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Experimentar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to experience”.
Below are all of the conjugations for experimentar 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 experience |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | experimentar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está experimentando) and past continuous (estaba experimentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. experiencing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he experimentado and hubiera experimentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have experienced).
| Gerundio / Gerund | experimentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | experimentado |
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 experience” or “they experience”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | experimento |
| Tú | experimentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimenta |
| Nosotros / as | experimentamos |
| Vosotros / as | experimentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimentan |
| Vos | experimentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I experienced” or “she experienced” 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 | experimenté | I experienced |
| Tú | experimentaste | You experienced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimentó | He / she / you experienced |
| Nosotros / as | experimentamos | We experienced |
| Vosotros / as | experimentasteis | You experienced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimentaron | They / you experienced |
| Vos | experimentaste | You experienced |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was experiencing” or “she was experiencing” 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 | experimentaba | I was experiencing |
| Tú | experimentabas | You were experiencing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimentaba | He was / she was / you were experiencing |
| Nosotros / as | experimentábamos | We were experiencing |
| Vosotros / as | experimentabais | You were experiencing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimentaban | They / you were experiencing |
| Vos | experimentabas | You were experiencing |
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 experienced” and “she has experienced”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he experimentado | I have experienced |
| Tú | has experimentado | You have experienced |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha experimentado | He has / she has / you have experienced |
| Nosotros / as | hemos experimentado | We have experienced |
| Vosotros / as | habéis experimentado | You have experienced |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han experimentado | They / you have experienced |
| Vos | has experimentado | You have experienced |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would experience” or “she would experience”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | experimentaría | I would experience |
| Tú | experimentarías | You would experience |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimentaría | He / she / you would experience |
| Nosotros / as | experimentaríamos | We would experience |
| Vosotros / as | experimentaríais | You would experience |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimentarían | They / you would experience |
| Vos | experimentarías | You would experience |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will experience” or “they will experience”.
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 experimentar” means “They are going to experience”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | experimentaré | I will experience |
| Tú | experimentarás | You will experience |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimentará | He / she / you will experience |
| Nosotros / as | experimentaremos | We will experience |
| Vosotros / as | experimentaréis | You will experience |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimentarán | They / you will experience |
| Vos | experimentarás | You will experience |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | experimente |
| Tú | experimentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimente |
| Nosotros / as | experimentemos |
| Vosotros / as | experimentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimenten |
| Vos | experimentes |
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 | experimentara | experimentase |
| Tú | experimentaras | experimentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimentara | experimentase |
| Nosotros / as | experimentáramos | experimentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | experimentarais | experimentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimentaran | experimentasen |
| Vos | experimentaras | experimentase |
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 | experimentare |
| Tú | experimentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimentare |
| Nosotros / as | experimentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | experimentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimentaren |
| Vos | experimentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “experience!” and “don’t experience!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | experimenta | no experimentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | experimente | no experimente |
| Nosotros / as | experimentemos | no experimentemos |
| Vosotros / as | experimentad | no experimentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | experimenten | no experimenten |
| Vos | experimentá | no experimentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya experimentado |
| Tú | hayas experimentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya experimentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos experimentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis experimentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan experimentado |
| Vos | hayas experimentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera experimentado / hubiese experimentado |
| Tú | hubieras experimentado / hubieses experimentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera experimentado / hubiese experimentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos experimentado / hubiésemos experimentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais experimentado / hubieseis experimentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran experimentado / hubiesen experimentado |
| Vos | hubieras experimentado / hubieses experimentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere experimentado |
| Tú | hubieres experimentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere experimentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos experimentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis experimentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren experimentado |
| Vos | hubieres experimentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté experimentando |
| Tú | estés experimentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté experimentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos experimentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis experimentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén experimentando |
| Vos | estés experimentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera experimentando / estuviese experimentando |
| Tú | estuvieras experimentando / estuvieses experimentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera experimentando / estuviese experimentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos experimentando / estuviésamos experimentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais experimentando / estuvieseis experimentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera experimentando / estuviese experimentando |
| Vos | estuvieras experimentando / estuvieses experimentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere experimentando |
| Tú | estuvieres experimentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere experimentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos experimentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis experimentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere experimentando |
| Vos | estuvieres experimentando |
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 experimentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos experimentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos experimentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos experimentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos experimentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos experimentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos experimentaras / Vos experimentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos experimentá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no experimentes |