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Becar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to award or grant a scholarship or fellowship”.
Below are all of the conjugations for becar 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 award or grant a scholarship or fellowship |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | becar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está becando) and past continuous (estaba becando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. awarding a scholarship).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he becado and hubiera becado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have awarded a scholarship).
| Gerundio / Gerund | becando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | becado |
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 award a scholarship” or “they award a scholarship”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | beco |
| Tú | becas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | beca |
| Nosotros / as | becamos |
| Vosotros / as | becáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | becan |
| Vos | becás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I awarded a scholarship” or “she awarded a scholarship” 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 | bequé | I awarded a scholarship |
| Tú | becaste | You awarded a scholarship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | becó | He / she / you awarded a scholarship |
| Nosotros / as | becamos | We awarded a scholarship |
| Vosotros / as | becasteis | You awarded a scholarship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | becaron | They / you awarded a scholarship |
| Vos | becaste | You awarded a scholarship |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was awarding a scholarship” or “she was awarding a scholarship” 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 | becaba | I was awarding a scholarship |
| Tú | becabas | You were awarding a scholarship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | becaba | He was / she was / you were awarding a scholarship |
| Nosotros / as | becábamos | We were awarding a scholarship |
| Vosotros / as | becabais | You were awarding a scholarship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | becaban | They / you were awarding a scholarship |
| Vos | becabas | You were awarding a scholarship |
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 awarded a scholarship” and “she has awarded a scholarship”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he becado | I have awarded a scholarship |
| Tú | has becado | You have awarded a scholarship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha becado | He has / she has / you have awarded a scholarship |
| Nosotros / as | hemos becado | We have awarded a scholarship |
| Vosotros / as | habéis becado | You have awarded a scholarship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han becado | They / you have awarded a scholarship |
| Vos | has becado | You have awarded a scholarship |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would award a scholarship” or “she would award a scholarship”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | becaría | I would award a scholarship |
| Tú | becarías | You would award a scholarship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | becaría | He / she / you would award a scholarship |
| Nosotros / as | becaríamos | We would award a scholarship |
| Vosotros / as | becaríais | You would award a scholarship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | becarían | They / you would award a scholarship |
| Vos | becarías | You would award a scholarship |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will award a scholarship” or “they will award a scholarship”.
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 becar” means “They are going to award a scholarship”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | becaré | I will award a scholarship |
| Tú | becarás | You will award a scholarship |
| Él / Ella / Usted | becará | He / she / you will award a scholarship |
| Nosotros / as | becaremos | We will award a scholarship |
| Vosotros / as | becaréis | You will award a scholarship |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | becarán | They / you will award a scholarship |
| Vos | becarás | You will award a scholarship |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | beque |
| Tú | beques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | beque |
| Nosotros / as | bequemos |
| Vosotros / as | bequéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bequen |
| Vos | beques |
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 | becara | becase |
| Tú | becaras | becase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | becara | becase |
| Nosotros / as | becáramos | becásemos |
| Vosotros / as | becarais | becaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | becaran | becasen |
| Vos | becaras | becase |
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 | becare |
| Tú | becares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | becare |
| Nosotros / as | becáremos |
| Vosotros / as | becareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | becaren |
| Vos | becares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “award a scholarship!” and “don’t award a scholarship!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | beca | no beques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | beque | no beque |
| Nosotros / as | bequemos | no bequemos |
| Vosotros / as | becad | no bequéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bequen | no bequen |
| Vos | becá | no beques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya becado |
| Tú | hayas becado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya becado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos becado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis becado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan becado |
| Vos | hayas becado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera becado / hubiese becado |
| Tú | hubieras becado / hubieses becado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera becado / hubiese becado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos becado / hubiésemos becado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais becado / hubieseis becado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran becado / hubiesen becado |
| Vos | hubieras becado / hubieses becado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere becado |
| Tú | hubieres becado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere becado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos becado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis becado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren becado |
| Vos | hubieres becado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté becando |
| Tú | estés becando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté becando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos becando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis becando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén becando |
| Vos | estés becando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera becando / estuviese becando |
| Tú | estuvieras becando / estuvieses becando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera becando / estuviese becando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos becando / estuviésamos becando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais becando / estuvieseis becando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera becando / estuviese becando |
| Vos | estuvieras becando / estuvieses becando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere becando |
| Tú | estuvieres becando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere becando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos becando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis becando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere becando |
| Vos | estuvieres becando |
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 becás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos becaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos becabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos becarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos becarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos beques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos becaras / Vos becase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos becá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no beques |