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Estrenar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to do or use for the first time, premier”.
Below are all of the conjugations for estrenar 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 do or use for the first time, premier |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | estrenar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está estrenando) and past continuous (estaba estrenando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. premiering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he estrenado and hubiera estrenado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have premiered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | estrenando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | estrenado |
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 premiere” or “they premiere”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estreno |
| Tú | estrenas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrena |
| Nosotros / as | estrenamos |
| Vosotros / as | estrenáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenan |
| Vos | estrenás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I premiered” or “she premiered” 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 | estrené | I premiered |
| Tú | estrenaste | You premiered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrenó | He / she / you premiered |
| Nosotros / as | estrenamos | We premiered |
| Vosotros / as | estrenasteis | You premiered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenaron | They / you premiered |
| Vos | estrenaste | You premiered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was premiering” or “she was premiering” 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 | estrenaba | I was premiering |
| Tú | estrenabas | You were premiering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrenaba | He was / she was / you were premiering |
| Nosotros / as | estrenábamos | We were premiering |
| Vosotros / as | estrenabais | You were premiering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenaban | They / you were premiering |
| Vos | estrenabas | You were premiering |
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 premiered” and “she has premiered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he estrenado | I have premiered |
| Tú | has estrenado | You have premiered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha estrenado | He has / she has / you have premiered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos estrenado | We have premiered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis estrenado | You have premiered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han estrenado | They / you have premiered |
| Vos | has estrenado | You have premiered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would premiere” or “she would premiere”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estrenaría | I would premiere |
| Tú | estrenarías | You would premiere |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrenaría | He / she / you would premiere |
| Nosotros / as | estrenaríamos | We would premiere |
| Vosotros / as | estrenaríais | You would premiere |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenarían | They / you would premiere |
| Vos | estrenarías | You would premiere |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will premiere” or “they will premiere”.
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 estrenar” means “They are going to premiere”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estrenaré | I will premiere |
| Tú | estrenarás | You will premiere |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrenará | He / she / you will premiere |
| Nosotros / as | estrenaremos | We will premiere |
| Vosotros / as | estrenaréis | You will premiere |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenarán | They / you will premiere |
| Vos | estrenarás | You will premiere |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estrene |
| Tú | estrenes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrene |
| Nosotros / as | estrenemos |
| Vosotros / as | estrenéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenen |
| Vos | estrenes |
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 | estrenara | estrenase |
| Tú | estrenaras | estrenase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrenara | estrenase |
| Nosotros / as | estrenáramos | estrenásemos |
| Vosotros / as | estrenarais | estrenaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenaran | estrenasen |
| Vos | estrenaras | estrenase |
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 | estrenare |
| Tú | estrenares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrenare |
| Nosotros / as | estrenáremos |
| Vosotros / as | estrenareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenaren |
| Vos | estrenares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “premiere!” and “don’t premiere!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | estrena | no estrenes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estrene | no estrene |
| Nosotros / as | estrenemos | no estrenemos |
| Vosotros / as | estrenad | no estrenéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estrenen | no estrenen |
| Vos | estrená | no estrenes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya estrenado |
| Tú | hayas estrenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya estrenado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos estrenado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis estrenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan estrenado |
| Vos | hayas estrenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera estrenado / hubiese estrenado |
| Tú | hubieras estrenado / hubieses estrenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera estrenado / hubiese estrenado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos estrenado / hubiésemos estrenado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais estrenado / hubieseis estrenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran estrenado / hubiesen estrenado |
| Vos | hubieras estrenado / hubieses estrenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere estrenado |
| Tú | hubieres estrenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere estrenado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos estrenado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis estrenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren estrenado |
| Vos | hubieres estrenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté estrenando |
| Tú | estés estrenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté estrenando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos estrenando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis estrenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén estrenando |
| Vos | estés estrenando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera estrenando / estuviese estrenando |
| Tú | estuvieras estrenando / estuvieses estrenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera estrenando / estuviese estrenando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos estrenando / estuviésamos estrenando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais estrenando / estuvieseis estrenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera estrenando / estuviese estrenando |
| Vos | estuvieras estrenando / estuvieses estrenando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere estrenando |
| Tú | estuvieres estrenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere estrenando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos estrenando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis estrenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere estrenando |
| Vos | estuvieres estrenando |
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 estrenás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos estrenaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos estrenabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos estrenarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos estrenarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos estrenes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos estrenaras / Vos estrenase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos estrená |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no estrenes |