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Madurar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to ripen, mature, get experience”.
Below are all of the conjugations for madurar 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 ripen, mature, get experience |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | madurar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está madurando) and past continuous (estaba madurando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. ripening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he madurado and hubiera madurado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have ripened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | madurando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | madurado |
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 ripen” or “they ripen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | maduro |
| Tú | maduras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | madura |
| Nosotros / as | maduramos |
| Vosotros / as | maduráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maduran |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I ripened” or “she ripened” 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 | maduré | I ripened |
| Tú | maduraste | You ripened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maduró | He / she / you ripened |
| Nosotros / as | maduramos | We ripened |
| Vosotros / as | madurasteis | You ripened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maduraron | They / you ripened |
| Vos | maduraste | You ripened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was ripening” or “she was ripening” 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 | maduraba | I was ripening |
| Tú | madurabas | You were ripening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maduraba | He was / she was / you were ripening |
| Nosotros / as | madurábamos | We were ripening |
| Vosotros / as | madurabais | You were ripening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maduraban | They / you were ripening |
| Vos | madurabas | You were ripening |
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 ripened” and “she has ripened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he madurado | I have ripened |
| Tú | has madurado | You have ripened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha madurado | He has / she has / you have ripened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos madurado | We have ripened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis madurado | You have ripened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han madurado | They / you have ripened |
| Vos | has madurado | You have ripened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would ripen” or “she would ripen”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | maduraría | I would ripen |
| Tú | madurarías | You would ripen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maduraría | He / she / you would ripen |
| Nosotros / as | maduraríamos | We would ripen |
| Vosotros / as | maduraríais | You would ripen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | madurarían | They / you would ripen |
| Vos | madurarías | You would ripen |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will ripen” or “they will ripen”.
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 madurar” means “They are going to ripen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | maduraré | I will ripen |
| Tú | madurarás | You will ripen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | madurará | He / she / you will ripen |
| Nosotros / as | maduraremos | We will ripen |
| Vosotros / as | maduraréis | You will ripen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | madurarán | They / you will ripen |
| Vos | madurarás | You will ripen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | madure |
| Tú | madures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | madure |
| Nosotros / as | maduremos |
| Vosotros / as | maduréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maduren |
| Vos | madures |
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 | madurara | madurase |
| Tú | maduraras | madurase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | madurara | madurase |
| Nosotros / as | maduráramos | madurásemos |
| Vosotros / as | madurarais | maduraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maduraran | madurasen |
| Vos | maduraras | madurase |
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 | madurare |
| Tú | madurares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | madurare |
| Nosotros / as | maduráremos |
| Vosotros / as | madurareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maduraren |
| Vos | madurares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “ripen!” and “don’t ripen!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | madura | no madures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | madure | no madure |
| Nosotros / as | maduremos | no maduremos |
| Vosotros / as | madurad | no maduréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maduren | no maduren |
| Vos | no madures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya madurado |
| Tú | hayas madurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya madurado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos madurado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis madurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan madurado |
| Vos | hayas madurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera madurado / hubiese madurado |
| Tú | hubieras madurado / hubieses madurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera madurado / hubiese madurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos madurado / hubiésemos madurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais madurado / hubieseis madurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran madurado / hubiesen madurado |
| Vos | hubieras madurado / hubieses madurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere madurado |
| Tú | hubieres madurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere madurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos madurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis madurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren madurado |
| Vos | hubieres madurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté madurando |
| Tú | estés madurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté madurando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos madurando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis madurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén madurando |
| Vos | estés madurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera madurando / estuviese madurando |
| Tú | estuvieras madurando / estuvieses madurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera madurando / estuviese madurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos madurando / estuviésamos madurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais madurando / estuvieseis madurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera madurando / estuviese madurando |
| Vos | estuvieras madurando / estuvieses madurando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere madurando |
| Tú | estuvieres madurando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere madurando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos madurando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis madurando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere madurando |
| Vos | estuvieres madurando |
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 |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos maduraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos madurabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos madurarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos madurarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos madures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos maduraras / Vos madurase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no madures |