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Incendiar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to set on fire”.
Below are all of the conjugations for incendiar 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 set on fire |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | incendiar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está incendiando) and past continuous (estaba incendiando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. setting on fire).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he incendiado and hubiera incendiado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have set on fire).
| Gerundio / Gerund | incendiando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | incendiado |
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 set on fire” or “they set on fire”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | incendio |
| Tú | incendias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendia |
| Nosotros / as | incendiamos |
| Vosotros / as | incendiáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendian |
| Vos | incendiás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I set on fire” or “she set on fire” 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 | incendié | I set on fire |
| Tú | incendiaste | You set on fire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendió | He / she / you set on fire |
| Nosotros / as | incendiamos | We set on fire |
| Vosotros / as | incendiasteis | You set on fire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendiaron | They / you set on fire |
| Vos | incendiaste | You set on fire |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was setting on fire” or “she was setting on fire” 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 | incendiaba | I was setting on fire |
| Tú | incendiabas | You were setting on fire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendiaba | He was / she was / you were setting on fire |
| Nosotros / as | incendiábamos | We were setting on fire |
| Vosotros / as | incendiabais | You were setting on fire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendiaban | They / you were setting on fire |
| Vos | incendiabas | You were setting on fire |
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 set on fire” and “she has set on fire”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he incendiado | I have set on fire |
| Tú | has incendiado | You have set on fire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha incendiado | He has / she has / you have set on fire |
| Nosotros / as | hemos incendiado | We have set on fire |
| Vosotros / as | habéis incendiado | You have set on fire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han incendiado | They / you have set on fire |
| Vos | has incendiado | You have set on fire |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would set on fire” or “she would set on fire”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | incendiaría | I would set on fire |
| Tú | incendiarías | You would set on fire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendiaría | He / she / you would set on fire |
| Nosotros / as | incendiaríamos | We would set on fire |
| Vosotros / as | incendiaríais | You would set on fire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendiarían | They / you would set on fire |
| Vos | incendiarías | You would set on fire |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will set on fire” or “they will set on fire”.
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 incendiar” means “They are going to set on fire”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | incendiaré | I will set on fire |
| Tú | incendiarás | You will set on fire |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendiará | He / she / you will set on fire |
| Nosotros / as | incendiaremos | We will set on fire |
| Vosotros / as | incendiaréis | You will set on fire |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendiarán | They / you will set on fire |
| Vos | incendiarás | You will set on fire |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | incendie |
| Tú | incendies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendie |
| Nosotros / as | incendiemos |
| Vosotros / as | incendiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendien |
| Vos | incendies |
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 | incendiara | incendiase |
| Tú | incendiaras | incendiase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendiara | incendiase |
| Nosotros / as | incendiáramos | incendiásemos |
| Vosotros / as | incendiarais | incendiaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendiaran | incendiasen |
| Vos | incendiaras | incendiase |
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 | incendiare |
| Tú | incendiares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendiare |
| Nosotros / as | incendiáremos |
| Vosotros / as | incendiareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendiaren |
| Vos | incendiares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “set on fire!” and “don’t set on fire!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | incendia | no incendies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incendie | no incendie |
| Nosotros / as | incendiemos | no incendiemos |
| Vosotros / as | incendiad | no incendiéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incendien | no incendien |
| Vos | incendiá | no incendies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya incendiado |
| Tú | hayas incendiado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya incendiado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos incendiado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis incendiado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan incendiado |
| Vos | hayas incendiado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera incendiado / hubiese incendiado |
| Tú | hubieras incendiado / hubieses incendiado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera incendiado / hubiese incendiado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos incendiado / hubiésemos incendiado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais incendiado / hubieseis incendiado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran incendiado / hubiesen incendiado |
| Vos | hubieras incendiado / hubieses incendiado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere incendiado |
| Tú | hubieres incendiado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere incendiado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos incendiado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis incendiado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren incendiado |
| Vos | hubieres incendiado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté incendiando |
| Tú | estés incendiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté incendiando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos incendiando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis incendiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén incendiando |
| Vos | estés incendiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera incendiando / estuviese incendiando |
| Tú | estuvieras incendiando / estuvieses incendiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera incendiando / estuviese incendiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos incendiando / estuviésamos incendiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais incendiando / estuvieseis incendiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera incendiando / estuviese incendiando |
| Vos | estuvieras incendiando / estuvieses incendiando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere incendiando |
| Tú | estuvieres incendiando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere incendiando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos incendiando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis incendiando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere incendiando |
| Vos | estuvieres incendiando |
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 incendiás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos incendiaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos incendiabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos incendiarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos incendiarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos incendies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos incendiaras / Vos incendiase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos incendiá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no incendies |