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Resultar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to turn out / to work out”.
Below are all of the conjugations for resultar 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 turn out / to work out |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | resultar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está resultando) and past continuous (estaba resultando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. turning out).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he resultado and hubiera resultado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have turned out).
| Gerundio / Gerund | resultando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | resultado |
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 turn out” or “they turn out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | resulto |
| Tú | resultas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resulta |
| Nosotros / as | resultamos |
| Vosotros / as | resultáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resultan |
| Vos | resultás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I turned out” or “she turned out” 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 | resulté | I turned out |
| Tú | resultaste | You turned out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resultó | He / she / you turned out |
| Nosotros / as | resultamos | We turned out |
| Vosotros / as | resultasteis | You turned out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resultaron | They / you turned out |
| Vos | resultaste | You turned out |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was turning out” or “she was turning out” 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 | resultaba | I was turning out |
| Tú | resultabas | You were turning out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resultaba | He was / she was / you were turning out |
| Nosotros / as | resultábamos | We were turning out |
| Vosotros / as | resultabais | You were turning out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resultaban | They / you were turning out |
| Vos | resultabas | You were turning out |
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 turned out” and “she has turned out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he resultado | I have turned out |
| Tú | has resultado | You have turned out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha resultado | He has / she has / you have turned out |
| Nosotros / as | hemos resultado | We have turned out |
| Vosotros / as | habéis resultado | You have turned out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han resultado | They / you have turned out |
| Vos | has resultado | You have turned out |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would turn out” or “she would turn out”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | resultaría | I would turn out |
| Tú | resultarías | You would turn out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resultaría | He / she / you would turn out |
| Nosotros / as | resultaríamos | We would turn out |
| Vosotros / as | resultaríais | You would turn out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resultarían | They / you would turn out |
| Vos | resultarías | You would turn out |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will turn out” or “they will turn out”.
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 resultar” means “They are going to turn out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | resultaré | I will turn out |
| Tú | resultarás | You will turn out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resultará | He / she / you will turn out |
| Nosotros / as | resultaremos | We will turn out |
| Vosotros / as | resultaréis | You will turn out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resultarán | They / you will turn out |
| Vos | resultarás | You will turn out |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | resulte |
| Tú | resultes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resulte |
| Nosotros / as | resultemos |
| Vosotros / as | resultéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resulten |
| Vos | resultes |
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 | resultara | resultase |
| Tú | resultaras | resultase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resultara | resultase |
| Nosotros / as | resultáramos | resultásemos |
| Vosotros / as | resultarais | resultaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resultaran | resultasen |
| Vos | resultaras | resultase |
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 | resultare |
| Tú | resultares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resultare |
| Nosotros / as | resultáremos |
| Vosotros / as | resultareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resultaren |
| Vos | resultares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “turn out!” and “don’t turn out!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | resulta | no resultes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | resulte | no resulte |
| Nosotros / as | resultemos | no resultemos |
| Vosotros / as | resultad | no resultéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | resulten | no resulten |
| Vos | resultá | no resultes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya resultado |
| Tú | hayas resultado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya resultado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos resultado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis resultado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan resultado |
| Vos | hayas resultado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera resultado / hubiese resultado |
| Tú | hubieras resultado / hubieses resultado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera resultado / hubiese resultado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos resultado / hubiésemos resultado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais resultado / hubieseis resultado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran resultado / hubiesen resultado |
| Vos | hubieras resultado / hubieses resultado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere resultado |
| Tú | hubieres resultado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere resultado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos resultado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis resultado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren resultado |
| Vos | hubieres resultado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté resultando |
| Tú | estés resultando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté resultando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos resultando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis resultando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén resultando |
| Vos | estés resultando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera resultando / estuviese resultando |
| Tú | estuvieras resultando / estuvieses resultando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera resultando / estuviese resultando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos resultando / estuviésamos resultando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais resultando / estuvieseis resultando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera resultando / estuviese resultando |
| Vos | estuvieras resultando / estuvieses resultando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere resultando |
| Tú | estuvieres resultando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere resultando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos resultando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis resultando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere resultando |
| Vos | estuvieres resultando |
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 resultás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos resultaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos resultabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos resultarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos resultarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos resultes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos resultaras / Vos resultase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos resultá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no resultes |
