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Erigir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to erect, build, construct”.
Below are all of the conjugations for erigir 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 erect, build, construct |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | erigir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está erigiendo) and past continuous (estaba erigiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. erecting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he erigido and hubiera erigido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have erected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | erigiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | erigido |
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 erect” or “they erect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | erijo |
| Tú | eriges |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erige |
| Nosotros / as | erigimos |
| Vosotros / as | erigís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erigen |
| Vos | erigís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I erected” or “she erected” 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 | erigí | I erected |
| Tú | erigiste | You erected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erigió | He / she / you erected |
| Nosotros / as | erigimos | We erected |
| Vosotros / as | erigisteis | You erected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erigieron | They / you erected |
| Vos | erigiste | You erected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was erecting” or “she was erecting” 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 | erigía | I was erecting |
| Tú | erigías | You were erecting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erigía | He was / she was / you were erecting |
| Nosotros / as | erigíamos | We were erecting |
| Vosotros / as | erigíais | You were erecting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erigían | They / you were erecting |
| Vos | erigías | You were erecting |
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 erected” and “she has erected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he erigido | I have erected |
| Tú | has erigido | You have erected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha erigido | He has / she has / you have erected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos erigido | We have erected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis erigido | You have erected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han erigido | They / you have erected |
| Vos | has erigido | You have erected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would erect” or “she would erect”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | erigiría | I would erect |
| Tú | erigirías | You would erect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erigiría | He / she / you would erect |
| Nosotros / as | erigiríamos | We would erect |
| Vosotros / as | erigiríais | You would erect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erigirían | They / you would erect |
| Vos | erigirías | You would erect |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will erect” or “they will erect”.
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 erigir” means “They are going to erect”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | erigiré | I will erect |
| Tú | erigirás | You will erect |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erigirá | He / she / you will erect |
| Nosotros / as | erigiremos | We will erect |
| Vosotros / as | erigiréis | You will erect |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erigirán | They / you will erect |
| Vos | erigirás | You will erect |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | erija |
| Tú | erijas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erija |
| Nosotros / as | erijamos |
| Vosotros / as | erijáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erijan |
| Vos | erijas |
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 | erigiera | erigiese |
| Tú | erigieras | erigiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erigiera | erigiese |
| Nosotros / as | erigiéramos | erigiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | erigierais | erigieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erigieran | erigiesen |
| Vos | erigieras | erigiese |
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 | erigiere |
| Tú | erigieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erigiera |
| Nosotros / as | erigiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | erigiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erigieren |
| Vos | erigieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “erect!” and “don’t erect!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | erige | no erijas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erija | no erija |
| Nosotros / as | erijamos | no erijamos |
| Vosotros / as | erigid | no erijáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erijan | no erijan |
| Vos | erigí | no erijas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya erigido |
| Tú | hayas erigido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya erigido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos erigido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis erigido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan erigido |
| Vos | hayas erigido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera erigido / hubiese erigido |
| Tú | hubieras erigido / hubieses erigido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera erigido / hubiese erigido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos erigido / hubiésemos erigido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais erigido / hubieseis erigido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran erigido / hubiesen erigido |
| Vos | hubieras erigido / hubieses erigido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere erigido |
| Tú | hubieres erigido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere erigido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos erigido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis erigido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren erigido |
| Vos | hubieres erigido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté erigiendo |
| Tú | estés erigiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté erigiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos erigiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis erigiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén erigiendo |
| Vos | estés erigiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera erigiendo / estuviese erigiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras erigiendo / estuvieses erigiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera erigiendo / estuviese erigiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos erigiendo / estuviésamos erigiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais erigiendo / estuvieseis erigiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera erigiendo / estuviese erigiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras erigiendo / estuvieses erigiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere erigiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres erigiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere erigiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos erigiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis erigiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere erigiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres erigiendo |
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 erigís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos erigiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos erigías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos erigirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos erigirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos erijas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos erigieras / Vos erigiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos erigí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no erijas |