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Manifestar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to manifest, show, demonstrate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for manifestar 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 manifest, show, demonstrate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | manifestar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está manifestando) and past continuous (estaba manifestando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. manifesting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he manifestado and hubiera manifestado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have manifested).
| Gerundio / Gerund | manifestando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | manifestado |
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 manifest” or “they manifest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | manifiesto |
| Tú | manifiestas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifiesta |
| Nosotros / as | manifestamos |
| Vosotros / as | manifestáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifiestan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I manifested” or “she manifested” 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 | manifesté | I manifested |
| Tú | manifestaste | You manifested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifestó | He / she / you manifested |
| Nosotros / as | manifestamos | We manifested |
| Vosotros / as | manifestasteis | You manifested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifestaron | They / you manifested |
| Vos | manifestaste | You manifested |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was manifesting” or “she was manifesting” 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 | manifestaba | I was manifesting |
| Tú | manifestabas | You were manifesting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifestaba | He was / she was / you were manifesting |
| Nosotros / as | manifestábamos | We were manifesting |
| Vosotros / as | manifestabais | You were manifesting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifestaban | They / you were manifesting |
| Vos | manifestabas | You were manifesting |
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 manifested” and “she has manifested”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he manifestado | I have manifested |
| Tú | has manifestado | You have manifested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha manifestado | He has / she has / you have manifested |
| Nosotros / as | hemos manifestado | We have manifested |
| Vosotros / as | habéis manifestado | You have manifested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han manifestado | They / you have manifested |
| Vos | has manifestado | You have manifested |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would manifest” or “she would manifest”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | manifestaría | I would manifest |
| Tú | manifestarías | You would manifest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifestaría | He / she / you would manifest |
| Nosotros / as | manifestaríamos | We would manifest |
| Vosotros / as | manifestaríais | You would manifest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifestarían | They / you would manifest |
| Vos | manifestarías | You would manifest |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will manifest” or “they will manifest”.
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 manifestar” means “They are going to manifest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | manifestaré | I will manifest |
| Tú | manifestarás | You will manifest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifestará | He / she / you will manifest |
| Nosotros / as | manifestaremos | We will manifest |
| Vosotros / as | manifestaréis | You will manifest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifestarán | They / you will manifest |
| Vos | manifestarás | You will manifest |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | manifieste |
| Tú | manifiestes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifieste |
| Nosotros / as | manifestemos |
| Vosotros / as | manifestéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifiesten |
| Vos | manifiestes |
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 | manifestara | manifestase |
| Tú | manifestaras | manifestase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifestara | manifestase |
| Nosotros / as | manifestáramos | manifestásemos |
| Vosotros / as | manifestarais | manifestaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifestaran | manifestasen |
| Vos | manifestaras | manifestase |
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 | manifestare |
| Tú | manifestares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifestare |
| Nosotros / as | manifestáremos |
| Vosotros / as | manifestareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifestaren |
| Vos | manifestares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “manifest!” and “don’t manifest!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | manifiesta | no manifiestes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manifieste | no manifieste |
| Nosotros / as | manifestemos | no manifestemos |
| Vosotros / as | manifestad | no manifestéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manifiesten | no manifiesten |
| Vos | no manifiestes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya manifestado |
| Tú | hayas manifestado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya manifestado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos manifestado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis manifestado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan manifestado |
| Vos | hayas manifestado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera manifestado / hubiese manifestado |
| Tú | hubieras manifestado / hubieses manifestado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera manifestado / hubiese manifestado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos manifestado / hubiésemos manifestado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais manifestado / hubieseis manifestado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran manifestado / hubiesen manifestado |
| Vos | hubieras manifestado / hubieses manifestado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere manifestado |
| Tú | hubieres manifestado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere manifestado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos manifestado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis manifestado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren manifestado |
| Vos | hubieres manifestado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté manifestando |
| Tú | estés manifestando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté manifestando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos manifestando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis manifestando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén manifestando |
| Vos | estés manifestando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera manifestando / estuviese manifestando |
| Tú | estuvieras manifestando / estuvieses manifestando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera manifestando / estuviese manifestando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos manifestando / estuviésamos manifestando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais manifestando / estuvieseis manifestando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera manifestando / estuviese manifestando |
| Vos | estuvieras manifestando / estuvieses manifestando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere manifestando |
| Tú | estuvieres manifestando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere manifestando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos manifestando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis manifestando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere manifestando |
| Vos | estuvieres manifestando |
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 manifestaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos manifestabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos manifestarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos manifestarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos manifiestes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos manifestaras / Vos manifestase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no manifiestes |