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aprehendiendo / estuviésamos aprehendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aprehendiendo / estuvieseis aprehendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aprehendiendo / estuviese aprehendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras aprehendiendo / estuvieses aprehendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aprehendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres aprehendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aprehendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aprehendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aprehendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aprehendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres aprehendiendo |
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 aprehendés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aprehendiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aprehendías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aprehenderías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aprehenderás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aprehendas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aprehendieras / Vos aprehendiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aprehendé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aprehendas |