Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Menu
Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Fabricar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to manufacture, fabricate, make”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fabricar 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 manufacture, fabricate, make |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fabricar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fabricando) and past continuous (estaba fabricando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. manufactured).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he manufactured and hubiera manufactured. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have manufacturing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fabricando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | manufactured |
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 manufacture” or “they manufacture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fabrico |
| Tú | fabricas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabrica |
| Nosotros / as | fabricamos |
| Vosotros / as | fabricáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabrican |
| Vos | fabricás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I manufacture” or “she manufacture” 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 | fabriqué | I manufacture |
| Tú | fabricaste | You manufacture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabricó | He / she / you manufacture |
| Nosotros / as | fabricamos | We manufacture |
| Vosotros / as | fabricasteis | You manufacture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabricaron | They / you manufacture |
| Vos | fabricaste | You manufacture |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was manufactured” or “she was manufactured” 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 | fabricaba | I was manufactured |
| Tú | fabricabas | You were manufactured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabricaba | He was / she was / you were manufactured |
| Nosotros / as | fabricábamos | We were manufactured |
| Vosotros / as | fabricabais | You were manufactured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabricaban | They / you were manufactured |
| Vos | fabricabas | You were manufactured |
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 manufacturing” and “she has manufacturing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he manufactured | I have manufacturing |
| Tú | has manufactured | You have manufacturing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha manufactured | He has / she has / you have manufacturing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos manufactured | We have manufacturing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis manufactured | You have manufacturing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han manufactured | They / you have manufacturing |
| Vos | has manufactured | You have manufacturing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would manufacture” or “she would manufacture”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fabricaría | I would manufacture |
| Tú | fabricarías | You would manufacture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabricaría | He / she / you would manufacture |
| Nosotros / as | fabricaríamos | We would manufacture |
| Vosotros / as | fabricaríais | You would manufacture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabricarían | They / you would manufacture |
| Vos | fabricarías | You would manufacture |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will manufacture” or “they will manufacture”.
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 fabricar” means “They are going to manufacture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fabricaré | I will manufacture |
| Tú | fabricarás | You will manufacture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabricará | He / she / you will manufacture |
| Nosotros / as | fabricaremos | We will manufacture |
| Vosotros / as | fabricaréis | You will manufacture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabricarán | They / you will manufacture |
| Vos | fabricarás | You will manufacture |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fabrique |
| Tú | fabriques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabrique |
| Nosotros / as | fabriquemos |
| Vosotros / as | fabriquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabriquen |
| Vos | fabriques |
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 | fabricara | fabricase |
| Tú | fabricaras | fabricase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabricara | fabricase |
| Nosotros / as | fabricáramos | fabricásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fabricarais | fabricaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabricaran | fabricasen |
| Vos | fabricaras | fabricase |
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 | fabricare |
| Tú | fabricares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabricare |
| Nosotros / as | fabricáremos |
| Vosotros / as | fabricareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabricaren |
| Vos | fabricares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “manufacture!” and “don’t manufacture!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fabrica | no fabriques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fabrique | no fabrique |
| Nosotros / as | fabriquemos | no fabriquemos |
| Vosotros / as | fabricad | no fabriquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fabriquen | no fabriquen |
| Vos | fabricá | no fabriques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya manufactured |
| Tú | hayas manufactured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya manufactured |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos manufactured |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis manufactured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan manufactured |
| Vos | hayas manufactured |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera manufactured / hubiese manufactured |
| Tú | hubieras manufactured / hubieses manufactured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera manufactured / hubiese manufactured |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos manufactured / hubiésemos manufactured |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais manufactured / hubieseis manufactured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran manufactured / hubiesen manufactured |
| Vos | hubieras manufactured / hubieses manufactured |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere manufactured |
| Tú | hubieres manufactured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere manufactured |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos manufactured |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis manufactured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren manufactured |
| Vos | hubieres manufactured |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fabricando |
| Tú | estés fabricando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fabricando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fabricando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fabricando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fabricando |
| Vos | estés fabricando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fabricando / estuviese fabricando |
| Tú | estuvieras fabricando / estuvieses fabricando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fabricando / estuviese fabricando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fabricando / estuviésamos fabricando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fabricando / estuvieseis fabricando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fabricando / estuviese fabricando |
| Vos | estuvieras fabricando / estuvieses fabricando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fabricando |
| Tú | estuvieres fabricando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fabricando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fabricando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fabricando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fabricando |
| Vos | estuvieres fabricando |
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 fabricás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fabricaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fabricabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fabricarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fabricarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fabriques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fabricaras / Vos fabricase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fabricá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fabriques |