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Amasar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to knead, mix, amass (a fortune)”.
Below are all of the conjugations for amasar 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 knead, mix, amass (a fortune) |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | amasar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está amasando) and past continuous (estaba amasando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. kneading).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he amasado and hubiera amasado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have kneaded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | amasando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | amasado |
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 knead” or “they knead”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amaso |
| Tú | amasas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amasa |
| Nosotros / as | amasamos |
| Vosotros / as | amasáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasan |
| Vos | amasás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I kneaded” or “she kneaded” 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 | amasé | I kneaded |
| Tú | amasaste | You kneaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amasó | He / she / you kneaded |
| Nosotros / as | amasamos | We kneaded |
| Vosotros / as | amasasteis | You kneaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasaron | They / you kneaded |
| Vos | amasaste | You kneaded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was kneading” or “she was kneading” 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 | amasaba | I was kneading |
| Tú | amasabas | You were kneading |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amasaba | He was / she was / you were kneading |
| Nosotros / as | amasábamos | We were kneading |
| Vosotros / as | amasabais | You were kneading |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasaban | They / you were kneading |
| Vos | amasabas | You were kneading |
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 kneaded” and “she has kneaded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he amasado | I have kneaded |
| Tú | has amasado | You have kneaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha amasado | He has / she has / you have kneaded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos amasado | We have kneaded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis amasado | You have kneaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han amasado | They / you have kneaded |
| Vos | has amasado | You have kneaded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would knead” or “she would knead”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amasaría | I would knead |
| Tú | amasarías | You would knead |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amasaría | He / she / you would knead |
| Nosotros / as | amasaríamos | We would knead |
| Vosotros / as | amasaríais | You would knead |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasarían | They / you would knead |
| Vos | amasarías | You would knead |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will knead” or “they will knead”.
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 amasar” means “They are going to knead”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amasaré | I will knead |
| Tú | amasarás | You will knead |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amasará | He / she / you will knead |
| Nosotros / as | amasaremos | We will knead |
| Vosotros / as | amasaréis | You will knead |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasarán | They / you will knead |
| Vos | amasarás | You will knead |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amase |
| Tú | amases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amase |
| Nosotros / as | amasemos |
| Vosotros / as | amaséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasen |
| Vos | amases |
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 | amasara | amasase |
| Tú | amasaras | amasase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amasara | amasase |
| Nosotros / as | amasáramos | amasásemos |
| Vosotros / as | amasarais | amasaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasaran | amasasen |
| Vos | amasaras | amasase |
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 | amasare |
| Tú | amasares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amasare |
| Nosotros / as | amasáremos |
| Vosotros / as | amasareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasaren |
| Vos | amasares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “knead!” and “don’t knead!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | amasa | no amases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amase | no amase |
| Nosotros / as | amasemos | no amasemos |
| Vosotros / as | amasad | no amaséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amasen | no amasen |
| Vos | amasá | no amases |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya amasado |
| Tú | hayas amasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya amasado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos amasado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis amasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan amasado |
| Vos | hayas amasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera amasado / hubiese amasado |
| Tú | hubieras amasado / hubieses amasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera amasado / hubiese amasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos amasado / hubiésemos amasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais amasado / hubieseis amasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran amasado / hubiesen amasado |
| Vos | hubieras amasado / hubieses amasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere amasado |
| Tú | hubieres amasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere amasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos amasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis amasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren amasado |
| Vos | hubieres amasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté amasando |
| Tú | estés amasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté amasando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos amasando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis amasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén amasando |
| Vos | estés amasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera amasando / estuviese amasando |
| Tú | estuvieras amasando / estuvieses amasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera amasando / estuviese amasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos amasando / estuviésamos amasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais amasando / estuvieseis amasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera amasando / estuviese amasando |
| Vos | estuvieras amasando / estuvieses amasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere amasando |
| Tú | estuvieres amasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere amasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos amasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis amasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere amasando |
| Vos | estuvieres amasando |
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 amasás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos amasaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos amasabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos amasarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos amasarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos amases |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos amasaras / Vos amasase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos amasá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no amases |