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Ahondar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to deeper, make deeper”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ahondar 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 deeper, make deeper |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ahondar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ahondando) and past continuous (estaba ahondando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. making deeper).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ahondado and hubiera ahondado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have made deeper).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ahondando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ahondado |
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 make deeper” or “they make deeper”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ahondo |
| Tú | ahondas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahonda |
| Nosotros / as | ahondamos |
| Vosotros / as | ahondáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahondan |
| Vos | ahondás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I made deeper” or “she made deeper” 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 | ahondé | I made deeper |
| Tú | ahondaste | You made deeper |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahondó | He / she / you made deeper |
| Nosotros / as | ahondamos | We made deeper |
| Vosotros / as | ahondasteis | You made deeper |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahondaron | They / you made deeper |
| Vos | ahondaste | You made deeper |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was making deeper” or “she was making deeper” 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 | ahondaba | I was making deeper |
| Tú | ahondabas | You were making deeper |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahondaba | He was / she was / you were making deeper |
| Nosotros / as | ahondábamos | We were making deeper |
| Vosotros / as | ahondabais | You were making deeper |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahondaban | They / you were making deeper |
| Vos | ahondabas | You were making deeper |
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 made deeper” and “she has made deeper”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ahondado | I have made deeper |
| Tú | has ahondado | You have made deeper |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ahondado | He has / she has / you have made deeper |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ahondado | We have made deeper |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ahondado | You have made deeper |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ahondado | They / you have made deeper |
| Vos | has ahondado | You have made deeper |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would make deeper” or “she would make deeper”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ahondaría | I would make deeper |
| Tú | ahondarías | You would make deeper |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahondaría | He / she / you would make deeper |
| Nosotros / as | ahondaríamos | We would make deeper |
| Vosotros / as | ahondaríais | You would make deeper |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahondarían | They / you would make deeper |
| Vos | ahondarías | You would make deeper |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will make deeper” or “they will make deeper”.
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 ahondar” means “They are going to make deeper”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ahondaré | I will make deeper |
| Tú | ahondarás | You will make deeper |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahondará | He / she / you will make deeper |
| Nosotros / as | ahondaremos | We will make deeper |
| Vosotros / as | ahondaréis | You will make deeper |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahondarán | They / you will make deeper |
| Vos | ahondarás | You will make deeper |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ahonde |
| Tú | ahondes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahonde |
| Nosotros / as | ahondemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahondéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahonden |
| Vos | ahondes |
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 | ahondara | ahondase |
| Tú | ahondaras | ahondase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahondara | ahondase |
| Nosotros / as | ahondáramos | ahondásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahondarais | ahondaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahondaran | ahondasen |
| Vos | ahondaras | ahondase |
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 | ahondare |
| Tú | ahondares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahondare |
| Nosotros / as | ahondáremos |
| Vosotros / as | ahondareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahondaren |
| Vos | ahondares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “make deeper!” and “don’t make deeper!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ahonda | no ahondes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ahonde | no ahonde |
| Nosotros / as | ahondemos | no ahondemos |
| Vosotros / as | ahondad | no ahondéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ahonden | no ahonden |
| Vos | ahondá | no ahondes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ahondado |
| Tú | hayas ahondado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ahondado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ahondado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ahondado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ahondado |
| Vos | hayas ahondado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ahondado / hubiese ahondado |
| Tú | hubieras ahondado / hubieses ahondado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ahondado / hubiese ahondado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ahondado / hubiésemos ahondado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ahondado / hubieseis ahondado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ahondado / hubiesen ahondado |
| Vos | hubieras ahondado / hubieses ahondado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ahondado |
| Tú | hubieres ahondado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ahondado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ahondado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ahondado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ahondado |
| Vos | hubieres ahondado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ahondando |
| Tú | estés ahondando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ahondando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ahondando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ahondando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ahondando |
| Vos | estés ahondando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ahondando / estuviese ahondando |
| Tú | estuvieras ahondando / estuvieses ahondando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ahondando / estuviese ahondando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ahondando / estuviésamos ahondando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ahondando / estuvieseis ahondando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ahondando / estuviese ahondando |
| Vos | estuvieras ahondando / estuvieses ahondando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ahondando |
| Tú | estuvieres ahondando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ahondando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ahondando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ahondando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ahondando |
| Vos | estuvieres ahondando |
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 ahondás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ahondaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ahondabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ahondarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ahondarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ahondes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ahondaras / Vos ahondase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ahondá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ahondes |