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Datar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to date, date from”.
Below are all of the conjugations for datar 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 date, date from |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | datar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está datando) and past continuous (estaba datando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. dating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he datado and hubiera datado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have dated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | datando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | datado |
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 date” or “they date”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | dato |
| Tú | datas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | data |
| Nosotros / as | datamos |
| Vosotros / as | datáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | datan |
| Vos | datás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I dated” or “she dated” 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 | daté | I dated |
| Tú | dataste | You dated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dató | He / she / you dated |
| Nosotros / as | datamos | We dated |
| Vosotros / as | datasteis | You dated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dataron | They / you dated |
| Vos | dataste | You dated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was dating” or “she was dating” 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 | databa | I was dating |
| Tú | databas | You were dating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | databa | He was / she was / you were dating |
| Nosotros / as | datábamos | We were dating |
| Vosotros / as | databais | You were dating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | databan | They / you were dating |
| Vos | databas | You were dating |
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 dated” and “she has dated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he datado | I have dated |
| Tú | has datado | You have dated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha datado | He has / she has / you have dated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos datado | We have dated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis datado | You have dated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han datado | They / you have dated |
| Vos | has datado | You have dated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would date” or “she would date”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dataría | I would date |
| Tú | datarías | You would date |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dataría | He / she / you would date |
| Nosotros / as | dataríamos | We would date |
| Vosotros / as | dataríais | You would date |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | datarían | They / you would date |
| Vos | datarías | You would date |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will date” or “they will date”.
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 datar” means “They are going to date”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dataré | I will date |
| Tú | datarás | You will date |
| Él / Ella / Usted | datará | He / she / you will date |
| Nosotros / as | dataremos | We will date |
| Vosotros / as | dataréis | You will date |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | datarán | They / you will date |
| Vos | datarás | You will date |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | date |
| Tú | dates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | date |
| Nosotros / as | datemos |
| Vosotros / as | datéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | daten |
| Vos | dates |
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 | datara | datase |
| Tú | dataras | datase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | datara | datase |
| Nosotros / as | datáramos | datásemos |
| Vosotros / as | datarais | dataseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dataran | datasen |
| Vos | dataras | datase |
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 | datare |
| Tú | datares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | datare |
| Nosotros / as | datáremos |
| Vosotros / as | datareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dataren |
| Vos | datares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “date!” and “don’t date!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | data | no dates |
| Él / Ella / Usted | date | no date |
| Nosotros / as | datemos | no datemos |
| Vosotros / as | datad | no datéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | daten | no daten |
| Vos | datá | no dates |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya datado |
| Tú | hayas datado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya datado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos datado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis datado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan datado |
| Vos | hayas datado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera datado / hubiese datado |
| Tú | hubieras datado / hubieses datado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera datado / hubiese datado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos datado / hubiésemos datado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais datado / hubieseis datado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran datado / hubiesen datado |
| Vos | hubieras datado / hubieses datado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere datado |
| Tú | hubieres datado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere datado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos datado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis datado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren datado |
| Vos | hubieres datado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté datando |
| Tú | estés datando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté datando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos datando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis datando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén datando |
| Vos | estés datando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera datando / estuviese datando |
| Tú | estuvieras datando / estuvieses datando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera datando / estuviese datando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos datando / estuviésamos datando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais datando / estuvieseis datando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera datando / estuviese datando |
| Vos | estuvieras datando / estuvieses datando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere datando |
| Tú | estuvieres datando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere datando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos datando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis datando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere datando |
| Vos | estuvieres datando |
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 datás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos dataste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos databas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos datarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos datarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos dates |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos dataras / Vos datase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos datá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no dates |