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Aparentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to feign, pretend, assume”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aparentar 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 feign, pretend, assume |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aparentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aparentando) and past continuous (estaba aparentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. feigning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aparentado and hubiera aparentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have feigned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aparentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aparentado |
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 feign” or “they feign”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aparento |
| Tú | aparentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparenta |
| Nosotros / as | aparentamos |
| Vosotros / as | aparentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparentan |
| Vos | aparentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I feigned” or “she feigned” 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 | aparenté | I feigned |
| Tú | aparentaste | You feigned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparentó | He / she / you feigned |
| Nosotros / as | aparentamos | We feigned |
| Vosotros / as | aparentasteis | You feigned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparentaron | They / you feigned |
| Vos | aparentaste | You feigned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was feigning” or “she was feigning” 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 | aparentaba | I was feigning |
| Tú | aparentabas | You were feigning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparentaba | He was / she was / you were feigning |
| Nosotros / as | aparentábamos | We were feigning |
| Vosotros / as | aparentabais | You were feigning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparentaban | They / you were feigning |
| Vos | aparentabas | You were feigning |
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 feigned” and “she has feigned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aparentado | I have feigned |
| Tú | has aparentado | You have feigned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aparentado | He has / she has / you have feigned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aparentado | We have feigned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aparentado | You have feigned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aparentado | They / you have feigned |
| Vos | has aparentado | You have feigned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would feign” or “she would feign”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aparentaría | I would feign |
| Tú | aparentarías | You would feign |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparentaría | He / she / you would feign |
| Nosotros / as | aparentaríamos | We would feign |
| Vosotros / as | aparentaríais | You would feign |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparentarían | They / you would feign |
| Vos | aparentarías | You would feign |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will feign” or “they will feign”.
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 aparentar” means “They are going to feign”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aparentaré | I will feign |
| Tú | aparentarás | You will feign |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparentará | He / she / you will feign |
| Nosotros / as | aparentaremos | We will feign |
| Vosotros / as | aparentaréis | You will feign |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparentarán | They / you will feign |
| Vos | aparentarás | You will feign |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aparente |
| Tú | aparentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparente |
| Nosotros / as | aparentemos |
| Vosotros / as | aparentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparenten |
| Vos | aparentes |
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 | aparentara | aparentase |
| Tú | aparentaras | aparentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparentara | aparentase |
| Nosotros / as | aparentáramos | aparentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aparentarais | aparentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparentaran | aparentasen |
| Vos | aparentaras | aparentase |
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 | aparentare |
| Tú | aparentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparentare |
| Nosotros / as | aparentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aparentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparentaren |
| Vos | aparentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “feign!” and “don’t feign!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aparenta | no aparentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparente | no aparente |
| Nosotros / as | aparentemos | no aparentemos |
| Vosotros / as | aparentad | no aparentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparenten | no aparenten |
| Vos | aparentá | no aparentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aparentado |
| Tú | hayas aparentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aparentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aparentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aparentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aparentado |
| Vos | hayas aparentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aparentado / hubiese aparentado |
| Tú | hubieras aparentado / hubieses aparentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aparentado / hubiese aparentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aparentado / hubiésemos aparentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aparentado / hubieseis aparentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aparentado / hubiesen aparentado |
| Vos | hubieras aparentado / hubieses aparentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aparentado |
| Tú | hubieres aparentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aparentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aparentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aparentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aparentado |
| Vos | hubieres aparentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aparentando |
| Tú | estés aparentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aparentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aparentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aparentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aparentando |
| Vos | estés aparentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aparentando / estuviese aparentando |
| Tú | estuvieras aparentando / estuvieses aparentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aparentando / estuviese aparentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aparentando / estuviésamos aparentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aparentando / estuvieseis aparentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aparentando / estuviese aparentando |
| Vos | estuvieras aparentando / estuvieses aparentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aparentando |
| Tú | estuvieres aparentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aparentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aparentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aparentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aparentando |
| Vos | estuvieres aparentando |
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 aparentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aparentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aparentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aparentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aparentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aparentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aparentaras / Vos aparentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aparentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aparentes |