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Asesinar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to assassinate, murder”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asesinar 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 assassinate, murder |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asesinar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asesinando) and past continuous (estaba asesinando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. murdering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asesinado and hubiera asesinado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have murdered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asesinando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asesinado |
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 murder” or “they murder”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asesino |
| Tú | asesinas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesina |
| Nosotros / as | asesinamos |
| Vosotros / as | asesináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinan |
| Vos | asesinás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I murdered” or “she murdered” 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 | asesiné | I murdered |
| Tú | asesinaste | You murdered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesinó | He / she / you murdered |
| Nosotros / as | asesinamos | We murdered |
| Vosotros / as | asesinasteis | You murdered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinaron | They / you murdered |
| Vos | asesinaste | You murdered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was murdering” or “she was murdering” 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 | asesinaba | I was murdering |
| Tú | asesinabas | You were murdering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesinaba | He was / she was / you were murdering |
| Nosotros / as | asesinábamos | We were murdering |
| Vosotros / as | asesinabais | You were murdering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinaban | They / you were murdering |
| Vos | asesinabas | You were murdering |
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 murdered” and “she has murdered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asesinado | I have murdered |
| Tú | has asesinado | You have murdered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asesinado | He has / she has / you have murdered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asesinado | We have murdered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asesinado | You have murdered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asesinado | They / you have murdered |
| Vos | has asesinado | You have murdered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would murder” or “she would murder”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesinaría | I would murder |
| Tú | asesinarías | You would murder |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesinaría | He / she / you would murder |
| Nosotros / as | asesinaríamos | We would murder |
| Vosotros / as | asesinaríais | You would murder |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinarían | They / you would murder |
| Vos | asesinarías | You would murder |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will murder” or “they will murder”.
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 asesinar” means “They are going to murder”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asesinaré | I will murder |
| Tú | asesinarás | You will murder |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesinará | He / she / you will murder |
| Nosotros / as | asesinaremos | We will murder |
| Vosotros / as | asesinaréis | You will murder |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinarán | They / you will murder |
| Vos | asesinarás | You will murder |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asesine |
| Tú | asesines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesine |
| Nosotros / as | asesinemos |
| Vosotros / as | asesinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinen |
| Vos | asesines |
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 | asesinara | asesinase |
| Tú | asesinaras | asesinase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesinara | asesinase |
| Nosotros / as | asesináramos | asesinásemos |
| Vosotros / as | asesinarais | asesinaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinaran | asesinasen |
| Vos | asesinaras | asesinase |
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 | asesinare |
| Tú | asesinares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesinare |
| Nosotros / as | asesináremos |
| Vosotros / as | asesinareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinaren |
| Vos | asesinares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “murder!” and “don’t murder!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asesina | no asesines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asesine | no asesine |
| Nosotros / as | asesinemos | no asesinemos |
| Vosotros / as | asesinad | no asesinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asesinen | no asesinen |
| Vos | asesiná | no asesines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asesinado |
| Tú | hayas asesinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asesinado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asesinado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asesinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asesinado |
| Vos | hayas asesinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asesinado / hubiese asesinado |
| Tú | hubieras asesinado / hubieses asesinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asesinado / hubiese asesinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asesinado / hubiésemos asesinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asesinado / hubieseis asesinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asesinado / hubiesen asesinado |
| Vos | hubieras asesinado / hubieses asesinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asesinado |
| Tú | hubieres asesinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asesinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asesinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asesinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asesinado |
| Vos | hubieres asesinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asesinando |
| Tú | estés asesinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asesinando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asesinando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asesinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asesinando |
| Vos | estés asesinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asesinando / estuviese asesinando |
| Tú | estuvieras asesinando / estuvieses asesinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asesinando / estuviese asesinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asesinando / estuviésamos asesinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asesinando / estuvieseis asesinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asesinando / estuviese asesinando |
| Vos | estuvieras asesinando / estuvieses asesinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asesinando |
| Tú | estuvieres asesinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asesinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asesinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asesinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asesinando |
| Vos | estuvieres asesinando |
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 asesinás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asesinaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asesinabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asesinarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asesinarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asesines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asesinaras / Vos asesinase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asesiná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asesines |