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Aumentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to augment, increase, enlarge”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aumentar 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 augment, increase, enlarge |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aumentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aumentando) and past continuous (estaba aumentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. increasing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aumentado and hubiera aumentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have increased).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aumentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aumentado |
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 increase” or “they increase”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aumento |
| Tú | aumentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumenta |
| Nosotros / as | aumentamos |
| Vosotros / as | aumentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumentan |
| Vos | aumentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I increased” or “she increased” 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 | aumenté | I increased |
| Tú | aumentaste | You increased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumentó | He / she / you increased |
| Nosotros / as | aumentamos | We increased |
| Vosotros / as | aumentasteis | You increased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumentaron | They / you increased |
| Vos | aumentaste | You increased |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was increasing” or “she was increasing” 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 | aumentaba | I was increasing |
| Tú | aumentabas | You were increasing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumentaba | He was / she was / you were increasing |
| Nosotros / as | aumentábamos | We were increasing |
| Vosotros / as | aumentabais | You were increasing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumentaban | They / you were increasing |
| Vos | aumentabas | You were increasing |
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 increased” and “she has increased”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aumentado | I have increased |
| Tú | has aumentado | You have increased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aumentado | He has / she has / you have increased |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aumentado | We have increased |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aumentado | You have increased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aumentado | They / you have increased |
| Vos | has aumentado | You have increased |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would increase” or “she would increase”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aumentaría | I would increase |
| Tú | aumentarías | You would increase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumentaría | He / she / you would increase |
| Nosotros / as | aumentaríamos | We would increase |
| Vosotros / as | aumentaríais | You would increase |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumentarían | They / you would increase |
| Vos | aumentarías | You would increase |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will increase” or “they will increase”.
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 aumentar” means “They are going to increase”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aumentaré | I will increase |
| Tú | aumentarás | You will increase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumentará | He / she / you will increase |
| Nosotros / as | aumentaremos | We will increase |
| Vosotros / as | aumentaréis | You will increase |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumentarán | They / you will increase |
| Vos | aumentarás | You will increase |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aumente |
| Tú | aumentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumente |
| Nosotros / as | aumentemos |
| Vosotros / as | aumentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumenten |
| Vos | aumentes |
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 | aumentara | aumentase |
| Tú | aumentaras | aumentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumentara | aumentase |
| Nosotros / as | aumentáramos | aumentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aumentarais | aumentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumentaran | aumentasen |
| Vos | aumentaras | aumentase |
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 | aumentare |
| Tú | aumentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumentare |
| Nosotros / as | aumentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aumentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumentaren |
| Vos | aumentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “increase!” and “don’t increase!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aumenta | no aumentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aumente | no aumente |
| Nosotros / as | aumentemos | no aumentemos |
| Vosotros / as | aumentad | no aumentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aumenten | no aumenten |
| Vos | aumentá | no aumentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aumentado |
| Tú | hayas aumentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aumentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aumentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aumentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aumentado |
| Vos | hayas aumentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aumentado / hubiese aumentado |
| Tú | hubieras aumentado / hubieses aumentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aumentado / hubiese aumentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aumentado / hubiésemos aumentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aumentado / hubieseis aumentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aumentado / hubiesen aumentado |
| Vos | hubieras aumentado / hubieses aumentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aumentado |
| Tú | hubieres aumentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aumentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aumentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aumentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aumentado |
| Vos | hubieres aumentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aumentando |
| Tú | estés aumentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aumentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aumentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aumentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aumentando |
| Vos | estés aumentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aumentando / estuviese aumentando |
| Tú | estuvieras aumentando / estuvieses aumentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aumentando / estuviese aumentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aumentando / estuviésamos aumentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aumentando / estuvieseis aumentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aumentando / estuviese aumentando |
| Vos | estuvieras aumentando / estuvieses aumentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aumentando |
| Tú | estuvieres aumentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aumentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aumentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aumentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aumentando |
| Vos | estuvieres aumentando |
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 aumentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aumentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aumentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aumentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aumentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aumentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aumentaras / Vos aumentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aumentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aumentes |