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Consagrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to consecrate, devote”.
Below are all of the conjugations for consagrar 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 consecrate, devote |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | consagrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está consagrando) and past continuous (estaba consagrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. consecreating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he consagrado and hubiera consagrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have consecreated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | consagrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | consagrado |
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 consecreate” or “they consecreate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consagro |
| Tú | consagras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagra |
| Nosotros / as | consagramos |
| Vosotros / as | consagráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagran |
| Vos | consagrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I consecreated” or “she consecreated” 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 | consagré | I consecreated |
| Tú | consagraste | You consecreated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagró | He / she / you consecreated |
| Nosotros / as | consagramos | We consecreated |
| Vosotros / as | consagrasteis | You consecreated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagraron | They / you consecreated |
| Vos | consagraste | You consecreated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was consecreating” or “she was consecreating” 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 | consagraba | I was consecreating |
| Tú | consagrabas | You were consecreating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagraba | He was / she was / you were consecreating |
| Nosotros / as | consagrábamos | We were consecreating |
| Vosotros / as | consagrabais | You were consecreating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagraban | They / you were consecreating |
| Vos | consagrabas | You were consecreating |
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 consecreated” and “she has consecreated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he consagrado | I have consecreated |
| Tú | has consagrado | You have consecreated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha consagrado | He has / she has / you have consecreated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos consagrado | We have consecreated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis consagrado | You have consecreated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han consagrado | They / you have consecreated |
| Vos | has consagrado | You have consecreated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would consecreate” or “she would consecreate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consagraría | I would consecreate |
| Tú | consagrarías | You would consecreate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagraría | He / she / you would consecreate |
| Nosotros / as | consagraríamos | We would consecreate |
| Vosotros / as | consagraríais | You would consecreate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagrarían | They / you would consecreate |
| Vos | consagrarías | You would consecreate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will consecreate” or “they will consecreate”.
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 consagrar” means “They are going to consecreate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consagraré | I will consecreate |
| Tú | consagrarás | You will consecreate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagrará | He / she / you will consecreate |
| Nosotros / as | consagraremos | We will consecreate |
| Vosotros / as | consagraréis | You will consecreate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagrarán | They / you will consecreate |
| Vos | consagrarás | You will consecreate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | consagre |
| Tú | consagres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagre |
| Nosotros / as | consagremos |
| Vosotros / as | consagréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagren |
| Vos | consagres |
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 | consagrara | consagrase |
| Tú | consagraras | consagrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagrara | consagrase |
| Nosotros / as | consagráramos | consagrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | consagrarais | consagraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagraran | consagrasen |
| Vos | consagraras | consagrase |
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 | consagrare |
| Tú | consagrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagrare |
| Nosotros / as | consagráremos |
| Vosotros / as | consagrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagraren |
| Vos | consagrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “consecreate!” and “don’t consecreate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | consagra | no consagres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consagre | no consagre |
| Nosotros / as | consagremos | no consagremos |
| Vosotros / as | consagrad | no consagréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consagren | no consagren |
| Vos | consagrá | no consagres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya consagrado |
| Tú | hayas consagrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya consagrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos consagrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis consagrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan consagrado |
| Vos | hayas consagrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera consagrado / hubiese consagrado |
| Tú | hubieras consagrado / hubieses consagrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera consagrado / hubiese consagrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos consagrado / hubiésemos consagrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais consagrado / hubieseis consagrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran consagrado / hubiesen consagrado |
| Vos | hubieras consagrado / hubieses consagrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere consagrado |
| Tú | hubieres consagrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere consagrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos consagrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis consagrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren consagrado |
| Vos | hubieres consagrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté consagrando |
| Tú | estés consagrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté consagrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos consagrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis consagrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén consagrando |
| Vos | estés consagrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera consagrando / estuviese consagrando |
| Tú | estuvieras consagrando / estuvieses consagrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera consagrando / estuviese consagrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos consagrando / estuviésamos consagrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais consagrando / estuvieseis consagrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera consagrando / estuviese consagrando |
| Vos | estuvieras consagrando / estuvieses consagrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere consagrando |
| Tú | estuvieres consagrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere consagrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos consagrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis consagrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere consagrando |
| Vos | estuvieres consagrando |
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 consagrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos consagraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos consagrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos consagrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos consagrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos consagres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos consagraras / Vos consagrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos consagrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no consagres |