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Asentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to register, write down, record”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asentar 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 register, write down, record |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asentando) and past continuous (estaba asentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. recording).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asentado and hubiera asentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have recorded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asentado |
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 record” or “they record”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asiento |
| Tú | asientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asienta |
| Nosotros / as | asentamos |
| Vosotros / as | asentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asientan |
| Vos | asentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I recorded” or “she recorded” 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 | asenté | I recorded |
| Tú | asentaste | You recorded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentó | He / she / you recorded |
| Nosotros / as | asentamos | We recorded |
| Vosotros / as | asentasteis | You recorded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentaron | They / you recorded |
| Vos | asentaste | You recorded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was recording” or “she was recording” 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 | asentaba | I was recording |
| Tú | asentabas | You were recording |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentaba | He was / she was / you were recording |
| Nosotros / as | asentábamos | We were recording |
| Vosotros / as | asentabais | You were recording |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentaban | They / you were recording |
| Vos | asentabas | You were recording |
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 recorded” and “she has recorded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asentado | I have recorded |
| Tú | has asentado | You have recorded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asentado | He has / she has / you have recorded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asentado | We have recorded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asentado | You have recorded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asentado | They / you have recorded |
| Vos | has asentado | You have recorded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would record” or “she would record”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asentaría | I would record |
| Tú | asentarías | You would record |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentaría | He / she / you would record |
| Nosotros / as | asentaríamos | We would record |
| Vosotros / as | asentaríais | You would record |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentarían | They / you would record |
| Vos | asentarías | You would record |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will record” or “they will record”.
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 asentar” means “They are going to record”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asentaré | I will record |
| Tú | asentarás | You will record |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentará | He / she / you will record |
| Nosotros / as | asentaremos | We will record |
| Vosotros / as | asentaréis | You will record |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentarán | They / you will record |
| Vos | asentarás | You will record |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asiente |
| Tú | asientes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asiente |
| Nosotros / as | asentemos |
| Vosotros / as | asentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asienten |
| Vos | asientes |
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 | asentara | asentase |
| Tú | asentaras | asentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentara | asentase |
| Nosotros / as | asentáramos | asentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | asentarais | asentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentaran | asentasen |
| Vos | asentaras | asentase |
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 | asentare |
| Tú | asentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentare |
| Nosotros / as | asentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | asentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentaren |
| Vos | asentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “record!” and “don’t record!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asienta | no asientes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asiente | no asiente |
| Nosotros / as | asentemos | no asentemos |
| Vosotros / as | asentad | no asentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asienten | no asienten |
| Vos | asentá | no asientes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asentado |
| Tú | hayas asentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asentado |
| Vos | hayas asentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asentado / hubiese asentado |
| Tú | hubieras asentado / hubieses asentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asentado / hubiese asentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asentado / hubiésemos asentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asentado / hubieseis asentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asentado / hubiesen asentado |
| Vos | hubieras asentado / hubieses asentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asentado |
| Tú | hubieres asentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asentado |
| Vos | hubieres asentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asentando |
| Tú | estés asentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asentando |
| Vos | estés asentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asentando / estuviese asentando |
| Tú | estuvieras asentando / estuvieses asentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asentando / estuviese asentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asentando / estuviésamos asentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asentando / estuvieseis asentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asentando / estuviese asentando |
| Vos | estuvieras asentando / estuvieses asentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asentando |
| Tú | estuvieres asentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asentando |
| Vos | estuvieres asentando |
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 asentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asientes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asentaras / Vos asentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asientes |