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Incorporar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to join, incorporate, sit up”.
Below are all of the conjugations for incorporar 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 join, incorporate, sit up |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | incorporar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está incorporando) and past continuous (estaba incorporando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. incorporating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he incorporado and hubiera incorporado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have incorporated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | incorporando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | incorporado |
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 incorporate” or “they incorporate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | incorporo |
| Tú | incorporas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorpora |
| Nosotros / as | incorporamos |
| Vosotros / as | incorporáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporan |
| Vos | incorporás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I incorporated” or “she incorporated” 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 | incorporé | I incorporated |
| Tú | incorporaste | You incorporated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorporó | He / she / you incorporated |
| Nosotros / as | incorporamos | We incorporated |
| Vosotros / as | incorporasteis | You incorporated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporaron | They / you incorporated |
| Vos | incorporaste | You incorporated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was incorporating” or “she was incorporating” 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 | incorporaba | I was incorporating |
| Tú | incorporabas | You were incorporating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorporaba | He was / she was / you were incorporating |
| Nosotros / as | incorporábamos | We were incorporating |
| Vosotros / as | incorporabais | You were incorporating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporaban | They / you were incorporating |
| Vos | incorporabas | You were incorporating |
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 incorporated” and “she has incorporated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he incorporado | I have incorporated |
| Tú | has incorporado | You have incorporated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha incorporado | He has / she has / you have incorporated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos incorporado | We have incorporated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis incorporado | You have incorporated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han incorporado | They / you have incorporated |
| Vos | has incorporado | You have incorporated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would incorporate” or “she would incorporate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | incorporaría | I would incorporate |
| Tú | incorporarías | You would incorporate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorporaría | He / she / you would incorporate |
| Nosotros / as | incorporaríamos | We would incorporate |
| Vosotros / as | incorporaríais | You would incorporate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporarían | They / you would incorporate |
| Vos | incorporarías | You would incorporate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will incorporate” or “they will incorporate”.
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 incorporar” means “They are going to incorporate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | incorporaré | I will incorporate |
| Tú | incorporarás | You will incorporate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorporará | He / she / you will incorporate |
| Nosotros / as | incorporaremos | We will incorporate |
| Vosotros / as | incorporaréis | You will incorporate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporarán | They / you will incorporate |
| Vos | incorporarás | You will incorporate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | incorpore |
| Tú | incorpores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorpore |
| Nosotros / as | incorporemos |
| Vosotros / as | incorporéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporen |
| Vos | incorpores |
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 | incorporara | incorporase |
| Tú | incorporaras | incorporase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorporara | incorporase |
| Nosotros / as | incorporáramos | incorporásemos |
| Vosotros / as | incorporarais | incorporaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporaran | incorporasen |
| Vos | incorporaras | incorporase |
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 | incorporare |
| Tú | incorporares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorporare |
| Nosotros / as | incorporáremos |
| Vosotros / as | incorporareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporaren |
| Vos | incorporares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “incorporate!” and “don’t incorporate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | incorpora | no incorpores |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incorpore | no incorpore |
| Nosotros / as | incorporemos | no incorporemos |
| Vosotros / as | incorporad | no incorporéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incorporen | no incorporen |
| Vos | incorporá | no incorpores |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya incorporado |
| Tú | hayas incorporado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya incorporado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos incorporado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis incorporado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan incorporado |
| Vos | hayas incorporado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera incorporado / hubiese incorporado |
| Tú | hubieras incorporado / hubieses incorporado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera incorporado / hubiese incorporado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos incorporado / hubiésemos incorporado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais incorporado / hubieseis incorporado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran incorporado / hubiesen incorporado |
| Vos | hubieras incorporado / hubieses incorporado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere incorporado |
| Tú | hubieres incorporado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere incorporado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos incorporado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis incorporado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren incorporado |
| Vos | hubieres incorporado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté incorporando |
| Tú | estés incorporando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté incorporando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos incorporando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis incorporando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén incorporando |
| Vos | estés incorporando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera incorporando / estuviese incorporando |
| Tú | estuvieras incorporando / estuvieses incorporando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera incorporando / estuviese incorporando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos incorporando / estuviésamos incorporando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais incorporando / estuvieseis incorporando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera incorporando / estuviese incorporando |
| Vos | estuvieras incorporando / estuvieses incorporando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere incorporando |
| Tú | estuvieres incorporando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere incorporando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos incorporando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis incorporando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere incorporando |
| Vos | estuvieres incorporando |
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 incorporás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos incorporaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos incorporabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos incorporarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos incorporarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos incorpores |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos incorporaras / Vos incorporase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos incorporá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no incorpores |