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Bostezar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to yawn”.
Below are all of the conjugations for bostezar 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 yawn |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | bostezar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bostezando) and past continuous (estaba bostezando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. yawning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bostezado and hubiera bostezado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have yawned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | bostezando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bostezado |
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 yawn” or “they yawn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bostezo |
| Tú | bostezas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bosteza |
| Nosotros / as | bostezamos |
| Vosotros / as | bostezáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostezan |
| Vos | bostezás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I yawned” or “she yawned” 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 | bostecé | I yawned |
| Tú | bostezaste | You yawned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostezó | He / she / you yawned |
| Nosotros / as | bostezamos | We yawned |
| Vosotros / as | bostezasteis | You yawned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostezaron | They / you yawned |
| Vos | bostezaste | You yawned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was yawning” or “she was yawning” 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 | bostezaba | I was yawning |
| Tú | bostezabas | You were yawning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostezaba | He was / she was / you were yawning |
| Nosotros / as | bostezábamos | We were yawning |
| Vosotros / as | bostezabais | You were yawning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostezaban | They / you were yawning |
| Vos | bostezabas | You were yawning |
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 yawned” and “she has yawned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he bostezado | I have yawned |
| Tú | has bostezado | You have yawned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha bostezado | He has / she has / you have yawned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos bostezado | We have yawned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis bostezado | You have yawned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han bostezado | They / you have yawned |
| Vos | has bostezado | You have yawned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would yawn” or “she would yawn”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bostezaría | I would yawn |
| Tú | bostezarías | You would yawn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostezaría | He / she / you would yawn |
| Nosotros / as | bostezaríamos | We would yawn |
| Vosotros / as | bostezaríais | You would yawn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostezarían | They / you would yawn |
| Vos | bostezarías | You would yawn |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will yawn” or “they will yawn”.
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 bostezar” means “They are going to yawn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | bostezaré | I will yawn |
| Tú | bostezarás | You will yawn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostezará | He / she / you will yawn |
| Nosotros / as | bostezaremos | We will yawn |
| Vosotros / as | bostezaréis | You will yawn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostezarán | They / you will yawn |
| Vos | bostezarás | You will yawn |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | bostece |
| Tú | bosteces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostece |
| Nosotros / as | bostecemos |
| Vosotros / as | bostecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostecen |
| Vos | bosteces |
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 | bostezara | bostezase |
| Tú | bostezaras | bostezase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostezara | bostezase |
| Nosotros / as | bostezáramos | bostezásemos |
| Vosotros / as | bostezarais | bostezaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostezaran | bostezasen |
| Vos | bostezaras | bostezase |
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 | bostezare |
| Tú | bostezares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostezare |
| Nosotros / as | bostezáremos |
| Vosotros / as | bostezareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostezaren |
| Vos | bostezares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “yawn!” and “don’t yawn!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | bosteza | no bosteces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | bostece | no bostece |
| Nosotros / as | bostecemos | no bostecemos |
| Vosotros / as | bostezad | no bostecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | bostecen | no bostecen |
| Vos | bostezá | no bosteces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bostezado |
| Tú | hayas bostezado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bostezado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bostezado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bostezado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bostezado |
| Vos | hayas bostezado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bostezado / hubiese bostezado |
| Tú | hubieras bostezado / hubieses bostezado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bostezado / hubiese bostezado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bostezado / hubiésemos bostezado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bostezado / hubieseis bostezado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bostezado / hubiesen bostezado |
| Vos | hubieras bostezado / hubieses bostezado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bostezado |
| Tú | hubieres bostezado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bostezado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bostezado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bostezado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bostezado |
| Vos | hubieres bostezado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté bostezando |
| Tú | estés bostezando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté bostezando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos bostezando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis bostezando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén bostezando |
| Vos | estés bostezando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera bostezando / estuviese bostezando |
| Tú | estuvieras bostezando / estuvieses bostezando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera bostezando / estuviese bostezando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos bostezando / estuviésamos bostezando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais bostezando / estuvieseis bostezando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera bostezando / estuviese bostezando |
| Vos | estuvieras bostezando / estuvieses bostezando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere bostezando |
| Tú | estuvieres bostezando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere bostezando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos bostezando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis bostezando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere bostezando |
| Vos | estuvieres bostezando |
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 bostezás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos bostezaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos bostezabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos bostezarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos bostezarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos bosteces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos bostezaras / Vos bostezase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos bostezá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no bosteces |