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Adobar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to season, flavor, marinate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for adobar 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 season, flavor, marinate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | adobar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está adobando) and past continuous (estaba adobando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. seasoning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he adobado and hubiera adobado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have seasoned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | adobando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | adobado |
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 season” or “they season”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | adobo |
| Tú | adobas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adoba |
| Nosotros / as | adobamos |
| Vosotros / as | adobáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoban |
| Vos | adoptás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I seasoned” or “she seasoned” 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 | adobé | I seasoned |
| Tú | adobaste | You seasoned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobó | He / she / you seasoned |
| Nosotros / as | adobamos | We seasoned |
| Vosotros / as | adobasteis | You seasoned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adobaron | They / you seasoned |
| Vos | adobaste | You seasoned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was seasoning” or “she was seasoning” 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 | adobaba | I was seasoning |
| Tú | adobabas | You were seasoning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobaba | He was / she was / you were seasoning |
| Nosotros / as | adobábamos | We were seasoning |
| Vosotros / as | adobabais | You were seasoning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adobaban | They / you were seasoning |
| Vos | adobabas | You were seasoning |
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 seasoned” and “she has seasoned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he adobado | I have seasoned |
| Tú | has adobado | You have seasoned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha adobado | He has / she has / you have seasoned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos adobado | We have seasoned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis adobado | You have seasoned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han adobado | They / you have seasoned |
| Vos | has adobado | You have seasoned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would season” or “she would season”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adobaría | I would season |
| Tú | adobarías | You would season |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobaría | He / she / you would season |
| Nosotros / as | adobaríamos | We would season |
| Vosotros / as | adobaríais | You would season |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adobarían | They / you would season |
| Vos | adobarías | You would season |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will season” or “they will season”.
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 adobar” means “They are going to season”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adobaré | I will season |
| Tú | adobarás | You will season |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobará | He / she / you will season |
| Nosotros / as | adobaremos | We will season |
| Vosotros / as | adobaréis | You will season |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adobarán | They / you will season |
| Vos | adobarás | You will season |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | adobe |
| Tú | adobes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobe |
| Nosotros / as | adobemos |
| Vosotros / as | adobéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoben |
| Vos | adobes |
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 | adobara | adobase |
| Tú | adobaras | adobase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobara | adobase |
| Nosotros / as | adobáramos | adobásemos |
| Vosotros / as | adobarais | adobaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adobaran | adobasen |
| Vos | adobaras | adobase |
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 | adobare |
| Tú | adobares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobare |
| Nosotros / as | adobáremos |
| Vosotros / as | adobareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adobaren |
| Vos | adobares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “season!” and “don’t season!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | adoba | no adobes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adobe | no adobe |
| Nosotros / as | adobemos | no adobemos |
| Vosotros / as | adobad | no adobéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoben | no adoben |
| Vos | adobá | no adobes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya adobado |
| Tú | hayas adobado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya adobado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos adobado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis adobado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan adobado |
| Vos | hayas adobado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera adobado / hubiese adobado |
| Tú | hubieras adobado / hubieses adobado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera adobado / hubiese adobado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos adobado / hubiésemos adobado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais adobado / hubieseis adobado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran adobado / hubiesen adobado |
| Vos | hubieras adobado / hubieses adobado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere adobado |
| Tú | hubieres adobado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere adobado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos adobado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis adobado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren adobado |
| Vos | hubieres adobado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté adobando |
| Tú | estés adobando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté adobando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos adobando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis adobando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén adobando |
| Vos | estés adobando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera adobando / estuviese adobando |
| Tú | estuvieras adobando / estuvieses adobando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera adobando / estuviese adobando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos adobando / estuviésamos adobando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais adobando / estuvieseis adobando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera adobando / estuviese adobando |
| Vos | estuvieras adobando / estuvieses adobando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere adobando |
| Tú | estuvieres adobando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere adobando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos adobando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis adobando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere adobando |
| Vos | estuvieres adobando |
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 adoptás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos adobaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos adobabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos adobarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos adobarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos adobes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos adobaras / Vos adobase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos adobá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no adobes |