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Filmar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to film”.
Below are all of the conjugations for filmar 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 film |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | filmar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está filmando) and past continuous (estaba filmando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. filmed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he filmed and hubiera filmed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have filming).
| Gerundio / Gerund | filmando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | filmed |
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 film” or “they film”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | filmo |
| Tú | filmas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filma |
| Nosotros / as | filmamos |
| Vosotros / as | filmáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filman |
| Vos | filmás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I film” or “she film” 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 | filmé | I film |
| Tú | filmaste | You film |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filmó | He / she / you film |
| Nosotros / as | filmamos | We film |
| Vosotros / as | filmasteis | You film |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmaron | They / you film |
| Vos | filmaste | You film |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was filmed” or “she was filmed” 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 | filmaba | I was filmed |
| Tú | filmabas | You were filmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filmaba | He was / she was / you were filmed |
| Nosotros / as | filmábamos | We were filmed |
| Vosotros / as | filmabais | You were filmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmaban | They / you were filmed |
| Vos | filmabas | You were filmed |
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 filming” and “she has filming”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he filmed | I have filming |
| Tú | has filmed | You have filming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha filmed | He has / she has / you have filming |
| Nosotros / as | hemos filmed | We have filming |
| Vosotros / as | habéis filmed | You have filming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han filmed | They / you have filming |
| Vos | has filmed | You have filming |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would film” or “she would film”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | filmaría | I would film |
| Tú | filmarías | You would film |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filmaría | He / she / you would film |
| Nosotros / as | filmaríamos | We would film |
| Vosotros / as | filmaríais | You would film |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmarían | They / you would film |
| Vos | filmarías | You would film |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will film” or “they will film”.
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 filmar” means “They are going to film”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | filmaré | I will film |
| Tú | filmarás | You will film |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filmará | He / she / you will film |
| Nosotros / as | filmaremos | We will film |
| Vosotros / as | filmaréis | You will film |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmarán | They / you will film |
| Vos | filmarás | You will film |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | filme |
| Tú | filmes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filme |
| Nosotros / as | filmemos |
| Vosotros / as | filméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmen |
| Vos | filmes |
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 | filmara | filmase |
| Tú | filmaras | filmase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filmara | filmase |
| Nosotros / as | filmáramos | filmásemos |
| Vosotros / as | filmarais | filmaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmaran | filmasen |
| Vos | filmaras | filmase |
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 | filmare |
| Tú | filmares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filmare |
| Nosotros / as | filmáremos |
| Vosotros / as | filmareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmaren |
| Vos | filmares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “film!” and “don’t film!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | filma | no filmes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | filme | no filme |
| Nosotros / as | filmemos | no filmemos |
| Vosotros / as | filmad | no filméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | filmen | no filmen |
| Vos | filmá | no filmes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya filmed |
| Tú | hayas filmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya filmed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos filmed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis filmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan filmed |
| Vos | hayas filmed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera filmed / hubiese filmed |
| Tú | hubieras filmed / hubieses filmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera filmed / hubiese filmed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos filmed / hubiésemos filmed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais filmed / hubieseis filmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran filmed / hubiesen filmed |
| Vos | hubieras filmed / hubieses filmed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere filmed |
| Tú | hubieres filmed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere filmed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos filmed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis filmed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren filmed |
| Vos | hubieres filmed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté filmando |
| Tú | estés filmando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté filmando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos filmando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis filmando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén filmando |
| Vos | estés filmando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera filmando / estuviese filmando |
| Tú | estuvieras filmando / estuvieses filmando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera filmando / estuviese filmando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos filmando / estuviésamos filmando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais filmando / estuvieseis filmando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera filmando / estuviese filmando |
| Vos | estuvieras filmando / estuvieses filmando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere filmando |
| Tú | estuvieres filmando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere filmando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos filmando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis filmando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere filmando |
| Vos | estuvieres filmando |
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 filmás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos filmaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos filmabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos filmarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos filmarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos filmes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos filmaras / Vos filmase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos filmá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no filmes |