Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Menu
Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Inaugurar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to inaugurate, grand opening”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inaugurar 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 inaugurate, grand opening |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inaugurar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inaugurando) and past continuous (estaba inaugurando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inaugurating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inaugurado and hubiera inaugurado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have inaugurated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inaugurando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inaugurado |
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 inaugurate” or “they inaugurate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inauguro |
| Tú | inauguras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inaugura |
| Nosotros / as | inauguramos |
| Vosotros / as | inauguráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inauguran |
| Vos | inaugurás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I inaugurated” or “she inaugurated” 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 | inauguré | I inaugurated |
| Tú | inauguraste | You inaugurated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inauguró | He / she / you inaugurated |
| Nosotros / as | inauguramos | We inaugurated |
| Vosotros / as | inaugurasteis | You inaugurated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inauguraron | They / you inaugurated |
| Vos | inauguraste | You inaugurated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inaugurating” or “she was inaugurating” 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 | inauguraba | I was inaugurating |
| Tú | inaugurabas | You were inaugurating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inauguraba | He was / she was / you were inaugurating |
| Nosotros / as | inaugurábamos | We were inaugurating |
| Vosotros / as | inaugurabais | You were inaugurating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inauguraban | They / you were inaugurating |
| Vos | inaugurabas | You were inaugurating |
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 inaugurated” and “she has inaugurated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inaugurado | I have inaugurated |
| Tú | has inaugurado | You have inaugurated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inaugurado | He has / she has / you have inaugurated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inaugurado | We have inaugurated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inaugurado | You have inaugurated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inaugurado | They / you have inaugurated |
| Vos | has inaugurado | You have inaugurated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would inaugurate” or “she would inaugurate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inauguraría | I would inaugurate |
| Tú | inaugurarías | You would inaugurate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inauguraría | He / she / you would inaugurate |
| Nosotros / as | inauguraríamos | We would inaugurate |
| Vosotros / as | inauguraríais | You would inaugurate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inaugurarían | They / you would inaugurate |
| Vos | inaugurarías | You would inaugurate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will inaugurate” or “they will inaugurate”.
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 inaugurar” means “They are going to inaugurate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inauguraré | I will inaugurate |
| Tú | inaugurarás | You will inaugurate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inaugurará | He / she / you will inaugurate |
| Nosotros / as | inauguraremos | We will inaugurate |
| Vosotros / as | inauguraréis | You will inaugurate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inaugurarán | They / you will inaugurate |
| Vos | inaugurarás | You will inaugurate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inaugure |
| Tú | inaugures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inaugure |
| Nosotros / as | inauguremos |
| Vosotros / as | inauguréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inauguren |
| Vos | inaugures |
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 | inaugurara | inaugurase |
| Tú | inauguraras | inaugurase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inaugurara | inaugurase |
| Nosotros / as | inauguráramos | inaugurásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inaugurarais | inauguraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inauguraran | inaugurasen |
| Vos | inauguraras | inaugurase |
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 | inaugurare |
| Tú | inaugurares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inaugurare |
| Nosotros / as | inauguráremos |
| Vosotros / as | inaugurareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inauguraren |
| Vos | inaugurares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “inaugurate!” and “don’t inaugurate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inaugura | no inaugures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inaugure | no inaugure |
| Nosotros / as | inauguremos | no inauguremos |
| Vosotros / as | inaugurad | no inauguréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inauguren | no inauguren |
| Vos | inaugurá | no inaugures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inaugurado |
| Tú | hayas inaugurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inaugurado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inaugurado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inaugurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inaugurado |
| Vos | hayas inaugurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inaugurado / hubiese inaugurado |
| Tú | hubieras inaugurado / hubieses inaugurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inaugurado / hubiese inaugurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inaugurado / hubiésemos inaugurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inaugurado / hubieseis inaugurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inaugurado / hubiesen inaugurado |
| Vos | hubieras inaugurado / hubieses inaugurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inaugurado |
| Tú | hubieres inaugurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inaugurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inaugurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inaugurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inaugurado |
| Vos | hubieres inaugurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inaugurando |
| Tú | estés inaugurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inaugurando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inaugurando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inaugurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inaugurando |
| Vos | estés inaugurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inaugurando / estuviese inaugurando |
| Tú | estuvieras inaugurando / estuvieses inaugurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inaugurando / estuviese inaugurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inaugurando / estuviésamos inaugurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inaugurando / estuvieseis inaugurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inaugurando / estuviese inaugurando |
| Vos | estuvieras inaugurando / estuvieses inaugurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inaugurando |
| Tú | estuvieres inaugurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inaugurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inaugurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inaugurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inaugurando |
| Vos | estuvieres inaugurando |
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 inaugurás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inauguraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inaugurabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inaugurarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inaugurarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos inaugures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inauguraras / Vos inaugurase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inaugurá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no inaugures |