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Mencionar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to mention, name”.
Below are all of the conjugations for mencionar 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 mention, name |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | mencionar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está mencionando) and past continuous (estaba mencionando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. mentioning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he mencionado and hubiera mencionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have mentioned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | mencionando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | mencionado |
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 mention” or “they mention”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | menciono |
| Tú | mencionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | menciona |
| Nosotros / as | mencionamos |
| Vosotros / as | mencionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I mentioned” or “she mentioned” 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 | mencioné | I mentioned |
| Tú | mencionaste | You mentioned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencionó | He / she / you mentioned |
| Nosotros / as | mencionamos | We mentioned |
| Vosotros / as | mencionasteis | You mentioned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionaron | They / you mentioned |
| Vos | mencionaste | You mentioned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was mentioning” or “she was mentioning” 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 | mencionaba | I was mentioning |
| Tú | mencionabas | You were mentioning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencionaba | He was / she was / you were mentioning |
| Nosotros / as | mencionábamos | We were mentioning |
| Vosotros / as | mencionabais | You were mentioning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionaban | They / you were mentioning |
| Vos | mencionabas | You were mentioning |
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 mentioned” and “she has mentioned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he mencionado | I have mentioned |
| Tú | has mencionado | You have mentioned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha mencionado | He has / she has / you have mentioned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos mencionado | We have mentioned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis mencionado | You have mentioned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han mencionado | They / you have mentioned |
| Vos | has mencionado | You have mentioned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would mention” or “she would mention”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | mencionaría | I would mention |
| Tú | mencionarías | You would mention |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencionaría | He / she / you would mention |
| Nosotros / as | mencionaríamos | We would mention |
| Vosotros / as | mencionaríais | You would mention |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionarían | They / you would mention |
| Vos | mencionarías | You would mention |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will mention” or “they will mention”.
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 mencionar” means “They are going to mention”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | mencionaré | I will mention |
| Tú | mencionarás | You will mention |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencionará | He / she / you will mention |
| Nosotros / as | mencionaremos | We will mention |
| Vosotros / as | mencionaréis | You will mention |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionarán | They / you will mention |
| Vos | mencionarás | You will mention |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | mencione |
| Tú | menciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencione |
| Nosotros / as | mencionemos |
| Vosotros / as | mencionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionen |
| Vos | menciones |
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 | mencionara | mencionase |
| Tú | mencionaras | mencionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencionara | mencionase |
| Nosotros / as | mencionáramos | mencionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | mencionarais | mencionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionaran | mencionasen |
| Vos | mencionaras | mencionase |
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 | mencionare |
| Tú | mencionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencionare |
| Nosotros / as | mencionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | mencionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionaren |
| Vos | mencionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “mention!” and “don’t mention!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | menciona | no menciones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mencione | no mencione |
| Nosotros / as | mencionemos | no mencionemos |
| Vosotros / as | mencionad | no mencionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mencionen | no mencionen |
| Vos | no menciones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya mencionado |
| Tú | hayas mencionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya mencionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos mencionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis mencionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan mencionado |
| Vos | hayas mencionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera mencionado / hubiese mencionado |
| Tú | hubieras mencionado / hubieses mencionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera mencionado / hubiese mencionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos mencionado / hubiésemos mencionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais mencionado / hubieseis mencionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran mencionado / hubiesen mencionado |
| Vos | hubieras mencionado / hubieses mencionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere mencionado |
| Tú | hubieres mencionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere mencionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos mencionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis mencionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren mencionado |
| Vos | hubieres mencionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté mencionando |
| Tú | estés mencionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté mencionando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos mencionando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis mencionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén mencionando |
| Vos | estés mencionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera mencionando / estuviese mencionando |
| Tú | estuvieras mencionando / estuvieses mencionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera mencionando / estuviese mencionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos mencionando / estuviésamos mencionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais mencionando / estuvieseis mencionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera mencionando / estuviese mencionando |
| Vos | estuvieras mencionando / estuvieses mencionando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere mencionando |
| Tú | estuvieres mencionando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere mencionando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos mencionando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis mencionando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere mencionando |
| Vos | estuvieres mencionando |
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 mencionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos mencionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos mencionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos mencionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos menciones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos mencionaras / Vos mencionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no menciones |