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Dificultar conjugation

Dificultar conjugation - to impede

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Dificultar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to impede, hamper, obstruct”.

Below are all of the conjugations for dificultar 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.

Dificultar Infinitive

English Infinitive to impede, hamper, obstruct
Spanish Infinitive dificultar

Dificultar Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está dificultando) and past continuous (estaba dificultando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. impeding).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he dificultado and hubiera dificultado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have impeded).

Gerundio / Gerund  dificultando
Participio / Past Participle  dificultado

Dificultar Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Dificultar Presente / Present

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 impede” or “they impede”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo dificulto
dificultas
Él / Ella / Usted dificulta
Nosotros / as dificultamos
Vosotros / as dificultáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificultan
Vos dificultás

Dificultar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I impeded” or “she impeded” 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 dificulté I impeded
dificultaste You impeded
Él / Ella / Usted dificultó He / she / you impeded
Nosotros / as dificultamos We impeded
Vosotros / as dificultasteis You impeded
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificultaron They / you impeded
Vos dificultaste You impeded

Dificultar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was impeding” or “she was impeding” 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 dificultaba I was impeding
dificultabas You were impeding
Él / Ella / Usted dificultaba He was / she was / you were impeding
Nosotros / as dificultábamos We were impeding
Vosotros / as dificultabais You were impeding
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificultaban They / you were impeding
Vos dificultabas You were impeding

Dificultar Perfect / Perfecto

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 impeded” and “she has impeded”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he dificultado I have impeded
has dificultado You have impeded
Él / Ella / Usted ha dificultado He has / she has / you have impeded
Nosotros / as hemos dificultado We have impeded
Vosotros / as habéis dificultado You have impeded
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han dificultado They / you have impeded
Vos has dificultado You have impeded

Dificultar Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would impede” or “she would impede”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo dificultaría I would impede
dificultarías You would impede
Él / Ella / Usted dificultaría He / she / you would impede
Nosotros / as dificultaríamos We would impede
Vosotros / as dificultaríais You would impede
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificultarían They / you would impede
Vos dificultarías You would impede

Dificultar Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will impede” or “they will impede”.

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 dificultar” means “They are going to impede”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo dificultaré I will impede
dificultarás You will impede
Él / Ella / Usted dificultará He / she / you will impede
Nosotros / as dificultaremos We will impede
Vosotros / as dificultaréis You will impede
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificultarán They / you will impede
Vos dificultarás You will impede

Dificultar Subjunctive Conjugations

Dificultar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo dificulte
dificultes
Él / Ella / Usted dificulte
Nosotros / as dificultemos
Vosotros / as dificultéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificulten
Vos dificultes

Dificultar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 dificultara dificultase
dificultaras dificultase
Él / Ella / Usted dificultara dificultase
Nosotros / as dificultáramos dificultásemos
Vosotros / as dificultarais dificultaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificultaran dificultasen
Vos dificultaras dificultase

Dificultar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 dificultare
dificultares
Él / Ella / Usted dificultare
Nosotros / as dificultáremos
Vosotros / as dificultareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificultaren
Vos dificultares

Dificultar Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “impede!” and “don’t impede!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
dificulta no dificultes
Él / Ella / Usted dificulte no dificulte
Nosotros / as dificultemos no dificultemos
Vosotros / as dificultad no dificultéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes dificulten no dificulten
Vos dificultá no dificultes

Dificultar Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Dificultar Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya dificultado
hayas dificultado
Él / Ella / Usted haya dificultado
Nosotros / as hayamos dificultado
Vosotros / as hayáis dificultado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan dificultado
Vos hayas dificultado

Dificultar Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera dificultado / hubiese dificultado
hubieras dificultado / hubieses dificultado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera dificultado / hubiese dificultado
Nosotros / as hubiéramos dificultado / hubiésemos dificultado
Vosotros / as hubierais dificultado / hubieseis dificultado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran dificultado / hubiesen dificultado
Vos hubieras dificultado / hubieses dificultado

Dificultar Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere dificultado
hubieres dificultado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere dificultado
Nosotros / as hubiéremos dificultado
Vosotros / as hubiereis dificultado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren dificultado
Vos hubieres dificultado

Dificultar Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté dificultando
estés dificultando
Él / Ella / Usted esté dificultando
Nosotros / as estemos dificultando
Vosotros / as estéis dificultando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén dificultando
Vos estés dificultando

Dificultar Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera dificultando / estuviese dificultando
estuvieras dificultando / estuvieses dificultando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera dificultando / estuviese dificultando
Nosotros / as estuviéramos dificultando / estuviésamos dificultando
Vosotros / as estuvierais dificultando / estuvieseis dificultando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera dificultando / estuviese dificultando
Vos estuvieras dificultando / estuvieses dificultando

Dificultar Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere dificultando
estuvieres dificultando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere dificultando
Nosotros / as estuviéremos dificultando
Vosotros / as estuviereis dificultando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere dificultando
Vos estuvieres dificultando

Dificultar Vos Conjugation

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.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos dificultás
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos dificultaste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos dificultabas
Conditional
Condicional
Vos dificultarías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos dificultarás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos dificultes
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos dificultaras / Vos dificultase
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos dificultá
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no dificultes