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Facilitar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to facilitate, expedite”.
Below are all of the conjugations for facilitar 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 facilitate, expedite |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | facilitar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está facilitando) and past continuous (estaba facilitando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. facilitated).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he facilitated and hubiera facilitated. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have facilitating).
| Gerundio / Gerund | facilitando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | facilitated |
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 facilitate” or “they facilitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | facilito |
| Tú | facilitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilita |
| Nosotros / as | facilitamos |
| Vosotros / as | facilitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | facilitan |
| Vos | facilitás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I facilitate” or “she facilitate” 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 | facilité | I facilitate |
| Tú | facilitaste | You facilitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilitó | He / she / you facilitate |
| Nosotros / as | facilitamos | We facilitate |
| Vosotros / as | facilitasteis | You facilitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | facilitaron | They / you facilitate |
| Vos | facilitaste | You facilitate |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was facilitated” or “she was facilitated” 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 | facilitaba | I was facilitated |
| Tú | facilitabas | You were facilitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilitaba | He was / she was / you were facilitated |
| Nosotros / as | facilitábamos | We were facilitated |
| Vosotros / as | facilitabais | You were facilitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | facilitaban | They / you were facilitated |
| Vos | facilitabas | You were facilitated |
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 facilitating” and “she has facilitating”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he facilitated | I have facilitating |
| Tú | has facilitated | You have facilitating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha facilitated | He has / she has / you have facilitating |
| Nosotros / as | hemos facilitated | We have facilitating |
| Vosotros / as | habéis facilitated | You have facilitating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han facilitated | They / you have facilitating |
| Vos | has facilitated | You have facilitating |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would facilitate” or “she would facilitate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | facilitaría | I would facilitate |
| Tú | facilitarías | You would facilitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilitaría | He / she / you would facilitate |
| Nosotros / as | facilitaríamos | We would facilitate |
| Vosotros / as | facilitaríais | You would facilitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | facilitarían | They / you would facilitate |
| Vos | facilitarías | You would facilitate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will facilitate” or “they will facilitate”.
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 facilitar” means “They are going to facilitate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | facilitaré | I will facilitate |
| Tú | facilitarás | You will facilitate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilitará | He / she / you will facilitate |
| Nosotros / as | facilitaremos | We will facilitate |
| Vosotros / as | facilitaréis | You will facilitate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | facilitarán | They / you will facilitate |
| Vos | facilitarás | You will facilitate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | facilite |
| Tú | facilites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilite |
| Nosotros / as | facilitemos |
| Vosotros / as | facilitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | faciliten |
| Vos | facilites |
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 | facilitara | facilitase |
| Tú | facilitaras | facilitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilitara | facilitase |
| Nosotros / as | facilitáramos | facilitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | facilitarais | facilitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | facilitaran | facilitasen |
| Vos | facilitaras | facilitase |
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 | facilitare |
| Tú | facilitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilitare |
| Nosotros / as | facilitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | facilitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | facilitaren |
| Vos | facilitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “facilitate!” and “don’t facilitate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | facilita | no facilites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | facilite | no facilite |
| Nosotros / as | facilitemos | no facilitemos |
| Vosotros / as | facilitad | no facilitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | faciliten | no faciliten |
| Vos | facilitá | no facilites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya facilitated |
| Tú | hayas facilitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya facilitated |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos facilitated |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis facilitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan facilitated |
| Vos | hayas facilitated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera facilitated / hubiese facilitated |
| Tú | hubieras facilitated / hubieses facilitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera facilitated / hubiese facilitated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos facilitated / hubiésemos facilitated |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais facilitated / hubieseis facilitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran facilitated / hubiesen facilitated |
| Vos | hubieras facilitated / hubieses facilitated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere facilitated |
| Tú | hubieres facilitated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere facilitated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos facilitated |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis facilitated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren facilitated |
| Vos | hubieres facilitated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté facilitando |
| Tú | estés facilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté facilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos facilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis facilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén facilitando |
| Vos | estés facilitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera facilitando / estuviese facilitando |
| Tú | estuvieras facilitando / estuvieses facilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera facilitando / estuviese facilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos facilitando / estuviésamos facilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais facilitando / estuvieseis facilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera facilitando / estuviese facilitando |
| Vos | estuvieras facilitando / estuvieses facilitando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere facilitando |
| Tú | estuvieres facilitando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere facilitando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos facilitando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis facilitando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere facilitando |
| Vos | estuvieres facilitando |
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 facilitás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos facilitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos facilitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos facilitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos facilitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos facilites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos facilitaras / Vos facilitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos facilitá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no facilites |