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Magnificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to magnify”.
Below are all of the conjugations for magnificar 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 magnify |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | magnificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está magnificando) and past continuous (estaba magnificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. magnifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he magnificado and hubiera magnificado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have magnified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | magnificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | magnificado |
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 magnify” or “they magnify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | magnifico |
| Tú | magnificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnifica |
| Nosotros / as | magnificamos |
| Vosotros / as | magnificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnifican |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I magnified” or “she magnified” 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 | magnifiqué | I magnified |
| Tú | magnificaste | You magnified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnificó | He / she / you magnified |
| Nosotros / as | magnificamos | We magnified |
| Vosotros / as | magnificasteis | You magnified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnificaron | They / you magnified |
| Vos | magnificaste | You magnified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was magnifying” or “she was magnifying” 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 | magnificaba | I was magnifying |
| Tú | magnificabas | You were magnifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnificaba | He was / she was / you were magnifying |
| Nosotros / as | magnificábamos | We were magnifying |
| Vosotros / as | magnificabais | You were magnifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnificaban | They / you were magnifying |
| Vos | magnificabas | You were magnifying |
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 magnified” and “she has magnified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he magnificado | I have magnified |
| Tú | has magnificado | You have magnified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha magnificado | He has / she has / you have magnified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos magnificado | We have magnified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis magnificado | You have magnified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han magnificado | They / you have magnified |
| Vos | has magnificado | You have magnified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would magnify” or “she would magnify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | magnificaría | I would magnify |
| Tú | magnificarías | You would magnify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnificaría | He / she / you would magnify |
| Nosotros / as | magnificaríamos | We would magnify |
| Vosotros / as | magnificaríais | You would magnify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnificarían | They / you would magnify |
| Vos | magnificarías | You would magnify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will magnify” or “they will magnify”.
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 magnificar” means “They are going to magnify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | magnificaré | I will magnify |
| Tú | magnificarás | You will magnify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnificará | He / she / you will magnify |
| Nosotros / as | magnificaremos | We will magnify |
| Vosotros / as | magnificaréis | You will magnify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnificarán | They / you will magnify |
| Vos | magnificarás | You will magnify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | magnifique |
| Tú | magnifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnifique |
| Nosotros / as | magnifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | magnifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnifiquen |
| Vos | magnifiques |
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 | magnificara | magnificase |
| Tú | magnificaras | magnificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnificara | magnificase |
| Nosotros / as | magnificáramos | magnificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | magnificarais | magnificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnificaran | magnificasen |
| Vos | magnificaras | magnificase |
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 | magnificare |
| Tú | magnificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnificare |
| Nosotros / as | magnificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | magnificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnificaren |
| Vos | magnificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “magnify!” and “don’t magnify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | magnifica | no magnifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | magnifique | no magnifique |
| Nosotros / as | magnifiquemos | no magnifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | magnificad | no magnifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | magnifiquen | no magnifiquen |
| Vos | no magnifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya magnificado |
| Tú | hayas magnificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya magnificado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos magnificado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis magnificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan magnificado |
| Vos | hayas magnificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera magnificado / hubiese magnificado |
| Tú | hubieras magnificado / hubieses magnificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera magnificado / hubiese magnificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos magnificado / hubiésemos magnificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais magnificado / hubieseis magnificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran magnificado / hubiesen magnificado |
| Vos | hubieras magnificado / hubieses magnificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere magnificado |
| Tú | hubieres magnificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere magnificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos magnificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis magnificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren magnificado |
| Vos | hubieres magnificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté magnificando |
| Tú | estés magnificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté magnificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos magnificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis magnificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén magnificando |
| Vos | estés magnificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera magnificando / estuviese magnificando |
| Tú | estuvieras magnificando / estuvieses magnificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera magnificando / estuviese magnificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos magnificando / estuviésamos magnificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais magnificando / estuvieseis magnificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera magnificando / estuviese magnificando |
| Vos | estuvieras magnificando / estuvieses magnificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere magnificando |
| Tú | estuvieres magnificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere magnificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos magnificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis magnificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere magnificando |
| Vos | estuvieres magnificando |
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 magnificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos magnificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos magnificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos magnificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos magnifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos magnificaras / Vos magnificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no magnifiques |