Edificar conjugation
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Edificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to build, construct, erect”.
Below are all of the conjugations for edificar 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.
Edificar Infinitive
| English Infinitive | to build, construct, erect |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | edificar |
Edificar Gerund and Past Participle
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está edificando) and past continuous (estaba edificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. building).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he edificado and hubiera edificado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have built).
| Gerundio / Gerund | edificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | edificado |
Edificar 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.
Edificar 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 build” or “they build”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | edifico |
| Tú | edificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edifica |
| Nosotros / as | edificamos |
| Vosotros / as | edificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edifican |
| Vos | edificás |
Edificar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I built” or “she built” 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 | edifiqué | I built |
| Tú | edificaste | You built |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificó | He / she / you built |
| Nosotros / as | edificamos | We built |
| Vosotros / as | edificasteis | You built |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaron | They / you built |
| Vos | edificaste | You built |
Edificar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was building” or “she was building” 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 | edificaba | I was building |
| Tú | edificabas | You were building |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificaba | He was / she was / you were building |
| Nosotros / as | edificábamos | We were building |
| Vosotros / as | edificabais | You were building |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaban | They / you were building |
| Vos | edificabas | You were building |
Edificar 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 built” and “she has built”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he edificado | I have built |
| Tú | has edificado | You have built |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha edificado | He has / she has / you have built |
| Nosotros / as | hemos edificado | We have built |
| Vosotros / as | habéis edificado | You have built |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han edificado | They / you have built |
| Vos | has edificado | You have built |
Edificar Conditional / Condicional
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would build” or “she would build”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | edificaría | I would build |
| Tú | edificarías | You would build |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificaría | He / she / you would build |
| Nosotros / as | edificaríamos | We would build |
| Vosotros / as | edificaríais | You would build |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificarían | They / you would build |
| Vos | edificarías | You would build |
Edificar Future / Futuro
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will build” or “they will build”.
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 edificar” means “They are going to build”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | edificaré | I will build |
| Tú | edificarás | You will build |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificará | He / she / you will build |
| Nosotros / as | edificaremos | We will build |
| Vosotros / as | edificaréis | You will build |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificarán | They / you will build |
| Vos | edificarás | You will build |
Edificar Subjunctive Conjugations
Edificar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | edifique |
| Tú | edifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edifique |
| Nosotros / as | edifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | edifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edifiquen |
| Vos | edifiques |
Edificar 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 | edificara | edificase |
| Tú | edificaras | edificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificara | edificase |
| Nosotros / as | edificáramos | edificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | edificarais | edificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaran | edificasen |
| Vos | edificaras | edificase |
Edificar 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 | edificare |
| Tú | edificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edificare |
| Nosotros / as | edificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | edificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edificaren |
| Vos | edificares |
Edificar Imperative Conjugations
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “build!” and “don’t build!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | edifica | no edifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edifique | no edifique |
| Nosotros / as | edifiquemos | no edifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | edificad | no edifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | edifiquen | no edifiquen |
| Vos | edificá | no edifiques |
Edificar Compound Subjunctive Tenses
Edificar Subjunctive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya edificado |
| Tú | hayas edificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya edificado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos edificado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis edificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan edificado |
| Vos | hayas edificado |
Edificar Subjunctive Past Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera edificado / hubiese edificado |
| Tú | hubieras edificado / hubieses edificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera edificado / hubiese edificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos edificado / hubiésemos edificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais edificado / hubieseis edificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran edificado / hubiesen edificado |
| Vos | hubieras edificado / hubieses edificado |
Edificar Subjunctive Future Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere edificado |
| Tú | hubieres edificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere edificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos edificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis edificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren edificado |
| Vos | hubieres edificado |
Edificar Subjective Progressive Perfect
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté edificando |
| Tú | estés edificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté edificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos edificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis edificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén edificando |
| Vos | estés edificando |
Edificar Subjunctive Past Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera edificando / estuviese edificando |
| Tú | estuvieras edificando / estuvieses edificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera edificando / estuviese edificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos edificando / estuviésamos edificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais edificando / estuvieseis edificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera edificando / estuviese edificando |
| Vos | estuvieras edificando / estuvieses edificando |
Edificar Subjunctive Future Progressive
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere edificando |
| Tú | estuvieres edificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere edificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos edificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis edificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere edificando |
| Vos | estuvieres edificando |
Edificar 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.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos edificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos edificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos edificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos edificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos edificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos edifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos edificaras / Vos edificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos edificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no edifiques |