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Acomodar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to accommodate, arrange, employ”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acomodar 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 accommodate, arrange, employ |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acomodar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acomodando) and past continuous (estaba acomodando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. accommodating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acomodado and hubiera acomodado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have accommodated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acomodando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acomodado |
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 accommodate” or “they accommodate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acomodo |
| Tú | acomodas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomoda |
| Nosotros / as | acomodamos |
| Vosotros / as | acomodáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomodan |
| Vos | acomodás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I accommodated” or “she accommodated” 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 | acomodé | I accommodated |
| Tú | acomodaste | You accommodated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomodó | He / she / you accommodated |
| Nosotros / as | acomodamos | We accommodated |
| Vosotros / as | acomodasteis | You accommodated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomodaron | They / you accommodated |
| Vos | acomodaste | You accommodated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was accommodating” or “she was accommodating” 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 | acomodaba | I was accommodating |
| Tú | acomodabas | You were accommodating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomodaba | He was / she was / you were accommodating |
| Nosotros / as | acomodábamos | We were accommodating |
| Vosotros / as | acomodabais | You were accommodating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomodaban | They / you were accommodating |
| Vos | acomodabas | You were accommodating |
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 accommodated” and “she has accommodated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acomodado | I have accommodated |
| Tú | has acomodado | You have accommodated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acomodado | He has / she has / you have accommodated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acomodado | We have accommodated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acomodado | You have accommodated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acomodado | They / you have accommodated |
| Vos | has acomodado | You have accommodated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would accommodate” or “she would accommodate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acomodaría | I would accommodate |
| Tú | acomodarías | You would accommodate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomodaría | He / she / you would accommodate |
| Nosotros / as | acomodaríamos | We would accommodate |
| Vosotros / as | acomodaríais | You would accommodate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomodarían | They / you would accommodate |
| Vos | acomodarías | You would accommodate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will accommodate” or “they will accommodate”.
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 acomodar” means “They are going to accommodate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acomodaré | I will accommodate |
| Tú | acomodarás | You will accommodate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomodará | He / she / you will accommodate |
| Nosotros / as | acomodaremos | We will accommodate |
| Vosotros / as | acomodaréis | You will accommodate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomodarán | They / you will accommodate |
| Vos | acomodarás | You will accommodate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acomode |
| Tú | acomodes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomode |
| Nosotros / as | acomodemos |
| Vosotros / as | acomodéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomoden |
| Vos | acomodes |
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 | acomodara | acomodase |
| Tú | acomodaras | acomodase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomodara | acomodase |
| Nosotros / as | acomodáramos | acomodásemos |
| Vosotros / as | acomodarais | acomodaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomodaran | acomodasen |
| Vos | acomodaras | acomodase |
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 | acomodare |
| Tú | acomodares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomodare |
| Nosotros / as | acomodáremos |
| Vosotros / as | acomodareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomodaren |
| Vos | acomodares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “accommodate!” and “don’t accommodate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acomoda | no acomodes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acomode | no acomode |
| Nosotros / as | acomodemos | no acomodemos |
| Vosotros / as | acomodad | no acomodéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acomoden | no acomoden |
| Vos | acomodá | no acomodes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acomodado |
| Tú | hayas acomodado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acomodado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acomodado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acomodado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acomodado |
| Vos | hayas acomodado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acomodado / hubiese acomodado |
| Tú | hubieras acomodado / hubieses acomodado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acomodado / hubiese acomodado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acomodado / hubiésemos acomodado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acomodado / hubieseis acomodado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acomodado / hubiesen acomodado |
| Vos | hubieras acomodado / hubieses acomodado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acomodado |
| Tú | hubieres acomodado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acomodado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acomodado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acomodado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acomodado |
| Vos | hubieres acomodado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acomodando |
| Tú | estés acomodando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acomodando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acomodando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acomodando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acomodando |
| Vos | estés acomodando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acomodando / estuviese acomodando |
| Tú | estuvieras acomodando / estuvieses acomodando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acomodando / estuviese acomodando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acomodando / estuviésamos acomodando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acomodando / estuvieseis acomodando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acomodando / estuviese acomodando |
| Vos | estuvieras acomodando / estuvieses acomodando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acomodando |
| Tú | estuvieres acomodando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acomodando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acomodando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acomodando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acomodando |
| Vos | estuvieres acomodando |
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 acomodás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acomodaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acomodabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acomodarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acomodarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acomodes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acomodaras / Vos acomodase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acomodá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acomodes |