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Coordinar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to coordinate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for coordinar 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 coordinate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | coordinar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está coordinando) and past continuous (estaba coordinando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. coordinating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he coordinado and hubiera coordinado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have coordinated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | coordinando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | coordinado |
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 coordinate” or “they coordinate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | coordino |
| Tú | coordinas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordina |
| Nosotros / as | coordinamos |
| Vosotros / as | coordináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinan |
| Vos | coordinás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I coordinated” or “she coordinated” 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 | coordiné | I coordinated |
| Tú | coordinaste | You coordinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordinó | He / she / you coordinated |
| Nosotros / as | coordinamos | We coordinated |
| Vosotros / as | coordinasteis | You coordinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinaron | They / you coordinated |
| Vos | coordinaste | You coordinated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was coordinating” or “she was coordinating” 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 | coordinaba | I was coordinating |
| Tú | coordinabas | You were coordinating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordinaba | He was / she was / you were coordinating |
| Nosotros / as | coordinábamos | We were coordinating |
| Vosotros / as | coordinabais | You were coordinating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinaban | They / you were coordinating |
| Vos | coordinabas | You were coordinating |
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 coordinated” and “she has coordinated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he coordinado | I have coordinated |
| Tú | has coordinado | You have coordinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha coordinado | He has / she has / you have coordinated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos coordinado | We have coordinated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis coordinado | You have coordinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han coordinado | They / you have coordinated |
| Vos | has coordinado | You have coordinated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would coordinate” or “she would coordinate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coordinaría | I would coordinate |
| Tú | coordinarías | You would coordinate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordinaría | He / she / you would coordinate |
| Nosotros / as | coordinaríamos | We would coordinate |
| Vosotros / as | coordinaríais | You would coordinate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinarían | They / you would coordinate |
| Vos | coordinarías | You would coordinate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will coordinate” or “they will coordinate”.
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 coordinar” means “They are going to coordinate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coordinaré | I will coordinate |
| Tú | coordinarás | You will coordinate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordinará | He / she / you will coordinate |
| Nosotros / as | coordinaremos | We will coordinate |
| Vosotros / as | coordinaréis | You will coordinate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinarán | They / you will coordinate |
| Vos | coordinarás | You will coordinate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | coordine |
| Tú | coordines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordine |
| Nosotros / as | coordinemos |
| Vosotros / as | coordinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinen |
| Vos | coordines |
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 | coordinara | coordinase |
| Tú | coordinaras | coordinase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordinara | coordinase |
| Nosotros / as | coordináramos | coordinásemos |
| Vosotros / as | coordinarais | coordinaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinaran | coordinasen |
| Vos | coordinaras | coordinase |
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 | coordinare |
| Tú | coordinares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordinare |
| Nosotros / as | coordináremos |
| Vosotros / as | coordinareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinaren |
| Vos | coordinares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “coordinate!” and “don’t coordinate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | coordina | no coordines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coordine | no coordine |
| Nosotros / as | coordinemos | no coordinemos |
| Vosotros / as | coordinad | no coordinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coordinen | no coordinen |
| Vos | coordiná | no coordines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya coordinado |
| Tú | hayas coordinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya coordinado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos coordinado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis coordinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan coordinado |
| Vos | hayas coordinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera coordinado / hubiese coordinado |
| Tú | hubieras coordinado / hubieses coordinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera coordinado / hubiese coordinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos coordinado / hubiésemos coordinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais coordinado / hubieseis coordinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran coordinado / hubiesen coordinado |
| Vos | hubieras coordinado / hubieses coordinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere coordinado |
| Tú | hubieres coordinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere coordinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos coordinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis coordinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren coordinado |
| Vos | hubieres coordinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté coordinando |
| Tú | estés coordinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté coordinando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos coordinando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis coordinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén coordinando |
| Vos | estés coordinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera coordinando / estuviese coordinando |
| Tú | estuvieras coordinando / estuvieses coordinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera coordinando / estuviese coordinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos coordinando / estuviésamos coordinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais coordinando / estuvieseis coordinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera coordinando / estuviese coordinando |
| Vos | estuvieras coordinando / estuvieses coordinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere coordinando |
| Tú | estuvieres coordinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere coordinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos coordinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis coordinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere coordinando |
| Vos | estuvieres coordinando |
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 coordinás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos coordinaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos coordinabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos coordinarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos coordinarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos coordines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos coordinaras / Vos coordinase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos coordiná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no coordines |