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Amplificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to amplify, enlarge”.
Below are all of the conjugations for amplificar 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 amplify, enlarge |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | amplificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está amplificando) and past continuous (estaba amplificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. amplifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he amplificado and hubiera amplificado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have amplified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | amplificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | amplificado |
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 amplify” or “they amplify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amplifico |
| Tú | amplificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplifica |
| Nosotros / as | amplificamos |
| Vosotros / as | amplificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplifican |
| Vos | amplificás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I amplified” or “she amplified” 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 | amplifiqué | I amplified |
| Tú | amplificaste | You amplified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplificó | He / she / you amplified |
| Nosotros / as | amplificamos | We amplified |
| Vosotros / as | amplificasteis | You amplified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplificaron | They / you amplified |
| Vos | amplificaste | You amplified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was amplifying” or “she was amplifying” 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 | amplificaba | I was amplifying |
| Tú | amplificabas | You were amplifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplificaba | He was / she was / you were amplifying |
| Nosotros / as | amplificábamos | We were amplifying |
| Vosotros / as | amplificabais | You were amplifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplificaban | They / you were amplifying |
| Vos | amplificabas | You were amplifying |
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 amplified” and “she has amplified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he amplificado | I have amplified |
| Tú | has amplificado | You have amplified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha amplificado | He has / she has / you have amplified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos amplificado | We have amplified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis amplificado | You have amplified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han amplificado | They / you have amplified |
| Vos | has amplificado | You have amplified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would amplify” or “she would amplify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amplificaría | I would amplify |
| Tú | amplificarías | You would amplify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplificaría | He / she / you would amplify |
| Nosotros / as | amplificaríamos | We would amplify |
| Vosotros / as | amplificaríais | You would amplify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplificarían | They / you would amplify |
| Vos | amplificarías | You would amplify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will amplify” or “they will amplify”.
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 amplificar” means “They are going to amplify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | amplificaré | I will amplify |
| Tú | amplificarás | You will amplify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplificará | He / she / you will amplify |
| Nosotros / as | amplificaremos | We will amplify |
| Vosotros / as | amplificaréis | You will amplify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplificarán | They / you will amplify |
| Vos | amplificarás | You will amplify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amplifique |
| Tú | amplifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplifique |
| Nosotros / as | amplifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | amplifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplifiquen |
| Vos | amplifiques |
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 | amplificara | amplificase |
| Tú | amplificaras | amplificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplificara | amplificase |
| Nosotros / as | amplificáramos | amplificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | amplificarais | amplificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplificaran | amplificasen |
| Vos | amplificaras | amplificase |
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 | amplificare |
| Tú | amplificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplificare |
| Nosotros / as | amplificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | amplificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplificaren |
| Vos | amplificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “amplify!” and “don’t amplify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | amplifica | no amplifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplifique | no amplifique |
| Nosotros / as | amplifiquemos | no amplifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | amplificad | no amplifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplifiquen | no amplifiquen |
| Vos | amplificá | no amplifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya amplificado |
| Tú | hayas amplificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya amplificado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos amplificado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis amplificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan amplificado |
| Vos | hayas amplificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera amplificado / hubiese amplificado |
| Tú | hubieras amplificado / hubieses amplificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera amplificado / hubiese amplificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos amplificado / hubiésemos amplificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais amplificado / hubieseis amplificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran amplificado / hubiesen amplificado |
| Vos | hubieras amplificado / hubieses amplificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere amplificado |
| Tú | hubieres amplificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere amplificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos amplificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis amplificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren amplificado |
| Vos | hubieres amplificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté amplificando |
| Tú | estés amplificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté amplificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos amplificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis amplificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén amplificando |
| Vos | estés amplificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera amplificando / estuviese amplificando |
| Tú | estuvieras amplificando / estuvieses amplificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera amplificando / estuviese amplificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos amplificando / estuviésamos amplificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais amplificando / estuvieseis amplificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera amplificando / estuviese amplificando |
| Vos | estuvieras amplificando / estuvieses amplificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere amplificando |
| Tú | estuvieres amplificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere amplificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos amplificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis amplificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere amplificando |
| Vos | estuvieres amplificando |
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 amplificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos amplificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos amplificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos amplificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos amplificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos amplifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos amplificaras / Vos amplificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos amplificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no amplifiques |