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Añadir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to add”.
Below are all of the conjugations for añadir 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 add |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | añadir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está añadiendo) and past continuous (estaba añadiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. adding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he añadido and hubiera añadido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have added).
| Gerundio / Gerund | añadiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | añadido |
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 add” or “they add”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | añado |
| Tú | añades |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añade |
| Nosotros / as | añadimos |
| Vosotros / as | añadís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añaden |
| Vos | añadís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I added” or “she added” 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 | añadí | I added |
| Tú | añadiste | You added |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añadió | He / she / you added |
| Nosotros / as | añadimos | We added |
| Vosotros / as | añadisteis | You added |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadieron | They / you added |
| Vos | añadiste | You added |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was adding” or “she was adding” 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 | añadía | I was adding |
| Tú | añadías | You were adding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añadía | He was / she was / you were adding |
| Nosotros / as | añadíamos | We were adding |
| Vosotros / as | añadíais | You were adding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadían | They / you were adding |
| Vos | añadías | You were adding |
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 added” and “she has added”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he añadido | I have added |
| Tú | has añadido | You have added |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha añadido | He has / she has / you have added |
| Nosotros / as | hemos añadido | We have added |
| Vosotros / as | habéis añadido | You have added |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han añadido | They / you have added |
| Vos | has añadido | You have added |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would add” or “she would add”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | añadiría | I would add |
| Tú | añadirías | You would add |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añadiría | He / she / you would add |
| Nosotros / as | añadiríamos | We would add |
| Vosotros / as | añadiríais | You would add |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadirían | They / you would add |
| Vos | añadirías | You would add |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will add” or “they will add”.
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 añadir” means “They are going to add”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | añadiré | I will add |
| Tú | añadirás | You will add |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añadirá | He / she / you will add |
| Nosotros / as | añadiremos | We will add |
| Vosotros / as | añadiréis | You will add |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadirán | They / you will add |
| Vos | añadirás | You will add |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | añada |
| Tú | añadas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añada |
| Nosotros / as | añadamos |
| Vosotros / as | añadáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadan |
| Vos | añadas |
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 | añadiera | añadiese |
| Tú | añadieras | añadiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añadiera | añadiese |
| Nosotros / as | añadiéramos | añadiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | añadierais | añadieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadieran | añadiesen |
| Vos | añadieras | añadiese |
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 | añadiere |
| Tú | añadieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añadiera |
| Nosotros / as | añadiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | añadiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadieren |
| Vos | añadieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “add!” and “don’t add!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | añade | no añadas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | añada | no añada |
| Nosotros / as | añadamos | no añadamos |
| Vosotros / as | añadid | no añadáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | añadan | no añadan |
| Vos | añadí | no añadas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya añadido |
| Tú | hayas añadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya añadido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos añadido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis añadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan añadido |
| Vos | hayas añadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera añadido / hubiese añadido |
| Tú | hubieras añadido / hubieses añadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera añadido / hubiese añadido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos añadido / hubiésemos añadido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais añadido / hubieseis añadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran añadido / hubiesen añadido |
| Vos | hubieras añadido / hubieses añadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere añadido |
| Tú | hubieres añadido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere añadido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos añadido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis añadido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren añadido |
| Vos | hubieres añadido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté añadiendo |
| Tú | estés añadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté añadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos añadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis añadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén añadiendo |
| Vos | estés añadiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera añadiendo / estuviese añadiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras añadiendo / estuvieses añadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera añadiendo / estuviese añadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos añadiendo / estuviésamos añadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais añadiendo / estuvieseis añadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera añadiendo / estuviese añadiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras añadiendo / estuvieses añadiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere añadiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres añadiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere añadiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos añadiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis añadiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere añadiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres añadiendo |
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 añadís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos añadiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos añadías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos añadirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos añadirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos añadas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos añadieras / Vos añadiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos añadí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no añadas |