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Intervenir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to intervene, interfere”.
Below are all of the conjugations for intervenir 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 intervene, interfere |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | intervenir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está interviniendo) and past continuous (estaba interviniendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. intervening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he intervenido and hubiera intervenido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have intervened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | interviniendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | intervenido |
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 intervene” or “they intervene”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intervengo |
| Tú | intervienes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interviene |
| Nosotros / as | intervenimos |
| Vosotros / as | intervenís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervienen |
| Vos | intervenís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I intervened” or “she intervened” 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 | intervine | I intervened |
| Tú | interviniste | You intervened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intervino | He / she / you intervened |
| Nosotros / as | intervinimos | We intervened |
| Vosotros / as | intervinisteis | You intervened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervinieron | They / you intervened |
| Vos | interviniste | You intervened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was intervening” or “she was intervening” 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 | intervenía | I was intervening |
| Tú | intervenías | You were intervening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intervenía | He was / she was / you were intervening |
| Nosotros / as | interveníamos | We were intervening |
| Vosotros / as | interveníais | You were intervening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervenían | They / you were intervening |
| Vos | intervenías | You were intervening |
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 intervened” and “she has intervened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he intervenido | I have intervened |
| Tú | has intervenido | You have intervened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha intervenido | He has / she has / you have intervened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos intervenido | We have intervened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis intervenido | You have intervened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han intervenido | They / you have intervened |
| Vos | has intervenido | You have intervened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would intervene” or “she would intervene”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intervendría | I would intervene |
| Tú | intervendrías | You would intervene |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intervendría | He / she / you would intervene |
| Nosotros / as | intervendríamos | We would intervene |
| Vosotros / as | intervendríais | You would intervene |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervendrían | They / you would intervene |
| Vos | intervendrías | You would intervene |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will intervene” or “they will intervene”.
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 intervenir” means “They are going to intervene”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intervendré | I will intervene |
| Tú | intervendrás | You will intervene |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intervendrá | He / she / you will intervene |
| Nosotros / as | intervendremos | We will intervene |
| Vosotros / as | intervendréis | You will intervene |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervendrán | They / you will intervene |
| Vos | intervendrás | You will intervene |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intervenga |
| Tú | intervengas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intervenga |
| Nosotros / as | intervengamos |
| Vosotros / as | intervengáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervengan |
| Vos | intervengas |
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 | interviniera | interviniese |
| Tú | intervinieras | interviniese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interviniera | interviniese |
| Nosotros / as | interviniéramos | interviniésemos |
| Vosotros / as | intervinierais | intervinieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervinieran | interviniesen |
| Vos | intervinieras | interviniese |
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 | interviniere |
| Tú | intervinieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | interviniera |
| Nosotros / as | interviniéremos |
| Vosotros / as | interviniereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervinieren |
| Vos | intervinieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “intervene!” and “don’t intervene!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | intervén | no intervengas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intervenga | no intervenga |
| Nosotros / as | intervengamos | no intervengamos |
| Vosotros / as | intervenid | no intervengáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intervengan | no intervengan |
| Vos | intervení | no intervengas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya intervenido |
| Tú | hayas intervenido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya intervenido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos intervenido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis intervenido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan intervenido |
| Vos | hayas intervenido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera intervenido / hubiese intervenido |
| Tú | hubieras intervenido / hubieses intervenido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera intervenido / hubiese intervenido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos intervenido / hubiésemos intervenido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais intervenido / hubieseis intervenido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran intervenido / hubiesen intervenido |
| Vos | hubieras intervenido / hubieses intervenido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere intervenido |
| Tú | hubieres intervenido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere intervenido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos intervenido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis intervenido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren intervenido |
| Vos | hubieres intervenido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté interviniendo |
| Tú | estés interviniendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté interviniendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos interviniendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis interviniendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén interviniendo |
| Vos | estés interviniendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera interviniendo / estuviese interviniendo |
| Tú | estuvieras interviniendo / estuvieses interviniendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera interviniendo / estuviese interviniendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos interviniendo / estuviésamos interviniendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais interviniendo / estuvieseis interviniendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera interviniendo / estuviese interviniendo |
| Vos | estuvieras interviniendo / estuvieses interviniendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere interviniendo |
| Tú | estuvieres interviniendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere interviniendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos interviniendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis interviniendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere interviniendo |
| Vos | estuvieres interviniendo |
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 intervenís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos interviniste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos intervenías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos intervendrías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos intervendrás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos intervengas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos intervinieras / Vos interviniese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos intervení |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no intervengas |