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Aplaudir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to applaud”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aplaudir 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 applaud |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aplaudir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aplaudiendo) and past continuous (estaba aplaudiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. applauding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aplaudido and hubiera aplaudido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have applauded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aplaudiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aplaudido |
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 applaud” or “they applaud”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplaudo |
| Tú | aplaudes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaude |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudimos |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplauden |
| Vos | aplaudís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I applauded” or “she applauded” 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 | aplaudí | I applauded |
| Tú | aplaudiste | You applauded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaudió | He / she / you applauded |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudimos | We applauded |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudisteis | You applauded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudieron | They / you applauded |
| Vos | aplaudiste | You applauded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was applauding” or “she was applauding” 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 | aplaudía | I was applauding |
| Tú | aplaudías | You were applauding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaudía | He was / she was / you were applauding |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudíamos | We were applauding |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudíais | You were applauding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudían | They / you were applauding |
| Vos | aplaudías | You were applauding |
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 applauded” and “she has applauded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aplaudido | I have applauded |
| Tú | has aplaudido | You have applauded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aplaudido | He has / she has / you have applauded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aplaudido | We have applauded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aplaudido | You have applauded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aplaudido | They / you have applauded |
| Vos | has aplaudido | You have applauded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would applaud” or “she would applaud”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplaudiría | I would applaud |
| Tú | aplaudirías | You would applaud |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaudiría | He / she / you would applaud |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudiríamos | We would applaud |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudiríais | You would applaud |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudirían | They / you would applaud |
| Vos | aplaudirías | You would applaud |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will applaud” or “they will applaud”.
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 aplaudir” means “They are going to applaud”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplaudiré | I will applaud |
| Tú | aplaudirás | You will applaud |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaudirá | He / she / you will applaud |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudiremos | We will applaud |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudiréis | You will applaud |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudirán | They / you will applaud |
| Vos | aplaudirás | You will applaud |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplauda |
| Tú | aplaudas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplauda |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudamos |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudan |
| Vos | aplaudas |
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 | aplaudiera | aplaudiese |
| Tú | aplaudieras | aplaudiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaudiera | aplaudiese |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudiéramos | aplaudiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudierais | aplaudieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudieran | aplaudiesen |
| Vos | aplaudieras | aplaudiese |
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 | aplaudiere |
| Tú | aplaudieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaudiera |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudieren |
| Vos | aplaudieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “applaud!” and “don’t applaud!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aplaude | no aplaudas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplauda | no aplauda |
| Nosotros / as | aplaudamos | no aplaudamos |
| Vosotros / as | aplaudid | no aplaudáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplaudan | no aplaudan |
| Vos | aplaudí | no aplaudas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aplaudido |
| Tú | hayas aplaudido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aplaudido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aplaudido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aplaudido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aplaudido |
| Vos | hayas aplaudido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aplaudido / hubiese aplaudido |
| Tú | hubieras aplaudido / hubieses aplaudido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aplaudido / hubiese aplaudido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aplaudido / hubiésemos aplaudido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aplaudido / hubieseis aplaudido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aplaudido / hubiesen aplaudido |
| Vos | hubieras aplaudido / hubieses aplaudido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aplaudido |
| Tú | hubieres aplaudido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aplaudido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aplaudido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aplaudido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aplaudido |
| Vos | hubieres aplaudido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aplaudiendo |
| Tú | estés aplaudiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aplaudiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aplaudiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aplaudiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aplaudiendo |
| Vos | estés aplaudiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aplaudiendo / estuviese aplaudiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras aplaudiendo / estuvieses aplaudiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aplaudiendo / estuviese aplaudiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aplaudiendo / estuviésamos aplaudiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aplaudiendo / estuvieseis aplaudiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aplaudiendo / estuviese aplaudiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras aplaudiendo / estuvieses aplaudiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aplaudiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres aplaudiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aplaudiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aplaudiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aplaudiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aplaudiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres aplaudiendo |
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 aplaudís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aplaudiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aplaudías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aplaudirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aplaudirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aplaudas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aplaudieras / Vos aplaudiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aplaudí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aplaudas |