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Agrandar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to enlarge, make large, increase”.
Below are all of the conjugations for agrandar 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 enlarge, make large, increase |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | agrandar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está agrandando) and past continuous (estaba agrandando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. enlarging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he agrandado and hubiera agrandado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have enlarged).
| Gerundio / Gerund | agrandando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | agrandado |
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 enlarge” or “they enlarge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agrando |
| Tú | agrandas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agranda |
| Nosotros / as | agrandamos |
| Vosotros / as | agrandáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agrandan |
| Vos | agrandás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I enlarged” or “she enlarged” 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 | agrandé | I enlarged |
| Tú | agrandaste | You enlarged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrandó | He / she / you enlarged |
| Nosotros / as | agrandamos | We enlarged |
| Vosotros / as | agrandasteis | You enlarged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agrandaron | They / you enlarged |
| Vos | agrandaste | You enlarged |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was enlarging” or “she was enlarging” 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 | agrandaba | I was enlarging |
| Tú | agrandabas | You were enlarging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrandaba | He was / she was / you were enlarging |
| Nosotros / as | agrandábamos | We were enlarging |
| Vosotros / as | agrandabais | You were enlarging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agrandaban | They / you were enlarging |
| Vos | agrandabas | You were enlarging |
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 enlarged” and “she has enlarged”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he agrandado | I have enlarged |
| Tú | has agrandado | You have enlarged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha agrandado | He has / she has / you have enlarged |
| Nosotros / as | hemos agrandado | We have enlarged |
| Vosotros / as | habéis agrandado | You have enlarged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han agrandado | They / you have enlarged |
| Vos | has agrandado | You have enlarged |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would enlarge” or “she would enlarge”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agrandaría | I would enlarge |
| Tú | agrandarías | You would enlarge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrandaría | He / she / you would enlarge |
| Nosotros / as | agrandaríamos | We would enlarge |
| Vosotros / as | agrandaríais | You would enlarge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agrandarían | They / you would enlarge |
| Vos | agrandarías | You would enlarge |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will enlarge” or “they will enlarge”.
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 agrandar” means “They are going to enlarge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | agrandaré | I will enlarge |
| Tú | agrandarás | You will enlarge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrandará | He / she / you will enlarge |
| Nosotros / as | agrandaremos | We will enlarge |
| Vosotros / as | agrandaréis | You will enlarge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agrandarán | They / you will enlarge |
| Vos | agrandarás | You will enlarge |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | agrande |
| Tú | agrandes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrande |
| Nosotros / as | agrandemos |
| Vosotros / as | agrandéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agranden |
| Vos | agrandes |
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 | agrandara | agrandase |
| Tú | agrandaras | agrandase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrandara | agrandase |
| Nosotros / as | agrandáramos | agrandásemos |
| Vosotros / as | agrandarais | agrandaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agrandaran | agrandasen |
| Vos | agrandaras | agrandase |
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 | agrandare |
| Tú | agrandares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrandare |
| Nosotros / as | agrandáremos |
| Vosotros / as | agrandareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agrandaren |
| Vos | agrandares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “enlarge!” and “don’t enlarge!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | agranda | no agrandes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agrande | no agrande |
| Nosotros / as | agrandemos | no agrandemos |
| Vosotros / as | agrandad | no agrandéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agranden | no agranden |
| Vos | agrandá | no agrandes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya agrandado |
| Tú | hayas agrandado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya agrandado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos agrandado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis agrandado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan agrandado |
| Vos | hayas agrandado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera agrandado / hubiese agrandado |
| Tú | hubieras agrandado / hubieses agrandado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera agrandado / hubiese agrandado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos agrandado / hubiésemos agrandado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais agrandado / hubieseis agrandado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran agrandado / hubiesen agrandado |
| Vos | hubieras agrandado / hubieses agrandado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere agrandado |
| Tú | hubieres agrandado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere agrandado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos agrandado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis agrandado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren agrandado |
| Vos | hubieres agrandado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté agrandando |
| Tú | estés agrandando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté agrandando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos agrandando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis agrandando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén agrandando |
| Vos | estés agrandando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera agrandando / estuviese agrandando |
| Tú | estuvieras agrandando / estuvieses agrandando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera agrandando / estuviese agrandando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos agrandando / estuviésamos agrandando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais agrandando / estuvieseis agrandando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera agrandando / estuviese agrandando |
| Vos | estuvieras agrandando / estuvieses agrandando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere agrandando |
| Tú | estuvieres agrandando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere agrandando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos agrandando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis agrandando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere agrandando |
| Vos | estuvieres agrandando |
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 agrandás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos agrandaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos agrandabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos agrandarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos agrandarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos agrandes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos agrandaras / Vos agrandase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos agrandá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no agrandes |