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Exaltar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to glorify, extol, praise”.
Below are all of the conjugations for exaltar 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 glorify, extol, praise |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | exaltar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está exaltando) and past continuous (estaba exaltando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. glorifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he exaltado and hubiera exaltado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have glorified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | exaltando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | exaltado |
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 glorify” or “they glorify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exalto |
| Tú | exaltas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exalta |
| Nosotros / as | exaltamos |
| Vosotros / as | exaltáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exaltan |
| Vos | exaltás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I glorified” or “she glorified” 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 | exalté | I glorified |
| Tú | exaltaste | You glorified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exaltó | He / she / you glorified |
| Nosotros / as | exaltamos | We glorified |
| Vosotros / as | exaltasteis | You glorified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exaltaron | They / you glorified |
| Vos | exaltaste | You glorified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was glorifying” or “she was glorifying” 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 | exaltaba | I was glorifying |
| Tú | exaltabas | You were glorifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exaltaba | He was / she was / you were glorifying |
| Nosotros / as | exaltábamos | We were glorifying |
| Vosotros / as | exaltabais | You were glorifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exaltaban | They / you were glorifying |
| Vos | exaltabas | You were glorifying |
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 glorified” and “she has glorified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he exaltado | I have glorified |
| Tú | has exaltado | You have glorified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha exaltado | He has / she has / you have glorified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos exaltado | We have glorified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis exaltado | You have glorified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han exaltado | They / you have glorified |
| Vos | has exaltado | You have glorified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would glorify” or “she would glorify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exaltaría | I would glorify |
| Tú | exaltarías | You would glorify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exaltaría | He / she / you would glorify |
| Nosotros / as | exaltaríamos | We would glorify |
| Vosotros / as | exaltaríais | You would glorify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exaltarían | They / you would glorify |
| Vos | exaltarías | You would glorify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will glorify” or “they will glorify”.
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 exaltar” means “They are going to glorify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exaltaré | I will glorify |
| Tú | exaltarás | You will glorify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exaltará | He / she / you will glorify |
| Nosotros / as | exaltaremos | We will glorify |
| Vosotros / as | exaltaréis | You will glorify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exaltarán | They / you will glorify |
| Vos | exaltarás | You will glorify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exalte |
| Tú | exaltes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exalte |
| Nosotros / as | exaltemos |
| Vosotros / as | exaltéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exalten |
| Vos | exaltes |
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 | exaltara | exaltase |
| Tú | exaltaras | exaltase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exaltara | exaltase |
| Nosotros / as | exaltáramos | exaltásemos |
| Vosotros / as | exaltarais | exaltaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exaltaran | exaltasen |
| Vos | exaltaras | exaltase |
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 | exaltare |
| Tú | exaltares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exaltare |
| Nosotros / as | exaltáremos |
| Vosotros / as | exaltareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exaltaren |
| Vos | exaltares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “glorify!” and “don’t glorify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | exalta | no exaltes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exalte | no exalte |
| Nosotros / as | exaltemos | no exaltemos |
| Vosotros / as | exaltad | no exaltéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exalten | no exalten |
| Vos | exaltá | no exaltes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya exaltado |
| Tú | hayas exaltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya exaltado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos exaltado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis exaltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan exaltado |
| Vos | hayas exaltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera exaltado / hubiese exaltado |
| Tú | hubieras exaltado / hubieses exaltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera exaltado / hubiese exaltado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos exaltado / hubiésemos exaltado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais exaltado / hubieseis exaltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran exaltado / hubiesen exaltado |
| Vos | hubieras exaltado / hubieses exaltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere exaltado |
| Tú | hubieres exaltado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere exaltado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos exaltado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis exaltado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren exaltado |
| Vos | hubieres exaltado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté exaltando |
| Tú | estés exaltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté exaltando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos exaltando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis exaltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén exaltando |
| Vos | estés exaltando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera exaltando / estuviese exaltando |
| Tú | estuvieras exaltando / estuvieses exaltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera exaltando / estuviese exaltando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos exaltando / estuviésamos exaltando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais exaltando / estuvieseis exaltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera exaltando / estuviese exaltando |
| Vos | estuvieras exaltando / estuvieses exaltando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere exaltando |
| Tú | estuvieres exaltando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere exaltando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos exaltando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis exaltando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere exaltando |
| Vos | estuvieres exaltando |
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 exaltás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos exaltaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos exaltabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos exaltarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos exaltarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos exaltes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos exaltaras / Vos exaltase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos exaltá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no exaltes |