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Ampliar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to wider, extend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ampliar 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 wider, extend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ampliar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ampliando) and past continuous (estaba ampliando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. widening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ampliado and hubiera ampliado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have widened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ampliando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ampliado |
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 widen” or “they widen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amplío |
| Tú | amplías |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplía |
| Nosotros / as | ampliamos |
| Vosotros / as | ampliáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplían |
| Vos | ampliás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I widened” or “she widened” 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 | amplié | I widened |
| Tú | ampliaste | You widened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplió | He / she / you widened |
| Nosotros / as | ampliamos | We widened |
| Vosotros / as | ampliasteis | You widened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ampliaron | They / you widened |
| Vos | ampliaste | You widened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was widening” or “she was widening” 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 | ampliaba | I was widening |
| Tú | ampliabas | You were widening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ampliaba | He was / she was / you were widening |
| Nosotros / as | ampliábamos | We were widening |
| Vosotros / as | ampliabais | You were widening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ampliaban | They / you were widening |
| Vos | ampliabas | You were widening |
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 widened” and “she has widened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ampliado | I have widened |
| Tú | has ampliado | You have widened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ampliado | He has / she has / you have widened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ampliado | We have widened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ampliado | You have widened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ampliado | They / you have widened |
| Vos | has ampliado | You have widened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would widen” or “she would widen”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ampliaría | I would widen |
| Tú | ampliarías | You would widen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ampliaría | He / she / you would widen |
| Nosotros / as | ampliaríamos | We would widen |
| Vosotros / as | ampliaríais | You would widen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ampliarían | They / you would widen |
| Vos | ampliarías | You would widen |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will widen” or “they will widen”.
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 ampliar” means “They are going to widen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ampliaré | I will widen |
| Tú | ampliarás | You will widen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ampliará | He / she / you will widen |
| Nosotros / as | ampliaremos | We will widen |
| Vosotros / as | ampliaréis | You will widen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ampliarán | They / you will widen |
| Vos | ampliarás | You will widen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | amplíe |
| Tú | amplíes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplíe |
| Nosotros / as | ampliemos |
| Vosotros / as | ampliéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplíen |
| Vos | amplíes |
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 | ampliara | ampliase |
| Tú | ampliaras | ampliase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ampliara | ampliase |
| Nosotros / as | ampliáramos | ampliásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ampliarais | ampliaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ampliaran | ampliasen |
| Vos | ampliaras | ampliase |
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 | ampliare |
| Tú | ampliares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ampliare |
| Nosotros / as | ampliáremos |
| Vosotros / as | ampliareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ampliaren |
| Vos | ampliares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “widen!” and “don’t widen!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | amplía | no amplíes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amplíe | no amplíe |
| Nosotros / as | ampliemos | no ampliemos |
| Vosotros / as | ampliad | no ampliéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amplíen | no amplíen |
| Vos | ampliá | no amplíes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ampliado |
| Tú | hayas ampliado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ampliado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ampliado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ampliado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ampliado |
| Vos | hayas ampliado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ampliado / hubiese ampliado |
| Tú | hubieras ampliado / hubieses ampliado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ampliado / hubiese ampliado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ampliado / hubiésemos ampliado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ampliado / hubieseis ampliado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ampliado / hubiesen ampliado |
| Vos | hubieras ampliado / hubieses ampliado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ampliado |
| Tú | hubieres ampliado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ampliado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ampliado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ampliado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ampliado |
| Vos | hubieres ampliado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ampliando |
| Tú | estés ampliando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ampliando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ampliando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ampliando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ampliando |
| Vos | estés ampliando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ampliando / estuviese ampliando |
| Tú | estuvieras ampliando / estuvieses ampliando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ampliando / estuviese ampliando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ampliando / estuviésamos ampliando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ampliando / estuvieseis ampliando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ampliando / estuviese ampliando |
| Vos | estuvieras ampliando / estuvieses ampliando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ampliando |
| Tú | estuvieres ampliando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ampliando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ampliando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ampliando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ampliando |
| Vos | estuvieres ampliando |
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 ampliás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ampliaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ampliabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ampliarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ampliarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos amplíes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ampliaras / Vos ampliase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ampliá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no amplíes |