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Admirar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to admire, amaze, be surprised”.
Below are all of the conjugations for admirar 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 admire, amaze, be surprised |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | admirar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está admirando) and past continuous (estaba admirando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. admiring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he admirado and hubiera admirado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have admired).
| Gerundio / Gerund | admirando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | admirado |
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 admire” or “they admire”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | admiro |
| Tú | admiras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admira |
| Nosotros / as | admiramos |
| Vosotros / as | admiráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiran |
| Vos | admitís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I admired” or “she admired” 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 | admiré | I admired |
| Tú | admiraste | You admired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admiró | He / she / you admired |
| Nosotros / as | admiramos | We admired |
| Vosotros / as | admirasteis | You admired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiraron | They / you admired |
| Vos | admiraste | You admired |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was admiring” or “she was admiring” 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 | admiraba | I was admiring |
| Tú | admirabas | You were admiring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admiraba | He was / she was / you were admiring |
| Nosotros / as | admirábamos | We were admiring |
| Vosotros / as | admirabais | You were admiring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiraban | They / you were admiring |
| Vos | admirabas | You were admiring |
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 admired” and “she has admired”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he admirado | I have admired |
| Tú | has admirado | You have admired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha admirado | He has / she has / you have admired |
| Nosotros / as | hemos admirado | We have admired |
| Vosotros / as | habéis admirado | You have admired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han admirado | They / you have admired |
| Vos | has admirado | You have admired |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would admire” or “she would admire”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | admiraría | I would admire |
| Tú | admirarías | You would admire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admiraría | He / she / you would admire |
| Nosotros / as | admiraríamos | We would admire |
| Vosotros / as | admiraríais | You would admire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admirarían | They / you would admire |
| Vos | admirarías | You would admire |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will admire” or “they will admire”.
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 admirar” means “They are going to admire”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | admiraré | I will admire |
| Tú | admirarás | You will admire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admirará | He / she / you will admire |
| Nosotros / as | admiraremos | We will admire |
| Vosotros / as | admiraréis | You will admire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admirarán | They / you will admire |
| Vos | admirarás | You will admire |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | admire |
| Tú | admires |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admire |
| Nosotros / as | admiremos |
| Vosotros / as | admiréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiren |
| Vos | admires |
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 | admirara | admirase |
| Tú | admiraras | admirase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admirara | admirase |
| Nosotros / as | admiráramos | admirásemos |
| Vosotros / as | admirarais | admiraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiraran | admirasen |
| Vos | admiraras | admirase |
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 | admirare |
| Tú | admirares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admirare |
| Nosotros / as | admiráremos |
| Vosotros / as | admirareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiraren |
| Vos | admirares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “admire!” and “don’t admire!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | admira | no admires |
| Él / Ella / Usted | admire | no admire |
| Nosotros / as | admiremos | no admiremos |
| Vosotros / as | admirad | no admiréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | admiren | no admiren |
| Vos | admirá | no admires |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya admirado |
| Tú | hayas admirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya admirado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos admirado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis admirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan admirado |
| Vos | hayas admirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera admirado / hubiese admirado |
| Tú | hubieras admirado / hubieses admirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera admirado / hubiese admirado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos admirado / hubiésemos admirado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais admirado / hubieseis admirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran admirado / hubiesen admirado |
| Vos | hubieras admirado / hubieses admirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere admirado |
| Tú | hubieres admirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere admirado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos admirado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis admirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren admirado |
| Vos | hubieres admirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté admirando |
| Tú | estés admirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté admirando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos admirando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis admirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén admirando |
| Vos | estés admirando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera admirando / estuviese admirando |
| Tú | estuvieras admirando / estuvieses admirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera admirando / estuviese admirando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos admirando / estuviésamos admirando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais admirando / estuvieseis admirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera admirando / estuviese admirando |
| Vos | estuvieras admirando / estuvieses admirando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere admirando |
| Tú | estuvieres admirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere admirando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos admirando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis admirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere admirando |
| Vos | estuvieres admirando |
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 admitís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos admiraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos admirabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos admirarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos admirarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos admires |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos admiraras / Vos admirase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos admirá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no admires |