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Editar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to publish”.
Below are all of the conjugations for editar 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 publish |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | editar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está editando) and past continuous (estaba editando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. publishing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he editado and hubiera editado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have published).
| Gerundio / Gerund | editando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | editado |
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 publish” or “they publish”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | edito |
| Tú | editas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edita |
| Nosotros / as | editamos |
| Vosotros / as | editáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editan |
| Vos | editás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I published” or “she published” 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 | edité | I published |
| Tú | editaste | You published |
| Él / Ella / Usted | editó | He / she / you published |
| Nosotros / as | editamos | We published |
| Vosotros / as | editasteis | You published |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editaron | They / you published |
| Vos | editaste | You published |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was publishing” or “she was publishing” 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 | editaba | I was publishing |
| Tú | editabas | You were publishing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | editaba | He was / she was / you were publishing |
| Nosotros / as | editábamos | We were publishing |
| Vosotros / as | editabais | You were publishing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editaban | They / you were publishing |
| Vos | editabas | You were publishing |
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 published” and “she has published”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he editado | I have published |
| Tú | has editado | You have published |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha editado | He has / she has / you have published |
| Nosotros / as | hemos editado | We have published |
| Vosotros / as | habéis editado | You have published |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han editado | They / you have published |
| Vos | has editado | You have published |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would publish” or “she would publish”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | editaría | I would publish |
| Tú | editarías | You would publish |
| Él / Ella / Usted | editaría | He / she / you would publish |
| Nosotros / as | editaríamos | We would publish |
| Vosotros / as | editaríais | You would publish |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editarían | They / you would publish |
| Vos | editarías | You would publish |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will publish” or “they will publish”.
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 editar” means “They are going to publish”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | editaré | I will publish |
| Tú | editarás | You will publish |
| Él / Ella / Usted | editará | He / she / you will publish |
| Nosotros / as | editaremos | We will publish |
| Vosotros / as | editaréis | You will publish |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editarán | They / you will publish |
| Vos | editarás | You will publish |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | edite |
| Tú | edites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edite |
| Nosotros / as | editemos |
| Vosotros / as | editéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editen |
| Vos | edites |
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 | editara | editase |
| Tú | editaras | editase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | editara | editase |
| Nosotros / as | editáramos | editásemos |
| Vosotros / as | editarais | editaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editaran | editasen |
| Vos | editaras | editase |
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 | editare |
| Tú | editares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | editare |
| Nosotros / as | editáremos |
| Vosotros / as | editareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editaren |
| Vos | editares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “publish!” and “don’t publish!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | edita | no edites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | edite | no edite |
| Nosotros / as | editemos | no editemos |
| Vosotros / as | editad | no editéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | editen | no editen |
| Vos | editá | no edites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya editado |
| Tú | hayas editado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya editado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos editado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis editado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan editado |
| Vos | hayas editado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera editado / hubiese editado |
| Tú | hubieras editado / hubieses editado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera editado / hubiese editado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos editado / hubiésemos editado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais editado / hubieseis editado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran editado / hubiesen editado |
| Vos | hubieras editado / hubieses editado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere editado |
| Tú | hubieres editado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere editado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos editado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis editado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren editado |
| Vos | hubieres editado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté editando |
| Tú | estés editando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté editando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos editando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis editando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén editando |
| Vos | estés editando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera editando / estuviese editando |
| Tú | estuvieras editando / estuvieses editando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera editando / estuviese editando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos editando / estuviésamos editando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais editando / estuvieseis editando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera editando / estuviese editando |
| Vos | estuvieras editando / estuvieses editando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere editando |
| Tú | estuvieres editando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere editando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos editando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis editando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere editando |
| Vos | estuvieres editando |
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 editás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos editaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos editabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos editarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos editarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos edites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos editaras / Vos editase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos editá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no edites |