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Asignar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to give, apportion, assign”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asignar 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 give, apportion, assign |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asignar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asignando) and past continuous (estaba asignando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. assigning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asignado and hubiera asignado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have assigned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asignando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asignado |
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 assign” or “they assign”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asigno |
| Tú | asignas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asigna |
| Nosotros / as | asignamos |
| Vosotros / as | asignáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignan |
| Vos | asignás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I assigned” or “she assigned” 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 | asigné | I assigned |
| Tú | asignaste | You assigned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asignó | He / she / you assigned |
| Nosotros / as | asignamos | We assigned |
| Vosotros / as | asignasteis | You assigned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignaron | They / you assigned |
| Vos | asignaste | You assigned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was assigning” or “she was assigning” 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 | asignaba | I was assigning |
| Tú | asignabas | You were assigning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asignaba | He was / she was / you were assigning |
| Nosotros / as | asignábamos | We were assigning |
| Vosotros / as | asignabais | You were assigning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignaban | They / you were assigning |
| Vos | asignabas | You were assigning |
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 assigned” and “she has assigned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asignado | I have assigned |
| Tú | has asignado | You have assigned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asignado | He has / she has / you have assigned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asignado | We have assigned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asignado | You have assigned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asignado | They / you have assigned |
| Vos | has asignado | You have assigned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would assign” or “she would assign”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asignaría | I would assign |
| Tú | asignarías | You would assign |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asignaría | He / she / you would assign |
| Nosotros / as | asignaríamos | We would assign |
| Vosotros / as | asignaríais | You would assign |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignarían | They / you would assign |
| Vos | asignarías | You would assign |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will assign” or “they will assign”.
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 asignar” means “They are going to assign”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asignaré | I will assign |
| Tú | asignarás | You will assign |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asignará | He / she / you will assign |
| Nosotros / as | asignaremos | We will assign |
| Vosotros / as | asignaréis | You will assign |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignarán | They / you will assign |
| Vos | asignarás | You will assign |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asigne |
| Tú | asignes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asigne |
| Nosotros / as | asignemos |
| Vosotros / as | asignéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignen |
| Vos | asignes |
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 | asignara | asignase |
| Tú | asignaras | asignase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asignara | asignase |
| Nosotros / as | asignáramos | asignásemos |
| Vosotros / as | asignarais | asignaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignaran | asignasen |
| Vos | asignaras | asignase |
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 | asignare |
| Tú | asignares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asignare |
| Nosotros / as | asignáremos |
| Vosotros / as | asignareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignaren |
| Vos | asignares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “assign!” and “don’t assign!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asigna | no asignes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asigne | no asigne |
| Nosotros / as | asignemos | no asignemos |
| Vosotros / as | asignad | no asignéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asignen | no asignen |
| Vos | asigná | no asignes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asignado |
| Tú | hayas asignado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asignado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asignado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asignado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asignado |
| Vos | hayas asignado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asignado / hubiese asignado |
| Tú | hubieras asignado / hubieses asignado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asignado / hubiese asignado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asignado / hubiésemos asignado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asignado / hubieseis asignado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asignado / hubiesen asignado |
| Vos | hubieras asignado / hubieses asignado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asignado |
| Tú | hubieres asignado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asignado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asignado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asignado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asignado |
| Vos | hubieres asignado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asignando |
| Tú | estés asignando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asignando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asignando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asignando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asignando |
| Vos | estés asignando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asignando / estuviese asignando |
| Tú | estuvieras asignando / estuvieses asignando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asignando / estuviese asignando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asignando / estuviésamos asignando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asignando / estuvieseis asignando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asignando / estuviese asignando |
| Vos | estuvieras asignando / estuvieses asignando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asignando |
| Tú | estuvieres asignando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asignando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asignando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asignando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asignando |
| Vos | estuvieres asignando |
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 asignás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asignaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asignabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asignarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asignarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asignes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asignaras / Vos asignase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asigná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asignes |