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Averiguar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to find out, investigate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for averiguar 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 find out, investigate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | averiguar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está averiguando) and past continuous (estaba averiguando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. finding out).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he averiguado and hubiera averiguado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have found out).
| Gerundio / Gerund | averiguando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | averiguado |
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 find out” or “they find out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | averiguo |
| Tú | averiguas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averigua |
| Nosotros / as | averiguamos |
| Vosotros / as | averiguáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averiguan |
| Vos | averiguás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I found out” or “she found out” 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 | averigüé | I found out |
| Tú | averiguaste | You found out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averiguó | He / she / you found out |
| Nosotros / as | averiguamos | We found out |
| Vosotros / as | averiguasteis | You found out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averiguaron | They / you found out |
| Vos | averiguaste | You found out |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was finding out” or “she was finding out” 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 | averiguaba | I was finding out |
| Tú | averiguabas | You were finding out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averiguaba | He was / she was / you were finding out |
| Nosotros / as | averiguábamos | We were finding out |
| Vosotros / as | averiguabais | You were finding out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averiguaban | They / you were finding out |
| Vos | averiguabas | You were finding out |
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 found out” and “she has found out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he averiguado | I have found out |
| Tú | has averiguado | You have found out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha averiguado | He has / she has / you have found out |
| Nosotros / as | hemos averiguado | We have found out |
| Vosotros / as | habéis averiguado | You have found out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han averiguado | They / you have found out |
| Vos | has averiguado | You have found out |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would find out” or “she would find out”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | averiguaría | I would find out |
| Tú | averiguarías | You would find out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averiguaría | He / she / you would find out |
| Nosotros / as | averiguaríamos | We would find out |
| Vosotros / as | averiguaríais | You would find out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averiguarían | They / you would find out |
| Vos | averiguarías | You would find out |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will find out” or “they will find out”.
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 averiguar” means “They are going to find out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | averiguaré | I will find out |
| Tú | averiguarás | You will find out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averiguará | He / she / you will find out |
| Nosotros / as | averiguaremos | We will find out |
| Vosotros / as | averiguaréis | You will find out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averiguarán | They / you will find out |
| Vos | averiguarás | You will find out |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | averigüe |
| Tú | averigües |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averigüe |
| Nosotros / as | averigüemos |
| Vosotros / as | averigüéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averigüen |
| Vos | averigües |
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 | averiguara | averiguase |
| Tú | averiguaras | averiguase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averiguara | averiguase |
| Nosotros / as | averiguáramos | averiguásemos |
| Vosotros / as | averiguarais | averiguaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averiguaran | averiguasen |
| Vos | averiguaras | averiguase |
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 | averiguare |
| Tú | averiguares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averiguare |
| Nosotros / as | averiguáremos |
| Vosotros / as | averiguareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averiguaren |
| Vos | averiguares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “find out!” and “don’t find out!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | averigua | no averigües |
| Él / Ella / Usted | averigüe | no averigüe |
| Nosotros / as | averigüemos | no averigüemos |
| Vosotros / as | averiguad | no averigüéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | averigüen | no averigüen |
| Vos | averiguá | no averigües |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya averiguado |
| Tú | hayas averiguado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya averiguado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos averiguado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis averiguado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan averiguado |
| Vos | hayas averiguado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera averiguado / hubiese averiguado |
| Tú | hubieras averiguado / hubieses averiguado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera averiguado / hubiese averiguado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos averiguado / hubiésemos averiguado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais averiguado / hubieseis averiguado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran averiguado / hubiesen averiguado |
| Vos | hubieras averiguado / hubieses averiguado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere averiguado |
| Tú | hubieres averiguado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere averiguado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos averiguado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis averiguado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren averiguado |
| Vos | hubieres averiguado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté averiguando |
| Tú | estés averiguando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté averiguando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos averiguando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis averiguando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén averiguando |
| Vos | estés averiguando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera averiguando / estuviese averiguando |
| Tú | estuvieras averiguando / estuvieses averiguando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera averiguando / estuviese averiguando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos averiguando / estuviésamos averiguando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais averiguando / estuvieseis averiguando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera averiguando / estuviese averiguando |
| Vos | estuvieras averiguando / estuvieses averiguando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere averiguando |
| Tú | estuvieres averiguando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere averiguando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos averiguando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis averiguando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere averiguando |
| Vos | estuvieres averiguando |
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 averiguás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos averiguaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos averiguabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos averiguarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos averiguarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos averigües |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos averiguaras / Vos averiguase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos averiguá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no averigües |