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Generar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to generate, produce”.
Below are all of the conjugations for generar 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 generate, produce |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | generar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está generando) and past continuous (estaba generando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. generated).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he generated and hubiera generated. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have generating).
| Gerundio / Gerund | generando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | generated |
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 generate” or “they generate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | genero |
| Tú | generas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | genera |
| Nosotros / as | generamos |
| Vosotros / as | generáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generan |
| Vos | generás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I generate” or “she generate” 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 | generé | I generate |
| Tú | generaste | You generate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | generó | He / she / you generate |
| Nosotros / as | generamos | We generate |
| Vosotros / as | generasteis | You generate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generaron | They / you generate |
| Vos | generaste | You generate |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was generated” or “she was generated” 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 | generaba | I was generated |
| Tú | generabas | You were generated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | generaba | He was / she was / you were generated |
| Nosotros / as | generábamos | We were generated |
| Vosotros / as | generabais | You were generated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generaban | They / you were generated |
| Vos | generabas | You were generated |
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 generating” and “she has generating”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he generated | I have generating |
| Tú | has generated | You have generating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha generated | He has / she has / you have generating |
| Nosotros / as | hemos generated | We have generating |
| Vosotros / as | habéis generated | You have generating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han generated | They / you have generating |
| Vos | has generated | You have generating |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would generate” or “she would generate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | generaría | I would generate |
| Tú | generarías | You would generate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | generaría | He / she / you would generate |
| Nosotros / as | generaríamos | We would generate |
| Vosotros / as | generaríais | You would generate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generarían | They / you would generate |
| Vos | generarías | You would generate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will generate” or “they will generate”.
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 generar” means “They are going to generate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | generaré | I will generate |
| Tú | generarás | You will generate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | generará | He / she / you will generate |
| Nosotros / as | generaremos | We will generate |
| Vosotros / as | generaréis | You will generate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generarán | They / you will generate |
| Vos | generarás | You will generate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | genere |
| Tú | generes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | genere |
| Nosotros / as | generemos |
| Vosotros / as | generéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generen |
| Vos | generes |
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 | generara | generase |
| Tú | generaras | generase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | generara | generase |
| Nosotros / as | generáramos | generásemos |
| Vosotros / as | generarais | generaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generaran | generasen |
| Vos | generaras | generase |
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 | generare |
| Tú | generares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | generare |
| Nosotros / as | generáremos |
| Vosotros / as | generareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generaren |
| Vos | generares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “generate!” and “don’t generate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | genera | no generes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | genere | no genere |
| Nosotros / as | generemos | no generemos |
| Vosotros / as | generad | no generéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | generen | no generen |
| Vos | generá | no generes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya generated |
| Tú | hayas generated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya generated |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos generated |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis generated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan generated |
| Vos | hayas generated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera generated / hubiese generated |
| Tú | hubieras generated / hubieses generated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera generated / hubiese generated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos generated / hubiésemos generated |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais generated / hubieseis generated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran generated / hubiesen generated |
| Vos | hubieras generated / hubieses generated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere generated |
| Tú | hubieres generated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere generated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos generated |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis generated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren generated |
| Vos | hubieres generated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté generando |
| Tú | estés generando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté generando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos generando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis generando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén generando |
| Vos | estés generando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera generando / estuviese generando |
| Tú | estuvieras generando / estuvieses generando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera generando / estuviese generando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos generando / estuviésamos generando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais generando / estuvieseis generando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera generando / estuviese generando |
| Vos | estuvieras generando / estuvieses generando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere generando |
| Tú | estuvieres generando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere generando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos generando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis generando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere generando |
| Vos | estuvieres generando |
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 generás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos generaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos generabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos generarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos generarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos generes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos generaras / Vos generase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos generá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no generes |