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Acampar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to camp”.
Below are all of the conjugations for acampar 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 camp |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acampar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acampando) and past continuous (estaba acampando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. camping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acampado and hubiera acampado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have camped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acampando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acampado |
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 camp” or “they camp”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acampo |
| Tú | acampas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampa |
| Nosotros / as | acampamos |
| Vosotros / as | acampáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acampan |
| Vos | acampás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I camped” or “she camped” 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 | acampé | I camped |
| Tú | acampaste | You camped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampó | He / she / you camped |
| Nosotros / as | acampamos | We camped |
| Vosotros / as | acampasteis | You camped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acamparon | They / you camped |
| Vos | acampaste | You camped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was camping” or “she was camping” 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 | acampaba | I was camping |
| Tú | acampabas | You were camping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampaba | He was / she was / you were camping |
| Nosotros / as | acampábamos | We were camping |
| Vosotros / as | acampabais | You were camping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acampaban | They / you were camping |
| Vos | acampabas | You were camping |
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 camped” and “she has camped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acampado | I have camped |
| Tú | has acampado | You have camped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acampado | He has / she has / you have camped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos acampado | We have camped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis acampado | You have camped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acampado | They / you have camped |
| Vos | has acampado | You have camped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would camp” or “she would camp”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acamparía | I would camp |
| Tú | acamparías | You would camp |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acamparía | He / she / you would camp |
| Nosotros / as | acamparíamos | We would camp |
| Vosotros / as | acamparíais | You would camp |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acamparían | They / you would camp |
| Vos | acamparías | You would camp |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will camp” or “they will camp”.
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 acampar” means “They are going to camp”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | acamparé | I will camp |
| Tú | acamparás | You will camp |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampará | He / she / you will camp |
| Nosotros / as | acamparemos | We will camp |
| Vosotros / as | acamparéis | You will camp |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acamparán | They / you will camp |
| Vos | acamparás | You will camp |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | acampe |
| Tú | acampes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampe |
| Nosotros / as | acampemos |
| Vosotros / as | acampéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acampen |
| Vos | acampes |
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 | acampara | acampase |
| Tú | acamparas | acampase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampara | acampase |
| Nosotros / as | acampáramos | acampásemos |
| Vosotros / as | acamparais | acampaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acamparan | acampasen |
| Vos | acamparas | acampase |
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 | acampare |
| Tú | acampares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampare |
| Nosotros / as | acampáremos |
| Vosotros / as | acampareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acamparen |
| Vos | acampares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “camp!” and “don’t camp!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acampa | no acampes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acampe | no acampe |
| Nosotros / as | acampemos | no acampemos |
| Vosotros / as | acampad | no acampéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acampen | no acampen |
| Vos | acampá | no acampes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acampado |
| Tú | hayas acampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acampado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acampado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acampado |
| Vos | hayas acampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acampado / hubiese acampado |
| Tú | hubieras acampado / hubieses acampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acampado / hubiese acampado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acampado / hubiésemos acampado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acampado / hubieseis acampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acampado / hubiesen acampado |
| Vos | hubieras acampado / hubieses acampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acampado |
| Tú | hubieres acampado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acampado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acampado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acampado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acampado |
| Vos | hubieres acampado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acampando |
| Tú | estés acampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acampando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acampando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acampando |
| Vos | estés acampando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acampando / estuviese acampando |
| Tú | estuvieras acampando / estuvieses acampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acampando / estuviese acampando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acampando / estuviésamos acampando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acampando / estuvieseis acampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acampando / estuviese acampando |
| Vos | estuvieras acampando / estuvieses acampando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acampando |
| Tú | estuvieres acampando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acampando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acampando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acampando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acampando |
| Vos | estuvieres acampando |
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 acampás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos acampaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos acampabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos acamparías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos acamparás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos acampes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos acamparas / Vos acampase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acampá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no acampes |