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Interceptar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to intercept”.
Below are all of the conjugations for interceptar 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 intercept |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | interceptar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está interceptando) and past continuous (estaba interceptando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. intercepting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he interceptado and hubiera interceptado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have intercepted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | interceptando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | interceptado |
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 intercept” or “they intercept”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intercepto |
| Tú | interceptas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercepta |
| Nosotros / as | interceptamos |
| Vosotros / as | interceptáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceptan |
| Vos | interceptás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I intercepted” or “she intercepted” 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 | intercepté | I intercepted |
| Tú | interceptaste | You intercepted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceptó | He / she / you intercepted |
| Nosotros / as | interceptamos | We intercepted |
| Vosotros / as | interceptasteis | You intercepted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceptaron | They / you intercepted |
| Vos | interceptaste | You intercepted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was intercepting” or “she was intercepting” 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 | interceptaba | I was intercepting |
| Tú | interceptabas | You were intercepting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceptaba | He was / she was / you were intercepting |
| Nosotros / as | interceptábamos | We were intercepting |
| Vosotros / as | interceptabais | You were intercepting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceptaban | They / you were intercepting |
| Vos | interceptabas | You were intercepting |
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 intercepted” and “she has intercepted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he interceptado | I have intercepted |
| Tú | has interceptado | You have intercepted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha interceptado | He has / she has / you have intercepted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos interceptado | We have intercepted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis interceptado | You have intercepted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han interceptado | They / you have intercepted |
| Vos | has interceptado | You have intercepted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would intercept” or “she would intercept”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interceptaría | I would intercept |
| Tú | interceptarías | You would intercept |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceptaría | He / she / you would intercept |
| Nosotros / as | interceptaríamos | We would intercept |
| Vosotros / as | interceptaríais | You would intercept |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceptarían | They / you would intercept |
| Vos | interceptarías | You would intercept |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will intercept” or “they will intercept”.
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 interceptar” means “They are going to intercept”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interceptaré | I will intercept |
| Tú | interceptarás | You will intercept |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceptará | He / she / you will intercept |
| Nosotros / as | interceptaremos | We will intercept |
| Vosotros / as | interceptaréis | You will intercept |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceptarán | They / you will intercept |
| Vos | interceptarás | You will intercept |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intercepte |
| Tú | interceptes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercepte |
| Nosotros / as | interceptemos |
| Vosotros / as | interceptéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercepten |
| Vos | interceptes |
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 | interceptara | interceptase |
| Tú | interceptaras | interceptase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceptara | interceptase |
| Nosotros / as | interceptáramos | interceptásemos |
| Vosotros / as | interceptarais | interceptaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceptaran | interceptasen |
| Vos | interceptaras | interceptase |
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 | interceptare |
| Tú | interceptares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interceptare |
| Nosotros / as | interceptáremos |
| Vosotros / as | interceptareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interceptaren |
| Vos | interceptares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “intercept!” and “don’t intercept!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | intercepta | no interceptes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intercepte | no intercepte |
| Nosotros / as | interceptemos | no interceptemos |
| Vosotros / as | interceptad | no interceptéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intercepten | no intercepten |
| Vos | interceptá | no interceptes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya interceptado |
| Tú | hayas interceptado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya interceptado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos interceptado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis interceptado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan interceptado |
| Vos | hayas interceptado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera interceptado / hubiese interceptado |
| Tú | hubieras interceptado / hubieses interceptado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera interceptado / hubiese interceptado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos interceptado / hubiésemos interceptado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais interceptado / hubieseis interceptado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran interceptado / hubiesen interceptado |
| Vos | hubieras interceptado / hubieses interceptado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere interceptado |
| Tú | hubieres interceptado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere interceptado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos interceptado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis interceptado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren interceptado |
| Vos | hubieres interceptado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté interceptando |
| Tú | estés interceptando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté interceptando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos interceptando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis interceptando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén interceptando |
| Vos | estés interceptando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera interceptando / estuviese interceptando |
| Tú | estuvieras interceptando / estuvieses interceptando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera interceptando / estuviese interceptando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos interceptando / estuviésamos interceptando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais interceptando / estuvieseis interceptando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera interceptando / estuviese interceptando |
| Vos | estuvieras interceptando / estuvieses interceptando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere interceptando |
| Tú | estuvieres interceptando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere interceptando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos interceptando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis interceptando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere interceptando |
| Vos | estuvieres interceptando |
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 interceptás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos interceptaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos interceptabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos interceptarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos interceptarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos interceptes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos interceptaras / Vos interceptase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos interceptá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no interceptes |