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Exponer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to expose, jeopardize, show exhibit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for exponer 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 expose, jeopardize, show exhibit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | exponer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está exponiendo) and past continuous (estaba exponiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. exposing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he expuesto and hubiera expuesto. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have exposed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | exponiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | expuesto |
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 expose” or “they expose”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | expongo |
| Tú | expones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expone |
| Nosotros / as | exponemos |
| Vosotros / as | exponéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exponen |
| Vos | exponés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I exposed” or “she exposed” 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 | expuse | I exposed |
| Tú | expusiste | You exposed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expuso | He / she / you exposed |
| Nosotros / as | expusimos | We exposed |
| Vosotros / as | expusisteis | You exposed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expusieron | They / you exposed |
| Vos | expusiste | You exposed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was exposing” or “she was exposing” 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 | exponía | I was exposing |
| Tú | exponías | You were exposing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exponía | He was / she was / you were exposing |
| Nosotros / as | exponíamos | We were exposing |
| Vosotros / as | exponíais | You were exposing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exponían | They / you were exposing |
| Vos | exponías | You were exposing |
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 exposed” and “she has exposed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he expuesto | I have exposed |
| Tú | has expuesto | You have exposed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha expuesto | He has / she has / you have exposed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos expuesto | We have exposed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis expuesto | You have exposed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han expuesto | They / you have exposed |
| Vos | has expuesto | You have exposed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would expose” or “she would expose”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | expondría | I would expose |
| Tú | expondrías | You would expose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expondría | He / she / you would expose |
| Nosotros / as | expondríamos | We would expose |
| Vosotros / as | expondríais | You would expose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expondrían | They / you would expose |
| Vos | expondrías | You would expose |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will expose” or “they will expose”.
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 exponer” means “They are going to expose”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | expondré | I will expose |
| Tú | expondrás | You will expose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expondrá | He / she / you will expose |
| Nosotros / as | expondremos | We will expose |
| Vosotros / as | expondréis | You will expose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expondrán | They / you will expose |
| Vos | expondrás | You will expose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exponga |
| Tú | expongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exponga |
| Nosotros / as | expongamos |
| Vosotros / as | expongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expongan |
| Vos | expongas |
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 | expusiera | expusiese |
| Tú | expusieras | expusiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expusiera | expusiese |
| Nosotros / as | expusiéramos | expusiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | expusierais | expusieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expusieran | expusiesen |
| Vos | expusieras | expusiese |
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 | expusiere |
| Tú | expusieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | expusiere |
| Nosotros / as | expusiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | expusiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expusieren |
| Vos | expusieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “expose!” and “don’t expose!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | expón | no expongas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exponga | no exponga |
| Nosotros / as | expongamos | no expongamos |
| Vosotros / as | exponed | no expongáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | expongan | no expongan |
| Vos | exponé | no expongas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya expuesto |
| Tú | hayas expuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya expuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos expuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis expuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan expuesto |
| Vos | hayas expuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera expuesto / hubiese expuesto |
| Tú | hubieras expuesto / hubieses expuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera expuesto / hubiese expuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos expuesto / hubiésemos expuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais expuesto / hubieseis expuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran expuesto / hubiesen expuesto |
| Vos | hubieras expuesto / hubieses expuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere expuesto |
| Tú | hubieres expuesto |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere expuesto |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos expuesto |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis expuesto |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren expuesto |
| Vos | hubieres expuesto |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté exponiendo |
| Tú | estés exponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté exponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos exponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis exponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén exponiendo |
| Vos | estés exponiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera exponiendo / estuviese exponiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras exponiendo / estuvieses exponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera exponiendo / estuviese exponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos exponiendo / estuviésamos exponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais exponiendo / estuvieseis exponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera exponiendo / estuviese exponiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras exponiendo / estuvieses exponiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere exponiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres exponiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere exponiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos exponiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis exponiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere exponiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres exponiendo |
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 exponés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos expusiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos exponías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos expondrías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos expondrás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos expongas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos expusieras / Vos expusiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos exponé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no expongas |