Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Menu
Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Aceptar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to accept”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aceptar 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 accept |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aceptar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aceptando) and past continuous (estaba aceptando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. accepting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aceptado and hubiera aceptado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have accepted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aceptando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aceptado |
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 accept” or “they accept”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acepto |
| Tú | aceptas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acepta |
| Nosotros / as | aceptamos |
| Vosotros / as | aceptáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aceptan |
| Vos | aceptás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I accepted” or “she accepted” 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 | acepté | I accepted |
| Tú | aceptaste | You accepted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aceptó | He / she / you accepted |
| Nosotros / as | aceptamos | We accepted |
| Vosotros / as | aceptasteis | You accepted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aceptaron | They / you accepted |
| Vos | aceptaste | You accepted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was accepting” or “she was accepting” 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 | aceptaba | I was accepting |
| Tú | aceptabas | You were accepting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aceptaba | He was / she was / you were accepting |
| Nosotros / as | aceptábamos | We were accepting |
| Vosotros / as | aceptabais | You were accepting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aceptaban | They / you were accepting |
| Vos | aceptabas | You were accepting |
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 accepted” and “she has accepted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aceptado | I have accepted |
| Tú | has aceptado | You have accepted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aceptado | He has / she has / you have accepted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aceptado | We have accepted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aceptado | You have accepted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aceptado | They / you have accepted |
| Vos | has aceptado | You have accepted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would accept” or “she would accept”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aceptaría | I would accept |
| Tú | aceptarías | You would accept |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aceptaría | He / she / you would accept |
| Nosotros / as | aceptaríamos | We would accept |
| Vosotros / as | aceptaríais | You would accept |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aceptarían | They / you would accept |
| Vos | aceptarías | You would accept |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will accept” or “they will accept”.
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 aceptar” means “They are going to accept”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aceptaré | I will accept |
| Tú | aceptarás | You will accept |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aceptará | He / she / you will accept |
| Nosotros / as | aceptaremos | We will accept |
| Vosotros / as | aceptaréis | You will accept |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aceptarán | They / you will accept |
| Vos | aceptarás | You will accept |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acepte |
| Tú | aceptes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acepte |
| Nosotros / as | aceptemos |
| Vosotros / as | aceptéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acepten |
| Vos | aceptes |
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 | aceptara | aceptase |
| Tú | aceptaras | aceptase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aceptara | aceptase |
| Nosotros / as | aceptáramos | aceptásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aceptarais | aceptaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aceptaran | aceptasen |
| Vos | aceptaras | aceptase |
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 | aceptare |
| Tú | aceptares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aceptare |
| Nosotros / as | aceptáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aceptareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aceptaren |
| Vos | aceptares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “accept!” and “don’t accept!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acepta | no aceptes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acepte | no acepte |
| Nosotros / as | aceptemos | no aceptemos |
| Vosotros / as | aceptad | no aceptéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acepten | no acepten |
| Vos | aceptá | no aceptes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aceptado |
| Tú | hayas aceptado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aceptado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aceptado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aceptado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aceptado |
| Vos | hayas aceptado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aceptado / hubiese aceptado |
| Tú | hubieras aceptado / hubieses aceptado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aceptado / hubiese aceptado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aceptado / hubiésemos aceptado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aceptado / hubieseis aceptado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aceptado / hubiesen aceptado |
| Vos | hubieras aceptado / hubieses aceptado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aceptado |
| Tú | hubieres aceptado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aceptado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aceptado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aceptado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aceptado |
| Vos | hubieres aceptado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aceptando |
| Tú | estés aceptando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aceptando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aceptando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aceptando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aceptando |
| Vos | estés aceptando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aceptando / estuviese aceptando |
| Tú | estuvieras aceptando / estuvieses aceptando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aceptando / estuviese aceptando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aceptando / estuviésamos aceptando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aceptando / estuvieseis aceptando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aceptando / estuviese aceptando |
| Vos | estuvieras aceptando / estuvieses aceptando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aceptando |
| Tú | estuvieres aceptando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aceptando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aceptando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aceptando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aceptando |
| Vos | estuvieres aceptando |
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 aceptás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aceptaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aceptabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aceptarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aceptarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aceptes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aceptaras / Vos aceptase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aceptá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aceptes |
