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Abonarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to subscribe”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me abono) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que abonarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for abonarse 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 subscribe |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abonarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abonándose) and past continuous (estaba abonándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. subscribing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abonado and hubiera abonado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have subscribed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abonándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abonado |
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 subscribe” or “they subscribe”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me abono |
| Tú | te abonas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abona |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonamos |
| Vosotros / as | os abonáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonan |
| Vos | abonás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I subscribed” or “she subscribed” 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 | me aboné | I subscribed |
| Tú | te abonaste | You subscribed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abonó | He / she / you subscribed |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonamos | We subscribed |
| Vosotros / as | os abonasteis | You subscribed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonaron | They / you subscribed |
| Vos | te abonaste | You subscribed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was subscribing” or “she was subscribing” 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 | me abonaba | I was subscribing |
| Tú | te abonabas | You were subscribing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abonaba | He was / she was / you were subscribing |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonábamos | We were subscribing |
| Vosotros / as | os abonabais | You were subscribing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonaban | They / you were subscribing |
| Vos | te abonabas | You were subscribing |
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 subscribed” and “she has subscribed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he abonado | I have subscribed |
| Tú | te has abonado | You have subscribed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha abonado | He has / she has / you have subscribed |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos abonado | We have subscribed |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis abonado | You have subscribed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han abonado | They / you have subscribed |
| Vos | te has abonado | You have subscribed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would subscribe” or “she would subscribe”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abonaría | I would subscribe |
| Tú | te abonarías | You would subscribe |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abonaría | He / she / you would subscribe |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonaríamos | We would subscribe |
| Vosotros / as | os abonaríais | You would subscribe |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonarían | They / you would subscribe |
| Vos | te abonarías | You would subscribe |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will subscribe” or “they will subscribe”.
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 abonarse” means “They are going to subscribe”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abonaré | I will subscribe |
| Tú | te abonarás | You will subscribe |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abonará | He / she / you will subscribe |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonaremos | We will subscribe |
| Vosotros / as | os abonaréis | You will subscribe |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonarán | They / you will subscribe |
| Vos | te abonarás | You will subscribe |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me abone |
| Tú | te abones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abone |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonemos |
| Vosotros / as | os abonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonen |
| Vos | te abones |
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 | me abonara | me abonase |
| Tú | te abonaras | me abonase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abonara | se abonase |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonáramos | nos abonásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os abonarais | os abonaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonaran | se abonasen |
| Vos | te abonaras | me abonase |
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 | me abonare |
| Tú | te abonares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se abonare |
| Nosotros / as | nos abonáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os abonareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se abonaren |
| Vos | te abonares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “subscribe!” and “don’t subscribe!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abónate | no te abones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abónese | no se abone |
| Nosotros / as | abonémonos | no nos abonemos |
| Vosotros / as | abonaos | no os abonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abónense | no se abonen |
| Vos | abonate | no te abones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abonado |
| Tú | hayas abonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abonado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abonado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abonado |
| Vos | hayas abonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abonado / hubiese abonado |
| Tú | hubieras abonado / hubieses abonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abonado / hubiese abonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abonado / hubiésemos abonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abonado / hubieseis abonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abonado / hubiesen abonado |
| Vos | hubieras abonado / hubieses abonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abonado |
| Tú | hubieres abonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abonado |
| Vos | hubieres abonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abonándose |
| Tú | estés abonándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abonándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abonándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abonándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abonándose |
| Vos | estés abonándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abonándose / estuviese abonándose |
| Tú | estuvieras abonándose / estuvieses abonándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abonándose / estuviese abonándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abonándose / estuviésamos abonándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abonándose / estuvieseis abonándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abonándose / estuviese abonándose |
| Vos | estuvieras abonándose / estuvieses abonándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abonándose |
| Tú | estuvieres abonándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abonándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abonándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abonándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abonándose |
| Vos | estuvieres abonándose |
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 abonás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te abonaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te abonabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te abonarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te abonarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te abones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te abonaras / Vos me abonase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abonate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te abones |