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Arreglar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to arrange, put in order, fix, adjust”.
Below are all of the conjugations for arreglar 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 arrange, put in order, fix, adjust |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arreglar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arreglando) and past continuous (estaba arreglando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. arranging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arreglado and hubiera arreglado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have arranged).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arreglando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arreglado |
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 arrange” or “they arrange”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arreglo |
| Tú | arreglas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arregla |
| Nosotros / as | arreglamos |
| Vosotros / as | arregláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglan |
| Vos | arreglás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I arranged” or “she arranged” 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 | arreglé | I arranged |
| Tú | arreglaste | You arranged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arregló | He / she / you arranged |
| Nosotros / as | arreglamos | We arranged |
| Vosotros / as | arreglasteis | You arranged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglaron | They / you arranged |
| Vos | arreglaste | You arranged |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was arranging” or “she was arranging” 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 | arreglaba | I was arranging |
| Tú | arreglabas | You were arranging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arreglaba | He was / she was / you were arranging |
| Nosotros / as | arreglábamos | We were arranging |
| Vosotros / as | arreglabais | You were arranging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglaban | They / you were arranging |
| Vos | arreglabas | You were arranging |
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 arranged” and “she has arranged”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he arreglado | I have arranged |
| Tú | has arreglado | You have arranged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha arreglado | He has / she has / you have arranged |
| Nosotros / as | hemos arreglado | We have arranged |
| Vosotros / as | habéis arreglado | You have arranged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han arreglado | They / you have arranged |
| Vos | has arreglado | You have arranged |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would arrange” or “she would arrange”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arreglaría | I would arrange |
| Tú | arreglarías | You would arrange |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arreglaría | He / she / you would arrange |
| Nosotros / as | arreglaríamos | We would arrange |
| Vosotros / as | arreglaríais | You would arrange |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglarían | They / you would arrange |
| Vos | arreglarías | You would arrange |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will arrange” or “they will arrange”.
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 arreglar” means “They are going to arrange”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arreglaré | I will arrange |
| Tú | arreglarás | You will arrange |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arreglará | He / she / you will arrange |
| Nosotros / as | arreglaremos | We will arrange |
| Vosotros / as | arreglaréis | You will arrange |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglarán | They / you will arrange |
| Vos | arreglarás | You will arrange |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arregle |
| Tú | arregles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arregle |
| Nosotros / as | arreglemos |
| Vosotros / as | arregléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglen |
| Vos | arregles |
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 | arreglara | arreglase |
| Tú | arreglaras | arreglase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arreglara | arreglase |
| Nosotros / as | arregláramos | arreglásemos |
| Vosotros / as | arreglarais | arreglaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglaran | arreglasen |
| Vos | arreglaras | arreglase |
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 | arreglare |
| Tú | arreglares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arreglare |
| Nosotros / as | arregláremos |
| Vosotros / as | arreglareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglaren |
| Vos | arreglares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “arrange!” and “don’t arrange!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arregla | no arregles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arregle | no arregle |
| Nosotros / as | arreglemos | no arreglemos |
| Vosotros / as | arreglad | no arregléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arreglen | no arreglen |
| Vos | arreglá | no arregles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arreglado |
| Tú | hayas arreglado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arreglado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arreglado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arreglado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arreglado |
| Vos | hayas arreglado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arreglado / hubiese arreglado |
| Tú | hubieras arreglado / hubieses arreglado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arreglado / hubiese arreglado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arreglado / hubiésemos arreglado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arreglado / hubieseis arreglado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arreglado / hubiesen arreglado |
| Vos | hubieras arreglado / hubieses arreglado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arreglado |
| Tú | hubieres arreglado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arreglado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arreglado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arreglado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arreglado |
| Vos | hubieres arreglado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arreglando |
| Tú | estés arreglando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arreglando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arreglando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arreglando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arreglando |
| Vos | estés arreglando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arreglando / estuviese arreglando |
| Tú | estuvieras arreglando / estuvieses arreglando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arreglando / estuviese arreglando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arreglando / estuviésamos arreglando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arreglando / estuvieseis arreglando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arreglando / estuviese arreglando |
| Vos | estuvieras arreglando / estuvieses arreglando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arreglando |
| Tú | estuvieres arreglando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arreglando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arreglando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arreglando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arreglando |
| Vos | estuvieres arreglando |
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 arreglás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos arreglaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos arreglabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos arreglarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos arreglarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos arregles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos arreglaras / Vos arreglase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arreglá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no arregles |