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Navegar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to navigate, sail”.
Below are all of the conjugations for navegar 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 navigate, sail |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | navegar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está navegando) and past continuous (estaba navegando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. navigating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he navegado and hubiera navegado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have navigated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | navegando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | navegado |
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 navigate” or “they navigate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | navego |
| Tú | navegas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navega |
| Nosotros / as | navegamos |
| Vosotros / as | navegáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | navegan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I navigated” or “she navigated” 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 | navegué | I navigated |
| Tú | navegaste | You navigated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegó | He / she / you navigated |
| Nosotros / as | navegamos | We navigated |
| Vosotros / as | navegasteis | You navigated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | navegaron | They / you navigated |
| Vos | navegaste | You navigated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was navigating” or “she was navigating” 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 | navegaba | I was navigating |
| Tú | navegabas | You were navigating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegaba | He was / she was / you were navigating |
| Nosotros / as | navegábamos | We were navigating |
| Vosotros / as | navegabais | You were navigating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | navegaban | They / you were navigating |
| Vos | navegabas | You were navigating |
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 navigated” and “she has navigated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he navegado | I have navigated |
| Tú | has navegado | You have navigated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha navegado | He has / she has / you have navigated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos navegado | We have navigated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis navegado | You have navigated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han navegado | They / you have navigated |
| Vos | has navegado | You have navigated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would navigate” or “she would navigate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | navegaría | I would navigate |
| Tú | navegarías | You would navigate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegaría | He / she / you would navigate |
| Nosotros / as | navegaríamos | We would navigate |
| Vosotros / as | navegaríais | You would navigate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | navegarían | They / you would navigate |
| Vos | navegarías | You would navigate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will navigate” or “they will navigate”.
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 navegar” means “They are going to navigate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | navegaré | I will navigate |
| Tú | navegarás | You will navigate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegará | He / she / you will navigate |
| Nosotros / as | navegaremos | We will navigate |
| Vosotros / as | navegaréis | You will navigate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | navegarán | They / you will navigate |
| Vos | navegarás | You will navigate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | navegue |
| Tú | navegues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegue |
| Nosotros / as | naveguemos |
| Vosotros / as | naveguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | naveguen |
| Vos | navegues |
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 | navegara | navegase |
| Tú | navegaras | navegase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegara | navegase |
| Nosotros / as | navegáramos | navegásemos |
| Vosotros / as | navegarais | navegaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | navegaran | navegasen |
| Vos | navegaras | navegase |
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 | navegare |
| Tú | navegares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegare |
| Nosotros / as | navegáremos |
| Vosotros / as | navegareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | navegaren |
| Vos | navegares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “navigate!” and “don’t navigate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | navega | no navegues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | navegue | no navegue |
| Nosotros / as | naveguemos | no naveguemos |
| Vosotros / as | navegad | no naveguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | naveguen | no naveguen |
| Vos | no navegues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya navegado |
| Tú | hayas navegado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya navegado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos navegado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis navegado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan navegado |
| Vos | hayas navegado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera navegado / hubiese navegado |
| Tú | hubieras navegado / hubieses navegado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera navegado / hubiese navegado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos navegado / hubiésemos navegado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais navegado / hubieseis navegado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran navegado / hubiesen navegado |
| Vos | hubieras navegado / hubieses navegado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere navegado |
| Tú | hubieres navegado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere navegado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos navegado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis navegado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren navegado |
| Vos | hubieres navegado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté navegando |
| Tú | estés navegando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté navegando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos navegando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis navegando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén navegando |
| Vos | estés navegando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera navegando / estuviese navegando |
| Tú | estuvieras navegando / estuvieses navegando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera navegando / estuviese navegando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos navegando / estuviésamos navegando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais navegando / estuvieseis navegando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera navegando / estuviese navegando |
| Vos | estuvieras navegando / estuvieses navegando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere navegando |
| Tú | estuvieres navegando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere navegando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos navegando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis navegando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere navegando |
| Vos | estuvieres navegando |
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 navegaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos navegabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos navegarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos navegarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos navegues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos navegaras / Vos navegase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no navegues |