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Marcar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to mark, not, dial a number”.
Below are all of the conjugations for marcar 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 mark, not, dial a number |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | marcar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está marcando) and past continuous (estaba marcando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. marking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he marcado and hubiera marcado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have marked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | marcando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | marcado |
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 mark” or “they mark”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | marco |
| Tú | marcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marca |
| Nosotros / as | marcamos |
| Vosotros / as | marcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marcan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I marked” or “she marked” 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 | marqué | I marked |
| Tú | marcaste | You marked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marcó | He / she / you marked |
| Nosotros / as | marcamos | We marked |
| Vosotros / as | marcasteis | You marked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marcaron | They / you marked |
| Vos | marcaste | You marked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was marking” or “she was marking” 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 | marcaba | I was marking |
| Tú | marcabas | You were marking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marcaba | He was / she was / you were marking |
| Nosotros / as | marcábamos | We were marking |
| Vosotros / as | marcabais | You were marking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marcaban | They / you were marking |
| Vos | marcabas | You were marking |
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 marked” and “she has marked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he marcado | I have marked |
| Tú | has marcado | You have marked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha marcado | He has / she has / you have marked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos marcado | We have marked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis marcado | You have marked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han marcado | They / you have marked |
| Vos | has marcado | You have marked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would mark” or “she would mark”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | marcaría | I would mark |
| Tú | marcarías | You would mark |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marcaría | He / she / you would mark |
| Nosotros / as | marcaríamos | We would mark |
| Vosotros / as | marcaríais | You would mark |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marcarían | They / you would mark |
| Vos | marcarías | You would mark |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will mark” or “they will mark”.
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 marcar” means “They are going to mark”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | marcaré | I will mark |
| Tú | marcarás | You will mark |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marcará | He / she / you will mark |
| Nosotros / as | marcaremos | We will mark |
| Vosotros / as | marcaréis | You will mark |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marcarán | They / you will mark |
| Vos | marcarás | You will mark |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | marque |
| Tú | marques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marque |
| Nosotros / as | marquemos |
| Vosotros / as | marquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marquen |
| Vos | marques |
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 | marcara | marcase |
| Tú | marcaras | marcase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marcara | marcase |
| Nosotros / as | marcáramos | marcásemos |
| Vosotros / as | marcarais | marcaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marcaran | marcasen |
| Vos | marcaras | marcase |
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 | marcare |
| Tú | marcares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marcare |
| Nosotros / as | marcáremos |
| Vosotros / as | marcareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marcaren |
| Vos | marcares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “mark!” and “don’t mark!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | marca | no marques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | marque | no marque |
| Nosotros / as | marquemos | no marquemos |
| Vosotros / as | marcad | no marquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | marquen | no marquen |
| Vos | no marques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya marcado |
| Tú | hayas marcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya marcado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos marcado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis marcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan marcado |
| Vos | hayas marcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera marcado / hubiese marcado |
| Tú | hubieras marcado / hubieses marcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera marcado / hubiese marcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos marcado / hubiésemos marcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais marcado / hubieseis marcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran marcado / hubiesen marcado |
| Vos | hubieras marcado / hubieses marcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere marcado |
| Tú | hubieres marcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere marcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos marcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis marcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren marcado |
| Vos | hubieres marcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté marcando |
| Tú | estés marcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté marcando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos marcando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis marcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén marcando |
| Vos | estés marcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera marcando / estuviese marcando |
| Tú | estuvieras marcando / estuvieses marcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera marcando / estuviese marcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos marcando / estuviésamos marcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais marcando / estuvieseis marcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera marcando / estuviese marcando |
| Vos | estuvieras marcando / estuvieses marcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere marcando |
| Tú | estuvieres marcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere marcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos marcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis marcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere marcando |
| Vos | estuvieres marcando |
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 marcaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos marcabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos marcarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos marcarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos marques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos marcaras / Vos marcase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no marques |