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Congestionar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to congest, make congested”.
Below are all of the conjugations for congestionar 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 congest, make congested |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | congestionar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está congestionando) and past continuous (estaba congestionando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. congesting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he congestionado and hubiera congestionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have congested).
| Gerundio / Gerund | congestionando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | congestionado |
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 congest” or “they congest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | congestiono |
| Tú | congestionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestiona |
| Nosotros / as | congestionamos |
| Vosotros / as | congestionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionan |
| Vos | congestionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I congested” or “she congested” 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 | congestioné | I congested |
| Tú | congestionaste | You congested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestionó | He / she / you congested |
| Nosotros / as | congestionamos | We congested |
| Vosotros / as | congestionasteis | You congested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionaron | They / you congested |
| Vos | congestionaste | You congested |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was congesting” or “she was congesting” 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 | congestionaba | I was congesting |
| Tú | congestionabas | You were congesting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestionaba | He was / she was / you were congesting |
| Nosotros / as | congestionábamos | We were congesting |
| Vosotros / as | congestionabais | You were congesting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionaban | They / you were congesting |
| Vos | congestionabas | You were congesting |
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 congested” and “she has congested”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he congestionado | I have congested |
| Tú | has congestionado | You have congested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha congestionado | He has / she has / you have congested |
| Nosotros / as | hemos congestionado | We have congested |
| Vosotros / as | habéis congestionado | You have congested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han congestionado | They / you have congested |
| Vos | has congestionado | You have congested |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would congest” or “she would congest”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | congestionaría | I would congest |
| Tú | congestionarías | You would congest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestionaría | He / she / you would congest |
| Nosotros / as | congestionaríamos | We would congest |
| Vosotros / as | congestionaríais | You would congest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionarían | They / you would congest |
| Vos | congestionarías | You would congest |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will congest” or “they will congest”.
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 congestionar” means “They are going to congest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | congestionaré | I will congest |
| Tú | congestionarás | You will congest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestionará | He / she / you will congest |
| Nosotros / as | congestionaremos | We will congest |
| Vosotros / as | congestionaréis | You will congest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionarán | They / you will congest |
| Vos | congestionarás | You will congest |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | congestione |
| Tú | congestiones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestione |
| Nosotros / as | congestionemos |
| Vosotros / as | congestionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionen |
| Vos | congestiones |
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 | congestionara | congestionase |
| Tú | congestionaras | congestionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestionara | congestionase |
| Nosotros / as | congestionáramos | congestionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | congestionarais | congestionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionaran | congestionasen |
| Vos | congestionaras | congestionase |
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 | congestionare |
| Tú | congestionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestionare |
| Nosotros / as | congestionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | congestionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionaren |
| Vos | congestionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “congest!” and “don’t congest!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | congestiona | no congestiones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | congestione | no congestione |
| Nosotros / as | congestionemos | no congestionemos |
| Vosotros / as | congestionad | no congestionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | congestionen | no congestionen |
| Vos | congestioná | no congestiones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya congestionado |
| Tú | hayas congestionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya congestionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos congestionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis congestionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan congestionado |
| Vos | hayas congestionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera congestionado / hubiese congestionado |
| Tú | hubieras congestionado / hubieses congestionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera congestionado / hubiese congestionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos congestionado / hubiésemos congestionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais congestionado / hubieseis congestionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran congestionado / hubiesen congestionado |
| Vos | hubieras congestionado / hubieses congestionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere congestionado |
| Tú | hubieres congestionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere congestionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos congestionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis congestionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren congestionado |
| Vos | hubieres congestionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté congestionando |
| Tú | estés congestionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté congestionando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos congestionando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis congestionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén congestionando |
| Vos | estés congestionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera congestionando / estuviese congestionando |
| Tú | estuvieras congestionando / estuvieses congestionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera congestionando / estuviese congestionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos congestionando / estuviésamos congestionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais congestionando / estuvieseis congestionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera congestionando / estuviese congestionando |
| Vos | estuvieras congestionando / estuvieses congestionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere congestionando |
| Tú | estuvieres congestionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere congestionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos congestionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis congestionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere congestionando |
| Vos | estuvieres congestionando |
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 congestionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos congestionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos congestionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos congestionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos congestionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos congestiones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos congestionaras / Vos congestionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos congestioná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no congestiones |