Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Menu
Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Negociar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to negotiate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for negociar 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 negotiate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | negociar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está negociando) and past continuous (estaba negociando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. negotiating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he negociado and hubiera negociado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have negotiated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | negociando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | negociado |
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 negotiate” or “they negotiate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | negocio |
| Tú | negocias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negocia |
| Nosotros / as | negociamos |
| Vosotros / as | negociáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negocian |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I negotiated” or “she negotiated” 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 | negocié | I negotiated |
| Tú | negociaste | You negotiated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negoció | He / she / you negotiated |
| Nosotros / as | negociamos | We negotiated |
| Vosotros / as | negociasteis | You negotiated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negociaron | They / you negotiated |
| Vos | negociaste | You negotiated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was negotiating” or “she was negotiating” 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 | negociaba | I was negotiating |
| Tú | negociabas | You were negotiating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negociaba | He was / she was / you were negotiating |
| Nosotros / as | negociábamos | We were negotiating |
| Vosotros / as | negociabais | You were negotiating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negociaban | They / you were negotiating |
| Vos | negociabas | You were negotiating |
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 negotiated” and “she has negotiated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he negociado | I have negotiated |
| Tú | has negociado | You have negotiated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha negociado | He has / she has / you have negotiated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos negociado | We have negotiated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis negociado | You have negotiated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han negociado | They / you have negotiated |
| Vos | has negociado | You have negotiated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would negotiate” or “she would negotiate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | negociaría | I would negotiate |
| Tú | negociarías | You would negotiate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negociaría | He / she / you would negotiate |
| Nosotros / as | negociaríamos | We would negotiate |
| Vosotros / as | negociaríais | You would negotiate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negociarían | They / you would negotiate |
| Vos | negociarías | You would negotiate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will negotiate” or “they will negotiate”.
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 negociar” means “They are going to negotiate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | negociaré | I will negotiate |
| Tú | negociarás | You will negotiate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negociará | He / she / you will negotiate |
| Nosotros / as | negociaremos | We will negotiate |
| Vosotros / as | negociaréis | You will negotiate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negociarán | They / you will negotiate |
| Vos | negociarás | You will negotiate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | negocie |
| Tú | negocies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negocie |
| Nosotros / as | negociemos |
| Vosotros / as | negociéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negocien |
| Vos | negocies |
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 | negociara | negociase |
| Tú | negociaras | negociase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negociara | negociase |
| Nosotros / as | negociáramos | negociásemos |
| Vosotros / as | negociarais | negociaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negociaran | negociasen |
| Vos | negociaras | negociase |
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 | negociare |
| Tú | negociares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negociare |
| Nosotros / as | negociáremos |
| Vosotros / as | negociareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negociaren |
| Vos | negociares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “negotiate!” and “don’t negotiate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | negocia | no negocies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | negocie | no negocie |
| Nosotros / as | negociemos | no negociemos |
| Vosotros / as | negociad | no negociéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | negocien | no negocien |
| Vos | no negocies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya negociado |
| Tú | hayas negociado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya negociado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos negociado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis negociado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan negociado |
| Vos | hayas negociado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera negociado / hubiese negociado |
| Tú | hubieras negociado / hubieses negociado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera negociado / hubiese negociado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos negociado / hubiésemos negociado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais negociado / hubieseis negociado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran negociado / hubiesen negociado |
| Vos | hubieras negociado / hubieses negociado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere negociado |
| Tú | hubieres negociado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere negociado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos negociado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis negociado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren negociado |
| Vos | hubieres negociado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté negociando |
| Tú | estés negociando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté negociando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos negociando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis negociando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén negociando |
| Vos | estés negociando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera negociando / estuviese negociando |
| Tú | estuvieras negociando / estuvieses negociando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera negociando / estuviese negociando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos negociando / estuviésamos negociando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais negociando / estuvieseis negociando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera negociando / estuviese negociando |
| Vos | estuvieras negociando / estuvieses negociando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere negociando |
| Tú | estuvieres negociando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere negociando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos negociando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis negociando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere negociando |
| Vos | estuvieres negociando |
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 negociaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos negociabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos negociarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos negociarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos negocies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos negociaras / Vos negociase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no negocies |