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Durar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to last, endure, remain”.
Below are all of the conjugations for durar 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 last, endure, remain |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | durar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está durando) and past continuous (estaba durando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. lasting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he durado and hubiera durado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lasted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | durando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | durado |
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 last” or “they last”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | duro |
| Tú | duras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dura |
| Nosotros / as | duramos |
| Vosotros / as | duráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | duran |
| Vos | durás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lasted” or “she lasted” 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 | duré | I lasted |
| Tú | duraste | You lasted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | duró | He / she / you lasted |
| Nosotros / as | duramos | We lasted |
| Vosotros / as | durasteis | You lasted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | duraron | They / you lasted |
| Vos | duraste | You lasted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was lasting” or “she was lasting” 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 | duraba | I was lasting |
| Tú | durabas | You were lasting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | duraba | He was / she was / you were lasting |
| Nosotros / as | durábamos | We were lasting |
| Vosotros / as | durabais | You were lasting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | duraban | They / you were lasting |
| Vos | durabas | You were lasting |
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 lasted” and “she has lasted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he durado | I have lasted |
| Tú | has durado | You have lasted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha durado | He has / she has / you have lasted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos durado | We have lasted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis durado | You have lasted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han durado | They / you have lasted |
| Vos | has durado | You have lasted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would last” or “she would last”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | duraría | I would last |
| Tú | durarías | You would last |
| Él / Ella / Usted | duraría | He / she / you would last |
| Nosotros / as | duraríamos | We would last |
| Vosotros / as | duraríais | You would last |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | durarían | They / you would last |
| Vos | durarías | You would last |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will last” or “they will last”.
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 durar” means “They are going to last”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | duraré | I will last |
| Tú | durarás | You will last |
| Él / Ella / Usted | durará | He / she / you will last |
| Nosotros / as | duraremos | We will last |
| Vosotros / as | duraréis | You will last |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | durarán | They / you will last |
| Vos | durarás | You will last |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | dure |
| Tú | dures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dure |
| Nosotros / as | duremos |
| Vosotros / as | duréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | duren |
| Vos | dures |
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 | durara | durase |
| Tú | duraras | durase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | durara | durase |
| Nosotros / as | duráramos | durásemos |
| Vosotros / as | durarais | duraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | duraran | durasen |
| Vos | duraras | durase |
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 | durare |
| Tú | durares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | durare |
| Nosotros / as | duráremos |
| Vosotros / as | durareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | duraren |
| Vos | durares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “last!” and “don’t last!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | dura | no dures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dure | no dure |
| Nosotros / as | duremos | no duremos |
| Vosotros / as | durad | no duréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | duren | no duren |
| Vos | durá | no dures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya durado |
| Tú | hayas durado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya durado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos durado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis durado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan durado |
| Vos | hayas durado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera durado / hubiese durado |
| Tú | hubieras durado / hubieses durado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera durado / hubiese durado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos durado / hubiésemos durado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais durado / hubieseis durado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran durado / hubiesen durado |
| Vos | hubieras durado / hubieses durado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere durado |
| Tú | hubieres durado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere durado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos durado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis durado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren durado |
| Vos | hubieres durado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté durando |
| Tú | estés durando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté durando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos durando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis durando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén durando |
| Vos | estés durando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera durando / estuviese durando |
| Tú | estuvieras durando / estuvieses durando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera durando / estuviese durando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos durando / estuviésamos durando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais durando / estuvieseis durando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera durando / estuviese durando |
| Vos | estuvieras durando / estuvieses durando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere durando |
| Tú | estuvieres durando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere durando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos durando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis durando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere durando |
| Vos | estuvieres durando |
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 durás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos duraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos durabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos durarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos durarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos dures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos duraras / Vos durase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos durá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no dures |