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Intuir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to intuit”.
Below are all of the conjugations for intuir 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 intuit |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | intuir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está intuyendo) and past continuous (estaba intuyendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. intuiting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he intuido and hubiera intuido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have intuited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | intuyendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | intuido |
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 intuit” or “they intuit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intuyo |
| Tú | intuyes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuye |
| Nosotros / as | intuimos |
| Vosotros / as | intuís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuyen |
| Vos | intuís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I intuited” or “she intuited” 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 | intuí | I intuited |
| Tú | intuiste | You intuited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuyó | He / she / you intuited |
| Nosotros / as | intuimos | We intuited |
| Vosotros / as | intuisteis | You intuited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuyeron | They / you intuited |
| Vos | intuiste | You intuited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was intuiting” or “she was intuiting” 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 | intuía | I was intuiting |
| Tú | intuías | You were intuiting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuía | He was / she was / you were intuiting |
| Nosotros / as | intuíamos | We were intuiting |
| Vosotros / as | intuíais | You were intuiting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuían | They / you were intuiting |
| Vos | intuías | You were intuiting |
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 intuited” and “she has intuited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he intuido | I have intuited |
| Tú | has intuido | You have intuited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha intuido | He has / she has / you have intuited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos intuido | We have intuited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis intuido | You have intuited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han intuido | They / you have intuited |
| Vos | has intuido | You have intuited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would intuit” or “she would intuit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intuiría | I would intuit |
| Tú | intuirías | You would intuit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuiría | He / she / you would intuit |
| Nosotros / as | intuiríamos | We would intuit |
| Vosotros / as | intuiríais | You would intuit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuirían | They / you would intuit |
| Vos | intuirías | You would intuit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will intuit” or “they will intuit”.
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 intuir” means “They are going to intuit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intuiré | I will intuit |
| Tú | intuirás | You will intuit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuirá | He / she / you will intuit |
| Nosotros / as | intuiremos | We will intuit |
| Vosotros / as | intuiréis | You will intuit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuirán | They / you will intuit |
| Vos | intuirás | You will intuit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intuya |
| Tú | intuyas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuya |
| Nosotros / as | intuyamos |
| Vosotros / as | intuyáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuyan |
| Vos | intuyas |
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 | intuyera | intuyese |
| Tú | intuyeras | intuyese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuyera | intuyese |
| Nosotros / as | intuyéramos | intuyésemos |
| Vosotros / as | intuyerais | intuyeseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuyeran | intuyesen |
| Vos | intuyeras | intuyese |
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 | intuyere |
| Tú | intuyeres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuyera |
| Nosotros / as | intuyéremos |
| Vosotros / as | intuyereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuyeren |
| Vos | intuyeres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “intuit!” and “don’t intuit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | intuye | no intuyas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intuya | no intuya |
| Nosotros / as | intuyamos | no intuyamos |
| Vosotros / as | intuid | no intuyáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intuyan | no intuyan |
| Vos | intuí | no intuyas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya intuido |
| Tú | hayas intuido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya intuido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos intuido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis intuido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan intuido |
| Vos | hayas intuido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera intuido / hubiese intuido |
| Tú | hubieras intuido / hubieses intuido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera intuido / hubiese intuido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos intuido / hubiésemos intuido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais intuido / hubieseis intuido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran intuido / hubiesen intuido |
| Vos | hubieras intuido / hubieses intuido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere intuido |
| Tú | hubieres intuido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere intuido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos intuido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis intuido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren intuido |
| Vos | hubieres intuido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté intuyendo |
| Tú | estés intuyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté intuyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos intuyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis intuyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén intuyendo |
| Vos | estés intuyendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera intuyendo / estuviese intuyendo |
| Tú | estuvieras intuyendo / estuvieses intuyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera intuyendo / estuviese intuyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos intuyendo / estuviésamos intuyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais intuyendo / estuvieseis intuyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera intuyendo / estuviese intuyendo |
| Vos | estuvieras intuyendo / estuvieses intuyendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere intuyendo |
| Tú | estuvieres intuyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere intuyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos intuyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis intuyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere intuyendo |
| Vos | estuvieres intuyendo |
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 intuís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos intuiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos intuías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos intuirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos intuirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos intuyas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos intuyeras / Vos intuyese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos intuí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no intuyas |