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Maquinar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to scheme, plot”.
Below are all of the conjugations for maquinar 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 scheme, plot |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | maquinar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está maquinando) and past continuous (estaba maquinando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. scheming).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he maquinado and hubiera maquinado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have schemed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | maquinando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | maquinado |
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 scheme” or “they scheme”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | maquino |
| Tú | maquinas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquina |
| Nosotros / as | maquinamos |
| Vosotros / as | maquináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I schemed” or “she schemed” 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 | maquiné | I schemed |
| Tú | maquinaste | You schemed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquinó | He / she / you schemed |
| Nosotros / as | maquinamos | We schemed |
| Vosotros / as | maquinasteis | You schemed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinaron | They / you schemed |
| Vos | maquinaste | You schemed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was scheming” or “she was scheming” 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 | maquinaba | I was scheming |
| Tú | maquinabas | You were scheming |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquinaba | He was / she was / you were scheming |
| Nosotros / as | maquinábamos | We were scheming |
| Vosotros / as | maquinabais | You were scheming |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinaban | They / you were scheming |
| Vos | maquinabas | You were scheming |
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 schemed” and “she has schemed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he maquinado | I have schemed |
| Tú | has maquinado | You have schemed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha maquinado | He has / she has / you have schemed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos maquinado | We have schemed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis maquinado | You have schemed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han maquinado | They / you have schemed |
| Vos | has maquinado | You have schemed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would scheme” or “she would scheme”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | maquinaría | I would scheme |
| Tú | maquinarías | You would scheme |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquinaría | He / she / you would scheme |
| Nosotros / as | maquinaríamos | We would scheme |
| Vosotros / as | maquinaríais | You would scheme |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinarían | They / you would scheme |
| Vos | maquinarías | You would scheme |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will scheme” or “they will scheme”.
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 maquinar” means “They are going to scheme”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | maquinaré | I will scheme |
| Tú | maquinarás | You will scheme |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquinará | He / she / you will scheme |
| Nosotros / as | maquinaremos | We will scheme |
| Vosotros / as | maquinaréis | You will scheme |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinarán | They / you will scheme |
| Vos | maquinarás | You will scheme |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | maquine |
| Tú | maquines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquine |
| Nosotros / as | maquinemos |
| Vosotros / as | maquinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinen |
| Vos | maquines |
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 | maquinara | maquinase |
| Tú | maquinaras | maquinase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquinara | maquinase |
| Nosotros / as | maquináramos | maquinásemos |
| Vosotros / as | maquinarais | maquinaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinaran | maquinasen |
| Vos | maquinaras | maquinase |
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 | maquinare |
| Tú | maquinares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquinare |
| Nosotros / as | maquináremos |
| Vosotros / as | maquinareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinaren |
| Vos | maquinares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “scheme!” and “don’t scheme!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | maquina | no maquines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maquine | no maquine |
| Nosotros / as | maquinemos | no maquinemos |
| Vosotros / as | maquinad | no maquinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maquinen | no maquinen |
| Vos | no maquines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya maquinado |
| Tú | hayas maquinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya maquinado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos maquinado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis maquinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan maquinado |
| Vos | hayas maquinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera maquinado / hubiese maquinado |
| Tú | hubieras maquinado / hubieses maquinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera maquinado / hubiese maquinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos maquinado / hubiésemos maquinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais maquinado / hubieseis maquinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran maquinado / hubiesen maquinado |
| Vos | hubieras maquinado / hubieses maquinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere maquinado |
| Tú | hubieres maquinado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere maquinado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos maquinado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis maquinado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren maquinado |
| Vos | hubieres maquinado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté maquinando |
| Tú | estés maquinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté maquinando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos maquinando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis maquinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén maquinando |
| Vos | estés maquinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera maquinando / estuviese maquinando |
| Tú | estuvieras maquinando / estuvieses maquinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera maquinando / estuviese maquinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos maquinando / estuviésamos maquinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais maquinando / estuvieseis maquinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera maquinando / estuviese maquinando |
| Vos | estuvieras maquinando / estuvieses maquinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere maquinando |
| Tú | estuvieres maquinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere maquinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos maquinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis maquinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere maquinando |
| Vos | estuvieres maquinando |
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 maquinaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos maquinabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos maquinarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos maquinarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos maquines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos maquinaras / Vos maquinase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no maquines |