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Arrendar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to rent, lease”.
Below are all of the conjugations for arrendar 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 rent, lease |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arrendar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arrendando) and past continuous (estaba arrendando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. renting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arrendado and hubiera arrendado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have rented).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arrendando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arrendado |
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 rent” or “they rent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arriendo |
| Tú | arriendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrienda |
| Nosotros / as | arrendamos |
| Vosotros / as | arrendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arriendan |
| Vos | arrendás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I rented” or “she rented” 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 | arrendé | I rented |
| Tú | arrendaste | You rented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrendó | He / she / you rented |
| Nosotros / as | arrendamos | We rented |
| Vosotros / as | arrendasteis | You rented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrendaron | They / you rented |
| Vos | arrendaste | You rented |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was renting” or “she was renting” 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 | arrendaba | I was renting |
| Tú | arrendabas | You were renting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrendaba | He was / she was / you were renting |
| Nosotros / as | arrendábamos | We were renting |
| Vosotros / as | arrendabais | You were renting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrendaban | They / you were renting |
| Vos | arrendabas | You were renting |
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 rented” and “she has rented”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he arrendado | I have rented |
| Tú | has arrendado | You have rented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha arrendado | He has / she has / you have rented |
| Nosotros / as | hemos arrendado | We have rented |
| Vosotros / as | habéis arrendado | You have rented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han arrendado | They / you have rented |
| Vos | has arrendado | You have rented |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would rent” or “she would rent”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrendaría | I would rent |
| Tú | arrendarías | You would rent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrendaría | He / she / you would rent |
| Nosotros / as | arrendaríamos | We would rent |
| Vosotros / as | arrendaríais | You would rent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrendarían | They / you would rent |
| Vos | arrendarías | You would rent |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will rent” or “they will rent”.
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 arrendar” means “They are going to rent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrendaré | I will rent |
| Tú | arrendarás | You will rent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrendará | He / she / you will rent |
| Nosotros / as | arrendaremos | We will rent |
| Vosotros / as | arrendaréis | You will rent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrendarán | They / you will rent |
| Vos | arrendarás | You will rent |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arriende |
| Tú | arriendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arriende |
| Nosotros / as | arrendemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrienden |
| Vos | arriendes |
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 | arrendara | arrendase |
| Tú | arrendaras | arrendase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrendara | arrendase |
| Nosotros / as | arrendáramos | arrendásemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrendarais | arrendaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrendaran | arrendasen |
| Vos | arrendaras | arrendase |
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 | arrendare |
| Tú | arrendares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrendare |
| Nosotros / as | arrendáremos |
| Vosotros / as | arrendareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrendaren |
| Vos | arrendares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “rent!” and “don’t rent!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arrienda | no arriendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arriende | no arriende |
| Nosotros / as | arrendemos | no arrendemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrendad | no arrendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrienden | no arrienden |
| Vos | arrendá | no arriendes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arrendado |
| Tú | hayas arrendado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arrendado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arrendado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arrendado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arrendado |
| Vos | hayas arrendado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arrendado / hubiese arrendado |
| Tú | hubieras arrendado / hubieses arrendado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arrendado / hubiese arrendado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arrendado / hubiésemos arrendado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arrendado / hubieseis arrendado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arrendado / hubiesen arrendado |
| Vos | hubieras arrendado / hubieses arrendado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arrendado |
| Tú | hubieres arrendado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arrendado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arrendado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arrendado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arrendado |
| Vos | hubieres arrendado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arrendando |
| Tú | estés arrendando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arrendando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arrendando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arrendando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arrendando |
| Vos | estés arrendando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arrendando / estuviese arrendando |
| Tú | estuvieras arrendando / estuvieses arrendando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arrendando / estuviese arrendando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arrendando / estuviésamos arrendando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arrendando / estuvieseis arrendando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arrendando / estuviese arrendando |
| Vos | estuvieras arrendando / estuvieses arrendando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arrendando |
| Tú | estuvieres arrendando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arrendando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arrendando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arrendando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arrendando |
| Vos | estuvieres arrendando |
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 arrendás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos arrendaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos arrendabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos arrendarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos arrendarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos arriendes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos arrendaras / Vos arrendase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arrendá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no arriendes |