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Arrinconar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to corner, put away, ignore”.
Below are all of the conjugations for arrinconar 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 corner, put away, ignore |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arrinconar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arrinconando) and past continuous (estaba arrinconando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. putting away).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arrinconado and hubiera arrinconado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have put away).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arrinconando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arrinconado |
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 put away” or “they put away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrincono |
| Tú | arrinconas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrincona |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconamos |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconan |
| Vos | arrinconás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I put away” or “she put away” 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 | arrinconé | I put away |
| Tú | arrinconaste | You put away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrinconó | He / she / you put away |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconamos | We put away |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconasteis | You put away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconaron | They / you put away |
| Vos | arrinconaste | You put away |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was putting away” or “she was putting away” 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 | arrinconaba | I was putting away |
| Tú | arrinconabas | You were putting away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrinconaba | He was / she was / you were putting away |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconábamos | We were putting away |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconabais | You were putting away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconaban | They / you were putting away |
| Vos | arrinconabas | You were putting away |
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 put away” and “she has put away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he arrinconado | I have put away |
| Tú | has arrinconado | You have put away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha arrinconado | He has / she has / you have put away |
| Nosotros / as | hemos arrinconado | We have put away |
| Vosotros / as | habéis arrinconado | You have put away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han arrinconado | They / you have put away |
| Vos | has arrinconado | You have put away |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would put away” or “she would put away”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrinconaría | I would put away |
| Tú | arrinconarías | You would put away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrinconaría | He / she / you would put away |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconaríamos | We would put away |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconaríais | You would put away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconarían | They / you would put away |
| Vos | arrinconarías | You would put away |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will put away” or “they will put away”.
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 arrinconar” means “They are going to put away”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | arrinconaré | I will put away |
| Tú | arrinconarás | You will put away |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrinconará | He / she / you will put away |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconaremos | We will put away |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconaréis | You will put away |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconarán | They / you will put away |
| Vos | arrinconarás | You will put away |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | arrincone |
| Tú | arrincones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrincone |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconen |
| Vos | arrincones |
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 | arrinconara | arrinconase |
| Tú | arrinconaras | arrinconase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrinconara | arrinconase |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconáramos | arrinconásemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconarais | arrinconaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconaran | arrinconasen |
| Vos | arrinconaras | arrinconase |
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 | arrinconare |
| Tú | arrinconares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrinconare |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconáremos |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconaren |
| Vos | arrinconares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “put away!” and “don’t put away!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arrincona | no arrincones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrincone | no arrincone |
| Nosotros / as | arrinconemos | no arrinconemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrinconad | no arrinconéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrinconen | no arrinconen |
| Vos | arrinconá | no arrincones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arrinconado |
| Tú | hayas arrinconado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arrinconado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arrinconado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arrinconado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arrinconado |
| Vos | hayas arrinconado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arrinconado / hubiese arrinconado |
| Tú | hubieras arrinconado / hubieses arrinconado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arrinconado / hubiese arrinconado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arrinconado / hubiésemos arrinconado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arrinconado / hubieseis arrinconado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arrinconado / hubiesen arrinconado |
| Vos | hubieras arrinconado / hubieses arrinconado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arrinconado |
| Tú | hubieres arrinconado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arrinconado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arrinconado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arrinconado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arrinconado |
| Vos | hubieres arrinconado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arrinconando |
| Tú | estés arrinconando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arrinconando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arrinconando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arrinconando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arrinconando |
| Vos | estés arrinconando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arrinconando / estuviese arrinconando |
| Tú | estuvieras arrinconando / estuvieses arrinconando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arrinconando / estuviese arrinconando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arrinconando / estuviésamos arrinconando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arrinconando / estuvieseis arrinconando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arrinconando / estuviese arrinconando |
| Vos | estuvieras arrinconando / estuvieses arrinconando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arrinconando |
| Tú | estuvieres arrinconando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arrinconando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arrinconando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arrinconando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arrinconando |
| Vos | estuvieres arrinconando |
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 arrinconás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos arrinconaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos arrinconabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos arrinconarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos arrinconarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos arrincones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos arrinconaras / Vos arrinconase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arrinconá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no arrincones |