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Capturar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to capture, apprehend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for capturar 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 capture, apprehend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | capturar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está capturando) and past continuous (estaba capturando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. capturing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he capturado and hubiera capturado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have captured).
| Gerundio / Gerund | capturando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | capturado |
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 capture” or “they capture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | capturo |
| Tú | capturas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | captura |
| Nosotros / as | capturamos |
| Vosotros / as | capturáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturan |
| Vos | capturás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I captured” or “she captured” 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 | capturé | I captured |
| Tú | capturaste | You captured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capturó | He / she / you captured |
| Nosotros / as | capturamos | We captured |
| Vosotros / as | capturasteis | You captured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturaron | They / you captured |
| Vos | capturaste | You captured |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was capturing” or “she was capturing” 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 | capturaba | I was capturing |
| Tú | capturabas | You were capturing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capturaba | He was / she was / you were capturing |
| Nosotros / as | capturábamos | We were capturing |
| Vosotros / as | capturabais | You were capturing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturaban | They / you were capturing |
| Vos | capturabas | You were capturing |
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 captured” and “she has captured”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he capturado | I have captured |
| Tú | has capturado | You have captured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha capturado | He has / she has / you have captured |
| Nosotros / as | hemos capturado | We have captured |
| Vosotros / as | habéis capturado | You have captured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han capturado | They / you have captured |
| Vos | has capturado | You have captured |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would capture” or “she would capture”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | capturaría | I would capture |
| Tú | capturarías | You would capture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capturaría | He / she / you would capture |
| Nosotros / as | capturaríamos | We would capture |
| Vosotros / as | capturaríais | You would capture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturarían | They / you would capture |
| Vos | capturarías | You would capture |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will capture” or “they will capture”.
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 capturar” means “They are going to capture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | capturaré | I will capture |
| Tú | capturarás | You will capture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capturará | He / she / you will capture |
| Nosotros / as | capturaremos | We will capture |
| Vosotros / as | capturaréis | You will capture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturarán | They / you will capture |
| Vos | capturarás | You will capture |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | capture |
| Tú | captures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capture |
| Nosotros / as | capturemos |
| Vosotros / as | capturéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturen |
| Vos | captures |
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 | capturara | capturase |
| Tú | capturaras | capturase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capturara | capturase |
| Nosotros / as | capturáramos | capturásemos |
| Vosotros / as | capturarais | capturaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturaran | capturasen |
| Vos | capturaras | capturase |
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 | capturare |
| Tú | capturares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capturare |
| Nosotros / as | capturáremos |
| Vosotros / as | capturareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturaren |
| Vos | capturares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “capture!” and “don’t capture!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | captura | no captures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | capture | no capture |
| Nosotros / as | capturemos | no capturemos |
| Vosotros / as | capturad | no capturéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | capturen | no capturen |
| Vos | capturá | no captures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya capturado |
| Tú | hayas capturado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya capturado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos capturado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis capturado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan capturado |
| Vos | hayas capturado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera capturado / hubiese capturado |
| Tú | hubieras capturado / hubieses capturado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera capturado / hubiese capturado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos capturado / hubiésemos capturado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais capturado / hubieseis capturado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran capturado / hubiesen capturado |
| Vos | hubieras capturado / hubieses capturado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere capturado |
| Tú | hubieres capturado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere capturado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos capturado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis capturado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren capturado |
| Vos | hubieres capturado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté capturando |
| Tú | estés capturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté capturando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos capturando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis capturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén capturando |
| Vos | estés capturando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera capturando / estuviese capturando |
| Tú | estuvieras capturando / estuvieses capturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera capturando / estuviese capturando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos capturando / estuviésamos capturando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais capturando / estuvieseis capturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera capturando / estuviese capturando |
| Vos | estuvieras capturando / estuvieses capturando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere capturando |
| Tú | estuvieres capturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere capturando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos capturando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis capturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere capturando |
| Vos | estuvieres capturando |
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 capturás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos capturaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos capturabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos capturarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos capturarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos captures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos capturaras / Vos capturase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos capturá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no captures |