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Donar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to donate, give”.
Below are all of the conjugations for donar 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 donate, give |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | donar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está donando) and past continuous (estaba donando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. donating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he donado and hubiera donado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have donated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | donando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | donado |
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 donate” or “they donate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | dono |
| Tú | donas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dona |
| Nosotros / as | donamos |
| Vosotros / as | donáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donan |
| Vos | donás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I donated” or “she donated” 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 | doné | I donated |
| Tú | donaste | You donated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | donó | He / she / you donated |
| Nosotros / as | donamos | We donated |
| Vosotros / as | donasteis | You donated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donaron | They / you donated |
| Vos | donaste | You donated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was donating” or “she was donating” 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 | donaba | I was donating |
| Tú | donabas | You were donating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | donaba | He was / she was / you were donating |
| Nosotros / as | donábamos | We were donating |
| Vosotros / as | donabais | You were donating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donaban | They / you were donating |
| Vos | donabas | You were donating |
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 donated” and “she has donated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he donado | I have donated |
| Tú | has donado | You have donated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha donado | He has / she has / you have donated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos donado | We have donated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis donado | You have donated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han donado | They / you have donated |
| Vos | has donado | You have donated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would donate” or “she would donate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | donaría | I would donate |
| Tú | donarías | You would donate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | donaría | He / she / you would donate |
| Nosotros / as | donaríamos | We would donate |
| Vosotros / as | donaríais | You would donate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donarían | They / you would donate |
| Vos | donarías | You would donate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will donate” or “they will donate”.
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 donar” means “They are going to donate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | donaré | I will donate |
| Tú | donarás | You will donate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | donará | He / she / you will donate |
| Nosotros / as | donaremos | We will donate |
| Vosotros / as | donaréis | You will donate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donarán | They / you will donate |
| Vos | donarás | You will donate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | done |
| Tú | dones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | done |
| Nosotros / as | donemos |
| Vosotros / as | donéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donen |
| Vos | dones |
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 | donara | donase |
| Tú | donaras | donase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | donara | donase |
| Nosotros / as | donáramos | donásemos |
| Vosotros / as | donarais | donaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donaran | donasen |
| Vos | donaras | donase |
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 | donare |
| Tú | donares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | donare |
| Nosotros / as | donáremos |
| Vosotros / as | donareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donaren |
| Vos | donares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “donate!” and “don’t donate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | dona | no dones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | done | no done |
| Nosotros / as | donemos | no donemos |
| Vosotros / as | donad | no donéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | donen | no donen |
| Vos | doná | no dones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya donado |
| Tú | hayas donado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya donado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos donado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis donado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan donado |
| Vos | hayas donado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera donado / hubiese donado |
| Tú | hubieras donado / hubieses donado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera donado / hubiese donado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos donado / hubiésemos donado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais donado / hubieseis donado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran donado / hubiesen donado |
| Vos | hubieras donado / hubieses donado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere donado |
| Tú | hubieres donado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere donado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos donado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis donado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren donado |
| Vos | hubieres donado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté donando |
| Tú | estés donando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté donando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos donando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis donando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén donando |
| Vos | estés donando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera donando / estuviese donando |
| Tú | estuvieras donando / estuvieses donando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera donando / estuviese donando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos donando / estuviésamos donando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais donando / estuvieseis donando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera donando / estuviese donando |
| Vos | estuvieras donando / estuvieses donando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere donando |
| Tú | estuvieres donando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere donando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos donando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis donando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere donando |
| Vos | estuvieres donando |
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 donás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos donaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos donabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos donarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos donarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos dones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos donaras / Vos donase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos doná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no dones |