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Aclamar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to acclaim, hail, applaud”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aclamar 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 acclaim, hail, applaud |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aclamar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aclamando) and past continuous (estaba aclamando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. acclaiming).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aclamado and hubiera aclamado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have acclaimed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aclamando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aclamado |
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 acclaim” or “they acclaim”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aclamo |
| Tú | aclamas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclama |
| Nosotros / as | aclamamos |
| Vosotros / as | aclamáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclaman |
| Vos | aclamás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I acclaimed” or “she acclaimed” 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 | aclamé | I acclaimed |
| Tú | aclamaste | You acclaimed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclamó | He / she / you acclaimed |
| Nosotros / as | aclamamos | We acclaimed |
| Vosotros / as | aclamasteis | You acclaimed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamaron | They / you acclaimed |
| Vos | aclamaste | You acclaimed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was acclaiming” or “she was acclaiming” 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 | aclamaba | I was acclaiming |
| Tú | aclamabas | You were acclaiming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclamaba | He was / she was / you were acclaiming |
| Nosotros / as | aclamábamos | We were acclaiming |
| Vosotros / as | aclamabais | You were acclaiming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamaban | They / you were acclaiming |
| Vos | aclamabas | You were acclaiming |
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 acclaimed” and “she has acclaimed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aclamado | I have acclaimed |
| Tú | has aclamado | You have acclaimed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aclamado | He has / she has / you have acclaimed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aclamado | We have acclaimed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aclamado | You have acclaimed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aclamado | They / you have acclaimed |
| Vos | has aclamado | You have acclaimed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would acclaim” or “she would acclaim”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aclamaría | I would acclaim |
| Tú | aclamarías | You would acclaim |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclamaría | He / she / you would acclaim |
| Nosotros / as | aclamaríamos | We would acclaim |
| Vosotros / as | aclamaríais | You would acclaim |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamarían | They / you would acclaim |
| Vos | aclamarías | You would acclaim |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will acclaim” or “they will acclaim”.
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 aclamar” means “They are going to acclaim”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aclamaré | I will acclaim |
| Tú | aclamarás | You will acclaim |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclamará | He / she / you will acclaim |
| Nosotros / as | aclamaremos | We will acclaim |
| Vosotros / as | aclamaréis | You will acclaim |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamarán | They / you will acclaim |
| Vos | aclamarás | You will acclaim |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aclame |
| Tú | aclames |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclame |
| Nosotros / as | aclamemos |
| Vosotros / as | aclaméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamen |
| Vos | aclames |
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 | aclamara | aclamase |
| Tú | aclamaras | aclamase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclamara | aclamase |
| Nosotros / as | aclamáramos | aclamásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aclamarais | aclamaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamaran | aclamasen |
| Vos | aclamaras | aclamase |
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 | aclamare |
| Tú | aclamares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclamare |
| Nosotros / as | aclamáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aclamareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamaren |
| Vos | aclamares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “acclaim!” and “don’t acclaim!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aclama | no aclames |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aclame | no aclame |
| Nosotros / as | aclamemos | no aclamemos |
| Vosotros / as | aclamad | no aclaméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aclamen | no aclamen |
| Vos | aclamá | no aclames |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aclamado |
| Tú | hayas aclamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aclamado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aclamado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aclamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aclamado |
| Vos | hayas aclamado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aclamado / hubiese aclamado |
| Tú | hubieras aclamado / hubieses aclamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aclamado / hubiese aclamado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aclamado / hubiésemos aclamado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aclamado / hubieseis aclamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aclamado / hubiesen aclamado |
| Vos | hubieras aclamado / hubieses aclamado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aclamado |
| Tú | hubieres aclamado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aclamado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aclamado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aclamado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aclamado |
| Vos | hubieres aclamado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aclamando |
| Tú | estés aclamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aclamando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aclamando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aclamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aclamando |
| Vos | estés aclamando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aclamando / estuviese aclamando |
| Tú | estuvieras aclamando / estuvieses aclamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aclamando / estuviese aclamando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aclamando / estuviésamos aclamando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aclamando / estuvieseis aclamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aclamando / estuviese aclamando |
| Vos | estuvieras aclamando / estuvieses aclamando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aclamando |
| Tú | estuvieres aclamando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aclamando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aclamando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aclamando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aclamando |
| Vos | estuvieres aclamando |
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 aclamás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aclamaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aclamabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aclamarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aclamarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aclames |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aclamaras / Vos aclamase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aclamá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aclames |