Home » Spanish Verb Conjugations » Spanish IR Verbs » Consistir

Consistir conjugation

Consistir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to consist of, be composed of”.

Spanish IR Verbs

Below are all of the conjugations for consistir 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.

Consistir Infinitive

English Infinitive	to consist of, be composed of
Spanish Infinitive	consistir

Consistir Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está consistiendo) and past continuous (estaba consistiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. consisting of).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he consistido and hubiera consistido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have consisted of).

Gerundio / Gerund	consistiendo
Participio / Past Participle	consistido

Consistir Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Consistir Presente / Present

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 consist of” or “they consist of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	consisto
Tú	consistes
Él / Ella / Usted	consiste
Nosotros / as	consistimos
Vosotros / as	consistís
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consisten
Vos	consistís

Consistir Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I consisted of” or “she consisted of” 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	consistí	I consisted of
Tú	consististe	You consisted of
Él / Ella / Usted	consistió	He / she / you consisted of
Nosotros / as	consistimos	We consisted of
Vosotros / as	consististeis	You consisted of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistieron	They / you consisted of
Vos	consististe	You consisted of

Consistir Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was consisting of” or “she was consisting of” 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	consistía	I was consisting of
Tú	consistías	You were consisting of
Él / Ella / Usted	consistía	He was / she was / you were consisting of
Nosotros / as	consistíamos	We were consisting of
Vosotros / as	consistíais	You were consisting of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistían	They / you were consisting of
Vos	consistías	You were consisting of

Consistir Perfect / Perfecto

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 consisted of” and “she has consisted of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	he consistido	I have consisted of
Tú	has consistido	You have consisted of
Él / Ella / Usted	ha consistido	He has / she has / you have consisted of
Nosotros / as	hemos consistido	We have consisted of
Vosotros / as	habéis consistido	You have consisted of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han consistido	They / you have consisted of
Vos	has consistido	You have consisted of

Consistir Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would consist of” or “she would consist of”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	consistiría	I would consist of
Tú	consistirías	You would consist of
Él / Ella / Usted	consistiría	He / she / you would consist of
Nosotros / as	consistiríamos	We would consist of
Vosotros / as	consistiríais	You would consist of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistirían	They / you would consist of
Vos	consistirías	You would consist of

Consistir Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will consist of” or “they will consist of”.

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 consistir” means “They are going to consist of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	consistiré	I will consist of
Tú	consistirás	You will consist of
Él / Ella / Usted	consistirá	He / she / you will consist of
Nosotros / as	consistiremos	We will consist of
Vosotros / as	consistiréis	You will consist of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistirán	They / you will consist of
Vos	consistirás	You will consist of

Consistir Subjunctive Conjugations

Consistir Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	consista
Tú	consistas
Él / Ella / Usted	consista
Nosotros / as	consistamos
Vosotros / as	consistáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistan
Vos	consistas

Consistir Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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	consistiera	consistiese
Tú	consistieras	consistiese
Él / Ella / Usted	consistiera	consistiese
Nosotros / as	consistiéramos	consistiésemos
Vosotros / as	consistierais	consistieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistieran	consistiesen
Vos	consistieras	consistiese

Consistir Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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	consistiere
Tú	consistieres
Él / Ella / Usted	consistiera
Nosotros / as	consistiéremos
Vosotros / as	consistiereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistieren
Vos	consistieres

Consistir Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “consist of!” and “don’t consist of!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	consiste	no consistas
Él / Ella / Usted	consista	no consista
Nosotros / as	consistamos	no consistamos
Vosotros / as	consistid	no consistáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	consistan	no consistan
Vos	consistí	no consistas

Consistir Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Consistir Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya consistido
Tú	hayas consistido
Él / Ella / Usted	haya consistido
Nosotros / as	hayamos consistido
Vosotros / as	hayáis consistido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan consistido
Vos	hayas consistido

Consistir Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera consistido / hubiese consistido
Tú	hubieras consistido / hubieses consistido
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera consistido / hubiese consistido
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos consistido / hubiésemos consistido
Vosotros / as	hubierais consistido / hubieseis consistido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran consistido / hubiesen consistido
Vos	hubieras consistido / hubieses consistido

Consistir Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere consistido
Tú	hubieres consistido
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere consistido
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos consistido
Vosotros / as	hubiereis consistido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren consistido
Vos	hubieres consistido

Consistir Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté consistiendo
Tú	estés consistiendo
Él / Ella / Usted	esté consistiendo
Nosotros / as	estemos consistiendo
Vosotros / as	estéis consistiendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén consistiendo
Vos	estés consistiendo

Consistir Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera consistiendo / estuviese consistiendo
Tú	estuvieras consistiendo / estuvieses consistiendo
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera consistiendo / estuviese consistiendo
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos consistiendo / estuviésamos consistiendo
Vosotros / as	estuvierais consistiendo / estuvieseis consistiendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera consistiendo / estuviese consistiendo
Vos	estuvieras consistiendo / estuvieses consistiendo

Consistir Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere consistiendo
Tú	estuvieres consistiendo
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere consistiendo
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos consistiendo
Vosotros / as	estuviereis consistiendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere consistiendo
Vos	estuvieres consistiendo

Consistir Vos Conjugation

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 consistís
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos consististe
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos consistías
Conditional Condicional	Vos consistirías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos consistirás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos consistas
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos consistieras / Vos consistiese
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos consistí
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no consistas