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Anunciar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to announce”.
Below are all of the conjugations for anunciar 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 announce |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | anunciar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está anunciando) and past continuous (estaba anunciando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. announcing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he anunciado and hubiera anunciado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have announced).
| Gerundio / Gerund | anunciando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | anunciado |
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 announce” or “they announce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | anuncio |
| Tú | anuncias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anuncia |
| Nosotros / as | anunciamos |
| Vosotros / as | anunciáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anuncian |
| Vos | anuncás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I announced” or “she announced” 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 | anuncié | I announced |
| Tú | anunciaste | You announced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anunció | He / she / you announced |
| Nosotros / as | anunciamos | We announced |
| Vosotros / as | anunciasteis | You announced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anunciaron | They / you announced |
| Vos | anunciaste | You announced |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was announcing” or “she was announcing” 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 | anunciaba | I was announcing |
| Tú | anunciabas | You were announcing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anunciaba | He was / she was / you were announcing |
| Nosotros / as | anunciábamos | We were announcing |
| Vosotros / as | anunciabais | You were announcing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anunciaban | They / you were announcing |
| Vos | anunciabas | You were announcing |
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 announced” and “she has announced”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he anunciado | I have announced |
| Tú | has anunciado | You have announced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha anunciado | He has / she has / you have announced |
| Nosotros / as | hemos anunciado | We have announced |
| Vosotros / as | habéis anunciado | You have announced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han anunciado | They / you have announced |
| Vos | has anunciado | You have announced |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would announce” or “she would announce”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | anunciaría | I would announce |
| Tú | anunciarías | You would announce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anunciaría | He / she / you would announce |
| Nosotros / as | anunciaríamos | We would announce |
| Vosotros / as | anunciaríais | You would announce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anunciarían | They / you would announce |
| Vos | anunciarías | You would announce |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will announce” or “they will announce”.
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 anunciar” means “They are going to announce”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | anunciaré | I will announce |
| Tú | anunciarás | You will announce |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anunciará | He / she / you will announce |
| Nosotros / as | anunciaremos | We will announce |
| Vosotros / as | anunciaréis | You will announce |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anunciarán | They / you will announce |
| Vos | anunciarás | You will announce |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | anuncie |
| Tú | anuncies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anuncie |
| Nosotros / as | anunciemos |
| Vosotros / as | anunciéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anuncien |
| Vos | anuncies |
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 | anunciara | anunciase |
| Tú | anunciaras | anunciase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anunciara | anunciase |
| Nosotros / as | anunciáramos | anunciásemos |
| Vosotros / as | anunciarais | anunciaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anunciaran | anunciasen |
| Vos | anunciaras | anunciase |
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 | anunciare |
| Tú | anunciares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anunciare |
| Nosotros / as | anunciáremos |
| Vosotros / as | anunciareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anunciaren |
| Vos | anunciares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “announce!” and “don’t announce!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | anuncia | no anuncies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | anuncie | no anuncie |
| Nosotros / as | anunciemos | no anunciemos |
| Vosotros / as | anunciad | no anunciéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | anuncien | no anuncien |
| Vos | anuncá | no anuncies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya anunciado |
| Tú | hayas anunciado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya anunciado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos anunciado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis anunciado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan anunciado |
| Vos | hayas anunciado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera anunciado / hubiese anunciado |
| Tú | hubieras anunciado / hubieses anunciado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera anunciado / hubiese anunciado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos anunciado / hubiésemos anunciado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais anunciado / hubieseis anunciado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran anunciado / hubiesen anunciado |
| Vos | hubieras anunciado / hubieses anunciado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere anunciado |
| Tú | hubieres anunciado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere anunciado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos anunciado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis anunciado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren anunciado |
| Vos | hubieres anunciado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté anunciando |
| Tú | estés anunciando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté anunciando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos anunciando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis anunciando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén anunciando |
| Vos | estés anunciando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera anunciando / estuviese anunciando |
| Tú | estuvieras anunciando / estuvieses anunciando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera anunciando / estuviese anunciando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos anunciando / estuviésamos anunciando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais anunciando / estuvieseis anunciando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera anunciando / estuviese anunciando |
| Vos | estuvieras anunciando / estuvieses anunciando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere anunciando |
| Tú | estuvieres anunciando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere anunciando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos anunciando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis anunciando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere anunciando |
| Vos | estuvieres anunciando |
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 anuncás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos anunciaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos anunciabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos anunciarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos anunciarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos anuncies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos anunciaras / Vos anunciase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos anuncá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no anuncies |