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Constatar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to verify, confirm”.
Below are all of the conjugations for constatar 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 verify, confirm |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | constatar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está constatando) and past continuous (estaba constatando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. verifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he constatado and hubiera constatado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have verified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | constatando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | constatado |
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 verify” or “they verify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | constato |
| Tú | constatas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constata |
| Nosotros / as | constatamos |
| Vosotros / as | constatáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constatan |
| Vos | constatás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I verified” or “she verified” 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 | constaté | I verified |
| Tú | constataste | You verified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constató | He / she / you verified |
| Nosotros / as | constatamos | We verified |
| Vosotros / as | constatasteis | You verified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constataron | They / you verified |
| Vos | constataste | You verified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was verifying” or “she was verifying” 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 | constataba | I was verifying |
| Tú | constatabas | You were verifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constataba | He was / she was / you were verifying |
| Nosotros / as | constatábamos | We were verifying |
| Vosotros / as | constatabais | You were verifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constataban | They / you were verifying |
| Vos | constatabas | You were verifying |
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 verified” and “she has verified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he constatado | I have verified |
| Tú | has constatado | You have verified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha constatado | He has / she has / you have verified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos constatado | We have verified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis constatado | You have verified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han constatado | They / you have verified |
| Vos | has constatado | You have verified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would verify” or “she would verify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | constataría | I would verify |
| Tú | constatarías | You would verify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constataría | He / she / you would verify |
| Nosotros / as | constataríamos | We would verify |
| Vosotros / as | constataríais | You would verify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constatarían | They / you would verify |
| Vos | constatarías | You would verify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will verify” or “they will verify”.
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 constatar” means “They are going to verify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | constataré | I will verify |
| Tú | constatarás | You will verify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constatará | He / she / you will verify |
| Nosotros / as | constataremos | We will verify |
| Vosotros / as | constataréis | You will verify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constatarán | They / you will verify |
| Vos | constatarás | You will verify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | constate |
| Tú | constates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constate |
| Nosotros / as | constatemos |
| Vosotros / as | constatéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constaten |
| Vos | constates |
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 | constatara | constatase |
| Tú | constataras | constatase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constatara | constatase |
| Nosotros / as | constatáramos | constatásemos |
| Vosotros / as | constatarais | constataseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constataran | constatasen |
| Vos | constataras | constatase |
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 | constatare |
| Tú | constatares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constatare |
| Nosotros / as | constatáremos |
| Vosotros / as | constatareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constataren |
| Vos | constatares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “verify!” and “don’t verify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | constata | no constates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | constate | no constate |
| Nosotros / as | constatemos | no constatemos |
| Vosotros / as | constatad | no constatéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | constaten | no constaten |
| Vos | constatá | no constates |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya constatado |
| Tú | hayas constatado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya constatado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos constatado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis constatado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan constatado |
| Vos | hayas constatado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera constatado / hubiese constatado |
| Tú | hubieras constatado / hubieses constatado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera constatado / hubiese constatado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos constatado / hubiésemos constatado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais constatado / hubieseis constatado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran constatado / hubiesen constatado |
| Vos | hubieras constatado / hubieses constatado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere constatado |
| Tú | hubieres constatado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere constatado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos constatado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis constatado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren constatado |
| Vos | hubieres constatado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté constatando |
| Tú | estés constatando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté constatando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos constatando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis constatando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén constatando |
| Vos | estés constatando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera constatando / estuviese constatando |
| Tú | estuvieras constatando / estuvieses constatando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera constatando / estuviese constatando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos constatando / estuviésamos constatando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais constatando / estuvieseis constatando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera constatando / estuviese constatando |
| Vos | estuvieras constatando / estuvieses constatando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere constatando |
| Tú | estuvieres constatando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere constatando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos constatando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis constatando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere constatando |
| Vos | estuvieres constatando |
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 constatás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos constataste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos constatabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos constatarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos constatarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos constates |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos constataras / Vos constatase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos constatá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no constates |