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Heredar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to inherit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for heredar 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 inherit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | heredar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está heredando) and past continuous (estaba heredando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inherited).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inherited and hubiera inherited. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have inheriting).
| Gerundio / Gerund | heredando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inherited |
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 inherit” or “they inherit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | heredo |
| Tú | heredas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hereda |
| Nosotros / as | heredamos |
| Vosotros / as | heredáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | heredan |
| Vos | heredás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I inherit” or “she inherit” 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 | heredé | I inherit |
| Tú | heredaste | You inherit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | heredó | He / she / you inherit |
| Nosotros / as | heredamos | We inherit |
| Vosotros / as | heredasteis | You inherit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | heredaron | They / you inherit |
| Vos | heredaste | You inherit |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inherited” or “she was inherited” 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 | heredaba | I was inherited |
| Tú | heredabas | You were inherited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | heredaba | He was / she was / you were inherited |
| Nosotros / as | heredábamos | We were inherited |
| Vosotros / as | heredabais | You were inherited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | heredaban | They / you were inherited |
| Vos | heredabas | You were inherited |
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 inheriting” and “she has inheriting”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inherited | I have inheriting |
| Tú | has inherited | You have inheriting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inherited | He has / she has / you have inheriting |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inherited | We have inheriting |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inherited | You have inheriting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inherited | They / you have inheriting |
| Vos | has inherited | You have inheriting |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would inherit” or “she would inherit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | heredaría | I would inherit |
| Tú | heredarías | You would inherit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | heredaría | He / she / you would inherit |
| Nosotros / as | heredaríamos | We would inherit |
| Vosotros / as | heredaríais | You would inherit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | heredarían | They / you would inherit |
| Vos | heredarías | You would inherit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will inherit” or “they will inherit”.
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 heredar” means “They are going to inherit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | heredaré | I will inherit |
| Tú | heredarás | You will inherit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | heredará | He / she / you will inherit |
| Nosotros / as | heredaremos | We will inherit |
| Vosotros / as | heredaréis | You will inherit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | heredarán | They / you will inherit |
| Vos | heredarás | You will inherit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | herede |
| Tú | heredes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | herede |
| Nosotros / as | heredemos |
| Vosotros / as | heredéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hereden |
| Vos | heredes |
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 | heredara | heredase |
| Tú | heredaras | heredase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | heredara | heredase |
| Nosotros / as | heredáramos | heredásemos |
| Vosotros / as | heredarais | heredaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | heredaran | heredasen |
| Vos | heredaras | heredase |
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 | heredare |
| Tú | heredares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | heredare |
| Nosotros / as | heredáremos |
| Vosotros / as | heredareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | heredaren |
| Vos | heredares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “inherit!” and “don’t inherit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | hereda | no heredes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | herede | no herede |
| Nosotros / as | heredemos | no heredemos |
| Vosotros / as | heredad | no heredéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hereden | no hereden |
| Vos | heredá | no heredes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inherited |
| Tú | hayas inherited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inherited |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inherited |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inherited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inherited |
| Vos | hayas inherited |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inherited / hubiese inherited |
| Tú | hubieras inherited / hubieses inherited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inherited / hubiese inherited |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inherited / hubiésemos inherited |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inherited / hubieseis inherited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inherited / hubiesen inherited |
| Vos | hubieras inherited / hubieses inherited |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inherited |
| Tú | hubieres inherited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inherited |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inherited |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inherited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inherited |
| Vos | hubieres inherited |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté heredando |
| Tú | estés heredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté heredando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos heredando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis heredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén heredando |
| Vos | estés heredando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera heredando / estuviese heredando |
| Tú | estuvieras heredando / estuvieses heredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera heredando / estuviese heredando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos heredando / estuviésamos heredando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais heredando / estuvieseis heredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera heredando / estuviese heredando |
| Vos | estuvieras heredando / estuvieses heredando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere heredando |
| Tú | estuvieres heredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere heredando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos heredando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis heredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere heredando |
| Vos | estuvieres heredando |
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 heredás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos heredaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos heredabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos heredarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos heredarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos heredes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos heredaras / Vos heredase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos heredá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no heredes |