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Fantasear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to daydream, imagine, dream of”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fantasear 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 daydream, imagine, dream of |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fantasear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fantaseando) and past continuous (estaba fantaseando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. daydreamed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he daydreamed and hubiera daydreamed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have daydreaming).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fantaseando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | daydreamed |
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 daydream” or “they daydream”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fantaseo |
| Tú | fantaseas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantasea |
| Nosotros / as | fantaseamos |
| Vosotros / as | fantaseáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantasean |
| Vos | fantaseás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I daydream” or “she daydream” 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 | fantaseé | I daydream |
| Tú | fantaseaste | You daydream |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantaseó | He / she / you daydream |
| Nosotros / as | fantaseamos | We daydream |
| Vosotros / as | fantaseasteis | You daydream |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantasearon | They / you daydream |
| Vos | fantaseaste | You daydream |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was daydreamed” or “she was daydreamed” 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 | fantaseaba | I was daydreamed |
| Tú | fantaseabas | You were daydreamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantaseaba | He was / she was / you were daydreamed |
| Nosotros / as | fantaseábamos | We were daydreamed |
| Vosotros / as | fantaseabais | You were daydreamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantaseaban | They / you were daydreamed |
| Vos | fantaseabas | You were daydreamed |
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 daydreaming” and “she has daydreaming”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he daydreamed | I have daydreaming |
| Tú | has daydreamed | You have daydreaming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha daydreamed | He has / she has / you have daydreaming |
| Nosotros / as | hemos daydreamed | We have daydreaming |
| Vosotros / as | habéis daydreamed | You have daydreaming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han daydreamed | They / you have daydreaming |
| Vos | has daydreamed | You have daydreaming |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would dayfream” or “she would dayfream”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fantasearía | I would daydream |
| Tú | fantasearías | You would daydream |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantasearía | He / she / you would daydream |
| Nosotros / as | fantasearíamos | We would daydream |
| Vosotros / as | fantasearíais | You would daydream |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantasearían | They / you would daydream |
| Vos | fantasearías | You would daydream |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will dayfream” or “they will dayfream”.
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 fantasear” means “They are going to dayfream”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fantasearé | I will daydream |
| Tú | fantasearás | You will daydream |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantaseará | He / she / you will daydream |
| Nosotros / as | fantasearemos | We will daydream |
| Vosotros / as | fantasearéis | You will daydream |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantasearán | They / you will daydream |
| Vos | fantasearás | You will daydream |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fantasee |
| Tú | fantasees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantasee |
| Nosotros / as | fantaseemos |
| Vosotros / as | fantaseéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantaseen |
| Vos | fantasees |
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 | fantaseara | fantasease |
| Tú | fantasearas | fantasease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantaseara | fantasease |
| Nosotros / as | fantaseáramos | fantaseásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fantasearais | fantaseaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantasearan | fantaseasen |
| Vos | fantasearas | fantasease |
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 | fantaseare |
| Tú | fantaseares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantaseare |
| Nosotros / as | fantaseáremos |
| Vosotros / as | fantaseareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantasearen |
| Vos | fantaseares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “dayfream!” and “don’t dayfream!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fantasea | no fantasees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fantasee | no fantasee |
| Nosotros / as | fantaseemos | no fantaseemos |
| Vosotros / as | fantasead | no fantaseéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fantaseen | no fantaseen |
| Vos | fantaseá | no fantasees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya daydreamed |
| Tú | hayas daydreamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya daydreamed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos daydreamed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis daydreamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan daydreamed |
| Vos | hayas daydreamed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera daydreamed / hubiese daydreamed |
| Tú | hubieras daydreamed / hubieses daydreamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera daydreamed / hubiese daydreamed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos daydreamed / hubiésemos daydreamed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais daydreamed / hubieseis daydreamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran daydreamed / hubiesen daydreamed |
| Vos | hubieras daydreamed / hubieses daydreamed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere daydreamed |
| Tú | hubieres daydreamed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere daydreamed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos daydreamed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis daydreamed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren daydreamed |
| Vos | hubieres daydreamed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fantaseando |
| Tú | estés fantaseando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fantaseando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fantaseando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fantaseando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fantaseando |
| Vos | estés fantaseando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fantaseando / estuviese fantaseando |
| Tú | estuvieras fantaseando / estuvieses fantaseando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fantaseando / estuviese fantaseando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fantaseando / estuviésamos fantaseando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fantaseando / estuvieseis fantaseando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fantaseando / estuviese fantaseando |
| Vos | estuvieras fantaseando / estuvieses fantaseando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fantaseando |
| Tú | estuvieres fantaseando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fantaseando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fantaseando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fantaseando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fantaseando |
| Vos | estuvieres fantaseando |
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 fantaseás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fantaseaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fantaseabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fantasearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fantasearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fantasees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fantasearas / Vos fantasease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fantaseá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fantasees |