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Insertar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to insert, include”.
Below are all of the conjugations for insertar 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 insert, include |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | insertar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está insertando) and past continuous (estaba insertando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inserting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he insertado and hubiera insertado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have inserted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | insertando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | insertado |
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 insert” or “they insert”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inserto |
| Tú | insertas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inserta |
| Nosotros / as | insertamos |
| Vosotros / as | insertáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | insertan |
| Vos | insertás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I inserted” or “she inserted” 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 | inserté | I inserted |
| Tú | insertaste | You inserted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | insertó | He / she / you inserted |
| Nosotros / as | insertamos | We inserted |
| Vosotros / as | insertasteis | You inserted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | insertaron | They / you inserted |
| Vos | insertaste | You inserted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inserting” or “she was inserting” 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 | insertaba | I was inserting |
| Tú | insertabas | You were inserting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | insertaba | He was / she was / you were inserting |
| Nosotros / as | insertábamos | We were inserting |
| Vosotros / as | insertabais | You were inserting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | insertaban | They / you were inserting |
| Vos | insertabas | You were inserting |
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 inserted” and “she has inserted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he insertado | I have inserted |
| Tú | has insertado | You have inserted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha insertado | He has / she has / you have inserted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos insertado | We have inserted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis insertado | You have inserted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han insertado | They / you have inserted |
| Vos | has insertado | You have inserted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would insert” or “she would insert”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | insertaría | I would insert |
| Tú | insertarías | You would insert |
| Él / Ella / Usted | insertaría | He / she / you would insert |
| Nosotros / as | insertaríamos | We would insert |
| Vosotros / as | insertaríais | You would insert |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | insertarían | They / you would insert |
| Vos | insertarías | You would insert |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will insert” or “they will insert”.
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 insertar” means “They are going to insert”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | insertaré | I will insert |
| Tú | insertarás | You will insert |
| Él / Ella / Usted | insertará | He / she / you will insert |
| Nosotros / as | insertaremos | We will insert |
| Vosotros / as | insertaréis | You will insert |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | insertarán | They / you will insert |
| Vos | insertarás | You will insert |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | inserte |
| Tú | insertes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inserte |
| Nosotros / as | insertemos |
| Vosotros / as | insertéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inserten |
| Vos | insertes |
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 | insertara | insertase |
| Tú | insertaras | insertase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | insertara | insertase |
| Nosotros / as | insertáramos | insertásemos |
| Vosotros / as | insertarais | insertaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | insertaran | insertasen |
| Vos | insertaras | insertase |
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 | insertare |
| Tú | insertares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | insertare |
| Nosotros / as | insertáremos |
| Vosotros / as | insertareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | insertaren |
| Vos | insertares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “insert!” and “don’t insert!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inserta | no insertes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inserte | no inserte |
| Nosotros / as | insertemos | no insertemos |
| Vosotros / as | insertad | no insertéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inserten | no inserten |
| Vos | insertá | no insertes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya insertado |
| Tú | hayas insertado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya insertado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos insertado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis insertado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan insertado |
| Vos | hayas insertado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera insertado / hubiese insertado |
| Tú | hubieras insertado / hubieses insertado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera insertado / hubiese insertado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos insertado / hubiésemos insertado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais insertado / hubieseis insertado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran insertado / hubiesen insertado |
| Vos | hubieras insertado / hubieses insertado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere insertado |
| Tú | hubieres insertado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere insertado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos insertado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis insertado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren insertado |
| Vos | hubieres insertado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté insertando |
| Tú | estés insertando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté insertando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos insertando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis insertando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén insertando |
| Vos | estés insertando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera insertando / estuviese insertando |
| Tú | estuvieras insertando / estuvieses insertando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera insertando / estuviese insertando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos insertando / estuviésamos insertando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais insertando / estuvieseis insertando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera insertando / estuviese insertando |
| Vos | estuvieras insertando / estuvieses insertando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere insertando |
| Tú | estuvieres insertando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere insertando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos insertando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis insertando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere insertando |
| Vos | estuvieres insertando |
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 insertás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos insertaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos insertabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos insertarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos insertarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos insertes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos insertaras / Vos insertase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos insertá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no insertes |