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Identificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to identify”.
Below are all of the conjugations for identificar 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 identify |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | identificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está identificando) and past continuous (estaba identificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. identified).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he identified and hubiera identified. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have identifying).
| Gerundio / Gerund | identificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | identified |
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 identify” or “they identify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | identifico |
| Tú | identificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identifica |
| Nosotros / as | identificamos |
| Vosotros / as | identificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identifican |
| Vos | identificás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I identify” or “she identify” 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 | identifiqué | I identify |
| Tú | identificaste | You identify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identificó | He / she / you identify |
| Nosotros / as | identificamos | We identify |
| Vosotros / as | identificasteis | You identify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identificaron | They / you identify |
| Vos | identificaste | You identify |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was identified” or “she was identified” 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 | identificaba | I was identified |
| Tú | identificabas | You were identified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identificaba | He was / she was / you were identified |
| Nosotros / as | identificábamos | We were identified |
| Vosotros / as | identificabais | You were identified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identificaban | They / you were identified |
| Vos | identificabas | You were identified |
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 identifying” and “she has identifying”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he identified | I have identifying |
| Tú | has identified | You have identifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha identified | He has / she has / you have identifying |
| Nosotros / as | hemos identified | We have identifying |
| Vosotros / as | habéis identified | You have identifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han identified | They / you have identifying |
| Vos | has identified | You have identifying |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would identify” or “she would identify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | identificaría | I would identify |
| Tú | identificarías | You would identify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identificaría | He / she / you would identify |
| Nosotros / as | identificaríamos | We would identify |
| Vosotros / as | identificaríais | You would identify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identificarían | They / you would identify |
| Vos | identificarías | You would identify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will identify” or “they will identify”.
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 identificar” means “They are going to identify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | identificaré | I will identify |
| Tú | identificarás | You will identify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identificará | He / she / you will identify |
| Nosotros / as | identificaremos | We will identify |
| Vosotros / as | identificaréis | You will identify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identificarán | They / you will identify |
| Vos | identificarás | You will identify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | identifique |
| Tú | identifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identifique |
| Nosotros / as | identifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | identifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identifiquen |
| Vos | identifiques |
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 | identificara | identificase |
| Tú | identificaras | identificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identificara | identificase |
| Nosotros / as | identificáramos | identificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | identificarais | identificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identificaran | identificasen |
| Vos | identificaras | identificase |
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 | identificare |
| Tú | identificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identificare |
| Nosotros / as | identificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | identificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identificaren |
| Vos | identificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “identify!” and “don’t identify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | identifica | no identifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | identifique | no identifique |
| Nosotros / as | identifiquemos | no identifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | identificad | no identifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | identifiquen | no identifiquen |
| Vos | identificá | no identifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya identified |
| Tú | hayas identified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya identified |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos identified |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis identified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan identified |
| Vos | hayas identified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera identified / hubiese identified |
| Tú | hubieras identified / hubieses identified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera identified / hubiese identified |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos identified / hubiésemos identified |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais identified / hubieseis identified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran identified / hubiesen identified |
| Vos | hubieras identified / hubieses identified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere identified |
| Tú | hubieres identified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere identified |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos identified |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis identified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren identified |
| Vos | hubieres identified |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté identificando |
| Tú | estés identificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté identificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos identificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis identificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén identificando |
| Vos | estés identificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera identificando / estuviese identificando |
| Tú | estuvieras identificando / estuvieses identificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera identificando / estuviese identificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos identificando / estuviésamos identificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais identificando / estuvieseis identificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera identificando / estuviese identificando |
| Vos | estuvieras identificando / estuvieses identificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere identificando |
| Tú | estuvieres identificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere identificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos identificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis identificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere identificando |
| Vos | estuvieres identificando |
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 identificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos identificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos identificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos identificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos identificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos identifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos identificaras / Vos identificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos identificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no identifiques |