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Concretar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to summarize, specify”.
Below are all of the conjugations for concretar 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 summarize, specify |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | concretar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está concretando) and past continuous (estaba concretando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. summarizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he concretado and hubiera concretado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have summarized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | concretando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | concretado |
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 summarize” or “they summarize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | concreto |
| Tú | concretas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concreta |
| Nosotros / as | concretamos |
| Vosotros / as | concretáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concretan |
| Vos | concretás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I summarized” or “she summarized” 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 | concreté | I summarized |
| Tú | concretaste | You summarized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concretó | He / she / you summarized |
| Nosotros / as | concretamos | We summarized |
| Vosotros / as | concretasteis | You summarized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concretaron | They / you summarized |
| Vos | concretaste | You summarized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was summarizing” or “she was summarizing” 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 | concretaba | I was summarizing |
| Tú | concretabas | You were summarizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concretaba | He was / she was / you were summarizing |
| Nosotros / as | concretábamos | We were summarizing |
| Vosotros / as | concretabais | You were summarizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concretaban | They / you were summarizing |
| Vos | concretabas | You were summarizing |
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 summarized” and “she has summarized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he concretado | I have summarized |
| Tú | has concretado | You have summarized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha concretado | He has / she has / you have summarized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos concretado | We have summarized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis concretado | You have summarized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han concretado | They / you have summarized |
| Vos | has concretado | You have summarized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would summarize” or “she would summarize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | concretaría | I would summarize |
| Tú | concretarías | You would summarize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concretaría | He / she / you would summarize |
| Nosotros / as | concretaríamos | We would summarize |
| Vosotros / as | concretaríais | You would summarize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concretarían | They / you would summarize |
| Vos | concretarías | You would summarize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will summarize” or “they will summarize”.
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 concretar” means “They are going to summarize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | concretaré | I will summarize |
| Tú | concretarás | You will summarize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concretará | He / she / you will summarize |
| Nosotros / as | concretaremos | We will summarize |
| Vosotros / as | concretaréis | You will summarize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concretarán | They / you will summarize |
| Vos | concretarás | You will summarize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | concrete |
| Tú | concretes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concrete |
| Nosotros / as | concretemos |
| Vosotros / as | concretéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concreten |
| Vos | concretes |
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 | concretara | concretase |
| Tú | concretaras | concretase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concretara | concretase |
| Nosotros / as | concretáramos | concretásemos |
| Vosotros / as | concretarais | concretaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concretaran | concretasen |
| Vos | concretaras | concretase |
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 | concretare |
| Tú | concretares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concretare |
| Nosotros / as | concretáremos |
| Vosotros / as | concretareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concretaren |
| Vos | concretares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “summarize!” and “don’t summarize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | concreta | no concretes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concrete | no concrete |
| Nosotros / as | concretemos | no concretemos |
| Vosotros / as | concretad | no concretéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concreten | no concreten |
| Vos | concretá | no concretes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya concretado |
| Tú | hayas concretado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya concretado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos concretado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis concretado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan concretado |
| Vos | hayas concretado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera concretado / hubiese concretado |
| Tú | hubieras concretado / hubieses concretado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera concretado / hubiese concretado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos concretado / hubiésemos concretado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais concretado / hubieseis concretado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran concretado / hubiesen concretado |
| Vos | hubieras concretado / hubieses concretado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere concretado |
| Tú | hubieres concretado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere concretado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos concretado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis concretado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren concretado |
| Vos | hubieres concretado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté concretando |
| Tú | estés concretando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté concretando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos concretando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis concretando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén concretando |
| Vos | estés concretando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera concretando / estuviese concretando |
| Tú | estuvieras concretando / estuvieses concretando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera concretando / estuviese concretando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos concretando / estuviésamos concretando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais concretando / estuvieseis concretando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera concretando / estuviese concretando |
| Vos | estuvieras concretando / estuvieses concretando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere concretando |
| Tú | estuvieres concretando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere concretando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos concretando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis concretando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere concretando |
| Vos | estuvieres concretando |
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 concretás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos concretaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos concretabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos concretarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos concretarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos concretes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos concretaras / Vos concretase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos concretá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no concretes |