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Considerar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to consider”.
Below are all of the conjugations for considerar 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 consider |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | considerar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está considerando) and past continuous (estaba considerando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. considering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he considerado and hubiera considerado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have considered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | considerando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | considerado |
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 consider” or “they consider”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | considero |
| Tú | consideras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | considera |
| Nosotros / as | consideramos |
| Vosotros / as | consideráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consideran |
| Vos | considerás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I considered” or “she considered” 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 | consideré | I considered |
| Tú | consideraste | You considered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consideró | He / she / you considered |
| Nosotros / as | consideramos | We considered |
| Vosotros / as | considerasteis | You considered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consideraron | They / you considered |
| Vos | consideraste | You considered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was considering” or “she was considering” 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 | consideraba | I was considering |
| Tú | considerabas | You were considering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consideraba | He was / she was / you were considering |
| Nosotros / as | considerábamos | We were considering |
| Vosotros / as | considerabais | You were considering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consideraban | They / you were considering |
| Vos | considerabas | You were considering |
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 considered” and “she has considered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he considerado | I have considered |
| Tú | has considerado | You have considered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha considerado | He has / she has / you have considered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos considerado | We have considered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis considerado | You have considered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han considerado | They / you have considered |
| Vos | has considerado | You have considered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would consider” or “she would consider”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consideraría | I would consider |
| Tú | considerarías | You would consider |
| Él / Ella / Usted | consideraría | He / she / you would consider |
| Nosotros / as | consideraríamos | We would consider |
| Vosotros / as | consideraríais | You would consider |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | considerarían | They / you would consider |
| Vos | considerarías | You would consider |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will consider” or “they will consider”.
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 considerar” means “They are going to consider”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | consideraré | I will consider |
| Tú | considerarás | You will consider |
| Él / Ella / Usted | considerará | He / she / you will consider |
| Nosotros / as | consideraremos | We will consider |
| Vosotros / as | consideraréis | You will consider |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | considerarán | They / you will consider |
| Vos | considerarás | You will consider |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | considere |
| Tú | consideres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | considere |
| Nosotros / as | consideremos |
| Vosotros / as | consideréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consideren |
| Vos | consideres |
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 | considerara | considerase |
| Tú | consideraras | considerase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | considerara | considerase |
| Nosotros / as | consideráramos | considerásemos |
| Vosotros / as | considerarais | consideraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consideraran | considerasen |
| Vos | consideraras | considerase |
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 | considerare |
| Tú | considerares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | considerare |
| Nosotros / as | consideráremos |
| Vosotros / as | considerareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consideraren |
| Vos | considerares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “consider!” and “don’t consider!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | considera | no consideres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | considere | no considere |
| Nosotros / as | consideremos | no consideremos |
| Vosotros / as | considerad | no consideréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | consideren | no consideren |
| Vos | considerá | no consideres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya considerado |
| Tú | hayas considerado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya considerado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos considerado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis considerado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan considerado |
| Vos | hayas considerado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera considerado / hubiese considerado |
| Tú | hubieras considerado / hubieses considerado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera considerado / hubiese considerado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos considerado / hubiésemos considerado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais considerado / hubieseis considerado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran considerado / hubiesen considerado |
| Vos | hubieras considerado / hubieses considerado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere considerado |
| Tú | hubieres considerado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere considerado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos considerado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis considerado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren considerado |
| Vos | hubieres considerado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté considerando |
| Tú | estés considerando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté considerando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos considerando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis considerando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén considerando |
| Vos | estés considerando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera considerando / estuviese considerando |
| Tú | estuvieras considerando / estuvieses considerando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera considerando / estuviese considerando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos considerando / estuviésamos considerando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais considerando / estuvieseis considerando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera considerando / estuviese considerando |
| Vos | estuvieras considerando / estuvieses considerando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere considerando |
| Tú | estuvieres considerando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere considerando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos considerando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis considerando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere considerando |
| Vos | estuvieres considerando |
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 considerás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos consideraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos considerabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos considerarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos considerarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos consideres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos consideraras / Vos considerase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos considerá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no consideres |
