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Matricular is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to register, get registered”.
Below are all of the conjugations for matricular 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 register, get registered |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | matricular |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está matriculando) and past continuous (estaba matriculando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. registering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he matriculado and hubiera matriculado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have registered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | matriculando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | matriculado |
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 register” or “they register”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | matriculo |
| Tú | matriculas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matricula |
| Nosotros / as | matriculamos |
| Vosotros / as | matriculáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matriculan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I registered” or “she registered” 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 | matriculé | I registered |
| Tú | matriculaste | You registered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matriculó | He / she / you registered |
| Nosotros / as | matriculamos | We registered |
| Vosotros / as | matriculasteis | You registered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matricularon | They / you registered |
| Vos | matriculaste | You registered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was registering” or “she was registering” 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 | matriculaba | I was registering |
| Tú | matriculabas | You were registering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matriculaba | He was / she was / you were registering |
| Nosotros / as | matriculábamos | We were registering |
| Vosotros / as | matriculabais | You were registering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matriculaban | They / you were registering |
| Vos | matriculabas | You were registering |
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 registered” and “she has registered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he matriculado | I have registered |
| Tú | has matriculado | You have registered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha matriculado | He has / she has / you have registered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos matriculado | We have registered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis matriculado | You have registered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han matriculado | They / you have registered |
| Vos | has matriculado | You have registered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would register” or “she would register”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | matricularía | I would register |
| Tú | matricularías | You would register |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matricularía | He / she / you would register |
| Nosotros / as | matricularíamos | We would register |
| Vosotros / as | matricularíais | You would register |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matricularían | They / you would register |
| Vos | matricularías | You would register |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will register” or “they will register”.
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 matricular” means “They are going to register”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | matricularé | I will register |
| Tú | matricularás | You will register |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matriculará | He / she / you will register |
| Nosotros / as | matricularemos | We will register |
| Vosotros / as | matricularéis | You will register |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matricularán | They / you will register |
| Vos | matricularás | You will register |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | matricule |
| Tú | matricules |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matricule |
| Nosotros / as | matriculemos |
| Vosotros / as | matriculéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matriculen |
| Vos | matricules |
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 | matriculara | matriculase |
| Tú | matricularas | matriculase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matriculara | matriculase |
| Nosotros / as | matriculáramos | matriculásemos |
| Vosotros / as | matricularais | matriculaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matricularan | matriculasen |
| Vos | matricularas | matriculase |
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 | matriculare |
| Tú | matriculares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matriculare |
| Nosotros / as | matriculáremos |
| Vosotros / as | matriculareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matricularen |
| Vos | matriculares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “register!” and “don’t register!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | matricula | no matricules |
| Él / Ella / Usted | matricule | no matricule |
| Nosotros / as | matriculemos | no matriculemos |
| Vosotros / as | matriculad | no matriculéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | matriculen | no matriculen |
| Vos | no matricules |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya matriculado |
| Tú | hayas matriculado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya matriculado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos matriculado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis matriculado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan matriculado |
| Vos | hayas matriculado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera matriculado / hubiese matriculado |
| Tú | hubieras matriculado / hubieses matriculado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera matriculado / hubiese matriculado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos matriculado / hubiésemos matriculado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais matriculado / hubieseis matriculado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran matriculado / hubiesen matriculado |
| Vos | hubieras matriculado / hubieses matriculado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere matriculado |
| Tú | hubieres matriculado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere matriculado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos matriculado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis matriculado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren matriculado |
| Vos | hubieres matriculado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté matriculando |
| Tú | estés matriculando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté matriculando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos matriculando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis matriculando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén matriculando |
| Vos | estés matriculando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera matriculando / estuviese matriculando |
| Tú | estuvieras matriculando / estuvieses matriculando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera matriculando / estuviese matriculando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos matriculando / estuviésamos matriculando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais matriculando / estuvieseis matriculando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera matriculando / estuviese matriculando |
| Vos | estuvieras matriculando / estuvieses matriculando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere matriculando |
| Tú | estuvieres matriculando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere matriculando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos matriculando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis matriculando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere matriculando |
| Vos | estuvieres matriculando |
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 matriculaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos matriculabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos matricularías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos matricularás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos matricules |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos matricularas / Vos matriculase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no matricules |