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Figurar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to appear, figure out, imagine”.
Below are all of the conjugations for figurar 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 appear, figure out, imagine |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | figurar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está figurando) and past continuous (estaba figurando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. appeared).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he appeared and hubiera appeared. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have appearing).
| Gerundio / Gerund | figurando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | appeared |
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 appear” or “they appear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | figuro |
| Tú | figuras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figura |
| Nosotros / as | figuramos |
| Vosotros / as | figuráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figuran |
| Vos | figurás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I appear” or “she appear” 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 | figuré | I appear |
| Tú | figuraste | You appear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figuró | He / she / you appear |
| Nosotros / as | figuramos | We appear |
| Vosotros / as | figurasteis | You appear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figuraron | They / you appear |
| Vos | figuraste | You appear |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was appeared” or “she was appeared” 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 | figuraba | I was appeared |
| Tú | figurabas | You were appeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figuraba | He was / she was / you were appeared |
| Nosotros / as | figurábamos | We were appeared |
| Vosotros / as | figurabais | You were appeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figuraban | They / you were appeared |
| Vos | figurabas | You were appeared |
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 appearing” and “she has appearing”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he appeared | I have appearing |
| Tú | has appeared | You have appearing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha appeared | He has / she has / you have appearing |
| Nosotros / as | hemos appeared | We have appearing |
| Vosotros / as | habéis appeared | You have appearing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han appeared | They / you have appearing |
| Vos | has appeared | You have appearing |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would appear” or “she would appear”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | figuraría | I would appear |
| Tú | figurarías | You would appear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figuraría | He / she / you would appear |
| Nosotros / as | figuraríamos | We would appear |
| Vosotros / as | figuraríais | You would appear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figurarían | They / you would appear |
| Vos | figurarías | You would appear |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will appear” or “they will appear”.
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 figurar” means “They are going to appear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | figuraré | I will appear |
| Tú | figurarás | You will appear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figurará | He / she / you will appear |
| Nosotros / as | figuraremos | We will appear |
| Vosotros / as | figuraréis | You will appear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figurarán | They / you will appear |
| Vos | figurarás | You will appear |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | figure |
| Tú | figures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figure |
| Nosotros / as | figuremos |
| Vosotros / as | figuréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figuren |
| Vos | figures |
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 | figurara | figurase |
| Tú | figuraras | figurase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figurara | figurase |
| Nosotros / as | figuráramos | figurásemos |
| Vosotros / as | figurarais | figuraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figuraran | figurasen |
| Vos | figuraras | figurase |
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 | figurare |
| Tú | figurares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figurare |
| Nosotros / as | figuráremos |
| Vosotros / as | figurareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figuraren |
| Vos | figurares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “appear!” and “don’t appear!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | figura | no figures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | figure | no figure |
| Nosotros / as | figuremos | no figuremos |
| Vosotros / as | figurad | no figuréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | figuren | no figuren |
| Vos | figurá | no figures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya appeared |
| Tú | hayas appeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya appeared |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos appeared |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis appeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan appeared |
| Vos | hayas appeared |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera appeared / hubiese appeared |
| Tú | hubieras appeared / hubieses appeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera appeared / hubiese appeared |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos appeared / hubiésemos appeared |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais appeared / hubieseis appeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran appeared / hubiesen appeared |
| Vos | hubieras appeared / hubieses appeared |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere appeared |
| Tú | hubieres appeared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere appeared |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos appeared |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis appeared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren appeared |
| Vos | hubieres appeared |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté figurando |
| Tú | estés figurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté figurando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos figurando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis figurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén figurando |
| Vos | estés figurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera figurando / estuviese figurando |
| Tú | estuvieras figurando / estuvieses figurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera figurando / estuviese figurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos figurando / estuviésamos figurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais figurando / estuvieseis figurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera figurando / estuviese figurando |
| Vos | estuvieras figurando / estuvieses figurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere figurando |
| Tú | estuvieres figurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere figurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos figurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis figurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere figurando |
| Vos | estuvieres figurando |
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 figurás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos figuraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos figurabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos figurarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos figurarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos figures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos figuraras / Vos figurase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos figurá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no figures |