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Curar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to cure, heal”.
Below are all of the conjugations for curar 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 cure, heal |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | curar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está curando) and past continuous (estaba curando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. curing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he curado and hubiera curado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have cured).
| Gerundio / Gerund | curando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | curado |
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 cure” or “they cure”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | curo |
| Tú | curas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cura |
| Nosotros / as | curamos |
| Vosotros / as | curáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curan |
| Vos | curás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I cured” or “she cured” 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 | curé | I cured |
| Tú | curaste | You cured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | curó | He / she / you cured |
| Nosotros / as | curamos | We cured |
| Vosotros / as | curasteis | You cured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curaron | They / you cured |
| Vos | curaste | You cured |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was curing” or “she was curing” 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 | curaba | I was curing |
| Tú | curabas | You were curing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | curaba | He was / she was / you were curing |
| Nosotros / as | curábamos | We were curing |
| Vosotros / as | curabais | You were curing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curaban | They / you were curing |
| Vos | curabas | You were curing |
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 cured” and “she has cured”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he curado | I have cured |
| Tú | has curado | You have cured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha curado | He has / she has / you have cured |
| Nosotros / as | hemos curado | We have cured |
| Vosotros / as | habéis curado | You have cured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han curado | They / you have cured |
| Vos | has curado | You have cured |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would cure” or “she would cure”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | curaría | I would cure |
| Tú | curarías | You would cure |
| Él / Ella / Usted | curaría | He / she / you would cure |
| Nosotros / as | curaríamos | We would cure |
| Vosotros / as | curaríais | You would cure |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curarían | They / you would cure |
| Vos | curarías | You would cure |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will cure” or “they will cure”.
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 curar” means “They are going to cure”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | curaré | I will cure |
| Tú | curarás | You will cure |
| Él / Ella / Usted | curará | He / she / you will cure |
| Nosotros / as | curaremos | We will cure |
| Vosotros / as | curaréis | You will cure |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curarán | They / you will cure |
| Vos | curarás | You will cure |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | cure |
| Tú | cures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cure |
| Nosotros / as | curemos |
| Vosotros / as | curéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curen |
| Vos | cures |
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 | curara | curase |
| Tú | curaras | curase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | curara | curase |
| Nosotros / as | curáramos | curásemos |
| Vosotros / as | curarais | curaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curaran | curasen |
| Vos | curaras | curase |
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 | curare |
| Tú | curares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | curare |
| Nosotros / as | curáremos |
| Vosotros / as | curareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curaren |
| Vos | curares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “cure!” and “don’t cure!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | cura | no cures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cure | no cure |
| Nosotros / as | curemos | no curemos |
| Vosotros / as | curad | no curéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | curen | no curen |
| Vos | curá | no cures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya curado |
| Tú | hayas curado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya curado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos curado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis curado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan curado |
| Vos | hayas curado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera curado / hubiese curado |
| Tú | hubieras curado / hubieses curado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera curado / hubiese curado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos curado / hubiésemos curado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais curado / hubieseis curado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran curado / hubiesen curado |
| Vos | hubieras curado / hubieses curado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere curado |
| Tú | hubieres curado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere curado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos curado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis curado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren curado |
| Vos | hubieres curado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté curando |
| Tú | estés curando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté curando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos curando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis curando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén curando |
| Vos | estés curando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera curando / estuviese curando |
| Tú | estuvieras curando / estuvieses curando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera curando / estuviese curando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos curando / estuviésamos curando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais curando / estuvieseis curando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera curando / estuviese curando |
| Vos | estuvieras curando / estuvieses curando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere curando |
| Tú | estuvieres curando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere curando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos curando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis curando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere curando |
| Vos | estuvieres curando |
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 curás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos curaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos curabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos curarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos curarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos cures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos curaras / Vos curase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos curá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no cures |