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Agitar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to agitate, shake, stir”.
Below are all of the conjugations for agitar 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 agitate, shake, stir |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | agitar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está agitando) and past continuous (estaba agitando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. agitating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he agitado and hubiera agitado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have agitated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | agitando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | agitado |
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 agitate” or “they agitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agito |
| Tú | agitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agita |
| Nosotros / as | agitamos |
| Vosotros / as | agitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agitan |
| Vos | agitás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I agitated” or “she agitated” 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 | agité | I agitated |
| Tú | agitaste | You agitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agitó | He / she / you agitated |
| Nosotros / as | agitamos | We agitated |
| Vosotros / as | agitasteis | You agitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agitaron | They / you agitated |
| Vos | agitaste | You agitated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was agitating” or “she was agitating” 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 | agitaba | I was agitating |
| Tú | agitabas | You were agitating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agitaba | He was / she was / you were agitating |
| Nosotros / as | agitábamos | We were agitating |
| Vosotros / as | agitabais | You were agitating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agitaban | They / you were agitating |
| Vos | agitabas | You were agitating |
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 agitated” and “she has agitated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he agitado | I have agitated |
| Tú | has agitado | You have agitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha agitado | He has / she has / you have agitated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos agitado | We have agitated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis agitado | You have agitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han agitado | They / you have agitated |
| Vos | has agitado | You have agitated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would agitate” or “she would agitate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agitaría | I would agitate |
| Tú | agitarías | You would agitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agitaría | He / she / you would agitate |
| Nosotros / as | agitaríamos | We would agitate |
| Vosotros / as | agitaríais | You would agitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agitarían | They / you would agitate |
| Vos | agitarías | You would agitate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will agitate” or “they will agitate”.
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 agitar” means “They are going to agitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agitaré | I will agitate |
| Tú | agitarás | You will agitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agitará | He / she / you will agitate |
| Nosotros / as | agitaremos | We will agitate |
| Vosotros / as | agitaréis | You will agitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agitarán | They / you will agitate |
| Vos | agitarás | You will agitate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agite |
| Tú | agites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agite |
| Nosotros / as | agitemos |
| Vosotros / as | agitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agiten |
| Vos | agites |
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 | agitara | agitase |
| Tú | agitaras | agitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agitara | agitase |
| Nosotros / as | agitáramos | agitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | agitarais | agitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agitaran | agitasen |
| Vos | agitaras | agitase |
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 | agitare |
| Tú | agitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agitare |
| Nosotros / as | agitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | agitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agitaren |
| Vos | agitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “agitate!” and “don’t agitate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | agita | no agites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agite | no agite |
| Nosotros / as | agitemos | no agitemos |
| Vosotros / as | agitad | no agitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agiten | no agiten |
| Vos | agitá | no agites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya agitado |
| Tú | hayas agitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya agitado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos agitado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis agitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan agitado |
| Vos | hayas agitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera agitado / hubiese agitado |
| Tú | hubieras agitado / hubieses agitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera agitado / hubiese agitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos agitado / hubiésemos agitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais agitado / hubieseis agitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran agitado / hubiesen agitado |
| Vos | hubieras agitado / hubieses agitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere agitado |
| Tú | hubieres agitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere agitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos agitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis agitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren agitado |
| Vos | hubieres agitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté agitando |
| Tú | estés agitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté agitando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos agitando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis agitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén agitando |
| Vos | estés agitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera agitando / estuviese agitando |
| Tú | estuvieras agitando / estuvieses agitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera agitando / estuviese agitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos agitando / estuviésamos agitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais agitando / estuvieseis agitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera agitando / estuviese agitando |
| Vos | estuvieras agitando / estuvieses agitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere agitando |
| Tú | estuvieres agitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere agitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos agitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis agitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere agitando |
| Vos | estuvieres agitando |
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 agitás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos agitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos agitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos agitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos agitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos agites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos agitaras / Vos agitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos agitá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no agites |