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Apetecer conjugation

Apetecer conjugation - to long for

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Apetecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to long for, crave for, yearn for”.

Below are all of the conjugations for apetecer 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.

Apetecer Infinitive

English Infinitive to long for, crave for, yearn for
Spanish Infinitive apetecer

Apetecer Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está apeteciendo) and past continuous (estaba apeteciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. longing for).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he apetecido and hubiera apetecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have longed for).

Gerundio / Gerund  apeteciendo
Participio / Past Participle  apetecido

Apetecer Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Apetecer Presente / Present

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 long for” or “they long for”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo apetezco
Tú apeteces
Él / Ella / Usted apetece
Nosotros / as apetecemos
Vosotros / as apetecéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetecen
Vos apetecés

Apetecer Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I longed for” or “she longed for” 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 apetecí I longed for
Tú apeteciste You longed for
Él / Ella / Usted apeteció He / she / you longed for
Nosotros / as apetecimos We longed for
Vosotros / as apetecisteis You longed for
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetecieron They / you longed for
Vos apeteciste You longed for

Apetecer Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was longing for” or “she was longing for” 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 apetecía I was longing for
Tú apetecías You were longing for
Él / Ella / Usted apetecía He was / she was / you were longing for
Nosotros / as apetecíamos We were longing for
Vosotros / as apetecíais You were longing for
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetecían They / you were longing for
Vos apetecías You were longing for

Apetecer Perfect / Perfecto

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 longed for” and “she has longed for”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he apetecido I have longed for
Tú has apetecido You have longed for
Él / Ella / Usted ha apetecido He has / she has / you have longed for
Nosotros / as hemos apetecido We have longed for
Vosotros / as habéis apetecido You have longed for
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han apetecido They / you have longed for
Vos has apetecido You have longed for

Apetecer Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would long for” or “she would long for”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo apetecería I would long for
Tú apetecerías You would long for
Él / Ella / Usted apetecería He / she / you would long for
Nosotros / as apeteceríamos We would long for
Vosotros / as apeteceríais You would long for
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetecerían They / you would long for
Vos apetecerías You would long for

Apetecer Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will long for” or “they will long for”.

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 apetecer” means “They are going to long for”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo apeteceré I will long for
Tú apetecerás You will long for
Él / Ella / Usted apetecerá He / she / you will long for
Nosotros / as apeteceremos We will long for
Vosotros / as apeteceréis You will long for
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetecerán They / you will long for
Vos apetecerás You will long for

Apetecer Subjunctive Conjugations

Apetecer Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo apetezca
Tú apetezcas
Él / Ella / Usted apetezca
Nosotros / as apetezcamos
Vosotros / as apetezcáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetezcan
Vos apetezcas

Apetecer Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 apeteciera apeteciese
Tú apetecieras apeteciese
Él / Ella / Usted apeteciera apeteciese
Nosotros / as apeteciéramos apeteciésemos
Vosotros / as apetecierais apetecieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetecieran apeteciesen
Vos apetecieras apeteciese

Apetecer Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 apeteciere
Tú apetecieres
Él / Ella / Usted apeteciere
Nosotros / as apeteciéremos
Vosotros / as apeteciereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetecieren
Vos apetecieres

Apetecer Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “long for!” and “don’t long for!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
Tú apetece no apetezcas
Él / Ella / Usted apetezca no apetezca
Nosotros / as apetezcamos no apetezcamos
Vosotros / as apeteced no apetezcáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes apetezcan no apetezcan
Vos apetecé no apetezcas

Apetecer Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Apetecer Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya apetecido
Tú hayas apetecido
Él / Ella / Usted haya apetecido
Nosotros / as hayamos apetecido
Vosotros / as hayáis apetecido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan apetecido
Vos hayas apetecido

Apetecer Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera apetecido / hubiese apetecido
Tú hubieras apetecido / hubieses apetecido
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera apetecido / hubiese apetecido
Nosotros / as hubiéramos apetecido / hubiésemos apetecido
Vosotros / as hubierais apetecido / hubieseis apetecido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran apetecido / hubiesen apetecido
Vos hubieras apetecido / hubieses apetecido

Apetecer Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere apetecido
Tú hubieres apetecido
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere apetecido
Nosotros / as hubiéremos apetecido
Vosotros / as hubiereis apetecido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren apetecido
Vos hubieres apetecido

Apetecer Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté apeteciendo
Tú estés apeteciendo
Él / Ella / Usted esté apeteciendo
Nosotros / as estemos apeteciendo
Vosotros / as estéis apeteciendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén apeteciendo
Vos estés apeteciendo

Apetecer Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera apeteciendo / estuviese apeteciendo
Tú estuvieras apeteciendo / estuvieses apeteciendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera apeteciendo / estuviese apeteciendo
Nosotros / as estuviéramos apeteciendo / estuviésamos apeteciendo
Vosotros / as estuvierais apeteciendo / estuvieseis apeteciendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera apeteciendo / estuviese apeteciendo
Vos estuvieras apeteciendo / estuvieses apeteciendo

Apetecer Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere apeteciendo
Tú estuvieres apeteciendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere apeteciendo
Nosotros / as estuviéremos apeteciendo
Vosotros / as estuviereis apeteciendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere apeteciendo
Vos estuvieres apeteciendo

Apetecer Vos Conjugation

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.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos apetecés
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos apeteciste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos apetecías
Conditional
Condicional
Vos apetecerías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos apetecerás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos apetezcas
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos apetecieras / Vos apeteciese
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos apetecé
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no apetezcas