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Florecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bloom, flourish, prosper”.
Below are all of the conjugations for florecer 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 bloom, flourish, prosper |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | florecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está floreciendo) and past continuous (estaba floreciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bloomed).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bloomed and hubiera bloomed. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have blooming).
| Gerundio / Gerund | floreciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bloomed |
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 bloom” or “they bloom”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | florezco |
| Tú | floreces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | florece |
| Nosotros / as | florecemos |
| Vosotros / as | florecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florecen |
| Vos | florecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I bloom” or “she bloom” 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 | florecí | I bloom |
| Tú | floreciste | You bloom |
| Él / Ella / Usted | floreció | He / she / you bloom |
| Nosotros / as | florecimos | We bloom |
| Vosotros / as | florecisteis | You bloom |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florecieron | They / you bloom |
| Vos | floreciste | You bloom |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bloomed” or “she was bloomed” 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 | florecía | I was bloomed |
| Tú | florecías | You were bloomed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | florecía | He was / she was / you were bloomed |
| Nosotros / as | florecíamos | We were bloomed |
| Vosotros / as | florecíais | You were bloomed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florecían | They / you were bloomed |
| Vos | florecías | You were bloomed |
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 blooming” and “she has blooming”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he bloomed | I have blooming |
| Tú | has bloomed | You have blooming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha bloomed | He has / she has / you have blooming |
| Nosotros / as | hemos bloomed | We have blooming |
| Vosotros / as | habéis bloomed | You have blooming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han bloomed | They / you have blooming |
| Vos | has bloomed | You have blooming |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would bloom” or “she would bloom”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | florecería | I would bloom |
| Tú | florecerías | You would bloom |
| Él / Ella / Usted | florecería | He / she / you would bloom |
| Nosotros / as | floreceríamos | We would bloom |
| Vosotros / as | floreceríais | You would bloom |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florecerían | They / you would bloom |
| Vos | florecerías | You would bloom |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will bloom” or “they will bloom”.
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 florecer” means “They are going to bloom”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | floreceré | I will bloom |
| Tú | florecerás | You will bloom |
| Él / Ella / Usted | florecerá | He / she / you will bloom |
| Nosotros / as | floreceremos | We will bloom |
| Vosotros / as | floreceréis | You will bloom |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florecerán | They / you will bloom |
| Vos | florecerás | You will bloom |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | florezca |
| Tú | florezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | florezca |
| Nosotros / as | florezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | florezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florezcan |
| Vos | florezcas |
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 | floreciera | floreciese |
| Tú | florecieras | floreciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | floreciera | floreciese |
| Nosotros / as | floreciéramos | floreciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | florecierais | florecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florecieran | floreciesen |
| Vos | florecieras | floreciese |
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 | floreciere |
| Tú | florecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | floreciere |
| Nosotros / as | floreciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | floreciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florecieren |
| Vos | florecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “bloom!” and “don’t bloom!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | florece | no florezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | florezca | no florezca |
| Nosotros / as | florezcamos | no florezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | floreced | no florezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | florezcan | no florezcan |
| Vos | florecé | no florezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bloomed |
| Tú | hayas bloomed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bloomed |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bloomed |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bloomed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bloomed |
| Vos | hayas bloomed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bloomed / hubiese bloomed |
| Tú | hubieras bloomed / hubieses bloomed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bloomed / hubiese bloomed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bloomed / hubiésemos bloomed |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bloomed / hubieseis bloomed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bloomed / hubiesen bloomed |
| Vos | hubieras bloomed / hubieses bloomed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bloomed |
| Tú | hubieres bloomed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bloomed |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bloomed |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bloomed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bloomed |
| Vos | hubieres bloomed |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté floreciendo |
| Tú | estés floreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté floreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos floreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis floreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén floreciendo |
| Vos | estés floreciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera floreciendo / estuviese floreciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras floreciendo / estuvieses floreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera floreciendo / estuviese floreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos floreciendo / estuviésamos floreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais floreciendo / estuvieseis floreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera floreciendo / estuviese floreciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras floreciendo / estuvieses floreciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere floreciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres floreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere floreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos floreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis floreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere floreciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres floreciendo |
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 florecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos floreciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos florecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos florecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos florecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos florezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos florecieras / Vos floreciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos florecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no florezcas |