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Comulgar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to take or give communion”.
Below are all of the conjugations for comulgar 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 take or give communion |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | comulgar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está comulgando) and past continuous (estaba comulgando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. giving communion).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he comulgado and hubiera comulgado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have given communion).
| Gerundio / Gerund | comulgando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | comulgado |
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 give communion” or “they give communion”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | comulgo |
| Tú | comulgas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulga |
| Nosotros / as | comulgamos |
| Vosotros / as | comulgáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulgan |
| Vos | comulgás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I gave communion” or “she gave communion” 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 | comulgué | I gave communion |
| Tú | comulgaste | You gave communion |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgó | He / she / you gave communion |
| Nosotros / as | comulgamos | We gave communion |
| Vosotros / as | comulgasteis | You gave communion |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulgaron | They / you gave communion |
| Vos | comulgaste | You gave communion |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was giving communion” or “she was giving communion” 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 | comulgaba | I was giving communion |
| Tú | comulgabas | You were giving communion |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgaba | He was / she was / you were giving communion |
| Nosotros / as | comulgábamos | We were giving communion |
| Vosotros / as | comulgabais | You were giving communion |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulgaban | They / you were giving communion |
| Vos | comulgabas | You were giving communion |
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 given communion” and “she has given communion”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he comulgado | I have given communion |
| Tú | has comulgado | You have given communion |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha comulgado | He has / she has / you have given communion |
| Nosotros / as | hemos comulgado | We have given communion |
| Vosotros / as | habéis comulgado | You have given communion |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han comulgado | They / you have given communion |
| Vos | has comulgado | You have given communion |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would give communion” or “she would give communion”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | comulgaría | I would give communion |
| Tú | comulgarías | You would give communion |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgaría | He / she / you would give communion |
| Nosotros / as | comulgaríamos | We would give communion |
| Vosotros / as | comulgaríais | You would give communion |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulgarían | They / you would give communion |
| Vos | comulgarías | You would give communion |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will give communion” or “they will give communion”.
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 comulgar” means “They are going to give communion”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | comulgaré | I will give communion |
| Tú | comulgarás | You will give communion |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgará | He / she / you will give communion |
| Nosotros / as | comulgaremos | We will give communion |
| Vosotros / as | comulgaréis | You will give communion |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulgarán | They / you will give communion |
| Vos | comulgarás | You will give communion |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | comulgue |
| Tú | comulgues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgue |
| Nosotros / as | comulguemos |
| Vosotros / as | comulguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulguen |
| Vos | comulgues |
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 | comulgara | comulgase |
| Tú | comulgaras | comulgase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgara | comulgase |
| Nosotros / as | comulgáramos | comulgásemos |
| Vosotros / as | comulgarais | comulgaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulgaran | comulgasen |
| Vos | comulgaras | comulgase |
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 | comulgare |
| Tú | comulgares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgare |
| Nosotros / as | comulgáremos |
| Vosotros / as | comulgareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulgaren |
| Vos | comulgares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “give communion!” and “don’t give communion!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | comulga | no comulgues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comulgue | no comulgue |
| Nosotros / as | comulguemos | no comulguemos |
| Vosotros / as | comulgad | no comulguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comulguen | no comulguen |
| Vos | comulgá | no comulgues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya comulgado |
| Tú | hayas comulgado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya comulgado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos comulgado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis comulgado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan comulgado |
| Vos | hayas comulgado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera comulgado / hubiese comulgado |
| Tú | hubieras comulgado / hubieses comulgado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera comulgado / hubiese comulgado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos comulgado / hubiésemos comulgado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais comulgado / hubieseis comulgado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran comulgado / hubiesen comulgado |
| Vos | hubieras comulgado / hubieses comulgado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere comulgado |
| Tú | hubieres comulgado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere comulgado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos comulgado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis comulgado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren comulgado |
| Vos | hubieres comulgado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté comulgando |
| Tú | estés comulgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté comulgando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos comulgando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis comulgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén comulgando |
| Vos | estés comulgando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera comulgando / estuviese comulgando |
| Tú | estuvieras comulgando / estuvieses comulgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera comulgando / estuviese comulgando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos comulgando / estuviésamos comulgando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais comulgando / estuvieseis comulgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera comulgando / estuviese comulgando |
| Vos | estuvieras comulgando / estuvieses comulgando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere comulgando |
| Tú | estuvieres comulgando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere comulgando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos comulgando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis comulgando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere comulgando |
| Vos | estuvieres comulgando |
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 comulgás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos comulgaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos comulgabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos comulgarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos comulgarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos comulgues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos comulgaras / Vos comulgase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos comulgá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no comulgues |