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Catalogar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to catalog, list”.
Below are all of the conjugations for catalogar 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 catalog, list |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | catalogar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está catalogando) and past continuous (estaba catalogando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. cataloguing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he catalogado and hubiera catalogado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have catalogued).
| Gerundio / Gerund | catalogando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | catalogado |
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 catalogue” or “they catalogue”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | catalogo |
| Tú | catalogas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cataloga |
| Nosotros / as | catalogamos |
| Vosotros / as | catalogáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | catalogan |
| Vos | catalogás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I catalogued” or “she catalogued” 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 | catalogué | I catalogued |
| Tú | catalogaste | You catalogued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogó | He / she / you catalogued |
| Nosotros / as | catalogamos | We catalogued |
| Vosotros / as | catalogasteis | You catalogued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | catalogaron | They / you catalogued |
| Vos | catalogaste | You catalogued |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was cataloguing” or “she was cataloguing” 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 | catalogaba | I was cataloguing |
| Tú | catalogabas | You were cataloguing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogaba | He was / she was / you were cataloguing |
| Nosotros / as | catalogábamos | We were cataloguing |
| Vosotros / as | catalogabais | You were cataloguing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | catalogaban | They / you were cataloguing |
| Vos | catalogabas | You were cataloguing |
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 catalogued” and “she has catalogued”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he catalogado | I have catalogued |
| Tú | has catalogado | You have catalogued |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha catalogado | He has / she has / you have catalogued |
| Nosotros / as | hemos catalogado | We have catalogued |
| Vosotros / as | habéis catalogado | You have catalogued |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han catalogado | They / you have catalogued |
| Vos | has catalogado | You have catalogued |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would catalogue” or “she would catalogue”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | catalogaría | I would catalogue |
| Tú | catalogarías | You would catalogue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogaría | He / she / you would catalogue |
| Nosotros / as | catalogaríamos | We would catalogue |
| Vosotros / as | catalogaríais | You would catalogue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | catalogarían | They / you would catalogue |
| Vos | catalogarías | You would catalogue |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will catalogue” or “they will catalogue”.
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 catalogar” means “They are going to catalogue”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | catalogaré | I will catalogue |
| Tú | catalogarás | You will catalogue |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogará | He / she / you will catalogue |
| Nosotros / as | catalogaremos | We will catalogue |
| Vosotros / as | catalogaréis | You will catalogue |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | catalogarán | They / you will catalogue |
| Vos | catalogarás | You will catalogue |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | catalogue |
| Tú | catalogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogue |
| Nosotros / as | cataloguemos |
| Vosotros / as | cataloguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cataloguen |
| Vos | catalogues |
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 | catalogara | catalogase |
| Tú | catalogaras | catalogase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogara | catalogase |
| Nosotros / as | catalogáramos | catalogásemos |
| Vosotros / as | catalogarais | catalogaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | catalogaran | catalogasen |
| Vos | catalogaras | catalogase |
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 | catalogare |
| Tú | catalogares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogare |
| Nosotros / as | catalogáremos |
| Vosotros / as | catalogareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | catalogaren |
| Vos | catalogares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “catalogue!” and “don’t catalogue!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | cataloga | no catalogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | catalogue | no catalogue |
| Nosotros / as | cataloguemos | no cataloguemos |
| Vosotros / as | catalogad | no cataloguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cataloguen | no cataloguen |
| Vos | catalogá | no catalogues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya catalogado |
| Tú | hayas catalogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya catalogado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos catalogado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis catalogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan catalogado |
| Vos | hayas catalogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera catalogado / hubiese catalogado |
| Tú | hubieras catalogado / hubieses catalogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera catalogado / hubiese catalogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos catalogado / hubiésemos catalogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais catalogado / hubieseis catalogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran catalogado / hubiesen catalogado |
| Vos | hubieras catalogado / hubieses catalogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere catalogado |
| Tú | hubieres catalogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere catalogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos catalogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis catalogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren catalogado |
| Vos | hubieres catalogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté catalogando |
| Tú | estés catalogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté catalogando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos catalogando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis catalogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén catalogando |
| Vos | estés catalogando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera catalogando / estuviese catalogando |
| Tú | estuvieras catalogando / estuvieses catalogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera catalogando / estuviese catalogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos catalogando / estuviésamos catalogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais catalogando / estuvieseis catalogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera catalogando / estuviese catalogando |
| Vos | estuvieras catalogando / estuvieses catalogando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere catalogando |
| Tú | estuvieres catalogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere catalogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos catalogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis catalogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere catalogando |
| Vos | estuvieres catalogando |
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 catalogás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos catalogaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos catalogabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos catalogarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos catalogarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos catalogues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos catalogaras / Vos catalogase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos catalogá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no catalogues |