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Fastidiar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to annoy, irritate, pester”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fastidiar 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 annoy, irritate, pester |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fastidiar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fastidiando) and past continuous (estaba fastidiando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. annoyed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he annoyed and hubiera annoyed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have annoying).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fastidiando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | annoyed |
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 annoy” or “they annoy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fastidio |
| Tú | fastidias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidia |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiamos |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidian |
| Vos | fastidiás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I annoy” or “she annoy” 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 | fastidié | I annoy |
| Tú | fastidiaste | You annoy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidió | He / she / you annoy |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiamos | We annoy |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiasteis | You annoy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidiaron | They / you annoy |
| Vos | fastidiaste | You annoy |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was annoyed” or “she was annoyed” 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 | fastidiaba | I was annoyed |
| Tú | fastidiabas | You were annoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidiaba | He was / she was / you were annoyed |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiábamos | We were annoyed |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiabais | You were annoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidiaban | They / you were annoyed |
| Vos | fastidiabas | You were annoyed |
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 annoying” and “she has annoying”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he annoyed | I have annoying |
| Tú | has annoyed | You have annoying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha annoyed | He has / she has / you have annoying |
| Nosotros / as | hemos annoyed | We have annoying |
| Vosotros / as | habéis annoyed | You have annoying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han annoyed | They / you have annoying |
| Vos | has annoyed | You have annoying |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would annoy” or “she would annoy”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fastidiaría | I would annoy |
| Tú | fastidiarías | You would annoy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidiaría | He / she / you would annoy |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiaríamos | We would annoy |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiaríais | You would annoy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidiarían | They / you would annoy |
| Vos | fastidiarías | You would annoy |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will annoy” or “they will annoy”.
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 fastidiar” means “They are going to annoy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fastidiaré | I will annoy |
| Tú | fastidiarás | You will annoy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidiará | He / she / you will annoy |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiaremos | We will annoy |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiaréis | You will annoy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidiarán | They / you will annoy |
| Vos | fastidiarás | You will annoy |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fastidie |
| Tú | fastidies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidie |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiemos |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidien |
| Vos | fastidies |
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 | fastidiara | fastidiase |
| Tú | fastidiaras | fastidiase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidiara | fastidiase |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiáramos | fastidiásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiarais | fastidiaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidiaran | fastidiasen |
| Vos | fastidiaras | fastidiase |
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 | fastidiare |
| Tú | fastidiares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidiare |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiáremos |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidiaren |
| Vos | fastidiares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “annoy!” and “don’t annoy!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fastidia | no fastidies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fastidie | no fastidie |
| Nosotros / as | fastidiemos | no fastidiemos |
| Vosotros / as | fastidiad | no fastidiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fastidien | no fastidien |
| Vos | fastidiá | no fastidies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya annoyed |
| Tú | hayas annoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya annoyed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos annoyed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis annoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan annoyed |
| Vos | hayas annoyed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera annoyed / hubiese annoyed |
| Tú | hubieras annoyed / hubieses annoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera annoyed / hubiese annoyed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos annoyed / hubiésemos annoyed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais annoyed / hubieseis annoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran annoyed / hubiesen annoyed |
| Vos | hubieras annoyed / hubieses annoyed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere annoyed |
| Tú | hubieres annoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere annoyed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos annoyed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis annoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren annoyed |
| Vos | hubieres annoyed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fastidiando |
| Tú | estés fastidiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fastidiando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fastidiando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fastidiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fastidiando |
| Vos | estés fastidiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fastidiando / estuviese fastidiando |
| Tú | estuvieras fastidiando / estuvieses fastidiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fastidiando / estuviese fastidiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fastidiando / estuviésamos fastidiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fastidiando / estuvieseis fastidiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fastidiando / estuviese fastidiando |
| Vos | estuvieras fastidiando / estuvieses fastidiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fastidiando |
| Tú | estuvieres fastidiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fastidiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fastidiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fastidiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fastidiando |
| Vos | estuvieres fastidiando |
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 fastidiás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fastidiaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fastidiabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fastidiarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fastidiarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fastidies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fastidiaras / Vos fastidiase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fastidiá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fastidies |