Administrar conjugation
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Administrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to manage, deal, administer”.
Below are all of the conjugations for administrar 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.
Administrar Infinitive
| English Infinitive | to manage, deal, administer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | administrar |
Administrar Gerund and Past Participle
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está administrando) and past continuous (estaba administrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. managing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he administrado and hubiera administrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have managed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | administrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | administrado |
Administrar Indicative Conjugations
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
Administrar Presente / Present
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 manage” or “they manage”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | administro |
| Tú | administras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administra |
| Nosotros / as | administramos |
| Vosotros / as | administráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administran |
| Vos | admirás |
Administrar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I managed” or “she managed” 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 | administré | I managed |
| Tú | administraste | You managed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administró | He / she / you managed |
| Nosotros / as | administramos | We managed |
| Vosotros / as | administrasteis | You managed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administraron | They / you managed |
| Vos | administraste | You managed |
Administrar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was managing” or “she was managing” 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 | administraba | I was managing |
| Tú | administrabas | You were managing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administraba | He was / she was / you were managing |
| Nosotros / as | administrábamos | We were managing |
| Vosotros / as | administrabais | You were managing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administraban | They / you were managing |
| Vos | administrabas | You were managing |
Administrar Perfect / Perfecto
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 managed” and “she has managed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he administrado | I have managed |
| Tú | has administrado | You have managed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha administrado | He has / she has / you have managed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos administrado | We have managed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis administrado | You have managed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han administrado | They / you have managed |
| Vos | has administrado | You have managed |
Administrar Conditional / Condicional
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would manage” or “she would manage”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | administraría | I would manage |
| Tú | administrarías | You would manage |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administraría | He / she / you would manage |
| Nosotros / as | administraríamos | We would manage |
| Vosotros / as | administraríais | You would manage |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administrarían | They / you would manage |
| Vos | administrarías | You would manage |
Administrar Future / Futuro
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will manage” or “they will manage”.
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 administrar” means “They are going to manage”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | administraré | I will manage |
| Tú | administrarás | You will manage |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administrará | He / she / you will manage |
| Nosotros / as | administraremos | We will manage |
| Vosotros / as | administraréis | You will manage |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administrarán | They / you will manage |
| Vos | administrarás | You will manage |
Administrar Subjunctive Conjugations
Administrar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | administre |
| Tú | administres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administre |
| Nosotros / as | administremos |
| Vosotros / as | administréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administren |
| Vos | administres |
Administrar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo
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 | administrara | administrase |
| Tú | administraras | administrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administrara | administrase |
| Nosotros / as | administráramos | administrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | administrarais | administraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administraran | administrasen |
| Vos | administraras | administrase |
Administrar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo
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 | administrare |
| Tú | administrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administrare |
| Nosotros / as | administráremos |
| Vosotros / as | administrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administraren |
| Vos | administrares |
Administrar Imperative Conjugations
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “manage!” and “don’t manage!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | administra | no administres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | administre | no administre |
| Nosotros / as | administremos | no administremos |
| Vosotros / as | administrad | no administréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | administren | no administren |
| Vos | administrá | no administres |
Administrar Compound Subjunctive Tenses
Administrar Subjunctive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya administrado |
| Tú | hayas administrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya administrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos administrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis administrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan administrado |
| Vos | hayas administrado |
Administrar Subjunctive Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera administrado / hubiese administrado |
| Tú | hubieras administrado / hubieses administrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera administrado / hubiese administrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos administrado / hubiésemos administrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais administrado / hubieseis administrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran administrado / hubiesen administrado |
| Vos | hubieras administrado / hubieses administrado |
Administrar Subjunctive Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere administrado |
| Tú | hubieres administrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere administrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos administrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis administrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren administrado |
| Vos | hubieres administrado |
Administrar Subjective Progressive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté administrando |
| Tú | estés administrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté administrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos administrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis administrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén administrando |
| Vos | estés administrando |
Administrar Subjunctive Past Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera administrando / estuviese administrando |
| Tú | estuvieras administrando / estuvieses administrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera administrando / estuviese administrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos administrando / estuviésamos administrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais administrando / estuvieseis administrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera administrando / estuviese administrando |
| Vos | estuvieras administrando / estuvieses administrando |
Administrar Subjunctive Future Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere administrando |
| Tú | estuvieres administrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere administrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos administrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis administrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere administrando |
| Vos | estuvieres administrando |
Administrar Vos Conjugation
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 admirás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos administraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos administrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos administrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos administrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos administres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos administraras / Vos administrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos administrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no administres |