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Conquistar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to conquer, win over”.
Below are all of the conjugations for conquistar 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 conquer, win over |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | conquistar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está conquistando) and past continuous (estaba conquistando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. conquering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he conquistado and hubiera conquistado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have conquered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | conquistando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | conquistado |
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 conquer” or “they conquer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conquisto |
| Tú | conquistas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquista |
| Nosotros / as | conquistamos |
| Vosotros / as | conquistáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquistan |
| Vos | conquistás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I conquered” or “she conquered” 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 | conquisté | I conquered |
| Tú | conquistaste | You conquered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquistó | He / she / you conquered |
| Nosotros / as | conquistamos | We conquered |
| Vosotros / as | conquistasteis | You conquered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquistaron | They / you conquered |
| Vos | conquistaste | You conquered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was conquering” or “she was conquering” 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 | conquistaba | I was conquering |
| Tú | conquistabas | You were conquering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquistaba | He was / she was / you were conquering |
| Nosotros / as | conquistábamos | We were conquering |
| Vosotros / as | conquistabais | You were conquering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquistaban | They / you were conquering |
| Vos | conquistabas | You were conquering |
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 conquered” and “she has conquered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he conquistado | I have conquered |
| Tú | has conquistado | You have conquered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha conquistado | He has / she has / you have conquered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos conquistado | We have conquered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis conquistado | You have conquered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han conquistado | They / you have conquered |
| Vos | has conquistado | You have conquered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would conquer” or “she would conquer”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conquistaría | I would conquer |
| Tú | conquistarías | You would conquer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquistaría | He / she / you would conquer |
| Nosotros / as | conquistaríamos | We would conquer |
| Vosotros / as | conquistaríais | You would conquer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquistarían | They / you would conquer |
| Vos | conquistarías | You would conquer |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will conquer” or “they will conquer”.
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 conquistar” means “They are going to conquer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | conquistaré | I will conquer |
| Tú | conquistarás | You will conquer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquistará | He / she / you will conquer |
| Nosotros / as | conquistaremos | We will conquer |
| Vosotros / as | conquistaréis | You will conquer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquistarán | They / you will conquer |
| Vos | conquistarás | You will conquer |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conquiste |
| Tú | conquistes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquiste |
| Nosotros / as | conquistemos |
| Vosotros / as | conquistéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquisten |
| Vos | conquistes |
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 | conquistara | conquistase |
| Tú | conquistaras | conquistase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquistara | conquistase |
| Nosotros / as | conquistáramos | conquistásemos |
| Vosotros / as | conquistarais | conquistaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquistaran | conquistasen |
| Vos | conquistaras | conquistase |
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 | conquistare |
| Tú | conquistares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquistare |
| Nosotros / as | conquistáremos |
| Vosotros / as | conquistareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquistaren |
| Vos | conquistares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “conquer!” and “don’t conquer!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | conquista | no conquistes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conquiste | no conquiste |
| Nosotros / as | conquistemos | no conquistemos |
| Vosotros / as | conquistad | no conquistéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conquisten | no conquisten |
| Vos | conquistá | no conquistes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya conquistado |
| Tú | hayas conquistado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya conquistado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos conquistado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis conquistado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan conquistado |
| Vos | hayas conquistado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera conquistado / hubiese conquistado |
| Tú | hubieras conquistado / hubieses conquistado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera conquistado / hubiese conquistado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos conquistado / hubiésemos conquistado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais conquistado / hubieseis conquistado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran conquistado / hubiesen conquistado |
| Vos | hubieras conquistado / hubieses conquistado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere conquistado |
| Tú | hubieres conquistado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere conquistado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos conquistado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis conquistado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren conquistado |
| Vos | hubieres conquistado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté conquistando |
| Tú | estés conquistando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté conquistando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos conquistando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis conquistando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén conquistando |
| Vos | estés conquistando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera conquistando / estuviese conquistando |
| Tú | estuvieras conquistando / estuvieses conquistando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera conquistando / estuviese conquistando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos conquistando / estuviésamos conquistando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais conquistando / estuvieseis conquistando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera conquistando / estuviese conquistando |
| Vos | estuvieras conquistando / estuvieses conquistando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere conquistando |
| Tú | estuvieres conquistando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere conquistando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos conquistando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis conquistando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere conquistando |
| Vos | estuvieres conquistando |
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 conquistás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos conquistaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos conquistabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos conquistarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos conquistarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos conquistes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos conquistaras / Vos conquistase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos conquistá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no conquistes |