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Asentir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to concur, assent, agree”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asentir 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 concur, assent, agree |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asentir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asintiendo) and past continuous (estaba asintiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. concurring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asentido and hubiera asentido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have concurred).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asintiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asentido |
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 concur” or “they concur”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asiento |
| Tú | asientes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asiente |
| Nosotros / as | asentimos |
| Vosotros / as | asentís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asienten |
| Vos | asentís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I concurred” or “she concurred” 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 | asentí | I concurred |
| Tú | asentiste | You concurred |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asintió | He / she / you concurred |
| Nosotros / as | asentimos | We concurred |
| Vosotros / as | asentisteis | You concurred |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asintieron | They / you concurred |
| Vos | asentiste | You concurred |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was concurring” or “she was concurring” 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 | asentía | I was concurring |
| Tú | asentías | You were concurring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentía | He was / she was / you were concurring |
| Nosotros / as | asentíamos | We were concurring |
| Vosotros / as | asentíais | You were concurring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentían | They / you were concurring |
| Vos | asentías | You were concurring |
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 concurred” and “she has concurred”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asentido | I have concurred |
| Tú | has asentido | You have concurred |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asentido | He has / she has / you have concurred |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asentido | We have concurred |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asentido | You have concurred |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asentido | They / you have concurred |
| Vos | has asentido | You have concurred |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would concur” or “she would concur”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asentiría | I would concur |
| Tú | asentirías | You would concur |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentiría | He / she / you would concur |
| Nosotros / as | asentiríamos | We would concur |
| Vosotros / as | asentiríais | You would concur |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentirían | They / you would concur |
| Vos | asentirías | You would concur |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will concur” or “they will concur”.
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 asentir” means “They are going to concur”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asentiré | I will concur |
| Tú | asentirás | You will concur |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asentirá | He / she / you will concur |
| Nosotros / as | asentiremos | We will concur |
| Vosotros / as | asentiréis | You will concur |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asentirán | They / you will concur |
| Vos | asentirás | You will concur |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asienta |
| Tú | asientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asienta |
| Nosotros / as | asintamos |
| Vosotros / as | asintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asientan |
| Vos | asientas |
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 | asintiera | asintiese |
| Tú | asintieras | asintiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asintiera | asintiese |
| Nosotros / as | asintiéramos | asintiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | asintierais | asintieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asintieran | asintiesen |
| Vos | asintieras | asintiese |
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 | asintiere |
| Tú | asintieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asintiera |
| Nosotros / as | asintiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | asintiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asintieren |
| Vos | asintieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “concur!” and “don’t concur!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asiente | no asientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asienta | no asienta |
| Nosotros / as | asintamos | no asintamos |
| Vosotros / as | asentid | no asintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asientan | no asientan |
| Vos | asentí | no asientas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asentido |
| Tú | hayas asentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asentido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asentido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asentido |
| Vos | hayas asentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asentido / hubiese asentido |
| Tú | hubieras asentido / hubieses asentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asentido / hubiese asentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asentido / hubiésemos asentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asentido / hubieseis asentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asentido / hubiesen asentido |
| Vos | hubieras asentido / hubieses asentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asentido |
| Tú | hubieres asentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asentido |
| Vos | hubieres asentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asintiendo |
| Tú | estés asintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asintiendo |
| Vos | estés asintiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asintiendo / estuviese asintiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras asintiendo / estuvieses asintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asintiendo / estuviese asintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asintiendo / estuviésamos asintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asintiendo / estuvieseis asintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asintiendo / estuviese asintiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras asintiendo / estuvieses asintiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asintiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres asintiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asintiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asintiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asintiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asintiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres asintiendo |
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 asentís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asentiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asentías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asentirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asentirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asientas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asintieras / Vos asintiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asentí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asientas |