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Conmemorar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to commemorate, celebrate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for conmemorar 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 commemorate, celebrate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | conmemorar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está conmemorando) and past continuous (estaba conmemorando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. commemorating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he conmemorado and hubiera conmemorado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have commemorated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | conmemorando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | conmemorado |
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 commemorate” or “they commemorate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conmemoro |
| Tú | conmemoras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemora |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoramos |
| Vosotros / as | conmemoráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemoran |
| Vos | conmemorás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I commemorated” or “she commemorated” 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 | conmemoré | I commemorated |
| Tú | conmemoraste | You commemorated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemoró | He / she / you commemorated |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoramos | We commemorated |
| Vosotros / as | conmemorasteis | You commemorated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemoraron | They / you commemorated |
| Vos | conmemoraste | You commemorated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was commemorating” or “she was commemorating” 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 | conmemoraba | I was commemorating |
| Tú | conmemorabas | You were commemorating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemoraba | He was / she was / you were commemorating |
| Nosotros / as | conmemorábamos | We were commemorating |
| Vosotros / as | conmemorabais | You were commemorating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemoraban | They / you were commemorating |
| Vos | conmemorabas | You were commemorating |
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 commemorated” and “she has commemorated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he conmemorado | I have commemorated |
| Tú | has conmemorado | You have commemorated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha conmemorado | He has / she has / you have commemorated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos conmemorado | We have commemorated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis conmemorado | You have commemorated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han conmemorado | They / you have commemorated |
| Vos | has conmemorado | You have commemorated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would commemorate” or “she would commemorate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conmemoraría | I would commemorate |
| Tú | conmemorarías | You would commemorate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemoraría | He / she / you would commemorate |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoraríamos | We would commemorate |
| Vosotros / as | conmemoraríais | You would commemorate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemorarían | They / you would commemorate |
| Vos | conmemorarías | You would commemorate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will commemorate” or “they will commemorate”.
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 conmemorar” means “They are going to commemorate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conmemoraré | I will commemorate |
| Tú | conmemorarás | You will commemorate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemorará | He / she / you will commemorate |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoraremos | We will commemorate |
| Vosotros / as | conmemoraréis | You will commemorate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemorarán | They / you will commemorate |
| Vos | conmemorarás | You will commemorate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conmemore |
| Tú | conmemores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemore |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoremos |
| Vosotros / as | conmemoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemoren |
| Vos | conmemores |
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 | conmemorara | conmemorase |
| Tú | conmemoraras | conmemorase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemorara | conmemorase |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoráramos | conmemorásemos |
| Vosotros / as | conmemorarais | conmemoraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemoraran | conmemorasen |
| Vos | conmemoraras | conmemorase |
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 | conmemorare |
| Tú | conmemorares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemorare |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoráremos |
| Vosotros / as | conmemorareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemoraren |
| Vos | conmemorares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “commemorate!” and “don’t commemorate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | conmemora | no conmemores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conmemore | no conmemore |
| Nosotros / as | conmemoremos | no conmemoremos |
| Vosotros / as | conmemorad | no conmemoréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conmemoren | no conmemoren |
| Vos | conmemorá | no conmemores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya conmemorado |
| Tú | hayas conmemorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya conmemorado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos conmemorado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis conmemorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan conmemorado |
| Vos | hayas conmemorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera conmemorado / hubiese conmemorado |
| Tú | hubieras conmemorado / hubieses conmemorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera conmemorado / hubiese conmemorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos conmemorado / hubiésemos conmemorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais conmemorado / hubieseis conmemorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran conmemorado / hubiesen conmemorado |
| Vos | hubieras conmemorado / hubieses conmemorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere conmemorado |
| Tú | hubieres conmemorado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere conmemorado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos conmemorado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis conmemorado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren conmemorado |
| Vos | hubieres conmemorado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté conmemorando |
| Tú | estés conmemorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté conmemorando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos conmemorando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis conmemorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén conmemorando |
| Vos | estés conmemorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera conmemorando / estuviese conmemorando |
| Tú | estuvieras conmemorando / estuvieses conmemorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera conmemorando / estuviese conmemorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos conmemorando / estuviésamos conmemorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais conmemorando / estuvieseis conmemorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera conmemorando / estuviese conmemorando |
| Vos | estuvieras conmemorando / estuvieses conmemorando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere conmemorando |
| Tú | estuvieres conmemorando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere conmemorando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos conmemorando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis conmemorando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere conmemorando |
| Vos | estuvieres conmemorando |
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 conmemorás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos conmemoraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos conmemorabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos conmemorarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos conmemorarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos conmemores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos conmemoraras / Vos conmemorase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos conmemorá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no conmemores |