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Memorizar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to memorize”.
Below are all of the conjugations for memorizar 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 memorize |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | memorizar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está memorizando) and past continuous (estaba memorizando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. mesmerizing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he memorizado and hubiera memorizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have mesmerized).
| Gerundio / Gerund | memorizando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | memorizado |
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 mesmerize” or “they mesmerize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | memorizo |
| Tú | memorizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memoriza |
| Nosotros / as | memorizamos |
| Vosotros / as | memorizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memorizan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I mesmerized” or “she mesmerized” 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 | memoricé | I mesmerized |
| Tú | memorizaste | You mesmerized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorizó | He / she / you mesmerized |
| Nosotros / as | memorizamos | We mesmerized |
| Vosotros / as | memorizasteis | You mesmerized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memorizaron | They / you mesmerized |
| Vos | memorizaste | You mesmerized |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was mesmerizing” or “she was mesmerizing” 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 | memorizaba | I was mesmerizing |
| Tú | memorizabas | You were mesmerizing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorizaba | He was / she was / you were mesmerizing |
| Nosotros / as | memorizábamos | We were mesmerizing |
| Vosotros / as | memorizabais | You were mesmerizing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memorizaban | They / you were mesmerizing |
| Vos | memorizabas | You were mesmerizing |
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 mesmerized” and “she has mesmerized”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he memorizado | I have mesmerized |
| Tú | has memorizado | You have mesmerized |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha memorizado | He has / she has / you have mesmerized |
| Nosotros / as | hemos memorizado | We have mesmerized |
| Vosotros / as | habéis memorizado | You have mesmerized |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han memorizado | They / you have mesmerized |
| Vos | has memorizado | You have mesmerized |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would mesmerize” or “she would mesmerize”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | memorizaría | I would mesmerize |
| Tú | memorizarías | You would mesmerize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorizaría | He / she / you would mesmerize |
| Nosotros / as | memorizaríamos | We would mesmerize |
| Vosotros / as | memorizaríais | You would mesmerize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memorizarían | They / you would mesmerize |
| Vos | memorizarías | You would mesmerize |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will mesmerize” or “they will mesmerize”.
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 memorizar” means “They are going to mesmerize”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | memorizaré | I will mesmerize |
| Tú | memorizarás | You will mesmerize |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorizará | He / she / you will mesmerize |
| Nosotros / as | memorizaremos | We will mesmerize |
| Vosotros / as | memorizaréis | You will mesmerize |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memorizarán | They / you will mesmerize |
| Vos | memorizarás | You will mesmerize |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | memorice |
| Tú | memorices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorice |
| Nosotros / as | memoricemos |
| Vosotros / as | memoricéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memoricen |
| Vos | memorices |
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 | memorizara | memorizase |
| Tú | memorizaras | memorizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorizara | memorizase |
| Nosotros / as | memorizáramos | memorizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | memorizarais | memorizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memorizaran | memorizasen |
| Vos | memorizaras | memorizase |
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 | memorizare |
| Tú | memorizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorizare |
| Nosotros / as | memorizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | memorizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memorizaren |
| Vos | memorizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “mesmerize!” and “don’t mesmerize!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | memoriza | no memorices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | memorice | no memorice |
| Nosotros / as | memoricemos | no memoricemos |
| Vosotros / as | memorizad | no memoricéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | memoricen | no memoricen |
| Vos | no memorices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya memorizado |
| Tú | hayas memorizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya memorizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos memorizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis memorizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan memorizado |
| Vos | hayas memorizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera memorizado / hubiese memorizado |
| Tú | hubieras memorizado / hubieses memorizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera memorizado / hubiese memorizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos memorizado / hubiésemos memorizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais memorizado / hubieseis memorizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran memorizado / hubiesen memorizado |
| Vos | hubieras memorizado / hubieses memorizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere memorizado |
| Tú | hubieres memorizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere memorizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos memorizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis memorizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren memorizado |
| Vos | hubieres memorizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté memorizando |
| Tú | estés memorizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté memorizando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos memorizando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis memorizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén memorizando |
| Vos | estés memorizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera memorizando / estuviese memorizando |
| Tú | estuvieras memorizando / estuvieses memorizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera memorizando / estuviese memorizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos memorizando / estuviésamos memorizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais memorizando / estuvieseis memorizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera memorizando / estuviese memorizando |
| Vos | estuvieras memorizando / estuvieses memorizando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere memorizando |
| Tú | estuvieres memorizando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere memorizando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos memorizando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis memorizando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere memorizando |
| Vos | estuvieres memorizando |
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 memorizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos memorizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos memorizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos memorizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos memorices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos memorizaras / Vos memorizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no memorices |