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Interrogar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to question, interrogate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for interrogar 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 question, interrogate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | interrogar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está interrogando) and past continuous (estaba interrogando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. questioning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he interrogado and hubiera interrogado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have questioned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | interrogando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | interrogado |
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 question” or “they question”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | interrogo |
| Tú | interrogas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interroga |
| Nosotros / as | interrogamos |
| Vosotros / as | interrogáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrogan |
| Vos | interrogás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I questioned” or “she questioned” 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 | interrogué | I questioned |
| Tú | interrogaste | You questioned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogó | He / she / you questioned |
| Nosotros / as | interrogamos | We questioned |
| Vosotros / as | interrogasteis | You questioned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrogaron | They / you questioned |
| Vos | interrogaste | You questioned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was questioning” or “she was questioning” 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 | interrogaba | I was questioning |
| Tú | interrogabas | You were questioning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogaba | He was / she was / you were questioning |
| Nosotros / as | interrogábamos | We were questioning |
| Vosotros / as | interrogabais | You were questioning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrogaban | They / you were questioning |
| Vos | interrogabas | You were questioning |
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 questioned” and “she has questioned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he interrogado | I have questioned |
| Tú | has interrogado | You have questioned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha interrogado | He has / she has / you have questioned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos interrogado | We have questioned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis interrogado | You have questioned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han interrogado | They / you have questioned |
| Vos | has interrogado | You have questioned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would question” or “she would question”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interrogaría | I would question |
| Tú | interrogarías | You would question |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogaría | He / she / you would question |
| Nosotros / as | interrogaríamos | We would question |
| Vosotros / as | interrogaríais | You would question |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrogarían | They / you would question |
| Vos | interrogarías | You would question |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will question” or “they will question”.
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 interrogar” means “They are going to question”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | interrogaré | I will question |
| Tú | interrogarás | You will question |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogará | He / she / you will question |
| Nosotros / as | interrogaremos | We will question |
| Vosotros / as | interrogaréis | You will question |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrogarán | They / you will question |
| Vos | interrogarás | You will question |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | interrogue |
| Tú | interrogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogue |
| Nosotros / as | interroguemos |
| Vosotros / as | interroguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interroguen |
| Vos | interrogues |
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 | interrogara | interrogase |
| Tú | interrogaras | interrogase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogara | interrogase |
| Nosotros / as | interrogáramos | interrogásemos |
| Vosotros / as | interrogarais | interrogaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrogaran | interrogasen |
| Vos | interrogaras | interrogase |
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 | interrogare |
| Tú | interrogares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogare |
| Nosotros / as | interrogáremos |
| Vosotros / as | interrogareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interrogaren |
| Vos | interrogares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “question!” and “don’t question!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | interroga | no interrogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interrogue | no interrogue |
| Nosotros / as | interroguemos | no interroguemos |
| Vosotros / as | interrogad | no interroguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | interroguen | no interroguen |
| Vos | interrogá | no interrogues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya interrogado |
| Tú | hayas interrogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya interrogado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos interrogado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis interrogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan interrogado |
| Vos | hayas interrogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera interrogado / hubiese interrogado |
| Tú | hubieras interrogado / hubieses interrogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera interrogado / hubiese interrogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos interrogado / hubiésemos interrogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais interrogado / hubieseis interrogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran interrogado / hubiesen interrogado |
| Vos | hubieras interrogado / hubieses interrogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere interrogado |
| Tú | hubieres interrogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere interrogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos interrogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis interrogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren interrogado |
| Vos | hubieres interrogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté interrogando |
| Tú | estés interrogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté interrogando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos interrogando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis interrogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén interrogando |
| Vos | estés interrogando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera interrogando / estuviese interrogando |
| Tú | estuvieras interrogando / estuvieses interrogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera interrogando / estuviese interrogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos interrogando / estuviésamos interrogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais interrogando / estuvieseis interrogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera interrogando / estuviese interrogando |
| Vos | estuvieras interrogando / estuvieses interrogando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere interrogando |
| Tú | estuvieres interrogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere interrogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos interrogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis interrogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere interrogando |
| Vos | estuvieres interrogando |
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 interrogás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos interrogaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos interrogabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos interrogarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos interrogarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos interrogues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos interrogaras / Vos interrogase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos interrogá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no interrogues |