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Clasificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to classify, sort”.
Below are all of the conjugations for clasificar 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 classify, sort |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | clasificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está clasificando) and past continuous (estaba clasificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. classifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he clasificado and hubiera clasificado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have classified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | clasificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | clasificado |
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 classify” or “they classify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | clasifico |
| Tú | clasificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasifica |
| Nosotros / as | clasificamos |
| Vosotros / as | clasificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasifican |
| Vos | clasificás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I classified” or “she classified” 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 | clasifiqué | I classified |
| Tú | clasificaste | You classified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasificó | He / she / you classified |
| Nosotros / as | clasificamos | We classified |
| Vosotros / as | clasificasteis | You classified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasificaron | They / you classified |
| Vos | clasificaste | You classified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was classifying” or “she was classifying” 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 | clasificaba | I was classifying |
| Tú | clasificabas | You were classifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasificaba | He was / she was / you were classifying |
| Nosotros / as | clasificábamos | We were classifying |
| Vosotros / as | clasificabais | You were classifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasificaban | They / you were classifying |
| Vos | clasificabas | You were classifying |
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 classified” and “she has classified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he clasificado | I have classified |
| Tú | has clasificado | You have classified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha clasificado | He has / she has / you have classified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos clasificado | We have classified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis clasificado | You have classified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han clasificado | They / you have classified |
| Vos | has clasificado | You have classified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would classify” or “she would classify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | clasificaría | I would classify |
| Tú | clasificarías | You would classify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasificaría | He / she / you would classify |
| Nosotros / as | clasificaríamos | We would classify |
| Vosotros / as | clasificaríais | You would classify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasificarían | They / you would classify |
| Vos | clasificarías | You would classify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will classify” or “they will classify”.
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 clasificar” means “They are going to classify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | clasificaré | I will classify |
| Tú | clasificarás | You will classify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasificará | He / she / you will classify |
| Nosotros / as | clasificaremos | We will classify |
| Vosotros / as | clasificaréis | You will classify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasificarán | They / you will classify |
| Vos | clasificarás | You will classify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | clasifique |
| Tú | clasifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasifique |
| Nosotros / as | clasifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | clasifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasifiquen |
| Vos | clasifiques |
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 | clasificara | clasificase |
| Tú | clasificaras | clasificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasificara | clasificase |
| Nosotros / as | clasificáramos | clasificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | clasificarais | clasificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasificaran | clasificasen |
| Vos | clasificaras | clasificase |
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 | clasificare |
| Tú | clasificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasificare |
| Nosotros / as | clasificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | clasificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasificaren |
| Vos | clasificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “classify!” and “don’t classify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | clasifica | no clasifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | clasifique | no clasifique |
| Nosotros / as | clasifiquemos | no clasifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | clasificad | no clasifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | clasifiquen | no clasifiquen |
| Vos | clasificá | no clasifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya clasificado |
| Tú | hayas clasificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya clasificado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos clasificado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis clasificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan clasificado |
| Vos | hayas clasificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera clasificado / hubiese clasificado |
| Tú | hubieras clasificado / hubieses clasificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera clasificado / hubiese clasificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos clasificado / hubiésemos clasificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais clasificado / hubieseis clasificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran clasificado / hubiesen clasificado |
| Vos | hubieras clasificado / hubieses clasificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere clasificado |
| Tú | hubieres clasificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere clasificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos clasificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis clasificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren clasificado |
| Vos | hubieres clasificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté clasificando |
| Tú | estés clasificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté clasificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos clasificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis clasificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén clasificando |
| Vos | estés clasificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera clasificando / estuviese clasificando |
| Tú | estuvieras clasificando / estuvieses clasificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera clasificando / estuviese clasificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos clasificando / estuviésamos clasificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais clasificando / estuvieseis clasificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera clasificando / estuviese clasificando |
| Vos | estuvieras clasificando / estuvieses clasificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere clasificando |
| Tú | estuvieres clasificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere clasificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos clasificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis clasificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere clasificando |
| Vos | estuvieres clasificando |
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 clasificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos clasificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos clasificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos clasificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos clasificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos clasifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos clasificaras / Vos clasificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos clasificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no clasifiques |