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Entrevistar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to interview”.
Below are all of the conjugations for entrevistar 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 interview |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entrevistar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entrevistando) and past continuous (estaba entrevistando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. interviewing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entrevistado and hubiera entrevistado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have interviewed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entrevistando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entrevistado |
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 interview” or “they interview”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entrevisto |
| Tú | entrevistas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrevista |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistamos |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevistan |
| Vos | entrevistás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I interviewed” or “she interviewed” 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 | entrevisté | I interviewed |
| Tú | entrevistaste | You interviewed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrevistó | He / she / you interviewed |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistamos | We interviewed |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistasteis | You interviewed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevistaron | They / you interviewed |
| Vos | entrevistaste | You interviewed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was interviewing” or “she was interviewing” 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 | entrevistaba | I was interviewing |
| Tú | entrevistabas | You were interviewing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrevistaba | He was / she was / you were interviewing |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistábamos | We were interviewing |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistabais | You were interviewing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevistaban | They / you were interviewing |
| Vos | entrevistabas | You were interviewing |
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 interviewed” and “she has interviewed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he entrevistado | I have interviewed |
| Tú | has entrevistado | You have interviewed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha entrevistado | He has / she has / you have interviewed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos entrevistado | We have interviewed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis entrevistado | You have interviewed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han entrevistado | They / you have interviewed |
| Vos | has entrevistado | You have interviewed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would interview” or “she would interview”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entrevistaría | I would interview |
| Tú | entrevistarías | You would interview |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrevistaría | He / she / you would interview |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistaríamos | We would interview |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistaríais | You would interview |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevistarían | They / you would interview |
| Vos | entrevistarías | You would interview |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will interview” or “they will interview”.
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 entrevistar” means “They are going to interview”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entrevistaré | I will interview |
| Tú | entrevistarás | You will interview |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrevistará | He / she / you will interview |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistaremos | We will interview |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistaréis | You will interview |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevistarán | They / you will interview |
| Vos | entrevistarás | You will interview |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entreviste |
| Tú | entrevistes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreviste |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistemos |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevisten |
| Vos | entrevistes |
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 | entrevistara | entrevistase |
| Tú | entrevistaras | entrevistase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrevistara | entrevistase |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistáramos | entrevistásemos |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistarais | entrevistaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevistaran | entrevistasen |
| Vos | entrevistaras | entrevistase |
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 | entrevistare |
| Tú | entrevistares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrevistare |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistáremos |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevistaren |
| Vos | entrevistares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “interview!” and “don’t interview!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entrevista | no entrevistes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreviste | no entreviste |
| Nosotros / as | entrevistemos | no entrevistemos |
| Vosotros / as | entrevistad | no entrevistéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrevisten | no entrevisten |
| Vos | entrevistá | no entrevistes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entrevistado |
| Tú | hayas entrevistado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entrevistado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entrevistado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entrevistado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entrevistado |
| Vos | hayas entrevistado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entrevistado / hubiese entrevistado |
| Tú | hubieras entrevistado / hubieses entrevistado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entrevistado / hubiese entrevistado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entrevistado / hubiésemos entrevistado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entrevistado / hubieseis entrevistado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entrevistado / hubiesen entrevistado |
| Vos | hubieras entrevistado / hubieses entrevistado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entrevistado |
| Tú | hubieres entrevistado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entrevistado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entrevistado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entrevistado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entrevistado |
| Vos | hubieres entrevistado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entrevistando |
| Tú | estés entrevistando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entrevistando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entrevistando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entrevistando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entrevistando |
| Vos | estés entrevistando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entrevistando / estuviese entrevistando |
| Tú | estuvieras entrevistando / estuvieses entrevistando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entrevistando / estuviese entrevistando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entrevistando / estuviésamos entrevistando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entrevistando / estuvieseis entrevistando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entrevistando / estuviese entrevistando |
| Vos | estuvieras entrevistando / estuvieses entrevistando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entrevistando |
| Tú | estuvieres entrevistando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entrevistando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entrevistando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entrevistando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entrevistando |
| Vos | estuvieres entrevistando |
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 entrevistás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos entrevistaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos entrevistabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos entrevistarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos entrevistarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos entrevistes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos entrevistaras / Vos entrevistase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entrevistá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no entrevistes |