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Ignorar conjugation

Ignorar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to be ignorant of, unaware of, not to know”.

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Below are all of the conjugations for ignorar 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.

Ignorar Infinitive

English Infinitive	to be ignorant of, unaware of, not to know
Spanish Infinitive	ignorar

Ignorar Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ignorando) and past continuous (estaba ignorando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. was ignorant of).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he been ignorant of and hubiera been ignorant of. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have being ignorant of).

Gerundio / Gerund	ignorando
Participio / Past Participle	been ignorant of

Ignorar Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Ignorar Presente / Present

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 be ignorant of” or “they be ignorant of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	ignoro
Tú	ignoras
Él / Ella / Usted	ignora
Nosotros / as	ignoramos
Vosotros / as	ignoráis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignoran
Vos	ignorás

Ignorar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I be ignorant of” or “she be ignorant of” 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	ignoré	I be ignorant of
Tú	ignoraste	You be ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	ignoró	He / she / you be ignorant of
Nosotros / as	ignoramos	We be ignorant of
Vosotros / as	ignorasteis	You be ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignoraron	They / you be ignorant of
Vos	ignoraste	You be ignorant of

Ignorar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was was ignorant of” or “she was was ignorant of” 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	ignoraba	I was was ignorant of
Tú	ignorabas	You were was ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	ignoraba	He was / she was / you were was ignorant of
Nosotros / as	ignorábamos	We were was ignorant of
Vosotros / as	ignorabais	You were was ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignoraban	They / you were was ignorant of
Vos	ignorabas	You were was ignorant of

Ignorar Perfect / Perfecto

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 being ignorant of” and “she has being ignorant of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	he been ignorant of	I have being ignorant of
Tú	has been ignorant of	You have being ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	ha been ignorant of	He has / she has / you have being ignorant of
Nosotros / as	hemos been ignorant of	We have being ignorant of
Vosotros / as	habéis been ignorant of	You have being ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han been ignorant of	They / you have being ignorant of
Vos	has been ignorant of	You have being ignorant of

Ignorar Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would be ignorant of” or “she would be ignorant of”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	ignoraría	I would be ignorant of
Tú	ignorarías	You would be ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	ignoraría	He / she / you would be ignorant of
Nosotros / as	ignoraríamos	We would be ignorant of
Vosotros / as	ignoraríais	You would be ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignorarían	They / you would be ignorant of
Vos	ignorarías	You would be ignorant of

Ignorar Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will be ignorant of” or “they will be ignorant of”.

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 ignorar” means “They are going to be ignorant of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	ignoraré	I will be ignorant of
Tú	ignorarás	You will be ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	ignorará	He / she / you will be ignorant of
Nosotros / as	ignoraremos	We will be ignorant of
Vosotros / as	ignoraréis	You will be ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignorarán	They / you will be ignorant of
Vos	ignorarás	You will be ignorant of

Ignorar Subjunctive Conjugations

Ignorar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	ignore
Tú	ignores
Él / Ella / Usted	ignore
Nosotros / as	ignoremos
Vosotros / as	ignoréis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignoren
Vos	ignores

Ignorar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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	ignorara	ignorase
Tú	ignoraras	ignorase
Él / Ella / Usted	ignorara	ignorase
Nosotros / as	ignoráramos	ignorásemos
Vosotros / as	ignorarais	ignoraseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignoraran	ignorasen
Vos	ignoraras	ignorase

Ignorar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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	ignorare
Tú	ignorares
Él / Ella / Usted	ignorare
Nosotros / as	ignoráremos
Vosotros / as	ignorareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignoraren
Vos	ignorares

Ignorar Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “be ignorant of!” and “don’t be ignorant of!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	ignora	no ignores
Él / Ella / Usted	ignore	no ignore
Nosotros / as	ignoremos	no ignoremos
Vosotros / as	ignorad	no ignoréis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	ignoren	no ignoren
Vos	ignorá	no ignores

Ignorar Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Ignorar Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya been ignorant of
Tú	hayas been ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	haya been ignorant of
Nosotros / as	hayamos been ignorant of
Vosotros / as	hayáis been ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan been ignorant of
Vos	hayas been ignorant of

Ignorar Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera been ignorant of / hubiese been ignorant of
Tú	hubieras been ignorant of / hubieses been ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera been ignorant of / hubiese been ignorant of
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos been ignorant of / hubiésemos been ignorant of
Vosotros / as	hubierais been ignorant of / hubieseis been ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran been ignorant of / hubiesen been ignorant of
Vos	hubieras been ignorant of / hubieses been ignorant of

Ignorar Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere been ignorant of
Tú	hubieres been ignorant of
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere been ignorant of
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos been ignorant of
Vosotros / as	hubiereis been ignorant of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren been ignorant of
Vos	hubieres been ignorant of

Ignorar Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté ignorando
Tú	estés ignorando
Él / Ella / Usted	esté ignorando
Nosotros / as	estemos ignorando
Vosotros / as	estéis ignorando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén ignorando
Vos	estés ignorando

Ignorar Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera ignorando / estuviese ignorando
Tú	estuvieras ignorando / estuvieses ignorando
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera ignorando / estuviese ignorando
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos ignorando / estuviésamos ignorando
Vosotros / as	estuvierais ignorando / estuvieseis ignorando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera ignorando / estuviese ignorando
Vos	estuvieras ignorando / estuvieses ignorando

Ignorar Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere ignorando
Tú	estuvieres ignorando
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere ignorando
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos ignorando
Vosotros / as	estuviereis ignorando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere ignorando
Vos	estuvieres ignorando

Ignorar Vos Conjugation

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 ignorás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos ignoraste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos ignorabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos ignorarías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos ignorarás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos ignores
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos ignoraras / Vos ignorase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos ignorá
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no ignores