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Manufacturar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to manufacture”.
Below are all of the conjugations for manufacturar 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 manufacture |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | manufacturar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está manufacturando) and past continuous (estaba manufacturando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. manufacturing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he manufacturado and hubiera manufacturado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have manufactured).
| Gerundio / Gerund | manufacturando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | manufacturado |
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 manufacture” or “they manufacture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | manufacturo |
| Tú | manufacturas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufactura |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturamos |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I manufactured” or “she manufactured” 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 | manufacturé | I manufactured |
| Tú | manufacturaste | You manufactured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacturó | He / she / you manufactured |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturamos | We manufactured |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturasteis | You manufactured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturaron | They / you manufactured |
| Vos | manufacturaste | You manufactured |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was manufacturing” or “she was manufacturing” 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 | manufacturaba | I was manufacturing |
| Tú | manufacturabas | You were manufacturing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacturaba | He was / she was / you were manufacturing |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturábamos | We were manufacturing |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturabais | You were manufacturing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturaban | They / you were manufacturing |
| Vos | manufacturabas | You were manufacturing |
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 manufactured” and “she has manufactured”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he manufacturado | I have manufactured |
| Tú | has manufacturado | You have manufactured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha manufacturado | He has / she has / you have manufactured |
| Nosotros / as | hemos manufacturado | We have manufactured |
| Vosotros / as | habéis manufacturado | You have manufactured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han manufacturado | They / you have manufactured |
| Vos | has manufacturado | You have manufactured |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would manufacture” or “she would manufacture”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | manufacturaría | I would manufacture |
| Tú | manufacturarías | You would manufacture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacturaría | He / she / you would manufacture |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturaríamos | We would manufacture |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturaríais | You would manufacture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturarían | They / you would manufacture |
| Vos | manufacturarías | You would manufacture |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will manufacture” or “they will manufacture”.
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 manufacturar” means “They are going to manufacture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | manufacturaré | I will manufacture |
| Tú | manufacturarás | You will manufacture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacturará | He / she / you will manufacture |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturaremos | We will manufacture |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturaréis | You will manufacture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturarán | They / you will manufacture |
| Vos | manufacturarás | You will manufacture |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | manufacture |
| Tú | manufactures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacture |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturemos |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturen |
| Vos | manufactures |
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 | manufacturara | manufacturase |
| Tú | manufacturaras | manufacturase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacturara | manufacturase |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturáramos | manufacturásemos |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturarais | manufacturaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturaran | manufacturasen |
| Vos | manufacturaras | manufacturase |
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 | manufacturare |
| Tú | manufacturares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacturare |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturáremos |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturaren |
| Vos | manufacturares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “manufacture!” and “don’t manufacture!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | manufactura | no manufactures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | manufacture | no manufacture |
| Nosotros / as | manufacturemos | no manufacturemos |
| Vosotros / as | manufacturad | no manufacturéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | manufacturen | no manufacturen |
| Vos | no manufactures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya manufacturado |
| Tú | hayas manufacturado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya manufacturado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos manufacturado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis manufacturado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan manufacturado |
| Vos | hayas manufacturado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera manufacturado / hubiese manufacturado |
| Tú | hubieras manufacturado / hubieses manufacturado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera manufacturado / hubiese manufacturado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos manufacturado / hubiésemos manufacturado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais manufacturado / hubieseis manufacturado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran manufacturado / hubiesen manufacturado |
| Vos | hubieras manufacturado / hubieses manufacturado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere manufacturado |
| Tú | hubieres manufacturado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere manufacturado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos manufacturado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis manufacturado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren manufacturado |
| Vos | hubieres manufacturado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté manufacturando |
| Tú | estés manufacturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté manufacturando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos manufacturando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis manufacturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén manufacturando |
| Vos | estés manufacturando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera manufacturando / estuviese manufacturando |
| Tú | estuvieras manufacturando / estuvieses manufacturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera manufacturando / estuviese manufacturando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos manufacturando / estuviésamos manufacturando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais manufacturando / estuvieseis manufacturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera manufacturando / estuviese manufacturando |
| Vos | estuvieras manufacturando / estuvieses manufacturando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere manufacturando |
| Tú | estuvieres manufacturando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere manufacturando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos manufacturando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis manufacturando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere manufacturando |
| Vos | estuvieres manufacturando |
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 manufacturaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos manufacturabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos manufacturarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos manufacturarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos manufactures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos manufacturaras / Vos manufacturase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no manufactures |