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Alargar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lengthen, extend, stretch”.
Below are all of the conjugations for alargar 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 lengthen, extend, stretch |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | alargar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está alargando) and past continuous (estaba alargando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lengthening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he alargado and hubiera alargado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lengthened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | alargando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | alargado |
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 lengthen” or “they lengthen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alargo |
| Tú | alargas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alarga |
| Nosotros / as | alargamos |
| Vosotros / as | alargáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alargan |
| Vos | alargás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lengthened” or “she lengthened” 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 | alargué | I lengthened |
| Tú | alargaste | You lengthened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargó | He / she / you lengthened |
| Nosotros / as | alargamos | We lengthened |
| Vosotros / as | alargasteis | You lengthened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alargaron | They / you lengthened |
| Vos | alargaste | You lengthened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lengthening” or “she was lengthening” 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 | alargaba | I was lengthening |
| Tú | alargabas | You were lengthening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargaba | He was / she was / you were lengthening |
| Nosotros / as | alargábamos | We were lengthening |
| Vosotros / as | alargabais | You were lengthening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alargaban | They / you were lengthening |
| Vos | alargabas | You were lengthening |
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 lengthened” and “she has lengthened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he alargado | I have lengthened |
| Tú | has alargado | You have lengthened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha alargado | He has / she has / you have lengthened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos alargado | We have lengthened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis alargado | You have lengthened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han alargado | They / you have lengthened |
| Vos | has alargado | You have lengthened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lengthen” or “she would lengthen”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargaría | I would lengthen |
| Tú | alargarías | You would lengthen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargaría | He / she / you would lengthen |
| Nosotros / as | alargaríamos | We would lengthen |
| Vosotros / as | alargaríais | You would lengthen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alargarían | They / you would lengthen |
| Vos | alargarías | You would lengthen |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lengthen” or “they will lengthen”.
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 alargar” means “They are going to lengthen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | alargaré | I will lengthen |
| Tú | alargarás | You will lengthen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargará | He / she / you will lengthen |
| Nosotros / as | alargaremos | We will lengthen |
| Vosotros / as | alargaréis | You will lengthen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alargarán | They / you will lengthen |
| Vos | alargarás | You will lengthen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | alargue |
| Tú | alargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargue |
| Nosotros / as | alarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | alarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alarguen |
| Vos | alargues |
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 | alargara | alargase |
| Tú | alargaras | alargase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargara | alargase |
| Nosotros / as | alargáramos | alargásemos |
| Vosotros / as | alargarais | alargaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alargaran | alargasen |
| Vos | alargaras | alargase |
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 | alargare |
| Tú | alargares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargare |
| Nosotros / as | alargáremos |
| Vosotros / as | alargareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alargaren |
| Vos | alargares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lengthen!” and “don’t lengthen!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | alarga | no alargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | alargue | no alargue |
| Nosotros / as | alarguemos | no alarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | alargad | no alarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | alarguen | no alarguen |
| Vos | alargá | no alargues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya alargado |
| Tú | hayas alargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya alargado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos alargado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis alargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan alargado |
| Vos | hayas alargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera alargado / hubiese alargado |
| Tú | hubieras alargado / hubieses alargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera alargado / hubiese alargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos alargado / hubiésemos alargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais alargado / hubieseis alargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran alargado / hubiesen alargado |
| Vos | hubieras alargado / hubieses alargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere alargado |
| Tú | hubieres alargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere alargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos alargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis alargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren alargado |
| Vos | hubieres alargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté alargando |
| Tú | estés alargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté alargando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos alargando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis alargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén alargando |
| Vos | estés alargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera alargando / estuviese alargando |
| Tú | estuvieras alargando / estuvieses alargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera alargando / estuviese alargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos alargando / estuviésamos alargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais alargando / estuvieseis alargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera alargando / estuviese alargando |
| Vos | estuvieras alargando / estuvieses alargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere alargando |
| Tú | estuvieres alargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere alargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos alargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis alargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere alargando |
| Vos | estuvieres alargando |
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 alargás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos alargaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos alargabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos alargarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos alargarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos alargues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos alargaras / Vos alargase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos alargá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no alargues |