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Condecorar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bestow honor, decorate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for condecorar 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 bestow honor, decorate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | condecorar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está condecorando) and past continuous (estaba condecorando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bestowing honor).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he condecorado and hubiera condecorado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have bestowed honor).
| Gerundio / Gerund | condecorando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | condecorado |
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 bestow honor” or “they bestow honor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | condecoro |
| Tú | condecoras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecora |
| Nosotros / as | condecoramos |
| Vosotros / as | condecoráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecoran |
| Vos | condecorás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I bestowed honor” or “she bestowed honor” 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 | condecoré | I bestowed honor |
| Tú | condecoraste | You bestowed honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecoró | He / she / you bestowed honor |
| Nosotros / as | condecoramos | We bestowed honor |
| Vosotros / as | condecorasteis | You bestowed honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecoraron | They / you bestowed honor |
| Vos | condecoraste | You bestowed honor |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bestowing honor” or “she was bestowing honor” 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 | condecoraba | I was bestowing honor |
| Tú | condecorabas | You were bestowing honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecoraba | He was / she was / you were bestowing honor |
| Nosotros / as | condecorábamos | We were bestowing honor |
| Vosotros / as | condecorabais | You were bestowing honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecoraban | They / you were bestowing honor |
| Vos | condecorabas | You were bestowing honor |
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 bestowed honor” and “she has bestowed honor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he condecorado | I have bestowed honor |
| Tú | has condecorado | You have bestowed honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha condecorado | He has / she has / you have bestowed honor |
| Nosotros / as | hemos condecorado | We have bestowed honor |
| Vosotros / as | habéis condecorado | You have bestowed honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han condecorado | They / you have bestowed honor |
| Vos | has condecorado | You have bestowed honor |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would bestow honor” or “she would bestow honor”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | condecoraría | I would bestow honor |
| Tú | condecorarías | You would bestow honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecoraría | He / she / you would bestow honor |
| Nosotros / as | condecoraríamos | We would bestow honor |
| Vosotros / as | condecoraríais | You would bestow honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecorarían | They / you would bestow honor |
| Vos | condecorarías | You would bestow honor |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will bestow honor” or “they will bestow honor”.
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 condecorar” means “They are going to bestow honor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | condecoraré | I will bestow honor |
| Tú | condecorarás | You will bestow honor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecorará | He / she / you will bestow honor |
| Nosotros / as | condecoraremos | We will bestow honor |
| Vosotros / as | condecoraréis | You will bestow honor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecorarán | They / you will bestow honor |
| Vos | condecorarás | You will bestow honor |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | condecore |
| Tú | condecores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecore |
| Nosotros / as | condecoremos |
| Vosotros / as | condecoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecoren |
| Vos | condecores |
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 | condecorara | condecorase |
| Tú | condecoraras | condecorase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecorara | condecorase |
| Nosotros / as | condecoráramos | condecorásemos |
| Vosotros / as | condecorarais | condecoraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecoraran | condecorasen |
| Vos | condecoraras | condecorase |
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 | condecorare |
| Tú | condecorares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecorare |
| Nosotros / as | condecoráremos |
| Vosotros / as | condecorareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecoraren |
| Vos | condecorares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “bestow honor!” and “don’t bestow honor!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | condecora | no condecores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condecore | no condecore |
| Nosotros / as | condecoremos | no condecoremos |
| Vosotros / as | condecorad | no condecoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condecoren | no condecoren |
| Vos | condecorá | no condecores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya condecorado |
| Tú | hayas condecorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya condecorado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos condecorado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis condecorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan condecorado |
| Vos | hayas condecorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera condecorado / hubiese condecorado |
| Tú | hubieras condecorado / hubieses condecorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera condecorado / hubiese condecorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos condecorado / hubiésemos condecorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais condecorado / hubieseis condecorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran condecorado / hubiesen condecorado |
| Vos | hubieras condecorado / hubieses condecorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere condecorado |
| Tú | hubieres condecorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere condecorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos condecorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis condecorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren condecorado |
| Vos | hubieres condecorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté condecorando |
| Tú | estés condecorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté condecorando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos condecorando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis condecorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén condecorando |
| Vos | estés condecorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera condecorando / estuviese condecorando |
| Tú | estuvieras condecorando / estuvieses condecorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera condecorando / estuviese condecorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos condecorando / estuviésamos condecorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais condecorando / estuvieseis condecorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera condecorando / estuviese condecorando |
| Vos | estuvieras condecorando / estuvieses condecorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere condecorando |
| Tú | estuvieres condecorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere condecorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos condecorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis condecorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere condecorando |
| Vos | estuvieres condecorando |
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 condecorás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos condecoraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos condecorabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos condecorarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos condecorarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos condecores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos condecoraras / Vos condecorase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos condecorá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no condecores |