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Adorar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to adore, worship, idolize”.
Below are all of the conjugations for adorar 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 adore, worship, idolize |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | adorar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está adorando) and past continuous (estaba adorando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. adoring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he adorado and hubiera adorado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have adored).
| Gerundio / Gerund | adorando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | adorado |
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 adore” or “they adore”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | adoro |
| Tú | adoras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adora |
| Nosotros / as | adoramos |
| Vosotros / as | adoráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoran |
| Vos | adornás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I adored” or “she adored” 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 | adoré | I adored |
| Tú | adoraste | You adored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adoró | He / she / you adored |
| Nosotros / as | adoramos | We adored |
| Vosotros / as | adorasteis | You adored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoraron | They / you adored |
| Vos | adoraste | You adored |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was adoring” or “she was adoring” 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 | adoraba | I was adoring |
| Tú | adorabas | You were adoring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adoraba | He was / she was / you were adoring |
| Nosotros / as | adorábamos | We were adoring |
| Vosotros / as | adorabais | You were adoring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoraban | They / you were adoring |
| Vos | adorabas | You were adoring |
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 adored” and “she has adored”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he adorado | I have adored |
| Tú | has adorado | You have adored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha adorado | He has / she has / you have adored |
| Nosotros / as | hemos adorado | We have adored |
| Vosotros / as | habéis adorado | You have adored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han adorado | They / you have adored |
| Vos | has adorado | You have adored |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would adore” or “she would adore”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adoraría | I would adore |
| Tú | adorarías | You would adore |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adoraría | He / she / you would adore |
| Nosotros / as | adoraríamos | We would adore |
| Vosotros / as | adoraríais | You would adore |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adorarían | They / you would adore |
| Vos | adorarías | You would adore |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will adore” or “they will adore”.
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 adorar” means “They are going to adore”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | adoraré | I will adore |
| Tú | adorarás | You will adore |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adorará | He / she / you will adore |
| Nosotros / as | adoraremos | We will adore |
| Vosotros / as | adoraréis | You will adore |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adorarán | They / you will adore |
| Vos | adorarás | You will adore |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | adore |
| Tú | adores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adore |
| Nosotros / as | adoremos |
| Vosotros / as | adoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoren |
| Vos | adores |
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 | adorara | adorase |
| Tú | adoraras | adorase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adorara | adorase |
| Nosotros / as | adoráramos | adorásemos |
| Vosotros / as | adorarais | adoraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoraran | adorasen |
| Vos | adoraras | adorase |
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 | adorare |
| Tú | adorares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adorare |
| Nosotros / as | adoráremos |
| Vosotros / as | adorareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoraren |
| Vos | adorares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “adore!” and “don’t adore!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | adora | no adores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | adore | no adore |
| Nosotros / as | adoremos | no adoremos |
| Vosotros / as | adorad | no adoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | adoren | no adoren |
| Vos | adorá | no adores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya adorado |
| Tú | hayas adorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya adorado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos adorado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis adorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan adorado |
| Vos | hayas adorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera adorado / hubiese adorado |
| Tú | hubieras adorado / hubieses adorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera adorado / hubiese adorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos adorado / hubiésemos adorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais adorado / hubieseis adorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran adorado / hubiesen adorado |
| Vos | hubieras adorado / hubieses adorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere adorado |
| Tú | hubieres adorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere adorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos adorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis adorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren adorado |
| Vos | hubieres adorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté adorando |
| Tú | estés adorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté adorando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos adorando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis adorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén adorando |
| Vos | estés adorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera adorando / estuviese adorando |
| Tú | estuvieras adorando / estuvieses adorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera adorando / estuviese adorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos adorando / estuviésamos adorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais adorando / estuvieseis adorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera adorando / estuviese adorando |
| Vos | estuvieras adorando / estuvieses adorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere adorando |
| Tú | estuvieres adorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere adorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos adorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis adorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere adorando |
| Vos | estuvieres adorando |
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 adornás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos adoraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos adorabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos adorarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos adorarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos adores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos adoraras / Vos adorase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos adorá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no adores |