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Acometer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to attack, attempt, overtake”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acometer 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 attack, attempt, overtake |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acometer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acometiendo) and past continuous (estaba acometiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. attacking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acometido and hubiera acometido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have attacked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acometiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acometido |
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 attack” or “they attack”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acometo |
| Tú | acometes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomete |
| Nosotros / as | acometemos |
| Vosotros / as | acometéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometen |
| Vos | acometés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I attacked” or “she attacked” 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 | acometí | I attacked |
| Tú | acometiste | You attacked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometió | He / she / you attacked |
| Nosotros / as | acometimos | We attacked |
| Vosotros / as | acometisteis | You attacked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometieron | They / you attacked |
| Vos | acometiste | You attacked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was attacking” or “she was attacking” 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 | acometía | I was attacking |
| Tú | acometías | You were attacking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometía | He was / she was / you were attacking |
| Nosotros / as | acometíamos | We were attacking |
| Vosotros / as | acometíais | You were attacking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometían | They / you were attacking |
| Vos | acometías | You were attacking |
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 attacked” and “she has attacked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acometido | I have attacked |
| Tú | has acometido | You have attacked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acometido | He has / she has / you have attacked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acometido | We have attacked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acometido | You have attacked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acometido | They / you have attacked |
| Vos | has acometido | You have attacked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would attack” or “she would attack”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acometería | I would attack |
| Tú | acometerías | You would attack |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometería | He / she / you would attack |
| Nosotros / as | acometeríamos | We would attack |
| Vosotros / as | acometeríais | You would attack |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometerían | They / you would attack |
| Vos | acometerías | You would attack |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will attack” or “they will attack”.
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 acometer” means “They are going to attack”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acometeré | I will attack |
| Tú | acometerás | You will attack |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometerá | He / she / you will attack |
| Nosotros / as | acometeremos | We will attack |
| Vosotros / as | acometeréis | You will attack |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometerán | They / you will attack |
| Vos | acometerás | You will attack |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acometa |
| Tú | acometas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometa |
| Nosotros / as | acometamos |
| Vosotros / as | acometáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometan |
| Vos | acometas |
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 | acometiera | acometiese |
| Tú | acometieras | acometiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometiera | acometiese |
| Nosotros / as | acometiéramos | acometiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | acometierais | acometieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometieran | acometiesen |
| Vos | acometieras | acometiese |
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 | acometiere |
| Tú | acometieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometiere |
| Nosotros / as | acometiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | acometiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometieren |
| Vos | acometieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “attack!” and “don’t attack!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acomete | no acometas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acometa | no acometa |
| Nosotros / as | acometamos | no acometamos |
| Vosotros / as | acometed | no acometáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acometan | no acometan |
| Vos | acometé | no acometas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acometido |
| Tú | hayas acometido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acometido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acometido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acometido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acometido |
| Vos | hayas acometido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acometido / hubiese acometido |
| Tú | hubieras acometido / hubieses acometido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acometido / hubiese acometido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acometido / hubiésemos acometido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acometido / hubieseis acometido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acometido / hubiesen acometido |
| Vos | hubieras acometido / hubieses acometido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acometido |
| Tú | hubieres acometido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acometido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acometido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acometido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acometido |
| Vos | hubieres acometido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acometiendo |
| Tú | estés acometiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acometiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acometiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acometiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acometiendo |
| Vos | estés acometiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acometiendo / estuviese acometiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras acometiendo / estuvieses acometiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acometiendo / estuviese acometiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acometiendo / estuviésamos acometiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acometiendo / estuvieseis acometiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acometiendo / estuviese acometiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras acometiendo / estuvieses acometiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acometiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres acometiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acometiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acometiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acometiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acometiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres acometiendo |
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 acometés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acometiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acometías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acometerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acometerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acometas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acometieras / Vos acometiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acometé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acometas |