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Homenajear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pay homage to”.
Below are all of the conjugations for homenajear 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 pay homage to |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | homenajear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está homenajeando) and past continuous (estaba homenajeando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. paid homage to).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he paid homage to and hubiera paid homage to. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have paying homage to).
| Gerundio / Gerund | homenajeando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | paid homage to |
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 pay homage to” or “they pay homage to”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | homenajeo |
| Tú | homenajeas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajea |
| Nosotros / as | homenajeamos |
| Vosotros / as | homenajeáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajean |
| Vos | homenajeás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I pay homage to” or “she pay homage to” 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 | homenajeé | I pay homage to |
| Tú | homenajeaste | You pay homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajeó | He / she / you pay homage to |
| Nosotros / as | homenajeamos | We pay homage to |
| Vosotros / as | homenajeasteis | You pay homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajearon | They / you pay homage to |
| Vos | homenajeaste | You pay homage to |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was paid homage to” or “she was paid homage to” 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 | homenajeaba | I was paid homage to |
| Tú | homenajeabas | You were paid homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajeaba | He was / she was / you were paid homage to |
| Nosotros / as | homenajeábamos | We were paid homage to |
| Vosotros / as | homenajeabais | You were paid homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajeaban | They / you were paid homage to |
| Vos | homenajeabas | You were paid homage to |
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 paying homage to” and “she has paying homage to”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he paid homage to | I have paying homage to |
| Tú | has paid homage to | You have paying homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha paid homage to | He has / she has / you have paying homage to |
| Nosotros / as | hemos paid homage to | We have paying homage to |
| Vosotros / as | habéis paid homage to | You have paying homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han paid homage to | They / you have paying homage to |
| Vos | has paid homage to | You have paying homage to |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would pay homage to” or “she would pay homage to”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | homenajearía | I would pay homage to |
| Tú | homenajearías | You would pay homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajearía | He / she / you would pay homage to |
| Nosotros / as | homenajearíamos | We would pay homage to |
| Vosotros / as | homenajearíais | You would pay homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajearían | They / you would pay homage to |
| Vos | homenajearías | You would pay homage to |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will pay homage to” or “they will pay homage to”.
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 homenajear” means “They are going to pay homage to”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | homenajearé | I will pay homage to |
| Tú | homenajearás | You will pay homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajeará | He / she / you will pay homage to |
| Nosotros / as | homenajearemos | We will pay homage to |
| Vosotros / as | homenajearéis | You will pay homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajearán | They / you will pay homage to |
| Vos | homenajearás | You will pay homage to |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | homenajee |
| Tú | homenajees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajee |
| Nosotros / as | homenajeemos |
| Vosotros / as | homenajeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajeen |
| Vos | homenajees |
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 | homenajeara | homenajease |
| Tú | homenajearas | homenajease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajeara | homenajease |
| Nosotros / as | homenajeáramos | homenajeásemos |
| Vosotros / as | homenajearais | homenajeaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajearan | homenajeasen |
| Vos | homenajearas | homenajease |
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 | homenajeare |
| Tú | homenajeares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajeare |
| Nosotros / as | homenajeáremos |
| Vosotros / as | homenajeareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajearen |
| Vos | homenajeares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “pay homage to!” and “don’t pay homage to!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | homenajea | no homenajees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | homenajee | no homenajee |
| Nosotros / as | homenajeemos | no homenajeemos |
| Vosotros / as | homenajead | no homenajeéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | homenajeen | no homenajeen |
| Vos | homenajeá | no homenajees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya paid homage to |
| Tú | hayas paid homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya paid homage to |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos paid homage to |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis paid homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan paid homage to |
| Vos | hayas paid homage to |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera paid homage to / hubiese paid homage to |
| Tú | hubieras paid homage to / hubieses paid homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera paid homage to / hubiese paid homage to |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos paid homage to / hubiésemos paid homage to |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais paid homage to / hubieseis paid homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran paid homage to / hubiesen paid homage to |
| Vos | hubieras paid homage to / hubieses paid homage to |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere paid homage to |
| Tú | hubieres paid homage to |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere paid homage to |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos paid homage to |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis paid homage to |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren paid homage to |
| Vos | hubieres paid homage to |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté homenajeando |
| Tú | estés homenajeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté homenajeando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos homenajeando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis homenajeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén homenajeando |
| Vos | estés homenajeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera homenajeando / estuviese homenajeando |
| Tú | estuvieras homenajeando / estuvieses homenajeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera homenajeando / estuviese homenajeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos homenajeando / estuviésamos homenajeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais homenajeando / estuvieseis homenajeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera homenajeando / estuviese homenajeando |
| Vos | estuvieras homenajeando / estuvieses homenajeando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere homenajeando |
| Tú | estuvieres homenajeando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere homenajeando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos homenajeando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis homenajeando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere homenajeando |
| Vos | estuvieres homenajeando |
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 homenajeás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos homenajeaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos homenajeabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos homenajearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos homenajearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos homenajees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos homenajearas / Vos homenajease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos homenajeá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no homenajees |