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Componer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to compose, fix”.
Below are all of the conjugations for componer 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 compose, fix |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | componer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está componiendo) and past continuous (estaba componiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. composing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he compuesto and hubiera compuesto. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have composed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | componiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | compuesto |
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 compose” or “they compose”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | compongo |
| Tú | compones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compone |
| Nosotros / as | componemos |
| Vosotros / as | componéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | componen |
| Vos | componés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I composed” or “she composed” 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 | compuse | I composed |
| Tú | compusiste | You composed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compuso | He / she / you composed |
| Nosotros / as | compusimos | We composed |
| Vosotros / as | compusisteis | You composed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compusieron | They / you composed |
| Vos | compusiste | You composed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was composing” or “she was composing” 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 | componía | I was composing |
| Tú | componías | You were composing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | componía | He was / she was / you were composing |
| Nosotros / as | componíamos | We were composing |
| Vosotros / as | componíais | You were composing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | componían | They / you were composing |
| Vos | componías | You were composing |
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 composed” and “she has composed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he compuesto | I have composed |
| Tú | has compuesto | You have composed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha compuesto | He has / she has / you have composed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos compuesto | We have composed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis compuesto | You have composed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han compuesto | They / you have composed |
| Vos | has compuesto | You have composed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would compose” or “she would compose”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | compondría | I would compose |
| Tú | compondrías | You would compose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compondría | He / she / you would compose |
| Nosotros / as | compondríamos | We would compose |
| Vosotros / as | compondríais | You would compose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compondrían | They / you would compose |
| Vos | compondrías | You would compose |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will compose” or “they will compose”.
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 componer” means “They are going to compose”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | compondré | I will compose |
| Tú | compondrás | You will compose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compondrá | He / she / you will compose |
| Nosotros / as | compondremos | We will compose |
| Vosotros / as | compondréis | You will compose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compondrán | They / you will compose |
| Vos | compondrás | You will compose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | componga |
| Tú | compongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | componga |
| Nosotros / as | compongamos |
| Vosotros / as | compongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compongan |
| Vos | compongas |
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 | compusiera | compusiese |
| Tú | compusieras | compusiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compusiera | compusiese |
| Nosotros / as | compusiéramos | compusiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | compusierais | compusieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compusieran | compusiesen |
| Vos | compusieras | compusiese |
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 | compusiere |
| Tú | compusieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compusiere |
| Nosotros / as | compusiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | compusiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compusieren |
| Vos | compusieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “compose!” and “don’t compose!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | compón | no compongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | componga | no componga |
| Nosotros / as | compongamos | no compongamos |
| Vosotros / as | componed | no compongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compongan | no compongan |
| Vos | componé | no compongas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya compuesto |
| Tú | hayas compuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya compuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos compuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis compuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan compuesto |
| Vos | hayas compuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera compuesto / hubiese compuesto |
| Tú | hubieras compuesto / hubieses compuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera compuesto / hubiese compuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos compuesto / hubiésemos compuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais compuesto / hubieseis compuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran compuesto / hubiesen compuesto |
| Vos | hubieras compuesto / hubieses compuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere compuesto |
| Tú | hubieres compuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere compuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos compuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis compuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren compuesto |
| Vos | hubieres compuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté componiendo |
| Tú | estés componiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté componiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos componiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis componiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén componiendo |
| Vos | estés componiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera componiendo / estuviese componiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras componiendo / estuvieses componiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera componiendo / estuviese componiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos componiendo / estuviésamos componiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais componiendo / estuvieseis componiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera componiendo / estuviese componiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras componiendo / estuvieses componiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere componiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres componiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere componiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos componiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis componiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere componiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres componiendo |
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 componés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos compusiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos componías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos compondrías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos compondrás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos compongas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos compusieras / Vos compusiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos componé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no compongas |