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Imprimir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to print”.
Below are all of the conjugations for imprimir 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 print |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | imprimir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está imprimiendo) and past continuous (estaba imprimiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. printing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he imprimido and hubiera imprimido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have printed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | imprimiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | imprimido |
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 print” or “they print”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | imprimo |
| Tú | imprimes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprime |
| Nosotros / as | imprimimos |
| Vosotros / as | imprimís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | imprimen |
| Vos | imprimís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I printed” or “she printed” 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 | imprimí | I printed |
| Tú | imprimiste | You printed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprimió | He / she / you printed |
| Nosotros / as | imprimimos | We printed |
| Vosotros / as | imprimisteis | You printed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | imprimieron | They / you printed |
| Vos | imprimiste | You printed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was printing” or “she was printing” 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 | imprimía | I was printing |
| Tú | imprimías | You were printing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprimía | He was / she was / you were printing |
| Nosotros / as | imprimíamos | We were printing |
| Vosotros / as | imprimíais | You were printing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | imprimían | They / you were printing |
| Vos | imprimías | You were printing |
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 printed” and “she has printed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he imprimido | I have printed |
| Tú | has imprimido | You have printed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha imprimido | He has / she has / you have printed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos imprimido | We have printed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis imprimido | You have printed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han imprimido | They / you have printed |
| Vos | has imprimido | You have printed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would print” or “she would print”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | imprimiría | I would print |
| Tú | imprimirías | You would print |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprimiría | He / she / you would print |
| Nosotros / as | imprimiríamos | We would print |
| Vosotros / as | imprimiríais | You would print |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | imprimirían | They / you would print |
| Vos | imprimirías | You would print |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will print” or “they will print”.
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 imprimir” means “They are going to print”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | imprimiré | I will print |
| Tú | imprimirás | You will print |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprimirá | He / she / you will print |
| Nosotros / as | imprimiremos | We will print |
| Vosotros / as | imprimiréis | You will print |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | imprimirán | They / you will print |
| Vos | imprimirás | You will print |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | imprima |
| Tú | imprimas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprima |
| Nosotros / as | imprimamos |
| Vosotros / as | imprimáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | impriman |
| Vos | imprimas |
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 | imprimiera | imprimiese |
| Tú | imprimieras | imprimiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprimiera | imprimiese |
| Nosotros / as | imprimiéramos | imprimiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | imprimierais | imprimieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | imprimieran | imprimiesen |
| Vos | imprimieras | imprimiese |
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 | imprimiere |
| Tú | imprimieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprimiera |
| Nosotros / as | imprimiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | imprimiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | imprimieren |
| Vos | imprimieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “print!” and “don’t print!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | imprime | no imprimas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | imprima | no imprima |
| Nosotros / as | imprimamos | no imprimamos |
| Vosotros / as | imprimid | no imprimáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | impriman | no impriman |
| Vos | imprimí | no imprimas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya imprimido |
| Tú | hayas imprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya imprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos imprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis imprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan imprimido |
| Vos | hayas imprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera imprimido / hubiese imprimido |
| Tú | hubieras imprimido / hubieses imprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera imprimido / hubiese imprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos imprimido / hubiésemos imprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais imprimido / hubieseis imprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran imprimido / hubiesen imprimido |
| Vos | hubieras imprimido / hubieses imprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere imprimido |
| Tú | hubieres imprimido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere imprimido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos imprimido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis imprimido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren imprimido |
| Vos | hubieres imprimido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté imprimiendo |
| Tú | estés imprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté imprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos imprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis imprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén imprimiendo |
| Vos | estés imprimiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera imprimiendo / estuviese imprimiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras imprimiendo / estuvieses imprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera imprimiendo / estuviese imprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos imprimiendo / estuviésamos imprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais imprimiendo / estuvieseis imprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera imprimiendo / estuviese imprimiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras imprimiendo / estuvieses imprimiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere imprimiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres imprimiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere imprimiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos imprimiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis imprimiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere imprimiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres imprimiendo |
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 imprimís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos imprimiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos imprimías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos imprimirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos imprimirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos imprimas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos imprimieras / Vos imprimiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos imprimí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no imprimas |