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Favorecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to favor, improve the appearance of”.
Below are all of the conjugations for favorecer 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 favor, improve the appearance of |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | favorecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está favoreciendo) and past continuous (estaba favoreciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. favored).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he favored and hubiera favored. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have favoring).
| Gerundio / Gerund | favoreciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | favored |
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 favor” or “they favor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | favorezco |
| Tú | favoreces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favorece |
| Nosotros / as | favorecemos |
| Vosotros / as | favorecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorecen |
| Vos | favorecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I favor” or “she favor” 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 | favorecí | I favor |
| Tú | favoreciste | You favor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favoreció | He / she / you favor |
| Nosotros / as | favorecimos | We favor |
| Vosotros / as | favorecisteis | You favor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorecieron | They / you favor |
| Vos | favoreciste | You favor |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was favored” or “she was favored” 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 | favorecía | I was favored |
| Tú | favorecías | You were favored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favorecía | He was / she was / you were favored |
| Nosotros / as | favorecíamos | We were favored |
| Vosotros / as | favorecíais | You were favored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorecían | They / you were favored |
| Vos | favorecías | You were favored |
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 favoring” and “she has favoring”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he favored | I have favoring |
| Tú | has favored | You have favoring |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha favored | He has / she has / you have favoring |
| Nosotros / as | hemos favored | We have favoring |
| Vosotros / as | habéis favored | You have favoring |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han favored | They / you have favoring |
| Vos | has favored | You have favoring |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would favor” or “she would favor”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | favorecería | I would favor |
| Tú | favorecerías | You would favor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favorecería | He / she / you would favor |
| Nosotros / as | favoreceríamos | We would favor |
| Vosotros / as | favoreceríais | You would favor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorecerían | They / you would favor |
| Vos | favorecerías | You would favor |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will favor” or “they will favor”.
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 favorecer” means “They are going to favor”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | favoreceré | I will favor |
| Tú | favorecerás | You will favor |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favorecerá | He / she / you will favor |
| Nosotros / as | favoreceremos | We will favor |
| Vosotros / as | favoreceréis | You will favor |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorecerán | They / you will favor |
| Vos | favorecerás | You will favor |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | favorezca |
| Tú | favorezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favorezca |
| Nosotros / as | favorezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | favorezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorezcan |
| Vos | favorezcas |
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 | favoreciera | favoreciese |
| Tú | favorecieras | favoreciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favoreciera | favoreciese |
| Nosotros / as | favoreciéramos | favoreciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | favorecierais | favorecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorecieran | favoreciesen |
| Vos | favorecieras | favoreciese |
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 | favoreciere |
| Tú | favorecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favoreciere |
| Nosotros / as | favoreciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | favoreciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorecieren |
| Vos | favorecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “favor!” and “don’t favor!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | favorece | no favorezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | favorezca | no favorezca |
| Nosotros / as | favorezcamos | no favorezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | favoreced | no favorezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | favorezcan | no favorezcan |
| Vos | favorecé | no favorezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya favored |
| Tú | hayas favored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya favored |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos favored |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis favored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan favored |
| Vos | hayas favored |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera favored / hubiese favored |
| Tú | hubieras favored / hubieses favored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera favored / hubiese favored |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos favored / hubiésemos favored |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais favored / hubieseis favored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran favored / hubiesen favored |
| Vos | hubieras favored / hubieses favored |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere favored |
| Tú | hubieres favored |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere favored |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos favored |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis favored |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren favored |
| Vos | hubieres favored |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté favoreciendo |
| Tú | estés favoreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté favoreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos favoreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis favoreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén favoreciendo |
| Vos | estés favoreciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera favoreciendo / estuviese favoreciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras favoreciendo / estuvieses favoreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera favoreciendo / estuviese favoreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos favoreciendo / estuviésamos favoreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais favoreciendo / estuvieseis favoreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera favoreciendo / estuviese favoreciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras favoreciendo / estuvieses favoreciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere favoreciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres favoreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere favoreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos favoreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis favoreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere favoreciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres favoreciendo |
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 favorecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos favoreciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos favorecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos favorecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos favorecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos favorezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos favorecieras / Vos favoreciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos favorecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no favorezcas |