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Amontonar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pile up, gather, accumulate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for amontonar 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 pile up, gather, accumulate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | amontonar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está amontonando) and past continuous (estaba amontonando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. gathering around).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he amontonado and hubiera amontonado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gathered around).
| Gerundio / Gerund | amontonando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | amontonado |
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 gather around” or “they gather around”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amontono |
| Tú | amontonas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontona |
| Nosotros / as | amontonamos |
| Vosotros / as | amontonáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonan |
| Vos | amontonás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I gathered around” or “she gathered around” 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 | amontoné | I gathered around |
| Tú | amontonaste | You gathered around |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontonó | He / she / you gathered around |
| Nosotros / as | amontonamos | We gathered around |
| Vosotros / as | amontonasteis | You gathered around |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonaron | They / you gathered around |
| Vos | amontonaste | You gathered around |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was gathering around” or “she was gathering around” 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 | amontonaba | I was gathering around |
| Tú | amontonabas | You were gathering around |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontonaba | He was / she was / you were gathering around |
| Nosotros / as | amontonábamos | We were gathering around |
| Vosotros / as | amontonabais | You were gathering around |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonaban | They / you were gathering around |
| Vos | amontonabas | You were gathering around |
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 gathered around” and “she has gathered around”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he amontonado | I have gathered around |
| Tú | has amontonado | You have gathered around |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha amontonado | He has / she has / you have gathered around |
| Nosotros / as | hemos amontonado | We have gathered around |
| Vosotros / as | habéis amontonado | You have gathered around |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han amontonado | They / you have gathered around |
| Vos | has amontonado | You have gathered around |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would gather around” or “she would gather around”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amontonaría | I would gather around |
| Tú | amontonarías | You would gather around |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontonaría | He / she / you would gather around |
| Nosotros / as | amontonaríamos | We would gather around |
| Vosotros / as | amontonaríais | You would gather around |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonarían | They / you would gather around |
| Vos | amontonarías | You would gather around |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will gather around” or “they will gather around”.
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 amontonar” means “They are going to gather around”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amontonaré | I will gather around |
| Tú | amontonarás | You will gather around |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontonará | He / she / you will gather around |
| Nosotros / as | amontonaremos | We will gather around |
| Vosotros / as | amontonaréis | You will gather around |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonarán | They / you will gather around |
| Vos | amontonarás | You will gather around |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amontone |
| Tú | amontones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontone |
| Nosotros / as | amontonemos |
| Vosotros / as | amontonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonen |
| Vos | amontones |
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 | amontonara | amontonase |
| Tú | amontonaras | amontonase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontonara | amontonase |
| Nosotros / as | amontonáramos | amontonásemos |
| Vosotros / as | amontonarais | amontonaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonaran | amontonasen |
| Vos | amontonaras | amontonase |
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 | amontonare |
| Tú | amontonares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontonare |
| Nosotros / as | amontonáremos |
| Vosotros / as | amontonareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonaren |
| Vos | amontonares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “gather around!” and “don’t gather around!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | amontona | no amontones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amontone | no amontone |
| Nosotros / as | amontonemos | no amontonemos |
| Vosotros / as | amontonad | no amontonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amontonen | no amontonen |
| Vos | amontoná | no amontones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya amontonado |
| Tú | hayas amontonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya amontonado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos amontonado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis amontonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan amontonado |
| Vos | hayas amontonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera amontonado / hubiese amontonado |
| Tú | hubieras amontonado / hubieses amontonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera amontonado / hubiese amontonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos amontonado / hubiésemos amontonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais amontonado / hubieseis amontonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran amontonado / hubiesen amontonado |
| Vos | hubieras amontonado / hubieses amontonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere amontonado |
| Tú | hubieres amontonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere amontonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos amontonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis amontonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren amontonado |
| Vos | hubieres amontonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté amontonando |
| Tú | estés amontonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté amontonando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos amontonando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis amontonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén amontonando |
| Vos | estés amontonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera amontonando / estuviese amontonando |
| Tú | estuvieras amontonando / estuvieses amontonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera amontonando / estuviese amontonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos amontonando / estuviésamos amontonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais amontonando / estuvieseis amontonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera amontonando / estuviese amontonando |
| Vos | estuvieras amontonando / estuvieses amontonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere amontonando |
| Tú | estuvieres amontonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere amontonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos amontonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis amontonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere amontonando |
| Vos | estuvieres amontonando |
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 amontonás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos amontonaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos amontonabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos amontonarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos amontonarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos amontones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos amontonaras / Vos amontonase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos amontoná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no amontones |