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Aparcar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to park”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aparcar 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 park |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aparcar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aparcando) and past continuous (estaba aparcando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. parking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aparcado and hubiera aparcado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have parked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aparcando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aparcado |
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 park” or “they park”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aparco |
| Tú | aparcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparca |
| Nosotros / as | aparcamos |
| Vosotros / as | aparcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparcan |
| Vos | aparcás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I parked” or “she parked” 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 | aparqué | I parked |
| Tú | aparcaste | You parked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparcó | He / she / you parked |
| Nosotros / as | aparcamos | We parked |
| Vosotros / as | aparcasteis | You parked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparcaron | They / you parked |
| Vos | aparcaste | You parked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was parking” or “she was parking” 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 | aparcaba | I was parking |
| Tú | aparcabas | You were parking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparcaba | He was / she was / you were parking |
| Nosotros / as | aparcábamos | We were parking |
| Vosotros / as | aparcabais | You were parking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparcaban | They / you were parking |
| Vos | aparcabas | You were parking |
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 parked” and “she has parked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aparcado | I have parked |
| Tú | has aparcado | You have parked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aparcado | He has / she has / you have parked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aparcado | We have parked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aparcado | You have parked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aparcado | They / you have parked |
| Vos | has aparcado | You have parked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would park” or “she would park”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aparcaría | I would park |
| Tú | aparcarías | You would park |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparcaría | He / she / you would park |
| Nosotros / as | aparcaríamos | We would park |
| Vosotros / as | aparcaríais | You would park |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparcarían | They / you would park |
| Vos | aparcarías | You would park |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will park” or “they will park”.
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 aparcar” means “They are going to park”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aparcaré | I will park |
| Tú | aparcarás | You will park |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparcará | He / she / you will park |
| Nosotros / as | aparcaremos | We will park |
| Vosotros / as | aparcaréis | You will park |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparcarán | They / you will park |
| Vos | aparcarás | You will park |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aparque |
| Tú | aparques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparque |
| Nosotros / as | aparquemos |
| Vosotros / as | aparquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparquen |
| Vos | aparques |
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 | aparcara | aparcase |
| Tú | aparcaras | aparcase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparcara | aparcase |
| Nosotros / as | aparcáramos | aparcásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aparcarais | aparcaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparcaran | aparcasen |
| Vos | aparcaras | aparcase |
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 | aparcare |
| Tú | aparcares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparcare |
| Nosotros / as | aparcáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aparcareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparcaren |
| Vos | aparcares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “park!” and “don’t park!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aparca | no aparques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aparque | no aparque |
| Nosotros / as | aparquemos | no aparquemos |
| Vosotros / as | aparcad | no aparquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aparquen | no aparquen |
| Vos | aparcá | no aparques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aparcado |
| Tú | hayas aparcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aparcado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aparcado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aparcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aparcado |
| Vos | hayas aparcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aparcado / hubiese aparcado |
| Tú | hubieras aparcado / hubieses aparcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aparcado / hubiese aparcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aparcado / hubiésemos aparcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aparcado / hubieseis aparcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aparcado / hubiesen aparcado |
| Vos | hubieras aparcado / hubieses aparcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aparcado |
| Tú | hubieres aparcado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aparcado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aparcado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aparcado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aparcado |
| Vos | hubieres aparcado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aparcando |
| Tú | estés aparcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aparcando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aparcando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aparcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aparcando |
| Vos | estés aparcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aparcando / estuviese aparcando |
| Tú | estuvieras aparcando / estuvieses aparcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aparcando / estuviese aparcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aparcando / estuviésamos aparcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aparcando / estuvieseis aparcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aparcando / estuviese aparcando |
| Vos | estuvieras aparcando / estuvieses aparcando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aparcando |
| Tú | estuvieres aparcando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aparcando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aparcando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aparcando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aparcando |
| Vos | estuvieres aparcando |
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 aparcás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aparcaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aparcabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aparcarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aparcarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aparques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aparcaras / Vos aparcase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aparcá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aparques |