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Coronar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to crown”.
Below are all of the conjugations for coronar 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 crown |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | coronar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está coronando) and past continuous (estaba coronando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. crowning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he coronado and hubiera coronado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have crowned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | coronando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | coronado |
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 crown” or “they crown”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | corono |
| Tú | coronas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corona |
| Nosotros / as | coronamos |
| Vosotros / as | coronáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronan |
| Vos | coronás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I crowned” or “she crowned” 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 | coroné | I crowned |
| Tú | coronaste | You crowned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coronó | He / she / you crowned |
| Nosotros / as | coronamos | We crowned |
| Vosotros / as | coronasteis | You crowned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronaron | They / you crowned |
| Vos | coronaste | You crowned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was crowning” or “she was crowning” 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 | coronaba | I was crowning |
| Tú | coronabas | You were crowning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coronaba | He was / she was / you were crowning |
| Nosotros / as | coronábamos | We were crowning |
| Vosotros / as | coronabais | You were crowning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronaban | They / you were crowning |
| Vos | coronabas | You were crowning |
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 crowned” and “she has crowned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he coronado | I have crowned |
| Tú | has coronado | You have crowned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha coronado | He has / she has / you have crowned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos coronado | We have crowned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis coronado | You have crowned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han coronado | They / you have crowned |
| Vos | has coronado | You have crowned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would crown” or “she would crown”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coronaría | I would crown |
| Tú | coronarías | You would crown |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coronaría | He / she / you would crown |
| Nosotros / as | coronaríamos | We would crown |
| Vosotros / as | coronaríais | You would crown |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronarían | They / you would crown |
| Vos | coronarías | You would crown |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will crown” or “they will crown”.
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 coronar” means “They are going to crown”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coronaré | I will crown |
| Tú | coronarás | You will crown |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coronará | He / she / you will crown |
| Nosotros / as | coronaremos | We will crown |
| Vosotros / as | coronaréis | You will crown |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronarán | They / you will crown |
| Vos | coronarás | You will crown |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | corone |
| Tú | corones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corone |
| Nosotros / as | coronemos |
| Vosotros / as | coronéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronen |
| Vos | corones |
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 | coronara | coronase |
| Tú | coronaras | coronase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coronara | coronase |
| Nosotros / as | coronáramos | coronásemos |
| Vosotros / as | coronarais | coronaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronaran | coronasen |
| Vos | coronaras | coronase |
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 | coronare |
| Tú | coronares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coronare |
| Nosotros / as | coronáremos |
| Vosotros / as | coronareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronaren |
| Vos | coronares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “crown!” and “don’t crown!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | corona | no corones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corone | no corone |
| Nosotros / as | coronemos | no coronemos |
| Vosotros / as | coronad | no coronéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coronen | no coronen |
| Vos | coroná | no corones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya coronado |
| Tú | hayas coronado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya coronado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos coronado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis coronado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan coronado |
| Vos | hayas coronado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera coronado / hubiese coronado |
| Tú | hubieras coronado / hubieses coronado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera coronado / hubiese coronado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos coronado / hubiésemos coronado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais coronado / hubieseis coronado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran coronado / hubiesen coronado |
| Vos | hubieras coronado / hubieses coronado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere coronado |
| Tú | hubieres coronado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere coronado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos coronado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis coronado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren coronado |
| Vos | hubieres coronado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté coronando |
| Tú | estés coronando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté coronando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos coronando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis coronando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén coronando |
| Vos | estés coronando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera coronando / estuviese coronando |
| Tú | estuvieras coronando / estuvieses coronando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera coronando / estuviese coronando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos coronando / estuviésamos coronando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais coronando / estuvieseis coronando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera coronando / estuviese coronando |
| Vos | estuvieras coronando / estuvieses coronando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere coronando |
| Tú | estuvieres coronando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere coronando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos coronando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis coronando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere coronando |
| Vos | estuvieres coronando |
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 coronás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos coronaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos coronabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos coronarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos coronarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos corones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos coronaras / Vos coronase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos coroná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no corones |