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Acoplar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to connect, join, couple”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acoplar 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 connect, join, couple |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acoplar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acoplando) and past continuous (estaba acoplando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. connecting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acoplado and hubiera acoplado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have connected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acoplando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acoplado |
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 connect” or “they connect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acoplo |
| Tú | acoplas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acopla |
| Nosotros / as | acoplamos |
| Vosotros / as | acopláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplan |
| Vos | acoplás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I connected” or “she connected” 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 | acoplé | I connected |
| Tú | acoplaste | You connected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acopló | He / she / you connected |
| Nosotros / as | acoplamos | We connected |
| Vosotros / as | acoplasteis | You connected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplaron | They / you connected |
| Vos | acoplaste | You connected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was connecting” or “she was connecting” 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 | acoplaba | I was connecting |
| Tú | acoplabas | You were connecting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoplaba | He was / she was / you were connecting |
| Nosotros / as | acoplábamos | We were connecting |
| Vosotros / as | acoplabais | You were connecting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplaban | They / you were connecting |
| Vos | acoplabas | You were connecting |
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 connected” and “she has connected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acoplado | I have connected |
| Tú | has acoplado | You have connected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acoplado | He has / she has / you have connected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acoplado | We have connected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acoplado | You have connected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acoplado | They / you have connected |
| Vos | has acoplado | You have connected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would connect” or “she would connect”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acoplaría | I would connect |
| Tú | acoplarías | You would connect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoplaría | He / she / you would connect |
| Nosotros / as | acoplaríamos | We would connect |
| Vosotros / as | acoplaríais | You would connect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplarían | They / you would connect |
| Vos | acoplarías | You would connect |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will connect” or “they will connect”.
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 acoplar” means “They are going to connect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acoplaré | I will connect |
| Tú | acoplarás | You will connect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoplará | He / she / you will connect |
| Nosotros / as | acoplaremos | We will connect |
| Vosotros / as | acoplaréis | You will connect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplarán | They / you will connect |
| Vos | acoplarás | You will connect |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acople |
| Tú | acoples |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acople |
| Nosotros / as | acoplemos |
| Vosotros / as | acopléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplen |
| Vos | acoples |
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 | acoplara | acoplase |
| Tú | acoplaras | acoplase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoplara | acoplase |
| Nosotros / as | acopláramos | acoplásemos |
| Vosotros / as | acoplarais | acoplaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplaran | acoplasen |
| Vos | acoplaras | acoplase |
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 | acoplare |
| Tú | acoplares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acoplare |
| Nosotros / as | acopláremos |
| Vosotros / as | acoplareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplaren |
| Vos | acoplares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “connect!” and “don’t connect!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acopla | no acoples |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acople | no acople |
| Nosotros / as | acoplemos | no acoplemos |
| Vosotros / as | acoplad | no acopléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acoplen | no acoplen |
| Vos | acoplá | no acoples |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acoplado |
| Tú | hayas acoplado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acoplado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acoplado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acoplado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acoplado |
| Vos | hayas acoplado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acoplado / hubiese acoplado |
| Tú | hubieras acoplado / hubieses acoplado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acoplado / hubiese acoplado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acoplado / hubiésemos acoplado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acoplado / hubieseis acoplado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acoplado / hubiesen acoplado |
| Vos | hubieras acoplado / hubieses acoplado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acoplado |
| Tú | hubieres acoplado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acoplado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acoplado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acoplado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acoplado |
| Vos | hubieres acoplado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acoplando |
| Tú | estés acoplando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acoplando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acoplando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acoplando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acoplando |
| Vos | estés acoplando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acoplando / estuviese acoplando |
| Tú | estuvieras acoplando / estuvieses acoplando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acoplando / estuviese acoplando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acoplando / estuviésamos acoplando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acoplando / estuvieseis acoplando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acoplando / estuviese acoplando |
| Vos | estuvieras acoplando / estuvieses acoplando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acoplando |
| Tú | estuvieres acoplando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acoplando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acoplando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acoplando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acoplando |
| Vos | estuvieres acoplando |
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 acoplás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acoplaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acoplabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acoplarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acoplarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acoples |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acoplaras / Vos acoplase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acoplá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acoples |