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Asegurar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to secure, insure, assure, assert”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asegurar 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 secure, insure, assure, assert |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asegurar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asegurando) and past continuous (estaba asegurando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. securing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asegurado and hubiera asegurado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have secured).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asegurando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asegurado |
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 secure” or “they secure”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aseguro |
| Tú | aseguras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asegura |
| Nosotros / as | aseguramos |
| Vosotros / as | aseguráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseguran |
| Vos | asegurás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I secured” or “she secured” 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 | aseguré | I secured |
| Tú | aseguraste | You secured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aseguró | He / she / you secured |
| Nosotros / as | aseguramos | We secured |
| Vosotros / as | asegurasteis | You secured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseguraron | They / you secured |
| Vos | aseguraste | You secured |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was securing” or “she was securing” 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 | aseguraba | I was securing |
| Tú | asegurabas | You were securing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aseguraba | He was / she was / you were securing |
| Nosotros / as | asegurábamos | We were securing |
| Vosotros / as | asegurabais | You were securing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseguraban | They / you were securing |
| Vos | asegurabas | You were securing |
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 secured” and “she has secured”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asegurado | I have secured |
| Tú | has asegurado | You have secured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asegurado | He has / she has / you have secured |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asegurado | We have secured |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asegurado | You have secured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asegurado | They / you have secured |
| Vos | has asegurado | You have secured |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would secure” or “she would secure”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aseguraría | I would secure |
| Tú | asegurarías | You would secure |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aseguraría | He / she / you would secure |
| Nosotros / as | aseguraríamos | We would secure |
| Vosotros / as | aseguraríais | You would secure |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asegurarían | They / you would secure |
| Vos | asegurarías | You would secure |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will secure” or “they will secure”.
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 asegurar” means “They are going to secure”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aseguraré | I will secure |
| Tú | asegurarás | You will secure |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asegurará | He / she / you will secure |
| Nosotros / as | aseguraremos | We will secure |
| Vosotros / as | aseguraréis | You will secure |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asegurarán | They / you will secure |
| Vos | asegurarás | You will secure |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asegure |
| Tú | asegures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asegure |
| Nosotros / as | aseguremos |
| Vosotros / as | aseguréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseguren |
| Vos | asegures |
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 | asegurara | asegurase |
| Tú | aseguraras | asegurase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asegurara | asegurase |
| Nosotros / as | aseguráramos | asegurásemos |
| Vosotros / as | asegurarais | aseguraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseguraran | asegurasen |
| Vos | aseguraras | asegurase |
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 | asegurare |
| Tú | asegurares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asegurare |
| Nosotros / as | aseguráremos |
| Vosotros / as | asegurareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseguraren |
| Vos | asegurares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “secure!” and “don’t secure!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asegura | no asegures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asegure | no asegure |
| Nosotros / as | aseguremos | no aseguremos |
| Vosotros / as | asegurad | no aseguréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseguren | no aseguren |
| Vos | asegurá | no asegures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asegurado |
| Tú | hayas asegurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asegurado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asegurado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asegurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asegurado |
| Vos | hayas asegurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asegurado / hubiese asegurado |
| Tú | hubieras asegurado / hubieses asegurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asegurado / hubiese asegurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asegurado / hubiésemos asegurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asegurado / hubieseis asegurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asegurado / hubiesen asegurado |
| Vos | hubieras asegurado / hubieses asegurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asegurado |
| Tú | hubieres asegurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asegurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asegurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asegurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asegurado |
| Vos | hubieres asegurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asegurando |
| Tú | estés asegurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asegurando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asegurando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asegurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asegurando |
| Vos | estés asegurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asegurando / estuviese asegurando |
| Tú | estuvieras asegurando / estuvieses asegurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asegurando / estuviese asegurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asegurando / estuviésamos asegurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asegurando / estuvieseis asegurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asegurando / estuviese asegurando |
| Vos | estuvieras asegurando / estuvieses asegurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asegurando |
| Tú | estuvieres asegurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asegurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asegurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asegurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asegurando |
| Vos | estuvieres asegurando |
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 asegurás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aseguraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asegurabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asegurarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asegurarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asegures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aseguraras / Vos asegurase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asegurá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asegures |