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Compilar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to compile”.
Below are all of the conjugations for compilar 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 compile |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | compilar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está compilando) and past continuous (estaba compilando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. compiling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he compilado and hubiera compilado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have compiled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | compilando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | compilado |
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 compile” or “they compile”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | compilo |
| Tú | compilas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compila |
| Nosotros / as | compilamos |
| Vosotros / as | compiláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilan |
| Vos | compilás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I compiled” or “she compiled” 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 | compilé | I compiled |
| Tú | compilaste | You compiled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compiló | He / she / you compiled |
| Nosotros / as | compilamos | We compiled |
| Vosotros / as | compilasteis | You compiled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilaron | They / you compiled |
| Vos | compilaste | You compiled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was compiling” or “she was compiling” 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 | compilaba | I was compiling |
| Tú | compilabas | You were compiling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compilaba | He was / she was / you were compiling |
| Nosotros / as | compilábamos | We were compiling |
| Vosotros / as | compilabais | You were compiling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilaban | They / you were compiling |
| Vos | compilabas | You were compiling |
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 compiled” and “she has compiled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he compilado | I have compiled |
| Tú | has compilado | You have compiled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha compilado | He has / she has / you have compiled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos compilado | We have compiled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis compilado | You have compiled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han compilado | They / you have compiled |
| Vos | has compilado | You have compiled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would compile” or “she would compile”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | compilaría | I would compile |
| Tú | compilarías | You would compile |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compilaría | He / she / you would compile |
| Nosotros / as | compilaríamos | We would compile |
| Vosotros / as | compilaríais | You would compile |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilarían | They / you would compile |
| Vos | compilarías | You would compile |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will compile” or “they will compile”.
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 compilar” means “They are going to compile”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | compilaré | I will compile |
| Tú | compilarás | You will compile |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compilará | He / she / you will compile |
| Nosotros / as | compilaremos | We will compile |
| Vosotros / as | compilaréis | You will compile |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilarán | They / you will compile |
| Vos | compilarás | You will compile |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | compile |
| Tú | compiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compile |
| Nosotros / as | compilemos |
| Vosotros / as | compiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilen |
| Vos | compiles |
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 | compilara | compilase |
| Tú | compilaras | compilase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compilara | compilase |
| Nosotros / as | compiláramos | compilásemos |
| Vosotros / as | compilarais | compilaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilaran | compilasen |
| Vos | compilaras | compilase |
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 | compilare |
| Tú | compilares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compilare |
| Nosotros / as | compiláremos |
| Vosotros / as | compilareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilaren |
| Vos | compilares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “compile!” and “don’t compile!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | compila | no compiles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compile | no compile |
| Nosotros / as | compilemos | no compilemos |
| Vosotros / as | compilad | no compiléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compilen | no compilen |
| Vos | compilá | no compiles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya compilado |
| Tú | hayas compilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya compilado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos compilado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis compilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan compilado |
| Vos | hayas compilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera compilado / hubiese compilado |
| Tú | hubieras compilado / hubieses compilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera compilado / hubiese compilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos compilado / hubiésemos compilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais compilado / hubieseis compilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran compilado / hubiesen compilado |
| Vos | hubieras compilado / hubieses compilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere compilado |
| Tú | hubieres compilado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere compilado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos compilado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis compilado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren compilado |
| Vos | hubieres compilado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté compilando |
| Tú | estés compilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté compilando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos compilando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis compilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén compilando |
| Vos | estés compilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera compilando / estuviese compilando |
| Tú | estuvieras compilando / estuvieses compilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera compilando / estuviese compilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos compilando / estuviésamos compilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais compilando / estuvieseis compilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera compilando / estuviese compilando |
| Vos | estuvieras compilando / estuvieses compilando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere compilando |
| Tú | estuvieres compilando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere compilando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos compilando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis compilando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere compilando |
| Vos | estuvieres compilando |
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 compilás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos compilaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos compilabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos compilarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos compilarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos compiles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos compilaras / Vos compilase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos compilá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no compiles |