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Inmigrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to immigrate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for inmigrar 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 immigrate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inmigrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inmigrando) and past continuous (estaba inmigrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. immigrating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inmigrado and hubiera inmigrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have immigrated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inmigrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inmigrado |
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 immigrate” or “they immigrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inmigro |
| Tú | inmigras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigra |
| Nosotros / as | inmigramos |
| Vosotros / as | inmigráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigran |
| Vos | inmigrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I immigrated” or “she immigrated” 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 | inmigré | I immigrated |
| Tú | inmigraste | You immigrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigró | He / she / you immigrated |
| Nosotros / as | inmigramos | We immigrated |
| Vosotros / as | inmigrasteis | You immigrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigraron | They / you immigrated |
| Vos | inmigraste | You immigrated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was immigrating” or “she was immigrating” 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 | inmigraba | I was immigrating |
| Tú | inmigrabas | You were immigrating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigraba | He was / she was / you were immigrating |
| Nosotros / as | inmigrábamos | We were immigrating |
| Vosotros / as | inmigrabais | You were immigrating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigraban | They / you were immigrating |
| Vos | inmigrabas | You were immigrating |
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 immigrated” and “she has immigrated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he inmigrado | I have immigrated |
| Tú | has inmigrado | You have immigrated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha inmigrado | He has / she has / you have immigrated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos inmigrado | We have immigrated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis inmigrado | You have immigrated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han inmigrado | They / you have immigrated |
| Vos | has inmigrado | You have immigrated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would immigrate” or “she would immigrate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inmigraría | I would immigrate |
| Tú | inmigrarías | You would immigrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigraría | He / she / you would immigrate |
| Nosotros / as | inmigraríamos | We would immigrate |
| Vosotros / as | inmigraríais | You would immigrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigrarían | They / you would immigrate |
| Vos | inmigrarías | You would immigrate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will immigrate” or “they will immigrate”.
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 inmigrar” means “They are going to immigrate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | inmigraré | I will immigrate |
| Tú | inmigrarás | You will immigrate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigrará | He / she / you will immigrate |
| Nosotros / as | inmigraremos | We will immigrate |
| Vosotros / as | inmigraréis | You will immigrate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigrarán | They / you will immigrate |
| Vos | inmigrarás | You will immigrate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inmigre |
| Tú | inmigres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigre |
| Nosotros / as | inmigremos |
| Vosotros / as | inmigréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigren |
| Vos | inmigres |
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 | inmigrara | inmigrase |
| Tú | inmigraras | inmigrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigrara | inmigrase |
| Nosotros / as | inmigráramos | inmigrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | inmigrarais | inmigraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigraran | inmigrasen |
| Vos | inmigraras | inmigrase |
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 | inmigrare |
| Tú | inmigrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigrare |
| Nosotros / as | inmigráremos |
| Vosotros / as | inmigrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigraren |
| Vos | inmigrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “immigrate!” and “don’t immigrate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inmigra | no inmigres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmigre | no inmigre |
| Nosotros / as | inmigremos | no inmigremos |
| Vosotros / as | inmigrad | no inmigréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmigren | no inmigren |
| Vos | inmigrá | no inmigres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inmigrado |
| Tú | hayas inmigrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inmigrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inmigrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inmigrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inmigrado |
| Vos | hayas inmigrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inmigrado / hubiese inmigrado |
| Tú | hubieras inmigrado / hubieses inmigrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inmigrado / hubiese inmigrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inmigrado / hubiésemos inmigrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inmigrado / hubieseis inmigrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inmigrado / hubiesen inmigrado |
| Vos | hubieras inmigrado / hubieses inmigrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inmigrado |
| Tú | hubieres inmigrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inmigrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inmigrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inmigrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inmigrado |
| Vos | hubieres inmigrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inmigrando |
| Tú | estés inmigrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inmigrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inmigrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inmigrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inmigrando |
| Vos | estés inmigrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inmigrando / estuviese inmigrando |
| Tú | estuvieras inmigrando / estuvieses inmigrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inmigrando / estuviese inmigrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inmigrando / estuviésamos inmigrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inmigrando / estuvieseis inmigrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inmigrando / estuviese inmigrando |
| Vos | estuvieras inmigrando / estuvieses inmigrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inmigrando |
| Tú | estuvieres inmigrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inmigrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inmigrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inmigrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inmigrando |
| Vos | estuvieres inmigrando |
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 inmigrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos inmigraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos inmigrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos inmigrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos inmigrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos inmigres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos inmigraras / Vos inmigrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inmigrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no inmigres |