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Aguantar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to put up with, tolerate, stand”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aguantar 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 put up with, tolerate, stand |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aguantar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aguantando) and past continuous (estaba aguantando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. putting up with).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aguantado and hubiera aguantado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have put up with).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aguantando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aguantado |
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 put up with” or “they put up with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aguanto |
| Tú | aguantas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguanta |
| Nosotros / as | aguantamos |
| Vosotros / as | aguantáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguantan |
| Vos | aguantás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I put up with” or “she put up with” 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 | aguanté | I put up with |
| Tú | aguantaste | You put up with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguantó | He / she / you put up with |
| Nosotros / as | aguantamos | We put up with |
| Vosotros / as | aguantasteis | You put up with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguantaron | They / you put up with |
| Vos | aguantaste | You put up with |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was putting up with” or “she was putting up with” 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 | aguantaba | I was putting up with |
| Tú | aguantabas | You were putting up with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguantaba | He was / she was / you were putting up with |
| Nosotros / as | aguantábamos | We were putting up with |
| Vosotros / as | aguantabais | You were putting up with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguantaban | They / you were putting up with |
| Vos | aguantabas | You were putting up with |
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 put up with” and “she has put up with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aguantado | I have put up with |
| Tú | has aguantado | You have put up with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aguantado | He has / she has / you have put up with |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aguantado | We have put up with |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aguantado | You have put up with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aguantado | They / you have put up with |
| Vos | has aguantado | You have put up with |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would put up with” or “she would put up with”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aguantaría | I would put up with |
| Tú | aguantarías | You would put up with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguantaría | He / she / you would put up with |
| Nosotros / as | aguantaríamos | We would put up with |
| Vosotros / as | aguantaríais | You would put up with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguantarían | They / you would put up with |
| Vos | aguantarías | You would put up with |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will put up with” or “they will put up with”.
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 aguantar” means “They are going to put up with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aguantaré | I will put up with |
| Tú | aguantarás | You will put up with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguantará | He / she / you will put up with |
| Nosotros / as | aguantaremos | We will put up with |
| Vosotros / as | aguantaréis | You will put up with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguantarán | They / you will put up with |
| Vos | aguantarás | You will put up with |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aguante |
| Tú | aguantes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguante |
| Nosotros / as | aguantemos |
| Vosotros / as | aguantéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguanten |
| Vos | aguantes |
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 | aguantara | aguantase |
| Tú | aguantaras | aguantase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguantara | aguantase |
| Nosotros / as | aguantáramos | aguantásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aguantarais | aguantaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguantaran | aguantasen |
| Vos | aguantaras | aguantase |
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 | aguantare |
| Tú | aguantares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguantare |
| Nosotros / as | aguantáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aguantareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguantaren |
| Vos | aguantares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “put up with!” and “don’t put up with!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aguanta | no aguantes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aguante | no aguante |
| Nosotros / as | aguantemos | no aguantemos |
| Vosotros / as | aguantad | no aguantéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aguanten | no aguanten |
| Vos | aguantá | no aguantes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aguantado |
| Tú | hayas aguantado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aguantado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aguantado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aguantado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aguantado |
| Vos | hayas aguantado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aguantado / hubiese aguantado |
| Tú | hubieras aguantado / hubieses aguantado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aguantado / hubiese aguantado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aguantado / hubiésemos aguantado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aguantado / hubieseis aguantado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aguantado / hubiesen aguantado |
| Vos | hubieras aguantado / hubieses aguantado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aguantado |
| Tú | hubieres aguantado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aguantado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aguantado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aguantado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aguantado |
| Vos | hubieres aguantado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aguantando |
| Tú | estés aguantando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aguantando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aguantando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aguantando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aguantando |
| Vos | estés aguantando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aguantando / estuviese aguantando |
| Tú | estuvieras aguantando / estuvieses aguantando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aguantando / estuviese aguantando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aguantando / estuviésamos aguantando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aguantando / estuvieseis aguantando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aguantando / estuviese aguantando |
| Vos | estuvieras aguantando / estuvieses aguantando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aguantando |
| Tú | estuvieres aguantando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aguantando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aguantando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aguantando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aguantando |
| Vos | estuvieres aguantando |
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 aguantás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aguantaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aguantabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aguantarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aguantarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aguantes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aguantaras / Vos aguantase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aguantá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aguantes |