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Censurar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to censor, criticize”.
Below are all of the conjugations for censurar 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 censor, criticize |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | censurar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está censurando) and past continuous (estaba censurando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. censoring).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he censurado and hubiera censurado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have censored).
| Gerundio / Gerund | censurando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | censurado |
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 censor” or “they censor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | censuro |
| Tú | censuras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censura |
| Nosotros / as | censuramos |
| Vosotros / as | censuráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censuran |
| Vos | censurás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I censored” or “she censored” 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 | censuré | I censored |
| Tú | censuraste | You censored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censuró | He / she / you censored |
| Nosotros / as | censuramos | We censored |
| Vosotros / as | censurasteis | You censored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censuraron | They / you censored |
| Vos | censuraste | You censored |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was censoring” or “she was censoring” 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 | censuraba | I was censoring |
| Tú | censurabas | You were censoring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censuraba | He was / she was / you were censoring |
| Nosotros / as | censurábamos | We were censoring |
| Vosotros / as | censurabais | You were censoring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censuraban | They / you were censoring |
| Vos | censurabas | You were censoring |
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 censored” and “she has censored”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he censurado | I have censored |
| Tú | has censurado | You have censored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha censurado | He has / she has / you have censored |
| Nosotros / as | hemos censurado | We have censored |
| Vosotros / as | habéis censurado | You have censored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han censurado | They / you have censored |
| Vos | has censurado | You have censored |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would censor” or “she would censor”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | censuraría | I would censor |
| Tú | censurarías | You would censor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censuraría | He / she / you would censor |
| Nosotros / as | censuraríamos | We would censor |
| Vosotros / as | censuraríais | You would censor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censurarían | They / you would censor |
| Vos | censurarías | You would censor |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will censor” or “they will censor”.
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 censurar” means “They are going to censor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | censuraré | I will censor |
| Tú | censurarás | You will censor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censurará | He / she / you will censor |
| Nosotros / as | censuraremos | We will censor |
| Vosotros / as | censuraréis | You will censor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censurarán | They / you will censor |
| Vos | censurarás | You will censor |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | censure |
| Tú | censures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censure |
| Nosotros / as | censuremos |
| Vosotros / as | censuréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censuren |
| Vos | censures |
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 | censurara | censurase |
| Tú | censuraras | censurase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censurara | censurase |
| Nosotros / as | censuráramos | censurásemos |
| Vosotros / as | censurarais | censuraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censuraran | censurasen |
| Vos | censuraras | censurase |
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 | censurare |
| Tú | censurares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censurare |
| Nosotros / as | censuráremos |
| Vosotros / as | censurareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censuraren |
| Vos | censurares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “censor!” and “don’t censor!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | censura | no censures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | censure | no censure |
| Nosotros / as | censuremos | no censuremos |
| Vosotros / as | censurad | no censuréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | censuren | no censuren |
| Vos | censurá | no censures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya censurado |
| Tú | hayas censurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya censurado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos censurado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis censurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan censurado |
| Vos | hayas censurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera censurado / hubiese censurado |
| Tú | hubieras censurado / hubieses censurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera censurado / hubiese censurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos censurado / hubiésemos censurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais censurado / hubieseis censurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran censurado / hubiesen censurado |
| Vos | hubieras censurado / hubieses censurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere censurado |
| Tú | hubieres censurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere censurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos censurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis censurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren censurado |
| Vos | hubieres censurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté censurando |
| Tú | estés censurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté censurando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos censurando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis censurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén censurando |
| Vos | estés censurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera censurando / estuviese censurando |
| Tú | estuvieras censurando / estuvieses censurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera censurando / estuviese censurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos censurando / estuviésamos censurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais censurando / estuvieseis censurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera censurando / estuviese censurando |
| Vos | estuvieras censurando / estuvieses censurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere censurando |
| Tú | estuvieres censurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere censurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos censurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis censurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere censurando |
| Vos | estuvieres censurando |
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 censurás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos censuraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos censurabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos censurarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos censurarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos censures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos censuraras / Vos censurase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos censurá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no censures |