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Convocar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to convene, summon, convoke”.
Below are all of the conjugations for convocar 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 convene, summon, convoke |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | convocar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está convocando) and past continuous (estaba convocando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. convening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he convocado and hubiera convocado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have convened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | convocando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | convocado |
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 convene” or “they convene”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | convoco |
| Tú | convocas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convoca |
| Nosotros / as | convocamos |
| Vosotros / as | convocáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convocan |
| Vos | convocás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I convened” or “she convened” 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 | convoqué | I convened |
| Tú | convocaste | You convened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convocó | He / she / you convened |
| Nosotros / as | convocamos | We convened |
| Vosotros / as | convocasteis | You convened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convocaron | They / you convened |
| Vos | convocaste | You convened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was convening” or “she was convening” 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 | convocaba | I was convening |
| Tú | convocabas | You were convening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convocaba | He was / she was / you were convening |
| Nosotros / as | convocábamos | We were convening |
| Vosotros / as | convocabais | You were convening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convocaban | They / you were convening |
| Vos | convocabas | You were convening |
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 convened” and “she has convened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he convocado | I have convened |
| Tú | has convocado | You have convened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha convocado | He has / she has / you have convened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos convocado | We have convened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis convocado | You have convened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han convocado | They / you have convened |
| Vos | has convocado | You have convened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would convene” or “she would convene”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | convocaría | I would convene |
| Tú | convocarías | You would convene |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convocaría | He / she / you would convene |
| Nosotros / as | convocaríamos | We would convene |
| Vosotros / as | convocaríais | You would convene |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convocarían | They / you would convene |
| Vos | convocarías | You would convene |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will convene” or “they will convene”.
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 convocar” means “They are going to convene”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | convocaré | I will convene |
| Tú | convocarás | You will convene |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convocará | He / she / you will convene |
| Nosotros / as | convocaremos | We will convene |
| Vosotros / as | convocaréis | You will convene |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convocarán | They / you will convene |
| Vos | convocarás | You will convene |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | convoque |
| Tú | convoques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convoque |
| Nosotros / as | convoquemos |
| Vosotros / as | convoquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convoquen |
| Vos | convoques |
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 | convocara | convocase |
| Tú | convocaras | convocase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convocara | convocase |
| Nosotros / as | convocáramos | convocásemos |
| Vosotros / as | convocarais | convocaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convocaran | convocasen |
| Vos | convocaras | convocase |
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 | convocare |
| Tú | convocares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convocare |
| Nosotros / as | convocáremos |
| Vosotros / as | convocareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convocaren |
| Vos | convocares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “convene!” and “don’t convene!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | convoca | no convoques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convoque | no convoque |
| Nosotros / as | convoquemos | no convoquemos |
| Vosotros / as | convocad | no convoquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convoquen | no convoquen |
| Vos | convocá | no convoques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya convocado |
| Tú | hayas convocado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya convocado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos convocado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis convocado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan convocado |
| Vos | hayas convocado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera convocado / hubiese convocado |
| Tú | hubieras convocado / hubieses convocado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera convocado / hubiese convocado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos convocado / hubiésemos convocado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais convocado / hubieseis convocado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran convocado / hubiesen convocado |
| Vos | hubieras convocado / hubieses convocado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere convocado |
| Tú | hubieres convocado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere convocado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos convocado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis convocado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren convocado |
| Vos | hubieres convocado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté convocando |
| Tú | estés convocando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté convocando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos convocando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis convocando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén convocando |
| Vos | estés convocando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera convocando / estuviese convocando |
| Tú | estuvieras convocando / estuvieses convocando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera convocando / estuviese convocando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos convocando / estuviésamos convocando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais convocando / estuvieseis convocando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera convocando / estuviese convocando |
| Vos | estuvieras convocando / estuvieses convocando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere convocando |
| Tú | estuvieres convocando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere convocando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos convocando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis convocando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere convocando |
| Vos | estuvieres convocando |
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 convocás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos convocaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos convocabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos convocarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos convocarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos convoques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos convocaras / Vos convocase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos convocá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no convoques |