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Almacenar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to store, accumulate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for almacenar 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 store, accumulate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | almacenar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está almacenando) and past continuous (estaba almacenando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. storing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he almacenado and hubiera almacenado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have stored).
| Gerundio / Gerund | almacenando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | almacenado |
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 store” or “they store”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | almaceno |
| Tú | almacenas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacena |
| Nosotros / as | almacenamos |
| Vosotros / as | almacenáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenan |
| Vos | almacenás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I stored” or “she stored” 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 | almacené | I stored |
| Tú | almacenaste | You stored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacenó | He / she / you stored |
| Nosotros / as | almacenamos | We stored |
| Vosotros / as | almacenasteis | You stored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenaron | They / you stored |
| Vos | almacenaste | You stored |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was storing” or “she was storing” 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 | almacenaba | I was storing |
| Tú | almacenabas | You were storing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacenaba | He was / she was / you were storing |
| Nosotros / as | almacenábamos | We were storing |
| Vosotros / as | almacenabais | You were storing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenaban | They / you were storing |
| Vos | almacenabas | You were storing |
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 stored” and “she has stored”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he almacenado | I have stored |
| Tú | has almacenado | You have stored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha almacenado | He has / she has / you have stored |
| Nosotros / as | hemos almacenado | We have stored |
| Vosotros / as | habéis almacenado | You have stored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han almacenado | They / you have stored |
| Vos | has almacenado | You have stored |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would store” or “she would store”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almacenaría | I would store |
| Tú | almacenarías | You would store |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacenaría | He / she / you would store |
| Nosotros / as | almacenaríamos | We would store |
| Vosotros / as | almacenaríais | You would store |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenarían | They / you would store |
| Vos | almacenarías | You would store |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will store” or “they will store”.
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 almacenar” means “They are going to store”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | almacenaré | I will store |
| Tú | almacenarás | You will store |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacenará | He / she / you will store |
| Nosotros / as | almacenaremos | We will store |
| Vosotros / as | almacenaréis | You will store |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenarán | They / you will store |
| Vos | almacenarás | You will store |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | almacene |
| Tú | almacenes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacene |
| Nosotros / as | almacenemos |
| Vosotros / as | almacenéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenen |
| Vos | almacenes |
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 | almacenara | almacenase |
| Tú | almacenaras | almacenase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacenara | almacenase |
| Nosotros / as | almacenáramos | almacenásemos |
| Vosotros / as | almacenarais | almacenaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenaran | almacenasen |
| Vos | almacenaras | almacenase |
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 | almacenare |
| Tú | almacenares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacenare |
| Nosotros / as | almacenáremos |
| Vosotros / as | almacenareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenaren |
| Vos | almacenares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “store!” and “don’t store!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | almacena | no almacenes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | almacene | no almacene |
| Nosotros / as | almacenemos | no almacenemos |
| Vosotros / as | almacenad | no almacenéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | almacenen | no almacenen |
| Vos | almacená | no almacenes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya almacenado |
| Tú | hayas almacenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya almacenado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos almacenado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis almacenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan almacenado |
| Vos | hayas almacenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera almacenado / hubiese almacenado |
| Tú | hubieras almacenado / hubieses almacenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera almacenado / hubiese almacenado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos almacenado / hubiésemos almacenado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais almacenado / hubieseis almacenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran almacenado / hubiesen almacenado |
| Vos | hubieras almacenado / hubieses almacenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere almacenado |
| Tú | hubieres almacenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere almacenado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos almacenado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis almacenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren almacenado |
| Vos | hubieres almacenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté almacenando |
| Tú | estés almacenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté almacenando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos almacenando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis almacenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén almacenando |
| Vos | estés almacenando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera almacenando / estuviese almacenando |
| Tú | estuvieras almacenando / estuvieses almacenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera almacenando / estuviese almacenando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos almacenando / estuviésamos almacenando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais almacenando / estuvieseis almacenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera almacenando / estuviese almacenando |
| Vos | estuvieras almacenando / estuvieses almacenando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere almacenando |
| Tú | estuvieres almacenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere almacenando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos almacenando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis almacenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere almacenando |
| Vos | estuvieres almacenando |
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 almacenás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos almacenaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos almacenabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos almacenarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos almacenarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos almacenes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos almacenaras / Vos almacenase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos almacená |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no almacenes |