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Emitir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to emit, send forth”.
Below are all of the conjugations for emitir 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 emit, send forth |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | emitir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está emitiendo) and past continuous (estaba emitiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. emitting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he emitido and hubiera emitido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have emitted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | emitiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | emitido |
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 emit” or “they emit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | emito |
| Tú | emites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emite |
| Nosotros / as | emitimos |
| Vosotros / as | emitís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emiten |
| Vos | emitís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I emitted” or “she emitted” 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 | emití | I emitted |
| Tú | emitiste | You emitted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emitió | He / she / you emitted |
| Nosotros / as | emitimos | We emitted |
| Vosotros / as | emitisteis | You emitted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitieron | They / you emitted |
| Vos | emitiste | You emitted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was emitting” or “she was emitting” 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 | emitía | I was emitting |
| Tú | emitías | You were emitting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emitía | He was / she was / you were emitting |
| Nosotros / as | emitíamos | We were emitting |
| Vosotros / as | emitíais | You were emitting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitían | They / you were emitting |
| Vos | emitías | You were emitting |
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 emitted” and “she has emitted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he emitido | I have emitted |
| Tú | has emitido | You have emitted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha emitido | He has / she has / you have emitted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos emitido | We have emitted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis emitido | You have emitted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han emitido | They / you have emitted |
| Vos | has emitido | You have emitted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would emit” or “she would emit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | emitiría | I would emit |
| Tú | emitirías | You would emit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emitiría | He / she / you would emit |
| Nosotros / as | emitiríamos | We would emit |
| Vosotros / as | emitiríais | You would emit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitirían | They / you would emit |
| Vos | emitirías | You would emit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will emit” or “they will emit”.
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 emitir” means “They are going to emit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | emitiré | I will emit |
| Tú | emitirás | You will emit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emitirá | He / she / you will emit |
| Nosotros / as | emitiremos | We will emit |
| Vosotros / as | emitiréis | You will emit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitirán | They / you will emit |
| Vos | emitirás | You will emit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | emita |
| Tú | emitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emita |
| Nosotros / as | emitamos |
| Vosotros / as | emitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitan |
| Vos | emitas |
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 | emitiera | emitiese |
| Tú | emitieras | emitiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emitiera | emitiese |
| Nosotros / as | emitiéramos | emitiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | emitierais | emitieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitieran | emitiesen |
| Vos | emitieras | emitiese |
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 | emitiere |
| Tú | emitieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emitiera |
| Nosotros / as | emitiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | emitiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitieren |
| Vos | emitieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “emit!” and “don’t emit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | emite | no emitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emita | no emita |
| Nosotros / as | emitamos | no emitamos |
| Vosotros / as | emitid | no emitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emitan | no emitan |
| Vos | emití | no emitas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya emitido |
| Tú | hayas emitido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya emitido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos emitido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis emitido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan emitido |
| Vos | hayas emitido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera emitido / hubiese emitido |
| Tú | hubieras emitido / hubieses emitido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera emitido / hubiese emitido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos emitido / hubiésemos emitido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais emitido / hubieseis emitido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran emitido / hubiesen emitido |
| Vos | hubieras emitido / hubieses emitido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere emitido |
| Tú | hubieres emitido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere emitido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos emitido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis emitido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren emitido |
| Vos | hubieres emitido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté emitiendo |
| Tú | estés emitiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté emitiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos emitiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis emitiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén emitiendo |
| Vos | estés emitiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera emitiendo / estuviese emitiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras emitiendo / estuvieses emitiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera emitiendo / estuviese emitiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos emitiendo / estuviésamos emitiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais emitiendo / estuvieseis emitiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera emitiendo / estuviese emitiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras emitiendo / estuvieses emitiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere emitiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres emitiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere emitiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos emitiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis emitiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere emitiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres emitiendo |
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 emitís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos emitiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos emitías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos emitirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos emitirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos emitas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos emitieras / Vos emitiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos emití |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no emitas |