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Incrementar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to increase”.
Below are all of the conjugations for incrementar 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 increase |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | incrementar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está incrementando) and past continuous (estaba incrementando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. increasing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he incrementado and hubiera incrementado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have increased).
| Gerundio / Gerund | incrementando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | incrementado |
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 increase” or “they increase”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | incremento |
| Tú | incrementas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incrementa |
| Nosotros / as | incrementamos |
| Vosotros / as | incrementáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementan |
| Vos | incrementás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I increased” or “she increased” 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 | incrementé | I increased |
| Tú | incrementaste | You increased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incrementó | He / she / you increased |
| Nosotros / as | incrementamos | We increased |
| Vosotros / as | incrementasteis | You increased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementaron | They / you increased |
| Vos | incrementaste | You increased |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was increasing” or “she was increasing” 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 | incrementaba | I was increasing |
| Tú | incrementabas | You were increasing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incrementaba | He was / she was / you were increasing |
| Nosotros / as | incrementábamos | We were increasing |
| Vosotros / as | incrementabais | You were increasing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementaban | They / you were increasing |
| Vos | incrementabas | You were increasing |
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 increased” and “she has increased”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he incrementado | I have increased |
| Tú | has incrementado | You have increased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha incrementado | He has / she has / you have increased |
| Nosotros / as | hemos incrementado | We have increased |
| Vosotros / as | habéis incrementado | You have increased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han incrementado | They / you have increased |
| Vos | has incrementado | You have increased |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would increase” or “she would increase”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | incrementaría | I would increase |
| Tú | incrementarías | You would increase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incrementaría | He / she / you would increase |
| Nosotros / as | incrementaríamos | We would increase |
| Vosotros / as | incrementaríais | You would increase |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementarían | They / you would increase |
| Vos | incrementarías | You would increase |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will increase” or “they will increase”.
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 incrementar” means “They are going to increase”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | incrementaré | I will increase |
| Tú | incrementarás | You will increase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incrementará | He / she / you will increase |
| Nosotros / as | incrementaremos | We will increase |
| Vosotros / as | incrementaréis | You will increase |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementarán | They / you will increase |
| Vos | incrementarás | You will increase |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | incremente |
| Tú | incrementes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incremente |
| Nosotros / as | incrementemos |
| Vosotros / as | incrementéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementen |
| Vos | incrementes |
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 | incrementara | incrementase |
| Tú | incrementaras | incrementase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incrementara | incrementase |
| Nosotros / as | incrementáramos | incrementásemos |
| Vosotros / as | incrementarais | incrementaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementaran | incrementasen |
| Vos | incrementaras | incrementase |
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 | incrementare |
| Tú | incrementares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incrementare |
| Nosotros / as | incrementáremos |
| Vosotros / as | incrementareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementaren |
| Vos | incrementares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “increase!” and “don’t increase!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | incrementa | no incrementes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | incremente | no incremente |
| Nosotros / as | incrementemos | no incrementemos |
| Vosotros / as | incrementad | no incrementéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | incrementen | no incrementen |
| Vos | incrementá | no incrementes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya incrementado |
| Tú | hayas incrementado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya incrementado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos incrementado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis incrementado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan incrementado |
| Vos | hayas incrementado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera incrementado / hubiese incrementado |
| Tú | hubieras incrementado / hubieses incrementado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera incrementado / hubiese incrementado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos incrementado / hubiésemos incrementado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais incrementado / hubieseis incrementado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran incrementado / hubiesen incrementado |
| Vos | hubieras incrementado / hubieses incrementado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere incrementado |
| Tú | hubieres incrementado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere incrementado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos incrementado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis incrementado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren incrementado |
| Vos | hubieres incrementado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté incrementando |
| Tú | estés incrementando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté incrementando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos incrementando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis incrementando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén incrementando |
| Vos | estés incrementando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera incrementando / estuviese incrementando |
| Tú | estuvieras incrementando / estuvieses incrementando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera incrementando / estuviese incrementando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos incrementando / estuviésamos incrementando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais incrementando / estuvieseis incrementando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera incrementando / estuviese incrementando |
| Vos | estuvieras incrementando / estuvieses incrementando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere incrementando |
| Tú | estuvieres incrementando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere incrementando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos incrementando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis incrementando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere incrementando |
| Vos | estuvieres incrementando |
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 incrementás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos incrementaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos incrementabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos incrementarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos incrementarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos incrementes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos incrementaras / Vos incrementase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos incrementá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no incrementes |