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Emigrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to emigrate, live abroad”.
Below are all of the conjugations for emigrar 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 emigrate, live abroad |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | emigrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está emigrando) and past continuous (estaba emigrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. emigrating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he emigrado and hubiera emigrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have emigrated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | emigrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | emigrado |
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 emigrate” or “they emigrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | emigro |
| Tú | emigras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigra |
| Nosotros / as | emigramos |
| Vosotros / as | emigráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigran |
| Vos | emigrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I emigrated” or “she emigrated” 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 | emigré | I emigrated |
| Tú | emigraste | You emigrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigró | He / she / you emigrated |
| Nosotros / as | emigramos | We emigrated |
| Vosotros / as | emigrasteis | You emigrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigraron | They / you emigrated |
| Vos | emigraste | You emigrated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was emigrating” or “she was emigrating” 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 | emigraba | I was emigrating |
| Tú | emigrabas | You were emigrating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigraba | He was / she was / you were emigrating |
| Nosotros / as | emigrábamos | We were emigrating |
| Vosotros / as | emigrabais | You were emigrating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigraban | They / you were emigrating |
| Vos | emigrabas | You were emigrating |
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 emigrated” and “she has emigrated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he emigrado | I have emigrated |
| Tú | has emigrado | You have emigrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha emigrado | He has / she has / you have emigrated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos emigrado | We have emigrated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis emigrado | You have emigrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han emigrado | They / you have emigrated |
| Vos | has emigrado | You have emigrated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would emigrate” or “she would emigrate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | emigraría | I would emigrate |
| Tú | emigrarías | You would emigrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigraría | He / she / you would emigrate |
| Nosotros / as | emigraríamos | We would emigrate |
| Vosotros / as | emigraríais | You would emigrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigrarían | They / you would emigrate |
| Vos | emigrarías | You would emigrate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will emigrate” or “they will emigrate”.
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 emigrar” means “They are going to emigrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | emigraré | I will emigrate |
| Tú | emigrarás | You will emigrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigrará | He / she / you will emigrate |
| Nosotros / as | emigraremos | We will emigrate |
| Vosotros / as | emigraréis | You will emigrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigrarán | They / you will emigrate |
| Vos | emigrarás | You will emigrate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | emigre |
| Tú | emigres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigre |
| Nosotros / as | emigremos |
| Vosotros / as | emigréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigren |
| Vos | emigres |
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 | emigrara | emigrase |
| Tú | emigraras | emigrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigrara | emigrase |
| Nosotros / as | emigráramos | emigrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | emigrarais | emigraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigraran | emigrasen |
| Vos | emigraras | emigrase |
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 | emigrare |
| Tú | emigrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigrare |
| Nosotros / as | emigráremos |
| Vosotros / as | emigrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigraren |
| Vos | emigrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “emigrate!” and “don’t emigrate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | emigra | no emigres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emigre | no emigre |
| Nosotros / as | emigremos | no emigremos |
| Vosotros / as | emigrad | no emigréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emigren | no emigren |
| Vos | emigrá | no emigres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya emigrado |
| Tú | hayas emigrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya emigrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos emigrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis emigrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan emigrado |
| Vos | hayas emigrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera emigrado / hubiese emigrado |
| Tú | hubieras emigrado / hubieses emigrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera emigrado / hubiese emigrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos emigrado / hubiésemos emigrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais emigrado / hubieseis emigrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran emigrado / hubiesen emigrado |
| Vos | hubieras emigrado / hubieses emigrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere emigrado |
| Tú | hubieres emigrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere emigrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos emigrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis emigrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren emigrado |
| Vos | hubieres emigrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté emigrando |
| Tú | estés emigrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté emigrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos emigrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis emigrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén emigrando |
| Vos | estés emigrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera emigrando / estuviese emigrando |
| Tú | estuvieras emigrando / estuvieses emigrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera emigrando / estuviese emigrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos emigrando / estuviésamos emigrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais emigrando / estuvieseis emigrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera emigrando / estuviese emigrando |
| Vos | estuvieras emigrando / estuvieses emigrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere emigrando |
| Tú | estuvieres emigrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere emigrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos emigrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis emigrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere emigrando |
| Vos | estuvieres emigrando |
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 emigrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos emigraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos emigrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos emigrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos emigrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos emigres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos emigraras / Vos emigrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos emigrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no emigres |