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Abordar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to board, approach”.
Below are all of the conjugations for abordar 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 board, approach |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | abordar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está abordando) and past continuous (estaba abordando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. boarding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he abordado and hubiera abordado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have boarded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | abordando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | abordado |
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 board” or “they board”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | abordo |
| Tú | abordas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aborda |
| Nosotros / as | abordamos |
| Vosotros / as | abordáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abordan |
| Vos | abordás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I boarded” or “she boarded” 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 | abordé | I boarded |
| Tú | abordaste | You boarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abordó | He / she / you boarded |
| Nosotros / as | abordamos | We boarded |
| Vosotros / as | abordasteis | You boarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abordaron | They / you boarded |
| Vos | abordaste | You boarded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was boarding” or “she was boarding” 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 | abordaba | I was boarding |
| Tú | abordabas | You were boarding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abordaba | He was / she was / you were boarding |
| Nosotros / as | abordábamos | We were boarding |
| Vosotros / as | abordabais | You were boarding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abordaban | They / you were boarding |
| Vos | abordabas | You were boarding |
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 boarded” and “she has boarded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he abordado | I have boarded |
| Tú | has abordado | You have boarded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha abordado | He has / she has / you have boarded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos abordado | We have boarded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis abordado | You have boarded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han abordado | They / you have boarded |
| Vos | has abordado | You have boarded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would board” or “she would board”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abordaría | I would board |
| Tú | abordarías | You would board |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abordaría | He / she / you would board |
| Nosotros / as | abordaríamos | We would board |
| Vosotros / as | abordaríais | You would board |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abordarían | They / you would board |
| Vos | abordarías | You would board |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will board” or “they will board”.
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 abordar” means “They are going to board”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | abordaré | I will board |
| Tú | abordarás | You will board |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abordará | He / she / you will board |
| Nosotros / as | abordaremos | We will board |
| Vosotros / as | abordaréis | You will board |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abordarán | They / you will board |
| Vos | abordarás | You will board |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aborde |
| Tú | abordes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aborde |
| Nosotros / as | abordemos |
| Vosotros / as | abordéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aborden |
| Vos | abordes |
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 | abordara | abordase |
| Tú | abordaras | abordase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abordara | abordase |
| Nosotros / as | abordáramos | abordásemos |
| Vosotros / as | abordarais | abordaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abordaran | abordasen |
| Vos | abordaras | abordase |
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 | abordare |
| Tú | abordares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abordare |
| Nosotros / as | abordáremos |
| Vosotros / as | abordareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abordaren |
| Vos | abordares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “board!” and “don’t board!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aborda | no abordes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aborde | no aborde |
| Nosotros / as | abordemos | no abordemos |
| Vosotros / as | abordad | no abordéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aborden | no aborden |
| Vos | abordá | no abordes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya abordado |
| Tú | hayas abordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya abordado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos abordado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis abordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan abordado |
| Vos | hayas abordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera abordado / hubiese abordado |
| Tú | hubieras abordado / hubieses abordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera abordado / hubiese abordado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos abordado / hubiésemos abordado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais abordado / hubieseis abordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran abordado / hubiesen abordado |
| Vos | hubieras abordado / hubieses abordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere abordado |
| Tú | hubieres abordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere abordado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos abordado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis abordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren abordado |
| Vos | hubieres abordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté abordando |
| Tú | estés abordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté abordando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos abordando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis abordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén abordando |
| Vos | estés abordando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera abordando / estuviese abordando |
| Tú | estuvieras abordando / estuvieses abordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera abordando / estuviese abordando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos abordando / estuviésamos abordando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais abordando / estuvieseis abordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera abordando / estuviese abordando |
| Vos | estuvieras abordando / estuvieses abordando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere abordando |
| Tú | estuvieres abordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere abordando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos abordando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis abordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere abordando |
| Vos | estuvieres abordando |
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 abordás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos abordaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos abordabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos abordarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos abordarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos abordes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos abordaras / Vos abordase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos abordá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no abordes |