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Comentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to comment”.
Below are all of the conjugations for comentar 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 comment |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | comentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está comentando) and past continuous (estaba comentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. commenting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he comentado and hubiera comentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have commented).
| Gerundio / Gerund | comentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | comentado |
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 comment” or “they comment”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | comento |
| Tú | comentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comenta |
| Nosotros / as | comentamos |
| Vosotros / as | comentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comentan |
| Vos | comentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I commented” or “she commented” 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 | comenté | I commented |
| Tú | comentaste | You commented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comentó | He / she / you commented |
| Nosotros / as | comentamos | We commented |
| Vosotros / as | comentasteis | You commented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comentaron | They / you commented |
| Vos | comentaste | You commented |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was commenting” or “she was commenting” 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 | comentaba | I was commenting |
| Tú | comentabas | You were commenting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comentaba | He was / she was / you were commenting |
| Nosotros / as | comentábamos | We were commenting |
| Vosotros / as | comentabais | You were commenting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comentaban | They / you were commenting |
| Vos | comentabas | You were commenting |
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 commented” and “she has commented”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he comentado | I have commented |
| Tú | has comentado | You have commented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha comentado | He has / she has / you have commented |
| Nosotros / as | hemos comentado | We have commented |
| Vosotros / as | habéis comentado | You have commented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han comentado | They / you have commented |
| Vos | has comentado | You have commented |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would comment” or “she would comment”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | comentaría | I would comment |
| Tú | comentarías | You would comment |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comentaría | He / she / you would comment |
| Nosotros / as | comentaríamos | We would comment |
| Vosotros / as | comentaríais | You would comment |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comentarían | They / you would comment |
| Vos | comentarías | You would comment |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will comment” or “they will comment”.
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 comentar” means “They are going to comment”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | comentaré | I will comment |
| Tú | comentarás | You will comment |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comentará | He / she / you will comment |
| Nosotros / as | comentaremos | We will comment |
| Vosotros / as | comentaréis | You will comment |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comentarán | They / you will comment |
| Vos | comentarás | You will comment |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | comente |
| Tú | comentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comente |
| Nosotros / as | comentemos |
| Vosotros / as | comentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comenten |
| Vos | comentes |
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 | comentara | comentase |
| Tú | comentaras | comentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comentara | comentase |
| Nosotros / as | comentáramos | comentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | comentarais | comentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comentaran | comentasen |
| Vos | comentaras | comentase |
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 | comentare |
| Tú | comentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comentare |
| Nosotros / as | comentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | comentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comentaren |
| Vos | comentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “comment!” and “don’t comment!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | comenta | no comentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comente | no comente |
| Nosotros / as | comentemos | no comentemos |
| Vosotros / as | comentad | no comentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comenten | no comenten |
| Vos | comentá | no comentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya comentado |
| Tú | hayas comentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya comentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos comentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis comentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan comentado |
| Vos | hayas comentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera comentado / hubiese comentado |
| Tú | hubieras comentado / hubieses comentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera comentado / hubiese comentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos comentado / hubiésemos comentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais comentado / hubieseis comentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran comentado / hubiesen comentado |
| Vos | hubieras comentado / hubieses comentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere comentado |
| Tú | hubieres comentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere comentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos comentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis comentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren comentado |
| Vos | hubieres comentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté comentando |
| Tú | estés comentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté comentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos comentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis comentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén comentando |
| Vos | estés comentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera comentando / estuviese comentando |
| Tú | estuvieras comentando / estuvieses comentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera comentando / estuviese comentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos comentando / estuviésamos comentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais comentando / estuvieseis comentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera comentando / estuviese comentando |
| Vos | estuvieras comentando / estuvieses comentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere comentando |
| Tú | estuvieres comentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere comentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos comentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis comentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere comentando |
| Vos | estuvieres comentando |
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 comentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos comentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos comentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos comentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos comentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos comentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos comentaras / Vos comentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos comentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no comentes |